The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915. GERMANY'S UNDOING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 28, 1 October 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915. GERMANY'S UNDOING.

Oil the anniversary of the outbreak of war the London correspondent of the New' York Herald reviewed Germain's- year's work in .soathinV terms, showing how, [alter twelve months fearful■-struggle, at'the cost 1 6f ! her ■national honor Germany had been : able to over-run. Belgium l and r penetrate be•yomV M borders of - France <; >ske had -bven faOlo: ito> cheek, for a tfime, the march bf fchetiG rflat (Bear on Berlin ; she had lured it I ie> Turk—her only; jaciceptabie act—to his destruction, an'd she had brought the House of Hapsburg and the Dual -Monarchy into the valley of the shadow of death. 'These unworthy but striking' achievements were all the Germans could accomplish' during the first year of the great war, for which she had been preparing for more than three decades. On the other hand, Germany's vile crimes had united civilisation against her. Proceeding in his indictment the writer , says: While it may be freely confessed that the Russians are being terribly punished by the Germans for the moment, it must not he forgotten that France and England are stronger and better able to light the conscienceless foe than they were a year ago. It is heartening to remember, too, that

while the credit of these two yreut na-

fcions is at the highest,.both at home and abroad, and money is theirs for the asking, no one wants German bonds. Neutral investors will not trust the honor of a nation tliat regards sacred covenants and treaties as "scraps of paper." The outlook,! therefore, at the end of the first year of the war is'that Germany and her, puppet—for,that is what once proud Austria-Hungary has come to be—will he thoroughly beaten, even if, as King George says, it takes ten years to accomplish the task. France, England,j and Russia have undertaken this work, and they will not stop until military Deutschland is 'unter' instead of 'uber' alles. Italy lias joined the forces of liberty, and the achievements of her army have been superb. Others will follow Italy, and align themselves on the side of right, and if the pro-' pheeies of the greatest men in the nations of the Quadruple Entente are 1 fulfilled the war will end in Victory for the forces of freedom. In conclusion, ho says: "Belgium will be rehabilitated. France will come into her own again, and the Germany of the military (lespot, of the "Junkers.," now a pariah among the nations, will disappear, to give place to another Germany, representative of the genius -111< 1 democracy of that land- a Germany like unto that which Americans believed the Fatherland to be before the "Mad Dog of Europe" made the name German a by-word in the mouths and :i stench in the nostrils of men."!