The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.

The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.

Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.

In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II in an insane asylum.

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch is handed down from race to race and from age to age, and gains in brilliancy as it goes.