Editorial: What we wrote on Nov. 11, 1918 – 'THE WORLD SET FREE'

On Nov. 11, 1918, the Ottawa Citizen’s editorial page overflowed with jubilation at the defeat of Kaiser Wilhelm. Under the title “The world set free,” writers waxed at length about the end of the “dark forces of evil.” Here is an excerpt from the main editorial:
Kaiser Wilhelm II, German emperor and King of Prussia, has been stripped of the trappings of superstition and barbarism. As William Hohenzollern, he has no more divine right than any other man. It is a fit