The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-08
[EE MAJESTY IN GERMANY,
! Berlin Editor Gives a Frank Exposition Of
the Oppressive Statute-The Crime
Is Easily Committed.

s.der their frank criticism of these
soe@cnes In the prison cell
The kafser's Attitude
The question whether there was room
Tor snch criticism or not may hes, be
answered by some specimens OF those
speeches
Addressang body OF recruits. William
once said For you there Is Only one
Zee. and that Is my foe. 4. view CT ou-
present socialist troubles f. may come TO
IDS. mar 1 may command you 10 ghoot
Gown your own relatives brothers and
even parents. n the streets. which God
@of1Ia. nozr L J. comes to that you must
"acy my 0r1e-S without a .nurrnur" After
. GUNNER ge~1r in bis honor by the Brand
ennuEx provincial diet. he said: ."rhose
Th1 oppose NE / shall dash IN pieces"
ana 6z&ra- to gentlemen of the Rhensh
e-et Il Dusseldorf. with regard to Bis
ns.rck. whom he had just dismissed: "One
Only y lord In this country. and ;nis enc
ana Whosoever opposes me I shall
ssE1saA-whence his nickname, William
the s<1Es<her'' fWilheizr der Zerschnstter-
erl- This 1kz1u belief that the Almighty and
nc 1-c Srnething like very near relatives
i.'ay 1e learned from many OF his speeches
ke- instance: 1.-The k!ngship. by the
Hehkrxolerrs accept our crown only from
h~ITez. and are responsible only to
asxNcul- God has given himself sucr
e--Eslcss trouble with our house that we
czn assume He has not done this for moth
Ing. No. Brandenburgers. we are caiIe<,
To greatness, and to glorious days will I
bad you" Again: 1.-The first king of
PrsE..la once said: 'Eome mea nata cor
Ora (rny crown is born out Of myself.
{ in turn. Ike my imperial grandfather,
snid my kingship as by the grace Of God
E was on this spot that King William
n2an.y declared before his subjects that he
nrald his crown from God alone This is
hlso my deepest conviction and has ever
served me as q guide in all my actions"
To Crush His Opponents.
T. most undesirable thing for eonstitu-
tonai monarch 70 do Is TO take an active
part In politics. William II. has done Sc,
although In the beginning of his reign he
told the people: ''The king OF Prussia
stands so high above parties AMI party
conflicts that, seeking the best interests
all, he IL in position 10 make the well
are Of every indiytduai and every prov
ce in his Kingdom his care" He soon
andoned this position. When. after his
nous labor rescripts In 1880, which haya
>Ned since 20 be a Ez.sre eieci0ueeT.ug
ok. the Social Democratic votes rose
I'm 5000 10 I,+2o.oco, ne alarmed the gar
son OF Berlin to play al war and IL is
eporsed on good authority that on this
cason the kaiser. abiding to the vote.
said to his suite. Ballots are theirs, but
ilets are mine"
AS his speeches declare. the emperor
made Up his mind 70 smash" any
1ppostior, but the Sociai-Democrats he
means to smash" above all. In 1859.
when ia received deputa,ion OF the
king miners Of westphalia. ne ex-
claimed: should 1t turn out that there
any socialist connection with this
movement. then II Will be Impossible for
me to weigh your wishes with my royal
gooi vii, For 10 me every social-demo-
cTat Is Synonymous with a reIchs-und
va;erlandsfe.nd q foe OF the empire
and Of the fatherlandl.'' Later he spoke
Of the labor party as "a pest that must
be rooted oast.' In September 1896. when
some opposition rose against Inc plan OF
the court party 20 elevate William l. to
whom his grandson, not history. had
given the name OF "WiAeim Ger
Crosse TO nearly the rank - saint,
the kaiser uttered his strongest OUT
burst of hatred against the left wing OF
the opposition. In an address 10 the
officers % the guard he said: "A rout
OF men unworthy 10 bear the name OF
Germans ventures 70 drag Into the dust
the sacred person OF our blessed emperor
(William u. May the whole nation
find in themselves The power OF reject
ing these unheard of attacks II not.
then shall call upon you. my guards.
70 check this felouious rout ard 10 en-
gage In a fight that VIII relieve us from
these elements" \ few days later. in
another speech he designated the members
OF the Socialist Democrats party as
"fatherlandIeSs scnnips."
Although the country had hitherto been
startled by The heavy increase Of trials
on the charge % lese msteste. they we're
nothing compared TO the food or these
proceedings which broke all over ne
fa;herland after these Sepiembe- speeches
From September. 1895. dates the high tide
" prosecutions. caused by the entrance
OF the kaiser into politics. What couli