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He has cherished always the notion Of
state church. q German church, united
and militant.
Priest and Prophet headed by
Of Universal Church. ;ne roi ms
10 himself "summus episcopus." the
head of the German Church, which he
hopes one day will be universal church,
admitting all .dogmas consonant with
those essential to all Christians
Not only would he be priest. but
prophet He Is always happy when
preaching sermon from the pulpit Of
one of his churches.
But. above and beyond all, he Is the
soldier bent upon conquest-the typical
representative Of the Hohenzollern line
OF conquerfng princes. 1t Is gall and
NORWOOD to his soul that he has not
Deen able to add one rood Of territory
10 MS continental. domain. The COM
mander OF the strongest and most EN-
cient Prussian army that ever existed
the chief of the strongest German navy
ever af1oat. the ruler over the wealthiest
nation Of history. he has been thwarted
ment.
His colonial experiments in Africa and
ASIA have been practical failures. the
population OF his empire Is increasing
more rapidly than that of any other
European country, and yet there is no
place where the overflow may 20 and
stiii remain under the folds Of the Ger
man nag. These things indicate the
regarded William as q dangerous war
lord bent upon. embroiling Europe In
general war.
Tne kaiser always mas been suspected,
ana not without reason. OF adhering to
the doctrines
Imperialistic Bee of the PAN
Buzzes in His Bonnet. y i,neoe = . who : nc
demand the absorption OF "Germanic"
Holland. Switzerland and Denmark, the
incorporation In the empire of western
AUSTRIA, the acquisition of colonies in the
temperate zone where Germans NAV
live and work. in Asia Minor. South
America, South Africa or Pacific Asia.
He Is suspected of desire to leave to
rope from the Baltic to the Adriatic.
from Russia to the waters of the Eng
lish channel.
He has declared with emphasis that
Germany attained to its present greatness
by virtue Of victories gained on the field
of battle. and he is known to hold that
augmcnfations OF this greatness must
come In the same fashion and by the
same means.
He takes the substance and the service
OF his people to maintain the most DOW
erful army ever supported by a nation
at peace, although he is not threatened
from any source. He adds from time TO
time to the already crushing burdens of
taxation in order to build a navy that
win be at least strong enough to chal-
lenge the sea power of the British en-
pire.
And yet the kaiser has been known to
boast that his reign has had its greatest
justification in the fact that he has kept
the peace, not broken It; that he has
prevented wars. not waged them; that
he has been, not the lawless war lord.
but the successor on earth Of the Prince
of Peace.
He holds that the great German army
is responsible for the fact that the peace
OF western Europe has not been disturbed
for thirty-nine years. and that the con-
struction OF an equally great German
navy will guarantee the continuance of
that peace for decades to come.
But whether he be chieftain bent upon
blood and conquest or prophet preaching
the virtues of
Kaiser Sure to Break peace. he al