The Republican journal., 1914-12-17
THE GERMAN PEOPLE
And The War-CIazed German Emperor.
From. F.. w. Howes Monthly.

And The War-CJaZed German cmPeIoi'
From. E. w. Howes Monthly.]
German public sentiment is less maud,
lin than ours: no people n the world equal
the Germans in plain common sense
fairness. politeness, industry and patrl-
otism. They are invincible as soldiers
because they are invincible as citizens.
The pity of it all is that such people
shonld hermit their bul!-headed ruler TO
unnecessarily and foolishly wipe out all
their great prosperity in an hour, ano
give them instead the greatest war OF
all times, and the greatest slaugnter ol
men. It is sad thing to kill dog, or q
criminal: but to kill millions OF young
Germans without reason, and take them
from nleasant homes and pleasant ano
nroftahle occupations, is SO wicked that
we can only think of it with horror ano
Possibly you have noticed how the
Kaiser travels in following the army
during the present war.
He has a special train, and lives in lux,
ury. He has courtiers. servants, ana
conyeniences and amusements. When
he leaves HE special train, there IS
special camp for his personal comfort.
Hundreds of special soldiers and scouts
look after his safety, and hundreds OF
courtiers and servants look after MS
wants. If a palace is in the nelghoor-
hood this is taken possession OF Tor the
emperor.
This is war for the Emperor. But for
the men who do the fighting and share
the danger, it means sleeping on the
ground subsisting on little food, prob
ABLY wound, and possibly death;
A million better men than Emperor
William live meanly and risk death, While
he lives as we'll as when IN his palace at
home, and is in no danger.
The Emperor ordered the war: the
million better men who make greater
sacrifices because of war, opposed IL.
Millions of dollars are paid in taxes that
the emperor and his family may live IN
an extravagant and luxurious style I'M
known to the people; the Emperor
wastes more every year than Thousand
average German families live on: .
Who is this great Emperor WIiliam !;
The descendant of poor Dull hooie
family called Hohenzollern. Which mas
risen by politics to its present dlslihctlo.i.
Frederick William was the prince W
whose policy his successors have agleeG
to ascriEe their greatness: Colhpaleu
with the other crowned heads OF Europe.
he was pitiable figure. Inc elector Oh
Saxony at first refused to recognize MN.
His taste for military pomp became d
mania. The food of the royal iamily
was so bad that even munger loathe.i ~.
But he was always maniac ABOUT liehl-
ing: he made speciality OF tall soiulers.
His feeling about his troops seemed 10
have resembled mlser S 1eeilng ABOUT
his money. He loved to collect them =, 10
count them, to see them increase. ne
nature of Frederick William was hafu
and bad, and the habit OF exercising 81 ar
bitrary power made him 1flghtiuliy say
age. His rage constantly Vehteu ,lseli
to right and left in curses ana oiows.
When his majesty took Walk, every
human being fled before him as II 5lger
had broken loose. If he met LADY IN
the straet he gave her kick and told
har to 90 home and mind her brats. His
son Frederick (afterWaros freueriGk me
Great was in especial manner tne ooe
ject of his aversion. The business u, VI
life according to him was to orlll ana De
drilled. The recreatlons sui,eu W
prince were to sit in cloud OF toDacco
smoke, to sip beer between the puffs, TO
plav backgammon, to Kill wild hogs' anu
shoot cartridges by the Thousand.
Compare this man. or his present rep
resentative, with the great Germans OF
learning and philosophy who are beng
m,1rdered because of the Emperor craze
for boar and man hunting.
Think Of this man destroying the GU
les of weaker people with whom ne mas
no quarrel; think of his staggering lnto
Antwerp, like freebooter, OF ola, ana
demanding a ransom OF a hunoreu NM
lion dollars. And think OF the aversion
of the gentle, fair.mlnded Germans TO
this pillage and high-handea vloiatloh Oh
all accepted human principles.
And think again OF the gentie, nlgh-
minded German people bllndly following
this great brute, and quarrehng WIN
their friends if they did not approve Oh
him. ., :.
The decent Germans must plush IN
secret because of their Emperor's VIOLA
ton of his treaty with Belgium solenln
treaty to which he gave his Imperial "oro
hv sioning his imperial name. No one
has ever pretended that there was any
excuse for violating this treaty, except
the Kaiser's wish to take shorter route
to the French capital, that he might
DESTROY it, ard again Illuminate people
with whom he had no quarrel
A million pamphlets may be written
every wear for the next million years,
and no one outside of Germany will ever
say the recent cruel destruction OF little
Belgium by the Kaiser's great war ma
chine, was justified
The French admit they were to blame
for the Franco Prussian war, but the
Germans will not admit they were to
blame for the rape of little Belgium;
they mistakenly call it loyalty to the
Fatherland to deny truth and Justlc.