The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-28
uetrian Declares He Aims IL
Work For Peace; Proves 1t
BY Citing Records
ASSERTS EMPEROR WISHED
TO UNITY ALL EUROPE
Bays WilheIm's Plan Was q
Close Federation to Pre-
vent Future Wars

Mama disclaimer OF responsibility for
he European war may. ind support
lor their faith IN book entitled
}aThe German emperor and the Peace
% the World,r by DIR. Alfred II. Fried.
Tho reason for writing It was the per-
6istence OF the designation of the EN-
horor as swar lord when Germany
40 the only great power which had
annoyed peace through the period OF
hls reign.
This book set out to prove that he
mlght more aptly be called the peace
s Iord.' Its presentation OF the case
won for the author q half share In the
: Nobel peace prize Of 1911
No man was SO well equipped as
x Or. Fried to handle this subject. He
has been through his active life q
champion OF peace. In 1890 he start
od the Frfedenswarte (Peacekeeper)
and is still its editor He led the
< P6cifst movement in German-speak
~ lands In 1891, and I'm 1892 he
ltnnded the German Peace society
4 n addition TO his magazine work and
III championship OF the cause In his
Hopocity as lecturer on political sci
0ice In the University of Leyden he
wrote so pamphlets on phases OF in
Sensational peace.
The book makes no appeal to fancy.
~ avoidance or rhetoric Is one OF its
1haracteristics. There was no reason
81 - write 1t as tribute from subject
"a sovereign, for DR.. Fried Is an Aus
8 Khan and he still lives In Vienna. Its
D1nin purpose IL to help the peace
1osement with statement Of facts
orlyed from records known to all
ko world. Comments consist OF a
1ocltal Of circumstances that attend
"a q progress Of events. His con-
<)unions are all one way, but DR..
[tied nnishes what he has to say In
~ compact chapters and that ends
he book.
Nay 20, 1911, LIE Matin Of Paris
|tnblished an interview which its edi-
~ M Lausanne, had with the
yxonch foreign minister just after
no IAttor's return from King Ed
Ho6Vorsation with the German en-
1oror the foreign minister said:
With the sincerity and persuasive
>1GG. which are not the least attrac-
N II hts characteristics, the en-
0AKO0AA0C4 LID AavOAAbO thOthJ
~ the peoples of Europe should, In
interests OF humanity and civiliza-
~, live in peaceful cooperation
~ one another and join In forming
II Great and peaceful federation"
This interview went around the
Bird and was subject to such varied
&orpretations that the emperor felt
n1trained to disclaim having had
<I>~I 1<u<x - -. E1..wn
I'M confederation. DR.. Fried says
disclaimer was intended to rid
1rope of the notion Of political fed
1(0tion like the United States, but
IT the general Idea of q HHieH fer
neral peace had been the emperor's
~ theory" since his speech to that
ect at the opening OF the Kiel ca
"a "a 1896
|Dr Fried admits that when the
EMPEROR mounted the throne and de-
Afod himself and the army born for
~ another the emperor breathed
Il military spirit too strongly, and
original attitude (which he
Iongcd at the instance OF DR.. An
NV D. Whitley toward the first
guo conference was not sympa-
otic; but as Germany In the sue
1eding years emerged from serious
ses - guardian of peace sus-
ci0n Of the emperor was replaced
~ coincidence In him as q man who
shed conQuests only Of peace.
4hio change OF opinion as 10 his
AILMENTS was based on long sue
r1Ion Of events which the book de-
>Des. Notable among them was
exchange Of professors between
mony and the United States. q
1guro suggested by the emperor in
~ : step In pacifsm through
zoved mutual understandings.
1orman actfvfty In increase OF
1|oaments seems 10 have impressed
+ te olnperor az II did the rest Of the
prld by its imposition OF ever-in-
4 4pasing taxation without correspond
advantages, since every nation
ght to Guido every other. The de-
- II that he could not afford to
Iqos than others were doing. but
ooIt that extensive preparations for
would restrain nations from en-
LAg "a Il owing to its enormous
0xer OF destruction, and IL they
apart the impulse toward fed
uon Tor the welfare of all In peace
porsuits would grow In the world.
nh OF the book gives repeated in--
anceo Of the emperor's efforts to
~ the good will OF France, notably
imam participation In the French
pcoition OF 1900, and his qnick and
Dful sympathy with every misfor.
- 20 French men or AFFAIRS. He
- nware of the old animosities
I1f the German acquisition of Al
- and Lorraine.
- Interview OF his with Prof. Ma
I1ou r. quoted In which that sub
n came up, and when the emperor
E, 1T lies with you to show your.
Ne strong and skilful In the coun.
- nations 70 receive that compen.
~ on the map Of Europe 20
~ nance. You must know your
Ioc whether your honor. your
~ policy and your whole future
- depend upon the regaining OF
NIL corner which I cannot give
I'd ron cannot wrest from us
goDson civi1ization only senti
11ofuflon for peace Is exempli
~ oncc1. commissions or cen
11 NJ which are working foI
1>1nnlIonn1 community IN com
<rn1oDortafion coinmunica
1m1xnn and m infarua