TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-11-04
Sir Gilbert Parker's Car
ricature of the Emperor.

rlcature OF the Emperor.
The Pacific Monthly "sunset" has en-
listed the services of Sir Gilbert Parker
a Member OF the English Parliament
and noted author of number Of widely
read novels, "The Right OF Way, "Tbe
Seats OF the Mighty" etc, to present his
views of the Emperor. The Sunset,
however, manifests the unusual fairness
in an American publication to publish
at the same time an essay on the same
subject by Mr. Hermann Ridder. the
wellknown publisher OF the New York
Staatszeitung. What we are concerned
with are the views of Sir Gilbert which
show to what extent Englishmen who
have reputation TO lose are carried
away by prejudice that they are not
only incapable TO form correct iudg
ment of the Emperor, but make it a
special study no misreprcsent him.
He begins his description Of the En-.
peror with the following words
"The maker Of this world war il the
Kaiser, and the Kaiser is mad. do
not mean that he is lunatic IN the
ordinary sense, but do mean that he is
the victim Of negalomania.'
This statement can lay claim TO as
little originality as the manner, in
which the facts are arrayed to sustain
the assertion. Sir Gilbert follows the
example of literary hacks that
have preceded him in piecing together
the various utterances Of the German
Emperor during his long reign OF over
twenty-five years and draws from them
unwarrantable conclusions. Ana TO
complete the untrue picture he omits
the traits that belle his conclusions.
The quotations he cites from the
smashing speech, the HUM. Letter
etc. have not the least reference to the
present war, but are addressed TO the
opponents Of his domestic policy. The
worst that can De said Of them is this
that they show the Emperor Is Enbued
with the idea that he holds his power
from God, that he has kind OF pro.
prietary right over Germany and that
he does not rule by the consent Of the
people but by grace divine. Sir Gilbert
says that this is lunacy in the form Of
megalomania. We presume that he has
read the proclamation Of King George V.
in which lis Lord and Master
says that he sends forth HIS soldiers TO
fight for HIS country. This is the same
language that Emperor William H.
holds. Hence Sir Gilberts monarch is
Just as crazy as he would make the
German Emperor TO be. Sir Gilbert will
now probably understand that monarchs
all over the world have their peculiar
ideas of their office which no one takes
seriously and which have not the least
effect on their government. The same
conditions that prevent George VII. |
from putting to a practical use his con.
eeptions Of his divine rights obtain in
Germany. King George is subject to
the constitution OF the English Empire,
md so il Emperor William subject
to the constitution OF his Empire. With
this statement the forced reasonings Of
Sir Gilbert on the mental condition OF
che Emperor ere clearly futile and in.
,pt.
Now we have to take up another pro-
position of Sir Gilberts syllogism..
According TO his statement the utter.
inces of the Emperor point not only TO
lis self-conceit but also to lust
II power and conquest. We are
Iorry to indulge in strong Ian.
yuage to a nan OF Sir Gilberts stand
ng, but the Importance of the rubject
ompels us to speak out without re.
traint. While his first proposition is lie
Indirect, his second proposition is lie
irect. The Emperor, who in the first
eriod of his reign has been to loose Of
ongue and temper, has with all his
abit of 'loud thinking at no time said
single word that betrayed ambitious
esigns. On more than one occasion he
as shown his peaceful disposition,
nd we refer particularly to Lhis
remen speech, where adopting Ger.
IAN poets words he said that he does
OF aspire to the bloody laurels Of glory
nd the history Of his government
ears out this statement. At the head