Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-25

German nobility, the inevitable resul
OF successive generations Of n n-prc
Guction and REORGANIZATION o
wealth.
81 spent five years OF my lfe II
Germany, what little education l hav'
I acquired there, and IS q hoy o
fifteen l went to the White Palace IL
Berlin and obtained, as the son OF al
American citizen, the personal per
mission Of the old Emperor William
to enter the cadet corps at LIGHTER
felde, which permission, owing to TN
foreseen circumstances, ! fortunatel,
did not avail myself Of. I a state
from personal observation and init
mate knowledge that there Is nc
more unfortunate, unhappy and dis
%contented class In the world than 6
vast majority Of the German nobility
During the tremendous economic
strides Of Germany in the last twenty
years the condition Of the poor nobil
fly has become steadily worse; while
they had no share in the increase ii
national wealth, they could not escape
the inevitable increase in cost Of liv'
ing, love Of luxury and extravaganza
THE sons of this class had built up
the most perfect war machine the
world has eve seen, in every detail
complete and ready for use, but for
forty-three years the German army
had not heard a shot fired in anger,
except in skirmishes with a few ma.
tives in East Africa.
Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz has
stated that he never heard of 1.-THE
Day." or of its being toasted, or q
hope for its dawn expressed by Ger,
man officers.
III the Admiral Is right, does 1t
| not seem that in some unaccountable
way German officers failed to express
the hopes and aspirations which with
them would have been the most nat.
mral In the world?
III the Kaiser is responsible for
the war, whatever his reasons, this
class was certainly with him to a
man. They had no deciding voice,
any more than any other class in
Germany, but they belonged to the
same class OF society as the Kaiser
and his sons, their traditions, train.
ing, and general viewpoint were the
same al his. Would it be any more
unnatural for him to be influenced
by their views and aspirations than
it would he for one of us to he in.
fluenced by the ideas or wishes OF our
most intimate friends, particularly if
their ideas and wishes agreed with
and indorsed our own?
IF there is any merit in the hypoth-
esis herein advanced that the Kaiser
was solely and personally responsible
for the war along the lines suggested,
the German people has certainly
been fooled and misled by its govern.
ment as no people was ever fooled
and misled before. Eut the oppor-
tunity and mean were there. Did the
Kaiser take advantage of them?
No more truthful and honorable
people exist than the Germans:
whether or no their government is
the exception which proves the rule,
history alone will demonstrate.
81 believe that l voice stqe feeling
of a great many native Americans
when l say to our German.AAiinerican
citizens. III IT is a fact that Ger
many entered the war purely tc de.
fend her territory, her honor, and her
national life-go, in Gods: 4eme, as
far in aiding, %abetting and sympathlZ-
ing with her as the neutrality of tbs
United States and the dictates of hui
mainly permit, and we are with you.
But if you believe with me, or think
that there are reasonable grounds fo-
%supposing that the German people
was cajoled INFO the war pyythe. Kaiser
and his ministers primarily 6 Further
the interests Of the houso"oY 'Hohen-
z~ollern, according to the Kaiser's con.
ception of them, and that Germany's
success in this war would meal that
the divine right Of autocratic govern.
ment by THE H~ohenzollerns would not
only be fastened on the German peo-
pie for centuries to come, but would
dominate the destinies OF the world,
| beg Of you to stop and think what
line of thought and action would be
taken in this crisis in the words his
tory by the men Of German birth, If
alive today, who lowered among the
leaders Of the Union during the Civil
war, many Of whom died for it's cause,
and all Of whom, as far as I know,
were participants in the revolution OF
lS4S in Germany, forerunners Of the
Social Democrats of today, and who
fed from Germany to the United
States to save their lives and free
dom.
1.-THE above is predicated on the
continuance of friendly relations be-
tween Germany and the United
States, but if the misfortune of war
should come, which God forbid, no
misgivings trouble me that America
cannot rely on Deutsche Treue to
keep its oath Of allegiance to the
Stars and Stripes" ~,
ANAMoosE IS VERY ACTIVE.