The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-28
some INSIDE HISTORY ABOUT SECRET
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN KAISER AND CAR!

last. And he said tina the was pre-
pared to send to Russia, if necessary,
a million men to crush out the revC
luton and make the Car safe on his
throne.
Subsequent letters discussed the
manner in which this could be done
and settled the details, the places at
which the German troops should On
ter and the generals that should com
mand them.
The position of the kaiser was
that all the autOcratic governments,
drawing their authority directly from
divine decree, must stand together at
whatever cost to put down this rising
tide of mob rule.
And he urged the car to put it
down with an iron hand.
| have talked with a man that has
seen this correspondence.
1t was the means of overwhelming
the revolution and restoring the dcs-
potism.
There was at that time pending ap-
plicatons for loans that Russia
wanted to float in England and
France. These countries had refused
to lend any money to Russia SO long
as the revolution was on. They did
not wish to be in the position of
helping an autocracy to put down u
democratic uprising.
Russia was almost bankrupt, as US
ual.
The fact Of the correspondence be-
tween the kaiser and the car be-
came known to the governments OF
England and France. They learned
what the kaiser had undertaken to do
with his million troops.
They decided that it would be bet
ter to lend the money to the cars
autocratic government than allow
Germany to annex Russia, which
would be the practical result il tho
kaiser swept in with his troops.
They therefore allowed the loan to
be made. Russia took the money and
with it suppressed the revolution.
Now observe that when the rcvolu-
ton of this year broke forth and the
cars advisers saw that 1t was SER
ious their very first word was to up
cn the front and let the German
troops in to put the rebellion down.
1t is plain enough therefore, that
the old agreement still stood, in spite
of the war and that at a signal the
kaiScr's soldiers were ready to rush
in, shoot down the Russian revolution
lists and put the car back on the
throne.
Nothing prevented this except the
cars perception that the revolt had
gone so far it could not DC suppress,
cd without bloody fighting in the
heart of Russia and that he was not
willing then to bring it about.
These arc the facts. They show
how absolutely the life of democracy
in Russia hangs upon the defeat Of
Germany.
They show the kaiser, also, as he
really is, the frantic foe of the demo
cratic advance, the mad dog of Eu-
rope. craZcd with the notion that he
is divincly appointed to prevent the
world from passing under mob rule,
and ready to pour out his peoples
blood to keep any old throne any
where from tottering to the ground
He advised the car to put down
with a ruthless hand every inSutrct
ton. There is no question as to whal
he would do if his armies should ever
break through that eastern front.
The American pacifsts, copper
heads and prO-Gcrmanists are now
engaged in helping him to break
through.
If one of them ever dares to utter
the word "dcmocracy" you would
think the word would choke him.
He is doing his best to cXterminate
democracy from this world.
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