Arizona republican., 1917-09-16

Zeitung made the most ridiculous charges against me-such as that l issued American passports to British. The newspaper might as well have solemnly charged that l sent notes to the foreign office in sealed envelopes. Having charge of British interests, I could not issue British passports to British citizens allowed to leave Ger many, but according to universal GUS tom in similar cases and the express consent of the imperial foreign office, l gave these returning British Ameri- can passports superstamped with the words British subject" A mares nest, truly.
 The fall of vOn Bethmann- III ollweg 1 was a triumph of kitchen intrigue and ! of junkerism. I believe that he is ! liberal at heart that it was against ! his best judgment that the ruthless | submarine war was resumed, the pledges of the Sussex note broken and Germany involved in war with Amer l ica. If he had resigned rather than | consented to-the resumption of U-boat war, he would have stood out as 1 great liberal rallying point and prob | ably have returned to more real | power than he ever possessed But 1 half because of a desire to retain os- flee, half because of a mistaken loyal ! ty to the emperor he remained in of | flee at the sacrifice of his opinions and when he laid down that office, no title of prince or even count waited him as a parting gift In his retire ment he will read the lines of Schiller "a favorite quotation in Germany Der Mohr hat seine Schuldigheit 1 getan, der Mohr kahn gehen." ''The Moor has done his work, the Moor can go," and in his old age he win ex- | claim as Shakespeare makes the great chancellor of Henry the Eighth eA- claim, "Oh. Cromwell. Cromwell, Had but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not, in mine age, have left me naked to mine enemies" But this god is not the private war god of the Prussians with whom they believe they have gentle mans working agreement but the God of Christianity, of humanity and of all mankind.
 It would have been easier for Ger many to make peace with von Beth mann Hollweg at the helm The whole ! world knows him and honors him for his honesty.
 Helfferich remained as vice chan cellor and minister of the interior A powerful, an agile intellect, man. l am sure. opposed to militarism. Req
 sonable in his views, one can sit at the council table with him and arrive 1 at compromises and results, but his intense patriotism and surpassing ability make him an opponent to be feared.
 Kuehlmann has the foreign office.
 Far more willy than Zimmerman, he
 will continue to strive to embroil us
 with Japan and Mexico, but he will
 not be caught. Second in command in
 London, he reported then England
 would enter the war The rumors,
 scattered broadcast as he took office,
 to the effect that he was opposed to
 ruthless U-boat war, were but evil
 dences of a more skilful hand in a
 campaign to predispose the world in
 his favor and. therefore, to assist him
 in any negotiations he might have in
 the carpet Beware of the willy
 Kuehlemann!
 Batting the chancellor is the favor
 ite sport of German political life. No
 sooner does the kaiser name chan
 cellor than hundreds of little politi-
 clans, reichstag members, editors, re-
 porters and female intriguers try to drive him from osfice When von
 Bethmann- Hollweg showed an inclina-
 tion toward liberalism and advocated
 a juster electoral system for Prussia the Junkers, the military and the up-
 holders of the caste system, joined their forces to those of the usual in-
 triguers and it was only a question of
 time until the chancellors official head fell in the basket.
 His successor is a Prussian bureau crat. No further description is neces- sary.
 .Of course, no nation will permit it ], self to be reformed from without. Int