The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-16
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n THE KAISER INSANE.

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Kansas city (MoJ Journal: That
Emperor William Of Germany has suf'
fered from serious mental derange-
ment for many years Is the settled be-
lief Of many who have had opportunity
10 study the Prussian warrior at close
range. Some OF these observers go 80
far as to hold that the kaiser is a
dangerous and irresponsible lunatic who
should have been confined In an asylum
for the insane long ago. Perhaps the
most common opinion OF this man, at
least In America is that he is monu'
mental egotist AN intolerant fanatic
obsessed with the idea that he Is chosen
OF God as an instrument of His power
on earth. and that through divine or.
dination he Is incapable of committing
wrong.
Whatever II Is that fires the kaiser's
mind, there can he no doubt that IL
has mastered him lie Is no longer. IL
he ever was. normal well-balanced
human being. Here Is "A man whose
mental processes are strongly devel.
oped with a brain of great capacity
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fording little evidence that the moral
sense exists within his self-centered.
cruel nature. In America "A man who
was accused of murder was said TO
have been heartless when a boy, once
having thrown cat into "A burning
furnace. on that ground IL was set
forth that he was insane II such an
act Warranted the assumption of in
sanity what could be said for this
crowned murderer who has put to
shame the most bloodthirsty tyrapts
of all history?
Perhaps the strongest manifestation
of the kaiser's dementia lies in his
blatant claim to having partnership
with God. Upon many occasions he has
assumed this pose. and perhaps there
are some of his own people who actual
ly share his belief with the splendid
aid of God" he wrote to the crown
prince in August. 1914. God is with
me- he exclaimed at the Marne. God
is with me" has become his stock dec.
laratiOn. and always has he offered as.
sociation with the Omnipotent as justi.
fication for his actions. He apparently
has deep, although grossly distorted.
belief that whatever he does is done
under the direction Of Deity. Burning
with religious zeal. the kaiser nodded
approval Of the Lusitania horror. sane
toned the reign of frightfulness in
Belgium indorsed the hideous pro.
gramme of rapine and destruction in
France and the slaughter of thousands
of helpless Armenans in Turkey, and
even looks with composure upon the
fields of battle red with the blood of
his own kindred. Nero lost his reason
and became glibbering idiot at the
contemplation of his own cruelties.
which were almost insignificant in
comparison with the deeds of his mod
ern prototype.
! Yet there are certain evidences Of
growing doubt in the fevered brain of
the mailman at Berlin. No longer does
he glow in the fervor of superlative
confidence. Oug the other day. in ad-
dressing the troops in Rumania. the
kaiser said: what the Lord of Hosts
may still have in store we do not
know. but come what may, we are able
To look confidently the world in the
face Here are two implied admissions.
one is that he is not fully i'm TIE con.
hdence of the Lord of Hosts. and the
other is that there is a world outside
OF ms own royal environment which
must be looked in the face. Gone il
the ring of triumph the cock-sureness
OF autocratic power and the full conf
dence of having Gods approval. He
conceives of world standing in iudg
ment' OF a personal accountability to
humanity. and of the fact that soon
very soon perhaps-he will stand be.
fore the judgment of mankind to abide
by its decree. Thus we see the Illusions
OF royalty crumbling to ashes and the
dust of time accommodating upon the
frescoes of his weird imaginings.