The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-05
ATTITUDE TOWARD
KAISER CHANGING
ARTICLE BY PRINCE ALEXANDER
ZU H0HENL0HE IN NEUE ZUER-
CHER ZEITUNG BOLD.

cent relcnStaB Speecn, was perhaps tne
most notable OF the series, containing as
it did an interesting analysis of the
present attitude of the German people
on the part of a member Of one of Ger
many's ruling families.
The article dealt with the declaration
made in the reichstag by DR.. SPAIN, the
Center leader, on behalf of the parli.
mentary bloc which ranged itself on the
occasion in question on the side of the
chancellor According to that declara-
tion the peace ideal of the German peo-
pie is peace that shall assure "the ex-
istence of the German empire its politi.
cal and economic position, and its free
dom of development" expressions which
Prince Alexander zu Hohenlohe declar-
ed capable of varied interpretations,
while he went on to challenge the va
lidity Of the familiar argument that
Germany needs more land for settle
ment, and that the indemnity to be pro-
cured by a proongation Of the war
would outweigh the further sacrifice in
volved In one thing alone, did he
agree with DIR. SPAIN and that was that
the abuse heaped upon the kaiser
abroad had produced the contrary effect
in Germany and that the German peo-
pie must be left to settle their own af-
fairs as they chose.
when however" he wrote, Herr
SPAIN says that the people stand un-
shaken by kaiser and empire that
statement is today only more condition
ally correct. The majority of the Ger
man people is, it is true, still monarch
tally inclined. and the various German
races in particular are attached, some
more and others less. TO their princes,
according to the individuality of the lat
ter But to say that confidence in the
supreme head Of the empire is still
wholly unshaken after these three years
! of war is a statement that is no longer
accurate. People should at last desist
from thrusting their heads into the sand
for fear of facing the truth. That has
never been of any avail"
Confidence in the ruler of the EN-
pire Is beginning to vanish among the
| German people. II does not know for
certain what the kaiser's attitude Il
toward all the Vaccinations of tdcse
cii cles which pose as superpatr,oic
The German people is gradually be
ginning to ask how II comes about
and who is responsible for the fact
that the whole world will soon be
against us now. II 1t has been impos
sible for the person of the kaiser, who
should stand above parties and outside
the political contest, to remain untouched
thereby, the lack OF adequate parlia
mentary government hitherto is tC
blame. Above all, however. the fault
lies at the door OF those who at every
opportunity. have dragged the kaiser
into the debate, who have insisted again
and asin that his opinions and his de
cisions are the only ones to be con
sidered and have led him himself tC
place his person in the foreground al
every juncture-the conservatives who
so long as it pleases them. pose as the
appointed guardians Of the crown; th'
Pan-Germans who think TO have ac
lquired patriotism and 'Deutschtum' as
their private domain. II is they whom
the kaiser has TO thank in the mair
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more than ever, he has been exposed tC
criticism, and worse than criticism
both at home and abroad. These people
have really done the monarch whom
they claim to serve. but III service. and
have played a dangerous game. | an
convinced that the deputies. Scheide
mann and Ledebour. are better ac
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whelming majority OF the German peo
pie. and give them more accurate ex
preston than does the Oberlandesge
richtsprasident and leader OF the Center
DR.. SPAIN.
The German people Is not disposed
to annex foreign territory. 1t is only
small groups OF industralists and tn,
PanGerman fantasts who have an in
terest therein. and these are not re
cruited from among the broad workinl
masses OF the people. but from amonl
the professors. officials. and the bOur
geoisle Herr Scheidemann was calle,
to order because he uttered the wor,
revolution on the parliamentary plat
form. And yet In 80 doing he said moth
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; in public. II is true that he added. an,
rightly: Matters have not gone so IA
with as yet. but II would be childish
to want 10 close ones eyes TO the fac
| that II may come 20 that II the mel
. who hold Germany's fate In their hand
{ do not show themselves equal to the re
+ sponslbility laid on their shoulders. an
p are unable 10 recognize the necessitie
+ OF the new era soon enough. and L
Y make due allowance for them betime.
A In that event the moment may YER
well come when they must recogniz
with horror that II is too late. and tina
! the German people have at last lost pa
( tience."
5 After again declaring that the Char
I cellor's refusal to formulate Germany
a war aims, and the support accorded hi
$ decision by the parliamentary bio,
!. would be interpreted a. home as we
J., as abroad, as indicating that German
/ was bent on conquest. Prince Alexande
5 "a Hohenlohe predicted that the Ge
man people would know whom 10 hol
responsible for the continuance OF hoi
ulities, and that when the day OF reel
n oning came nothing would prevent
/, from bringing those responsible to al
. count
q Il am prepared he concluded. Il
!. be charged In certain quarters wit
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