Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-10
DREAM OF POWER
ENDS: IN DEFEAT
OF HUN RULER

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years to the point where he had to
put them to a test. Like crazed
inventor, he feared the end of his
reign would find his inventions un-
tried, SO grasped the first opportuii-
ity 70 wage world war.
Meantime the German war party
grew with William as its head. and
the scheme of world dominion
awaited the houE to begin its at
tainment. 1t CAME with the assas-
sination of the Austrian afchduke.
Francis Ferdinand, and his wife at
sarajevo,
Recalled from yachting trip,
William presided at Z conference at
Potsdam of representatives, of the
German and Austrian armies, navies
and commercial interests. There.
according to the best information
ohsa;nabie, the decision was reached
to make the assassination of the
archduke a pretense for the world
war for which Germany had long
prepared.
Posed as Peace Advocate.
In the diplomatic exchanges be-
tween Germany and Austria on one
side and Great Britain, France and
Russia on the other, William posed
as one wishing for peace. but driven
to war. He signed the order for the
mobilization of the German army
and from that moment war was in
evitable. Thereafter he drove on
his armies relentl .ssiy in the mad
campaigns for victory. encouraging
them with every device and some
times appearing on the front to be
proclaimed as personal commander.
in great offensive.
Publication of the willy Nicky"
correspondence in 1917. placed the
German emperor in the light Of an
INSCRIPTIONS plotter. The kilograms
disclosed that Emperor William had
induced Emperor Nicholas of
Russia to sign a secret agreement to
which he was to force the adherence
of France in the perfection of an
offensive and defensive alliance
against England. The treaty was
discovered and repudiated by
Russian minister
Failing in his attempt, the German
emperor, set upon himself the task
of drawing England to his side
against France and Russia. How
we'll he thought he had succeeded in
this may be gathered from a letter
he wrote to President Wilson in
1914, in which he said King George
had promised Prince Henry of
Prussia, on July %, 1914, that Eng
land would remain neutral in war
involving the central powers with
France and Russia.
Dominated German Statesmen.
Perhaps the most direct and
authoritative the accusations
against the German emperor and
the pan Germans are contained i'll
the published secret memorandum
Of Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky.
who was German ambassador at
London at the outbreak of hostil-
ltieS. ne prince uHequlVoCdiiy
placed the blame for the war on
Germany, and for his frankness was
impydsoned in a ,Silesian chateau,
.~nesmanently expelled from the
Prussian House of Lords, which
action was sanctioned: by the EN-
peror, and. finally, was exiled to
Switzerland.
Emperor Williams domination
oyer German statesmen, diplomats
and the high command of the Ger
man army was emphasized by DR..
Wilhelm Muehloh, a former direc-
tor Of the Krupp works. the great
German munitions factory, in his
book on THE Devastation Of
Europe" In this he not only laid
blame upon Germany for bad faith
and criticized the German army for
its brutality but asserted that in the
German foreign office only he who
did the emperor's bidding was al
lowed to remain. They could not
do better" he declared, because of
the character. the power, the vacil-
lation Of and continued interference