Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
KAISER A BLACKMA|LER,
SAYS GERMAN MACNATE
Greatest Financicr Confcsses That
He Agreed to Support Hohcn-
zollern War Policy In 1912.
EMPEROR LIKE SATAN OF OLD
Planned to Mako Canada n Hunland.
Business Men Promised Land
Grants In Australia and Loans
From Deutsche Bank.
BY j. j. BOSDAN.

sheweth him all the kingdoms OF the
world. and the glory OF them;
and saith unto him. All these
things will / give thee. it thou wilt
fall down and worship me
Then saith Jesus unto him. Get
thee hence Satan. st. Matthew
w., s, 9, 10.
Now compare this dialogue between
Jesus and Satan with another episode
that took place nearly 1000 years af-
forwards in Germany. In the words
or Germany's greatest magnate the
similarity OF these two episodes. al
though enacted nearly 1000 years
apart. is striking.
And the Kaiser said unto them thc
eighty German hnanciers): India is
occupied by the British we shall
conquer II. and the vast revenues that
The British allow to be taken by Indian
princes Will. after our conquest. flow
In golden stream into the Fathc ria nd
In all the richest lands of the earth
the German flag will NY over other
hags. am making you no
promises thai cannot be redeemed and
they shall be redeemed IL you are now
prepared to make the sacrifices which
are necessary to secure the position
mat our country must. and shall, &C.
cupy In the world.
He who refuses 10 help is a traitor
=" VIC nc VINO nclpS Will
insly and generously will have his
''BY KAISER WILLIAM"
AS reported by August Thysscn.
kAIsER'S PROPOSALS BACKED
UP BY THREATS
There Is only one difference in the
ABOVE TWO satanic proposals. and that
Is that while Satan tempted Jesus
without coercivc proviso. the kaiscr's
Sat Ir
and punishment.
But the kaiscr's promises to Ger
man financiers, diabolical as they were.
were not confined to revenues, terri
tories or provinces to be conquered
from other nations: like the highway
,oooers or yorc. he promised ais
henchmen personal rewards in the
shape OF land grants in Australia and
canada: and still further nc promised
certain favored German nnanc;crs
some OF the most desirable residences
OF Englishmen upon the occupation of
INA. .t country. one Of the eighty
tempted Germans, who admits that
me- although against his better judy
ment. yielded to his kaiser's satanic
temptations. now that the promises
are not tangible. goes back to his con-
'cderates and exposes the other
Satan.
II Is hard to prophesy what will
happen to the author Of this great
historic document. which is circulated
In pamphlet form in Germany; bu,
go much Is true that on reading the
CONFESSIONS OF Herr August Thyssen
one cannot help experiencing a strong
repulsion against even the author Of
the document Perhaps Herr August
lh!sSen would have never INDUCED in
such IN expose had il not been .,r
the fact that. according to his own
words. his master. Satan, had failed 10
make good his promises
SO important Is this eSnose az :,
historic document that Senator Oven
Immediately had il incorporated In Tho
Congressional Record
lNPoRTAST AND INTERESTING
FACTS CONCERNING THE AUTHOR
august Th;-sen is the captair-Cen-
eral OF German industry. lie may be
com?-!cd to a sort IF blend between
Charles NJ. Schwab. Of the Bethlehem
Steel Works. and the late ]. Picrpon,
morgan, and has often been described
as the King OF the steel, iron and coal
Industries OF Central Europe.
lie was bitterly opposed To the pres.
ent war, which he insists could have
been avoided If England had been
represented at the cour, Of the Kaiser
by the president OF some grea, steam.
ship company and Germany had been
represented in the same way at the
court OF st. James by some great
Rhenish or Westphalian ironmas,er or
manufacturer.
An ardent advocate OF the inter
nationalism of commerce, Thyssen pos
sessed until the beginning OF the war
huge mines. iron works. docks and
even harbors. in British India, in other
English colonial dependencies. as well
as In France and in Russia. all Of which
have been seQuestrated by the gov
ernmcnts Q. these three powers ms
property belonging 10 the German foe
Thyssen's iron works in France were
situated at Montigny and at Maisiers.
while his docks in France were ar
Caen. His principal base in Russia.
until the summer of 1914. was at
Nikolaief. on the Black Sea, where he
owned practically everything in sight.
August Thyssen is about seventy
eight, in every sense OF the word a self
made man, having started some tfty
years ago with a capital of $4,000.
HOHENZOLLERNS PUT THEIR
SCHEMES FORWARD AS BUSINEsS
BY AUGUST THYSsEN.
am writing this pamphlet because
] want to open the eyes of Germans
especially of the business community
to facts. When the lIohenzollerns
wanted to get the support OF the com
mercial class for their war plans. thew
put their ideas before us as "A business
proposition. \ large number OF busi
ness and commercial men were asked
to support the Hohenzollern war nolicv
on the ground that it would pay them
10 do so.
Let me frankly confess that am one
OF those men who was led TO agree 70
support the Hohcnzollern war plan
when this appeal was made to the
leading business men of Germany in
1918. | was led to do so, however,
against my better Judgment
In 1912 the Hohenzollerns saw that
the war had become a necessity to tho
preservation of the military system.
upon which their power depends. In
that year the Hohenzollerns might
have directed. IL they had desired, the
foreign affairs of one country, SO thai
peace would have been insured in
Europe for at least fifty years. But
prolonged peace would have resulted
certainly in the breakup of our mill
tary system, and with the breakup
Of our military system the power Of
the Hohenzollerns would come to an
end. The Emperor and his family. q
said clearly understood this and
they. therefore. in 1912. decided to en-
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