The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-27
ADJUSTMENTS

With never a word spoken, a pow
erful patriotic appeal is going to be
heard at the Bonita Theatre today and
tomorrow. Hamlet says, Murder,
though it have no tongue, viii speak
with most miraculous organ" and so
speaks the motion picture story. The
Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin"
In the past, film shows, too often
in their stories merely have limited
at the menace of Prussian autoc-
racy to the world. They obviously
have meant Germany as the sinister
plotting nation fostering that menace,
but they have merely alluded to it's
steel helmeted invaders as being
soldiers of a certain foreign power.
THE Kaiser, the Beast OF Berlin" does
not hesitate to call a Hun a Hun.
There are big scenes splendid in their
action and wonderfully realistic The
photogra ply itself is far above the
average, and the acting of the highest
order.
The story OF THE Kaiser" for the
most part, is historically accurate. 1t
first shows Belgium before August 1,
1914. a land of peace and happiness.
Then the scenes soon shoft to the
Palace of Potsdam. where the kaiser.
strikingly portrayed is discovered in
rounded by his fawning ministers and
aids. plotting his campaign of world
domination. The map of Europe is
shown and before it stands the kaiser
pointing the road to Paris-through
neutral Belgium.
There follows his campaign of terror,
Louvain is laid to waste. its women
seized and the men who strive 10 res
cue them are not even given a chance
to fight. but often shot in the back
| by Prussian soldiers. That is a story
the world has learned all to we'll, SO
| the scene shifts again.
The Lusitania" is flashed on the
screen in big letters. The audience
| sits up bit more expectantly. but the
actual sinking of the giant liner is
not shown. However. the heart-ren-
ding tragedy is again driven home
most wildly. The captain of the u
| baot that destroyed the Lusitania il
| shown being decorated by the kaiser.
| Plainly this young naval officer already
| is half distracted by the monstrosity of
| his own deed. Won Tirpitz, chief spon-
sor for the submarine reign of terror,
| stands by. There can be no blood
| upon the hand of the man who obeys
| his sovereign" he tells the captain.
But'"There is the blood of many wo-
men and little children" the U-boat's
| commander replies in his agony. Final
| ly he returns home and, being greeted
| by his wife and own little ones, he
goes mad from contemplation of his
| wholesale murder by drowning of 50
| many other mothers and babes.
Gerard. in a most realistic scene,
| tells the kaiser that the continued
placing of Americans in jeopardy on
the high seas will be looked upon by
the United States as being deliberate
iy unfriendly" on the port OF Germany,
and the climax of the picture soon
follows:
Il shall stand no nonsense from
America after this war" the kaiser
tells Mr.. Gerard.
The American ambassador looks at
him in amazement, then is seen to
glance down at his own coat lapel
where a small American flag is pinned.
The significance OF that glance is
brought out a few scenes later. where
President Wilson and his cabinet are
seen signing the declaration of war.
Then thousands and thousands of
American soldiers pass in quick re-
view on the screen, the United States
navy Is seen in action, other nations
of the world join against the common
enemy and the kaiser realizes his
days are numbered.