Emmons County record., 1918-10-10

career the German people had never
seen their kaiser other than In H.
royal uniform. and at all military pa- !
rades or reviews ne always rode q
white horse. TINT he might be most
conspicuous. and bore the roynf mace
which his ancestors had carried centu-
ries before him. With 1.-The death
struggle between medieval monarchy
and democracy raging about him the
kaiser was determined to yield not ~
little Of his prerogatives. His auto.
mobile still made its coming known by
its distinctive "tade-tnda-ta-ta" md
the roynl palaces were maintained IN
all their accustomed pOfnp.
But while the kaiser's armies were
triumphant in the field. the principle
which he was combating WIS every
where gaining ground. On March 10.
1917, the car abdicnted and Rnssia.
whose autocratic form Of government
had long been the envy Of the German
aristOcracy, became a republici
"The downfall Of the Russian en-
pire was brought about by England
because she feared that the car WINS
about to mike n separate peace" the
kaiser commented to me. "As a mat
ter Of fact, however. neither the ,czar
nor his government ever. approached
us on that subject, and when England
overthrew the Russian monarchy she
defeated her very purpose. With the
czar on the throne RUSSIA would prob
ably have gone on fighting u.s.
Although the kaiser bore no particu-
lar love for the car. whom he was
fighting, he had no desire to convert
the empire into democracy, and his
bitterness toward Englnnd for what
he thought was her part in the estab-
lishment of the Russian republic was
very pronounced.
When. few months later. the abdi-
cation Of the czar wns followed by the
abdication of King Constantine of
Greece, the kaiser sustained another
blow which hurt him more than the
, defeat of one Of his armies would
have done.
"They are trying to force their rot
ten form of democratic government on
Greece" he declared fiercely. "The
way they have treated my poor sister,
the queen of Greece. is shame and a
disgrace. They talk about our inva-
sion of Belgium. but their actions in
Greece are infinitely worse. l have
studied the English people for twenty.
five years. and they always try to
cover their acts with religion and the
talk Of benefits to civilization and hu-
manity, ,bnt, hypocrites that they are.
they continue to grab all they can get
their hands on just the same"
The fact that Greece had treaty
with Serbia which required her to take
up arms If Serbia were attacked and
that she had failed to meet her obli-
cations in that respect was naturally
of no significance to the kaiser. to
I.whOm treaties were but scraps Of pa
,,.per. 4
f Theskeynotes of the kniser'ss military
program lay in the fact that he real.
.ized that it was necessary for him to
lwin In order to hold his throne. l feel
lquite sure that If the allies We're will.
fling to concede to Gcrmnnyinll the ter.
.i;rltory, she has conquered-Belgium
Serbia, Poland. Roumania. Russia and
,ipart of France, and restore all her col
Itonies, upon condition that the knisel
istep down from the throne, he would
reject the proposition without lao
ment's hesitation.
Il "Your country would like to make 6
republic out Of Germany" he com
|mented, "a republic like France. per
-haps, going down and down all The
time-a country ruled by lawyers! =
And he mentioned half dozen Of the
great French statesmen who were
members of the legal profession. at!
sad thing for country when 1t get:
into the hands of the lawyers France
and Italy are already controlled b,
them, and America dhd England art
rapidly following their eXnrnplei"
The kaiser regarded the German
people as his own property to.do wit!
ms he liked. When referred to tn,
German people" in conversation Il
would dclicately correct me by refer
ring in his reply to "my people.
When, for instance, / said oa one oc
casion,S 81 understand, your majesty
that the German people ere anyiou
. for peace" he answered. Eyes. Davis
my people are strongly ir favcr O
peach, hut they want German peac
, no ellied peace!"
He believed that just as the univers
is ruled by God SO should the cart
; be dominated by an earthly ruler ant
that God had selected him for the task
, To displace him in favor of repub
; lican form OF government, to snbsti
, tute Il ruler elected by the people fo
n monarch designated by God was il
his opinion the bnsest sort of sacrIlege
> and the unfortunate part of 1t all wa
, that the majority of his people CO
4 incided with him. They preferred t
l be ruled by hand of iron rather thai
: to rule themselves. Some day the,
e may be awakened to the blessings o
self-government, but up TO the presen