Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-09-27

the royal palaces were mainta. ned in
al their accustomed pomp.
But while the kaiser's arml vs. were
triumphant In the field. the principle
which he was combating WIS every
where gaining ground. On ! arch Is,
1917. the ear abdicated an Russia.
whose autocratic form of goN IN ent
had long been the envy of the Ger nan
aristocraey, became a republic
1.-THE downfall of the Rush. EN-
pire was brought about by England
because she feared that the ear was
about to make a separate peace" the
kaiser commented to me. "As a mat
ter of fact. however, neither the car
nor his government ever approached
us on that subject, and when England
overthrow the RUSSIAN monarchy she
defeated her very purpose. With the
car on the throne Russia would prob
ably have gone on fighting u.s.
Although the kaiser bore no particu-
lar love for the czar, whom he was
fighting. he had no desire to convert
the empire into democracy, and his
bitterness toward England for what
he thought was her part in the estab-
lishment of the Russian republic was
very pronounced.
When, a few months later the abdi-
cation of the car was followed by the
abdication of King Constantine of
Greece, the kaiser sustained another
hi IA r1 sui h. xl%n
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. ! 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 hui
manity, but, hypocrites that they are
they continue to grab all they can get
their hands on just the samel"
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 obi.
cations in that respect was naturally
of no significance to the kaiser, to
whom treaties were but scraps Of pa
per.
| The keynote of the kaiser's military
program lay in the fact that he real
lied that it was necessary for him tc
win in order to hold his throne. / fee
quite sure that If the allies were will
ling to coEcede to Germany all the ter
ritory she has onquered-Belgium
Serbia, Poland, Roumania, Russia ant
part of France, and restore all her col
onies, upon condition that the kaiser
| step down from the throne, he woul(
reject the proposition without mo
ment's hesitation.
"Your country would like to make 9
republic out of Germany" he com
4 mented, "a republic like France, per
haps, going down and down all thu
time-a country ruled by lawyers 7
4 And he mentioned half dozen of thu
great French statesmen who wer,
members of the legal profession. 1T.
a sad thing for country when it get!
into the hands of the lawyers. Franc,
and Italy are already controlled b.
them, and America and England ar,
rapidly following their example |"
The kaiser regarded the German
1people as his own property to do witt
as he liked. When ! referred to tn,
German people, in conversation h
would delicately correct me by refer
ring in his reply to my people.
When, for instance, ! said on one oc
casion. II understand, your majesty
that the German people are anxiou
for peace" he answered, Yes. Davis
my people are strongly in favor O
peace, but they want a German peac
mo allied peace"
He believed that just as the univers
Ills ruled by God so should the cart
. be dominated by an earthly ruler AZ
!. that God had selected him for the tas
To Misplace him in favor Of repul
lican form of government, to subst
tute ruler elected by the people +,
monarch designated by God was
, his opinion the basest sort of sacriieg
and the unfortunate part of 1t all W,
. that the majority of his people c
! incided with him. They preferred
i be ruled by a hand of iron rather tn,
i | to rule themselves Some day tn,
/ may be awakened TO the blessings
: seif-g0vernment, but up to the prese
. time they have not shown the slighte
indication that they would prefer
t rule than be ruled, and because tn
$ submit so willingly to the kaiser's do
/ ination he has become ohsessed wi
9 the idea that the rest of the wor
: should follow suit.