Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-01

lglhes, however, that
ITO the socialists In this
Us evidence Of a permanent
kee of heart, he little appreciates
Aeeply rooted is the kaiser's aD-
Ice of socialism and democracy
l. one Of the principal things the
saiser hoped to accomplish by prose
cutting the war to triumphant con-
clusion was the blow 1t would deal TO
socialistic progress. He felt that
victory would make his army the ldoi
Of the people and that their monarch
would shine in the reflected glory OF
their martial achievements. A sue
cessful war, he believed, would set So
cialism back hundred years.
Certain it is the war brought 10
change in the kaiscr's personal habits
Even TO curry favor with the socialls-
tic clement he never unbent to the
slightest degree in his outward as
play of kingly attributes. In all MS
career the German people had never
seen their kaiser other than in his
.oval uniform, and at all military pa
rades or reviews he always rode q
white horse, that he might be most
consD,cuous, and bore the royal mace
| which his ancestors had carried centa'
ries before him. With the death
struggle between medieval monarch!
md democracy raging about him the
..niser was determined to yield not g
Y title Of his prcrogatives.s His auto
.roh;lo still! made its coming known D}
! - distinctive Observation-Disclosures" an;
:.a royal palaces were maintained II
IL their accustomed pomp.
BIT while the k0iser's armies were
rIn;nnhart in the field, the principle
hicn he was combating was every
ncre gaining ground. On March 10
y, the car abdicated and Russia
':n2o aut0cratic form of government
/ long been the envy of the German
.a:ocracy, became republic!
The downfall of the Russian EN-
= was brought about by England
cause she feared that the car was
cut to make a separate peace" tht
User commented to me. GAS mat
rr o. fact, however, neither the czal
or his government ever. approached
IN that subject, and when England
,farthrew the Russian monarchy She
:efcated her very purpose. With tht
."ar on the throne Russia would prob
.gly have gone on fighting us"
Although the kaiser bore nc particu
ar love for the car, whom he was
| :ign:lng, he had no desire to converi
re empire into a democracy, and hi:
bitterness toward England 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 car was followed by the
abdication of King Constantine OF
| Greece, the kaiser sustained another
| blow which hurt him more than tbs
| defeat Of one of his armies would
have done.
"They are trying to force their rot
ten form of democratic government on
| Greece" ne declared flercely. "The
way they have treated my poor sister
| the queen of Greece, is a shame and 8
disgrace. They talk about our inva
| sion Of Belgium, but their actions In
Greece are infinitely worse. l hayt
studied the English people for twenty
five years, and they always try &c
cover their acts with religion and the
talk of benefits to civilization and hui
| mainly, hut, hypocrites that they are
they continue to grab all they can gel
| their hands OH just the same!"
The fact that Greece had treaty
with Serbia which required her to take
I'D arms il Serbia were attacked and
that she had failed to meet her obli-
| cations il that respect was naturally
| Of no significance to the kaiser, to
whom treaties were but scraps Of pa
! per.
The keynote CT the kaiser's military
program lay in the fact that he real
lied that it was necessary for him to
win In order to hold his throne. / feel
quite sure that if the allies were will
ling to coHcede to Germany all the ter
ritoly size has cGnGuered-Belgium,
Serbia, Poland, Roumania, Russia and
part Of France, and restore all her col
onies, upon condition that the kaiser
step down from the throne, he would
reject the proposition without q mo-
ment's hesitation.
"Your country would like to make
republic ont Of Germany" he COM
meHted, "a republic like France, per-
hGps, going down and down all the
tlme-a country ruled by lawyers :"
And lie mentioned half dozen CT the
great French statesmen who were
members of the legal profession. tits
n sad thing for country when 1t gets
into the hands of the lawyers. France
and Italy are already controlled by
them, and America and England are
rapidly following their example!"
The kaiser regarded the German
people rs his own property to do with
as he liked. When I referred to the
German people" in conversation he
would deiicately correct me by refer