Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11
WORLD WAR MAKERS AND PEACE MAKERS

and finally. was exicd TO Switzer-
. land.
Emperor Williams domination over
German statesmen, d.. 5mats and the
high command Of the G ran army was
/ emphasized By DIR. Wilhelm Muehlon,
u former director OF the Krupp works.
/ the great German hunittons factory
. IN his book on The Devastation OF
Europe" In this he not only laid
; b.ame upon Germany FOR bad faith and
. criticized the German ainy for its
brutality but asserted ihat in the Ger
man foreign office only he who did
! the erperors bidding was allowed 20
/ remain. They could not DO better,
: lie declared because OF the character,
The power. the vac.ilaiiou OF and the
continued iuterfvenCe by the kaiser.
!. was DIR. Muchlon VINO asserted the
authenticity of the statement that
Emperor William stated at n meeting
I Of German army officers that he had
! plenty of prisoners and that he hoped
, the officers would see that no more
+, prisoners were taken.
| Shifting the Blame.
I MaNimilian Harden, Z German lib
eral leader, declared the German ruler
! brought on The war oecause of his de-
sire for something like world rule.
I William often proclaimed his in
nocenCe, and endeavorcd to put the
onus OF the war on the shoulders OF
| the entente allies In his speech from
the throne after the war began he
said:
In pursuing its interests the Rus
sian empire stepped IN the way OF
Austria Hungary. Our duty as an
| ally called US to the side OF Austria
Hungary. The situation arose not
from temporary conflicts of interests
or diplomatic combinations but is the
result OF ill-will existing for years
against the strength and prosperity Of
! the German empire"
The emperor. despite his previous
| expressions OF good will for America,
| gave vent TO his anger against the
| United States when ii becam evident
| no official action would be taken to
| stop the shipment OF munitions and
supplies to the entente allies by de-
| ciaring 10 the American ambassador
! James w. Gerard, 7 shall stand no
! nonsense from America after the war"
Williams designs TO spread German
! dominion in Asia found expression in
| his famous visits to Constantinoplc
| when he was proclaimed as protector
| of the Moslems In this the world
saw a cunning step toward achieve
| ment of the German ambition of Ger
man dominion from Berlin to Basdad.
Pupil Of Bismarck.
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert was
| born Jan. %, 1859, and became EN-
peror William II on the death of his
| father. Frederick III, June Is, 1885 He
| came out of the University Of Bonn
| fully prepared to enter :he school OF
statecraft. Set to work in the govern
ment bureaus. he was early taught the
routine of official business under the
! tutelage Of the great Bismarck.
| At the death Of his father, the I'M
perial throne devolved upon William
II who was then but twenty-nine years
of age. Bismarck continued as chan
/ ceilor but not for long. Tho the great
statesman had made every effort to
instil his young pupil with his own
ideas Of government and diplomatic
policies, the new emperor soon found
! that he disagreed with his grand
fathers former close adviser in many
important respects In 1890 ne dis
agreement of the two men reached
, crisis, a rupture came and Bismarck
went. The relations between the two