Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-11-22


Failing in his attempt, the German
emperor set upon himself the task O
drawing England to his side against
France and Russia.
How well he thought he had sue
cccded In this may be gathered from
a letter he wrote "a President Wilson
in 1914 In which he said King George
had promised Prince Henry Of Prussia
on July 20, 1914, that England would
remain neutral In n wal involving the
central powers with France and Rus
sia,
L~ichnowsky Shows Up Intrigue.
Perhaps the most direct and authori-
tatiye Of the accusations against the
German emperor ana the pan-Germans
are contained in the published secret
memorandum of Prince Charles Ma
LiChnOwsky, who was German am
bassadOr Mt London Mt the outbreak OF
hostilItIcs.
The prince un%cquivocally placed the
UlllI' lDl iHt NuI WI WI many anu
for his f~rankness was imprisoned in a
Sileslan chateau, permanently expelled
from the Prusslan house Of lords,
which action was sanctioned by the
emperor, and finally was exlled to
Switzerland.
Emperor Williams domination over
E,r,,un nt,t,E,,,,, lipl,,,ntu and tho
high command Of the German army
was emphasized by DR.. Wilhelm
Muehlon, n former director of the
Krupp works, the great German NUM-
lions factory, in his book on "The
Devastation Of Europe" In this he
not only laid blame upon Germany for
bad faith and criticized the German
army for It's brutality but asserted that
in the German foreign office "only he
who did the cmperor's bidding was al
lowed to remain" "They could not
do better" he declared, because OF
the character, the power, the vascilla-
ton Of and continued interference by
the kaiser"
1t was Doctor Muehlon who asserted
the authenticity of the statement that
Emperor William stated at a meeting
Of German army officers that he had
plenty of prisoners and that he hoped
the officers would see that no more
prisoners were taken.
Macmillan Harden, Il German lib
cral leader, declared the German ruler
brought on the war because of his de-
sire "for something like world rule"
mo Nonsense From U.s."
The emperor, despite his previous
expressions Of good will for America,
gave vent to his anger against the
United States when 1t became evident
no official action would be taken to
stop the shipment of munitions and
supplies to the entente allies by de-
claring to the American ambassador,
James w. Gerard, II shall stand no
nonsense from America after the
war"
Williams designs to spread German
dominion in Asia found expression In
his famous visits to Constantinople
when he was proclaimed rs protector
of the Moslems. In this the world saw
a cunning step toward achievement OF
the German ambition of German do
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Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert vas
born January 81, 1859, and became
Emperor William II on the death Of
his father, Frederick III, June 10, 1883.
He came out of the University Of Bonn
fully prepared to enter the school OF
StnteCrnft. 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
IL, who was then but twenty-nine
years of age, Bismarck continued as
chancellor, but not for long.
In 1890 the disagreement of the two
men reached a crisis, a rupture came
and Bismarck went. The relations be-
tween the two men remained strained
for several years, but before Bismarck
died peace was made between them.
Stickler for Military Etiquette.
With the passing of Bismarck the
empcror's real reign began. AS Il mill
tary mar he was n stickler for etli-
cheney, discipline and the observance
Of etiquette TO the last detail. And with
the details of all these components Of
army life and training he was familiar
to the smallest point,
In everything he was described as
thorough and, withal, one of the hard
est workers in the empire,
Physically unimpresslve-he was
short and inclined to stoutuess-Wil-
liam was fond of being photographed
while striking n military posture,
though taking good care to veil the
dcformity of his left arm, a dishgure-
ment with which he was born and of
which he was extremely sensitive. He
blamed his English mother for living
Il life Of Self-indulgence and cursed her
repeatedly as being responsible for his
! deformity.
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