Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-12-04

.tne ueI1OcFacleS. lllTuSL dt d tnrOile was a stab at the kaiser's heart. and with or without the cooperation of Austria I firmly believe he would have gone to any lengths to have avenged the crime of Sarajevo.
 It Is true that the kaiser sent a message to the czar of Russia in which he pointed out that Austria ought to be allowed to chastise Serbia without interference from the other European powers, remarking, "We princes must hold together" but there can be no doubt that that was very far from the outcome dearest to his heart. If, indeed, the punishment of Serbia had been accomplished with out war the kaiser would have been q most disappointed man, and if Russia had failed to mobilize her troops which gave Germany a preteXt for crossing the Russian border, haven't the slightest doubt that Germany would have prodded Russia into war anyway, knowing that France would follow. Der Tag" (the day) had come for which Germany had been planning and plotting, and nothing on earth could now interfere with the ex- ecution of the program.
 How firmly the kaiser was welded to the dynastic idea and how deeply he abhorred the spirit of democracy was revealed throughout the wholo course of his life, and in his conversa- tions with me he frequently gave eX- pression to views which disclosed how thoroughly he believed in the divine right of kings"
 saw him shortly after Wilson's election in 1912.
 "What will America ever accomplish with professor at it's head?" he asked, sneeringy. "Davis, your coun- try will never be truly great until it becomes monarchy!"
 On another occasion he sneered at conditions in England.
 Look at England today" he re- marked. "She is ruled by Lloyd George, socialist! Why, England is virtually republic, as bad as France. Whats become of the king of Eng land? One never hears of him any more! Why doesn't he assert him. self?" The tone of disgust with which he gave vent to these sentiments was more significant, perhaps, than the words used might imply.
 'Your president is trying to over throw me and my family from the throne of Germany by his notes," he commented bitterly, when I saw him shortly after the publication of the presidents reply to the pope, "but he little understands how loyal are my people and now futile his efforts will prove. They held meetings recently all over the empire, in every city and village and showed their allegiance to me in no uncertain way, and your president received the.-apsv f-sen, my people that he deserveu wU7i' dered whether the kaiser was unaware of the fact that all these meetings had been inspired by the government and their useful agent, the press, or whether he was once again making use of his histrionic ability.
 Although Germany is regarded as the cradle of socialism, to the kaiser IL ' uS NttISGI Nliltll WoS SiOWly ctt- ing away the foundations of his em- pire and he viewed it's progress with the direst misgivings.
 Before the war he steadfaStly re- fused to receive a deputation of so- cialists and never once gave an audi ence to the leaders of the socialist party in the reichstag, although the heads of committees of all the other political parties were at times re- ceived in conference.
 While the reichstag was little more than a children's debating society. the growth and increasing power of the socialistic party. which was. constantly clamoring for the reform vote, could not be ignored. and no doubt had a great deal to do with the militarists' anxiety not to postpone the war too long.
 After mobilization was ordered however, the kaiser decided to recedc from his position somewhat, and from the balcony of the palace in Berlin, in front of which an enormous crowd had gathered, he declared significant ly: 'I recognize no parties. We are now all Germans"
 If anyone imagines, however, that his kowtowing to the socialists in this instance was evidence of a permanent change of heart, he little appreciates how deeply rooted is the kaisers ab- horrence of socialism and democracy Indeed, one of the principal things the kaiser hoped to accomplish by prose cutting the war to a triumphant con clusiOn was the blow 1t would deal to SocialiStic prOgreSS He felt that