Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-11-14
Sought World Dominion.

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mobilization. He stood sponsor for
the terrorism and brigandsge which.
under the guise Of warfare, ravished
Belgium. laid waste the cities of
France, depopulated and outraged Ser
bia and sent the Lusitanias with her
freight Of women and children to
grave in the Atlantic.
Civilization will never forget that 1t
was the mlnions Of the emperor who
officially shot to death Edith Cayell.
the English nurse who befriended the
Belgians In Brussels.
Against these his cry II did not will
the war" awaited as nothing. Before
the bar Of humanity William was ad-
judged guilty Of the greatest crime
Ancesthe crucifixion. In him human
ity saw the last of the uutocrats, the
final Caesar.
Assertions that he was Mt heart
peaceful, SO persistently circulated for
years as to give them the stamp Of
German propaganda, became branded
as false. He who had long proclaimed
himself the prince Of peace stood re-
sealed as humanity's scourge, and
against him and all that he represent
ed rose the new world Of democracy
and freedom.
Claims Almighty rs His Ally.
Many doubt whether William was
entirely sane. He said repeatedly that
he possessed a divine mandate to rule,
that the Almighty was his "uncondi-
tional and avowed ally" 1t is not en-
tirely clear whether such outgivings
were the product Of q disordered brain
or were due TO unbounded egotism and
an effort to impress his subjects with
the idea of reverent and unquestioning
submission.
he asserted he and they were "instru-
ments Of divine judgment upon Ger
n any's enemies" were regarded by
many outside Of Germany as pieces of
rhetoric. intended only to deceive his
own people.
Few statesmen realized that the en-
perOr in his "shining armor," maneu-
vering his armies and fleets, building
up the German military system, ce-
menting the central empires and Tur-.
key. and fostering the preaching of the
supremacy Of autocracy, was erecting
a machine that one day would make
war upon all civilization.
Yet the world was warned by some
far-sighted. men that the emperor
would one day bring catastrophe upon
the nations. These men saw In him
then and see him Aow MS a mad inven-
tor, given in his youth the most dan
gerous Of all toys-hls army and navy.
They were Ills playthlngs. He de-
veIoped them throughout the years to
the point where he had to put them
TO test. Like crazed inventor, nc
feared the end OF his reign would find
his inventions untried. SO grasped the
first opportunity to wage world war.
eeixes Pretense to Open War.
Meantime the German war party
grew. with William at its head, and
the scheme Of world dominion awaited
the hour to begin its attainment. 1t
came with the assassination Of the
Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and his wife at Sarajevo.
Recalled from yachting trip. Wi.
liam presided at conference at Pots
dam Of representatives Of the German
and Austrian armies. .navies and COM
mercial interests. There. according to
the best information obtafnable, the
decision was reached to make the as
sassination Of the archduke a pretense
for the world war for which Germany
had long prepared.
In the diplomatic exchanges between
Germany and Austria on. one side and
Great Britain. France and Russia on
the other william posed as one wishing
Tor peace but driven to war.
He signed the order for the mobilixa-