American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-01

great deal 20 DO with the militarists Z
anxiety not 10 postpone the war TOO
long.
after mobilization was ordered,
however. the kaiser decided 70 recede
from his position somewhat, and from
the balcony Of the palace In Berlin, In
front Of which an enormous crowd
had gathered. be declared significant
lr: Il r%ecosnize 10 parties. We are
now all Germans.
II anyone imae.nes. however, that
his kowtowing % she socialists In this
instance was evidence Of a permanent
change Of heart. be- little appreciates
how deeply rooted is the kaiser's abb
horrence Of socialism and democracy.
Indeed. one Of the principal things the
kaiser hoped 10 accomplish by prose
cutting the war 20 a triumphant con-
clusion was the blow It would deal 70
|socialistic progress. He felt that
victory would make his army the idol
" the people and that their monarch
would shine ia the reflected glory Of
their martial achievements. A sue
cessful war. he believed. would ser So
cialism back a hundred years.
Certain f. is the war brought no
change In the kaiser's personal habits.
Even 70 curry favor with the socialis-
tic element he never unbent TO the
slightest degree in his outward dis
play of kingly attributes. II an his
career the German people had never
seen their kaiser other than In his
royal uniform. and ar an military pa
ra1-s or reviews be always rode a
white horse. THAT he mizht De- most
conspicuous and bore rhe royal mace
which his ancestors had carried centl-
rie, before him. With the death
struggle between medieval monarchy
a1d democracy raging about him the
kaiser was determined o. yield nor q
little Of his p~reroeatives. HIS auto
mobile stil made ms coming known hy
IFS distinctive "tadr-tada-ra-ta' and
the royal palaces were maintained in
aIi rhe.r accustomed pomp.
Bur while the kaiser's armies were
triumphant 10 The field. the principle
which he was combating was every
where gaining ground. On March 70.
!. 1917. the car ~abdicated and Russia.
whose autocratic form OF government
/, had long been the envy Of the German
; %aristocracy. became a republic.
''The downfall of the Russian en-
, pire was brought about By England
because she feared that the car was
about to make a separate peace" the
: kaiser commented 10 me. A a mat
: ter OF fact. however. neither the car
nor his government ever approached
= Us on that subject. and when England
= overthrow the Russian monarchy she
defeated her very purpose. With the
car on the throne Russia would prob
; ably have gone on fighting US"
Although the kaiser bore no particu-
lar love for the car. whom he was
fighting. he had no desire 10 convert
the empire into a democracy. and hi:
bitterness toward England for whal
/. be thought was her part in the estab
liShment Of the Russian republic wa
very pronounced.
When. a few months later. the abdi
a cation Of the car was followed by th'
= atdication Of King Constantine o
Greece. the kaiser sustained anOthe
. blow which hurt him more than III.
defeat OF one of his armies woul'
have done.
They are trying 70 force their rot
=. ten form Of democratic government Of
: Greece" he declared fercely. 18th.
:, way they have treated my Poor sister
the queen of Greece is a shame and
disgrace. They talk about our inva
sion Of Belgium. bur their actions Il
Greece are infinitely worse. I hav
studied the English people for twenty
five years. and they always try 2
cover their acts with religion and IN
talk OF benefits 70 civilization and hr
manity. but hypocrites that they ar
they continue 10 grab ali they can =
- their hands on JUS the same :"
The fact that Greece had a treat
with Serbia which required her 10 tax
up arms if Serbia were attacked az
thar she had failed 10 meet her OIL
:, cations in that respect was NATURAL
y, Of me- significance 10 the kaiser, {
whom treaties were but scraps OF ?.
- per.
The keynote OF the kaiSer's militar
program lay in the fact that he rea
= lied that it was necessary for him
win I'm order to hold his throne. f.
quite sure thar if the allies were vi
linz TO concede 10 Germaus all the Il
ritory she has conQuered-Beleiur
Serbia. Poland. Roumania. Russia an
nc part OF France. and restore all her ca
ne onies. upon condition thar the kais'
III step down from the throne. he wou.
ne reject the proposition without a N
ment's hesitation.
~ Your country would ike 70 make
~ republic out OF Germany. he cor
- mented. "a republic Ike France. Re
~ haps. going down and down all y