Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-11
KAISER MAD,
once Once BELIEVED;
REGARDED AS JOKE
Hun Emperor. Obsessed and Mad
for World Dominion, Was
Unmasked by Willie
Mickey" Letters.
A MANY SIDED MONARCH


the mind of Emperor William, plunged
the world into war. Upon him and the
tremendous military engine OF dcstruc-
lion of which he was the CmbodlCmcnt,
he cxponcnt and tho leader, rests the
responsibility of deliberately planning and
bringing about the greatest conflict the
world has ever seen.
II did not matter to the world that the
Fmpcrors personcl share IN the swift
events immediately preceding the war
had been obScurcd. The world convicted
him of organizing, directing and mann
tanning ut the top notch ot efficiency, the
great German military machine. 1t re-
membcred that he signed the order for
the German mobilization. 1t remembered
that he stood sponsor for the terrorism
and brigandagc which, under the guisc OF
warfare, ravlShc,l Belgium, land waste the
rites OF Franco. depopulated and out
ragged Serbia and sent the LuSItania, with
her freight of women and children TO a
grave in the Atlantic.
EDITH CANEL MURDER.
Civilization will never forget that 1t
was the minions Of the Emperor who
officially shot to death Edith Cavcil, the
English girl, who bcfricndcd the Bclglans
IN Brussels.
AGAINST these. his cry Il did not will the
war avallcd as nothing. Before the bar OF
humanity. William was adjudgcd guilty
OF the greatest crime since the cruciilXion.
In HIM humanity saw the last of the
autocrats. the final Caesar. Assertions
that he was at heart peaceful, SO persist
pntlv circulated for years rs TO give them
The stamp oi German propaganda, he
ramc branded aS certainly false tic who
had long proclaimed himself the prince
nj peace, stood revealed as humanlty's )
scourge. and against him and all that he
rrprcscntcd rose the new world Of de
rocracv and freedom.
SANITY w>S QUESTIONED.
Nauv doubt whether William WAS on
tircly sane lIc saId repeatedly that he
possessed diyinr mandate to rule. that
Che Nnnghtv was his unconditional and
nvuvcd all> II IS not entirely clear
whether 4uch outglylngs were tic pro-
tltic' at a ,Ii>ordcrrd bran or were due 70
rlnbounded egoti~m and m effort e I'M
prc>> his subjects with the idca of rcvcrcnt
md Understanding submission illS
speeches Ia his armies in which he assert
al hc and they were instr nmcnt~ oi
divine Judgment upon Germany enc
nle- were regarded hv many outside o.
Germany rs pieces ot rhetoric intended
onlv to deceive his own people
Williams claim "a close affinity with
God was hc burden II dozens If his
speeches long before rs we'll II alter the
Beginning "a the Var. tH thCsc, perhaps,
none more clearly defined his claim than
his notorious divine right speech. dc
llycred al Brandenburg ia l~Hl III which
lc said lie regarded the German people
3s "a responsibility conferred luon hun
~ (;od and that II Was my duty ~ IN
,rcaSc this heritage Tor which ono day
shall lie called tlsn 70 give account
Tha>e who try to Interfere with my task
she'll crush
zn~rooh MIN,tE ron CoMED1
III ail thus the world saw before the war
not i menace btu i comedy 1t laughed
With the then Captain Joseph i CoGhan
If he United ~t.trs Navy. when. re-
turning from the var with spain and tel
ing j. the clash with the commander If
The German squadron n Manila Bay. the
captain recitcd the famous poem. lloCh
Der Kaiser In this. the concluding re-
Tram was, IN the supposIuous words ol the
Emperor
"Gott pulls nit mc-and nit him
Nlcin9eIf Ind Gott
Few statesmen realized then that the
dcIdcd Emperor III has shining armor.
nanouyrlng ms armies and ms fleets,
building up the German military system.
rc1ucnting the Central Empires and
Turkey, and fostering the preaching Ol
tic supremacy of autocracv Was erecting
D machnc that one day would make
war upon Ill civilization.
Vet the world was warned By some far
sighted men that the Emperor would ono
dav bring catastrophe upon the nations
These men saw III hlm then and sec him
now, as a nad inventor gwen ~ ms Youth
the most dangerous al all tovs-hls army
and navy.
They were his playthings. lie develop
cd them throughout the years Ia the point
where he had In put them to test Like
n crazed inventor, hc feared the end Of
his reign would find his inventions untricd,
50 grusped the first opportunity to wage 2
world war.
Meantime the German war party grew
with William rs its head. ana the scheme
OF world dominion awaited the hour to
begin It's attainment i came with The
assassination OF the Austrian Archdukc,
Francis Ferdinand, and ms wife, at Sar-
ajcvo.
FIXING on A PRETEXT ron WAR.
Recalled from a yachting trip, William
presided at q conference at Potsdam, of
representatives Of the German and Aus
trlan armies. nayies and commercial
interests. There according to the best
information obtainabe. the decision was
reached 10 make the assassination Of the
Archdukc, pretcnee 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 rs one wishing for
peace but driven TO war He signed the
order for the mobilization Of the German
Army and from that moment war was
inevitable Thereafter he drove on his
armies relcntlcssly In the mad campaigns
for victory, encouraging them with every
device and sometimes appearing on the
front 10 be proclaimed as personal COM
mander in great offensive.
U&MA1kED A. PLoTTER.
Publication OF the "Wiliy-Nicky" cor
respondence in 1917. placed the German
Emperor in the light Of an INSCRIPTIONS
plotter. The telegrams disclosed that
Emperor William had induced Emperor
Nicholas Of Russia to sign q secret agree
ment 70 which ne was TO force the ad-
hcrcnce Of France III the perfection Of an
offensive and defensive alliance against
England The treaty was discovered and
repudiated by Russian minister
Failing in his attempt, the German
l.. .-fE L.