The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-13
The PiOuS
Devil
II
BY KATE JORDAN
OF The YIgI01fes

assassination at SarajevO gave the
German kaiser, and the cOrmOrants
who gutturaIed with him over the
council tables. the opportunity for the
crime against mankind for which they
had been preparing for fifty years, we
have had him described, quoted. pho
tOgraphed by the highest men Of many
cOuntries-nen of honor, whose word
cannot be questioned.
His vanity is cOlOsSal-SOmething to
gibe at. Raymond Hitchcock described
il when, as a reason for his having
made the var. he explained that "the
kaiser was all dressed up with no
where TO co." He is always dressed
up" either as an hussar, an admiral.
as this, or that, and lately. even as a
Turk. Yes. William HOhenzOllern is
crazy about himself" He likes the
way he "cirries the duds."
With vanity there is always arrO-
gance; anG he is arrogant. His mus
rache ends alone are damning evil
dence of that. The points point up at
him. 1t Is evident, too, in his addic-
zion TO posing on hOrse-he can look
down. and ride over anything on foot.
With vanity and arrogance, treach-
cry makes u good third. In his own
mind, the first two traits set him apart,
a glOrified unit, law unto himself.
What is, therefore, Just common de-
cency TO other men has no meaning for
one who Is law. Because of this he
can break his word, lie. cheat, steal,
murder at every turn of the game-as
he has done from the first moment.
These three traits could not exist
without breeding cruelty. The German
insensibility to suffering In others
looms large in the "alI-bighest." In
sheer sayagery he has OutdOne the
most barbarOus Turk that ever lived.
He has directed the slaughter of mil
lions of men. And not only Of his enc
mieS-make no mistake Of that! He
has directed the slaughter of his own
peasant and artisan armies with as
untrembling a finger. II might be
well for the Germans in this country
who secretly yearn over the father
land to think of this: The German
kaiser does not spare his people. He
murders his Own-aS cat eats its own
when the idea seems good for aristO-
cratic and HOhenzOllern reasons.
Vanity. arrogance. treachery and
cruelty. Surely these are enough Of
hell to exist in one man. But there is
another, and it reeks rom the brew
this is hypocrisy.
Yes, this man Of lies and torn
treaties, whose armies were directed
TO treat the betrayed Belgians as hy-
enas treat tine graves they pull to
pieces for bones; this killer of babes |;
this murderer of the wOunded-is
piOus. If one were to believe him,
each Of his horrors has had Gods au-
diting.
During this last year he has grown
very old and white Of hair. Some late
photographs of him that have reached
this country show no arrogance at all.
No, he Is now markedly sanctimOniOus
and very. very sad No wonder. He
and GOd-haye nOt had the easy
tiEle that he expected
YOu s-e he had the restaurant pick
Ell out and the date set for his tri-
Umphal dinner in Paris around Christ
mas. 1914. There vas reason for his
feeling % sure. When he started
across Belgium, killing and burning
ali in his path. he was most hideOusly
prepared for the fight he knew he
would Meet in France
Perhaps it is not generally known
Just how prepared he was in a one
sided infamy From sure authority
l have recently read of the tons of
i..-bed wire, II years in the making,
that went with those first troops; !;
that every German soldier as he took
his first step over the Belgian frontier
with Paris as his goal. had in his Kit
tubes Of liquid gas and Il perfectly
constructed ga> mask. also years and
years in the IL ng- When the kaiser
-uInina-esi ON tie liquid gas that was
TO come IS sITpriSe upon his de-
fenseIeSs eneM.-s while his own men
we're supermen. immune. is it any
wonder that tile Iz0intS of his muStache
waggled in a sweet, slow snlileE Any
wonder that h. saw himself in Paris
by Christmas. eating Sauerkraut pre-
T,arsSI hy 4 Fr4urh chef2
Well, in spite of all that he has
brought To- make solid his lOathSOme
ambition. he is not in Paris He IS il
Berlin. or near il. and giad 10 stay
there
He hadn't counted on England-and
Ensland's navy bOttled up his ports:
her millions poured over the channel
after him
He was sure Italy would hold to q
feeble sort of Promise to back him mp
If he were good Italy thought him
rotten had; and s0 she went after him
He wasn't afraid Of America Amer
lea was too busy making money, too
happy in selffShneSS. and luxury, and
indOlence- America would never fight
She vas like an Overfed cat asleep In
the sun But from the time he sank
the I.DSitania America has really been
At var with him in spirit. as she is
EOw in reality. When she did wake up
she put her head under the pump and
the cold water made her vision 50
clear she could see nothing but the
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