The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-19

Of the people and that their monarch
would shine In the rejected glory Of
their martial achievements. a. sue,
cessful war, he believed, would set 60
-cialism back q hundred years.
Certain It Is the war brought no
change Ia the kaiser's personal habits.
Even to curry favor with the socialis-
tic element he never unbent to the
slightest degree In his outward dis
play Of kngly attributes. In all his
career the German people had never
seen their kaiser other than In his
royal uniform, and at all military pa
rades or reviews he always rode q
white horse, that he might be most
conspicuous, and bore the roya4-mace
which his ancestors had carried centu-
ries before him. With the death
struggle between medieval monarchy
and democracy raging about him the
kaiser was determined to yield not q
title Of his prerogatives. His. auto:
mobile stfl made its coming known by
Its distinctive "tade-tada-ta-ta" and
the royal palaces were maintained In
all their accustomed pomp.
But while the kaiser's armies were
triumphant In the field, the principle
which he was combating was every
where gaining ground. On March Is
1917, the car abdicated and Russia,
whose %autocratic form Of government
had long been the envy Of the German
aristocracy, became q republicf
'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 to me. AS q 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
a on the throne Russia would prob
ably have gone on fighting u.s."
Although the kaiser bore no particu-
lar love for the car, whom he was
fighting, he had no desire to convert
the empire into a democracy, and his
bitterness toward England for what
he thought was her part In the estab-
lishment Of the Russian republic was
very pronounced.
When, a few months later, the abdi-
cation of the car was followed by the
abdication Of King Constantine Of
Greece, the kaiser sustained another
blow which hurt him more than the
defeat Of n Of his armies would
have done.
'sThey are trying to force their rot
ten form Of democratic government on
Greece" he declared aercely. 1.-THE
way they have treated my poor sister,
the queen Of Greece, is a shame and a
disgrace. They talk about our inva-
sion Of Belgium, but their actions in
Greece are infinitely worse. I have
studied the English people. for twenty.
five years, and they always try to
cover their acts with religion and the
talk Of benefits to civilization and hui
mainly, but, h~ypocrites that they are,
they continue to grab all they can get
their hands On just the same r.
The fact that Greece had q treaty
with Serbia which required her to take
up arms II Serbia were attacked and
that abe had failed to meet her obi
cations In that respect was naturally
Of no significance to the kaiser, to
whom treaties were but scraps Of pa
per.
The keynote Of the kaiserss military
program lay In the fact that he real
ICED that It was necessary for him to
win In order to hold his throne. / feel
quite sure that II the allies were will
ling to concede to Germany all the ter
ritory she has conquered-Belgium,
Serbia, Poland. Roumania, Russia and
part Of France, and restore all her col
onies, upon condition that the kaiser
step down from the throne. he would
reject the proposition without q mo-.
ment's hesitat1sQAa
'Your country would like to make !
republic out OF Germany. hA COM
mented, "a republic like France, per.
haps, going down and down all the
time-a country ruled by lawyersr'
And he mentioned half q dozen Of the
great French statesmen who were
members Of the legal profession. TITS
q sad thing for q country when It gets
Into the hands Of the lawyers. France
and Italy + already controlled By,
them. and America and England are
rapidly following their example !"
The kaiser regarded the German
people az his own property to do with
q ne liked. When I referred 70 the
German people, In conversation No
would delicately correct me ~ REFER.
ring In his reply to my people,
When, for instance. I said On one o.
casion, y understand. your majesty,
thats the German people m anxious
for peace he answered, Ties, Davis
nv people ara strongly n favor @
peace hut they wnnt I German poses
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