Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-09

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squadron at Manila bay. the captain
recited the famous poem, "Hoch Der
Kaiser" In this the concluding re-
frain was. in the suppositions words
OF the eA4peror: ~
"Gott pulls NIT me-and I nit him
MEINSELF-Und Gott.''
Few statesmen realized then that
the deluded emperor in his Shining
armor" manoeuvering his armies and
his fleets, building up the German
military system, cementing the Cen
ing 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 thentand see him now as a mad
inventor given in his youth the most
dangerous of all toys-his army and
navy.
They were his playthings. He de-
veloped them throughout the years
to the point where he had to put
them to test. Like crazed in
ventor, he feared the end of his reign
grasped the first opportunity, to wage
a world war.
Meantime the German war party
grew with William as 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 a yachting trip, Will
lam 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 obtainable. the
sassination Of the archduke q pre-
tense for the world war for which
Germany had long prepared.
In the diplomatic exchanges be-
tween Germany and Austria on one,
side and Great Britain. France and
Russia on the other William posed as
one wishing for peace but driven to
war. He signed the order for the mo-
bilizationa OF the German army and
from that moment war was inevitable.
Thereafter. he drove on his armies re-
lentlessly in the mad campaigns for
victory. encouraging them with every
device and sometimes APPEARING on
sonai commander in q great offensive.
Publication of the willy Nicky''
correspondence in 1917, placed the
German emperor in the light of an
unscrupulous plotter. The kilograms
disclosed that Emperor William had
induced Emperor Nicholas Of Russia
to sign q secret agreement to which
he was to force the adherence Of
France in the perfection Of an often
sive and defensive alliance against
England. The treaty was discovered
and repudiated by a Russian minister.
Failing in his attempt. the German
emperor set upon himself. the task
France and Russia. How we'll he
Thought he had succeeded in this may
| be gathered from a letter he wrote to
President Wilson in, 1914 in which he
said King George had promised Prince
Henry OF Prussia, on July 80. 1914.
that England would remain neutral
In war involving tho central powers
Perhaps the most direct and au-
thoritative Of the accusations against
the German emperor and the Pan-l
Germans arc contained in the publish
ed secret memorandum Of Prince
Charles MAX I4chAowpky. who vas
outbreak OF hostilitieA Tho prince un-l
equivoca1ly placed tho blame for the
var ON Germany. ana for his frank
| IneaB was imprisoned In o 8ile9iAn cha
teau, permanently axpelled from the
Prusstan house 6f lords which ac-
tion was sapctioned hy the emperor.
and an.aly ,;, wsS ssiisd ~. a e syitssrland e;
jsr German Statesmen, diplonnats and
the high command & Of the German
army wAS emphasized by DR.. WilhAlmi
Muehlon. Q forri0r WI director Of the
iKrnpp worln. tho 9reat German mu-
1ttiors factory. fn hie sbnok on The