Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-09
KA|SER'S EX-FR|END
ARRA|GNS GERMANS
I'm Devastation of Europe" For
mer Krupp Manager lndicts
Nation and Its People.

In the Devastation of Europe" ="
which has just been published in Zurich,
Switzerland, Herr Wilhelm Muchlon
draws serious indictment against the
ruler of Germany, and the German people
As former director of the great krupp
works at Essen, Herr Muchlon was in a
position to learn many things about the
war which are hidden from the general
public He had lived indeed, as he says
In his preface, In an atmosphere which
was essentially warlke The book,
which has already created great SEN
sation. is composed of extracts from the
authors diary, between the time of the
assassination of the AuStro-llungarlan
heir to the throne, Archduckc Franz
Ferdinand. on June 2S, 1911, and the
middle of the following November.
HAS LITTLE GOOD TO SAY.
OF the Kaiser Herr AIuehlon has
little good to say Referring to the
telegrams exchanged between the Kaiser
and the Tar, he writes on August 4:
The Kaiser permitted the publication
of these tclegrams, and also of official
dispatches in which Russia was accused
Of the most shameless pcrfdy, and the
person and the character of the Tar
slandcred in an unheard-of manner.
Quarrel between two SOVereIgnS which
could never he made up, and was neither
necessary, advantageous nor Just, Re
serve would have been far better, cs-
pccialy as the Kaiser 5 example corrupted
the tone and attitude OF our press, which
at a signal from him could not 90 far
enough IN publishing abuse and lnvcctlve
On all sides We stood alone in such
SANDERS The English weighed their
words quite coolly spoke Of war without
passion or hatred, though it were a
'gcntlemans agreement
KAIsERs BEHAVIOR RErREHENSIBLE.
The French at first clorificd their own
cause, but did not regard L Is their duty
to drag the foe through the mire Of
calumnv as We did And even # II could
he shown that tho press of any other
country adopted sharp tone, the be
ha9ior of the Kaiser stands alone amongst
Sovcreigns Neither the Tar. nor the
k.ng Of England nor the Emperor of
Austria. had a single word to say IN the
debate The Kaiser will continue in
this manner until the very end, 80 that
he will become quite lntolcrable.
Il cannot cry aloud often enough into
the cars Of the Germans that prcdomi-
nance and violence will never atone for
lack of moral superiority The enemy
cannot be intimdated with threats, but
Mil be strengthened hundcrfold No
wonder that foreign voices declare that
not Russia. but Germany, Is the perlOus,S J
savage, and dcSpotic nation. and that tht
kaiser Is the Incorporation of the worst
German instincts and the instIgator 81
disturbances III Europe, and must be
removed
GERMAN. DIPLOMACY 4 FAIIrRr.
For German diplomacy and German
diplomatists, Herr NIuchlnn has little
regard Writing on Aug %. he SAYS.
Since the outbreak Of the war. The
nation generally has the convection that
German diplomacy has everywhere proved
a failure. Some believe il IS because It
has been working only from day u da1.
and not looking far enough ahead AIy
opinion IS that with the character OF the
state authority, Its IncOnstancy ana the
continual interference of TIE Kaiser, It
could not work better. ODlv he who
danced to the Kaiser tune could remain
IN 0ffice and everybody wished - remain
For the men who have convictions for
which they would renounce office and