The sun., 1918-10-04
The Contents OF the Kaiser's Heart.

TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN Zoo.
The Contents Of the ksIser's Heart.
Herr wnHELM HErLE, writing in
DE HAfe, declared that while 1t
would not befit imperial dignity to
enter into controversy with the hair
splitting, dialectical phraseology of
the Ill educated enemy statesmen"
1t might be Of immense advantage
TO the German cause il the Kaiser
would, once for all, come out before
tho world to state, in principle, be-
fore his own people, the Allied peo-
pies, the neutral and the enemy
world, all that really is In his heart.
The writer in Die HUE says:
"Tf he tthe Kaiserl would thus con-
sent to deliver his political confession
OF faith that programme would at one
blow tear tho bandages from the eyes
of peoples who have been hitherto so
completely misled and deceived. With
amazed attention they would learn that
the German Kaiser, who Is for them
the very embodiment Of all dark schemes
OF imperialism ana militarism. this War
Lord, to use their own devilish distor-
lion Of the sense OF the highest Kriegs-
herr's title. this alleged centre Of re-
action ana last surviving representa-
tive Of tyrannical despotisrn. stands on
matters Of domestic as Of foreign policy
absolutely on the standpoint of the
Rsiohstag ana3ority--of tho great ma
tority OF the German people
This belongs to the class Of intelli
gence labelled Important If true"
Does It mean that the majority of
rhe Reichstag and the great majority
If the German people are as reaction.
AIRY, as medieval, as thoroughly rep
resentative Of the ideas Of absolute
and tyrannical despotism as is the
Kaiser himself? II 1t does not mean
that, It means that the Kaiser has
been persistently disappearing tc
mankind and to Con the real charac
Ter Of his cardiac contents; in plain
words, that he has been lying in sucl
Foundations OF his political faith as
his, for example:
As look upon myself as an instru'
msnt Of the Lord am Indifferent t.
the point OF view of the present day.
The King holds his power by the
grace OF COP, TO whom alone he is re-
aponsible. He chooses his own patti
ana only decides his actions from thil
point Of view"
Or this, again, for example:
There In only one master in thi,
country; arm he and will not tolerat.
another.
There is only one iaw-my law-th,
law which I myself lay down.
"A ruler may be very disagreeable
and will be disagreeable, il I think &
necessary" r
Or this, yet again, for example 4
THE soldier must dot have IA vii
Of Ills own--they must all have onl,
one viii. and that viii mine.
The best word is a blow-the arm,
ana navy are the pillars OF state.
The army and the Emperor at IL
head can alone secure the safety OF thu
empire and the peace Of tte world.
Tho foreigner has learned the con
sequences Of offending the German EN-
peror.
TT Is the soldier and the army, no
parliamentary uajorities ana votes. tina
have welded the German Empire to
sether. My confidence rests upon tn
army"
To quote no further, 1t Is evfden
that II the I'll educated epemy states
men. such as WOODROW WILSON, LLoY'
GEORGE, GEORGES CLrMENcEAU an,
others, have been misled and de
ceived as TO the extent to which tn
Kaiser embodies the medieval prin
ciples and dark schemes OF imperial
ism and militarism, the utterance
ot WILHELM der Zweite himself ar
responsible for their transformation
The frequency and profusion. of hi
public disclosures to man and Go
have left uncommoply little room 70
misconception.
But Herr HEILE In DE HUE woul
have us believe that the Kaiser ha
been lying TO Germany and to tn
rest of the world, ever since the wa
began, about his political creed an
idess of personal responsibility as
ruler and war lord?
We do not know. All that W
know at present is that two millio
or 80 of intelligent Americans ar
On the way to ascertain by persona
inspection the exact character of tha
which is really in WuHELM's heart