The Lamar register., 1918-10-02

career the herman people nau 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 royal 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 a
little of his prerogatives. His auto
mobile still made Its coming known by
Its distinctive "tntLe-tada- ta-tn" and
the royal palaces were maintained in
all their accustomed pomp.
But while the kalser's armies were
triumphant In the field. the principle
~iirn ne wns comDaung 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 a republlci
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 a 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
car on the throne Russia would prob
ably have gone on fighting us"
Although tho loISar hnra ~ ,,a-tg,,,
lar love for the ear. 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-
nshment OF the Russian republic was
very pronounced.
When. a few months later. the abdi-
cation of the ear was followed by the
sbdication OF King Constantine OF
Greece, the kaiser sustained another
blow which hurt him more thnn the
defeat of one Of his armies would
have done.
They are trying to force their rot
ten form OF democratic government on
Greece" he declared fierceIy. 1.-THE
way they have treated my poor sister,
the queen of Greece. Is n shame and a
disgrace. They talk about our inya-
sion Of Belgium, hut their actions in
Greece are infinitely worse. 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 hu-
manity. but. hypocrltes that they are,
thoU 80. al h.v
their hands on juss<the samei''
The fact that Greece had n treaty
with Serbia which required her to take
up arms II Serbia were attacked and
that she had failed to meet her obli-
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 kaiser's military
program lay in the fact that he real
lied that 1t 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 kulser
step down from the throne, he would
reject the proposition without n mo-
ment's hesitation.
Your country would like to make
republic out of Germany" he COM
mented. "a republic like France. per
haps. going down and down all the
time-a country ruled by lawyers !"
And he mentioned half dozen of the
great French statesmen who were
members of the legal profession. ats
a sad thing for country when it gets
~ the hands of the lawyers. France