Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

| the Atlantic
| Civilization will never forget tina,
it was the minions Of the emperor
/ who officially shot to death Edith
| Cavell, the English girl who befriend-
ed the Belgians in Brussels.
! Against these his cry II did not will
the war" availed as nothing. Before
the bar of humanity William was ad-
judged guilty of the greatest crime
! since the crucif1xion. In him humanity
saw the last of the autocrats, the final
Caesar. Assertions that he was at heart
peaceful. SO persistently circulated for
years as to give them the stamp OF
German propaganda. became branded
proclaimed himself the prince of peace
stood revealed as humanity's scourge.
and against him and all that he repre-
sented rose the new world of democ-
racy and freedom.
Many Doubt His Sanity.
Many doubt whether William was
entirely sane. He said repeatedly that
he possessed a divine mandate to rule,
that the Almighty was his .'uncondi.
tional and avowed ally" 1t is not en-
tirely clear whether such outgivings
were the product of a disordered brain
or were due to unbounded egotism and
an effort to impress his subjects with
the idea Of reverent and unquestioning
submission. His speeches to his armies
| in which he asserted he and they were
| instruments of divine judgment upon
Germany's enemies" were regarded by
| many outside of Germany as pieces OF
rhetoric. intended only to deceive his
| own people.
| Williams claim to close affinity with
God was the burden of dozens of hi,
| speeches long before as well as after
the beginning of the war. OF these
perhaps, none more clearly defined hi.
claim than his notorious "divin,
right" speech delivered at Branden
burg in 1890. in which he said he re
sponsibility' conferred upon. him b.
God, and that it was my duty to in
crease this heritage for which one da,
l shall be called upon to give account
Those who try to interfere with m!
| task I shall crush
| In all this the world saw before tn,
war not menace, but a comedy.
| laughed with the then Capt JOSEPH
B. Coghlan of the United States Nav!
| when. returning from the war will
the commander Of the German squad
ron at Manila bay, the captain recite.
the famous poem. 'Hoch der Kaiser
In this the concluding refrain was, il
the supposititious words of the EN-
| peror:
Colt pulls nit me-and I nit him
Meinself-und Gott."
Few statesmen realized then tina
! the deluded emperor in his shining
! armor. maneuvering his armies ant
| military system, cementing the cen
trail empires and Turkey and foster
| ing the preaching Of the supremac.
Of autocracy, was erecting a machin,
that one day would make war upol
all civilization.
Received Dangerous Toys.
Yet the world was warned by som,
far-sighted men that the empero
would one day bring catastroph,
upon the nations. These men saw 1,
him then and see him now as a ma,
inventor given in his youth the mos
dangerous of all toys-his army an,
navy.
They were his playthings. He de
veloped them throughout the years t
the point where he had to put then
to test. Like a crazed inventor, h
feared the end of his reign would fin,
his inventions untried; so he graspe,
the first opportunity to wage a worl,
war.
Meantime the German war part,
grew with William as its head, and
the scheme of world dominion await
ed the hour to begin it's attainment
1t came with the assassination of thu
Austrian archduke, Francis Ferdi
nand. and his wife at Sarajevo.
Recalled from yachting trip, Will
liam presided at conference a
German and Austrian armies, navie'
and commercial interests. There, &C
cording to the best information OBJ
tainabfe, the decision was reached t,
duke a pretense for the world wa
for which Germany had long pre-
pared
In the diplomatic exchanges between
Germany and Austria on one side AM
Great Britain, France and Russia OF
the other, William posed as one wish
ing for peace but driven to war. H
signed the order for the mobi1iza
ton of the German army and from
that moment war was inevitable
Thereafter he drove on his armie
relentlessly in the mad campaigns TO
victory. encouraging them with ever.
device and sometimes appearing Of
the front to be proclaimed as persona
commander in a great offensive.
Publication, of the "Willy-Nicky
German emperor in the light OF a
INSCRIPTIONS plotter. The telegram
disclosed that Emperor William ha
induced Emperor Nicholas of Russi
to sign a secret agreement to Whic
he was to force the adherence 9
fensive and defensive alliance againi
England. The treaty was discovere
and repudiated by a Russian ministe
Letter to President Wilson.
Falling in his attempt. the Germa
l emperor set upon himself the task
drawing England to his side again
France and Russia. How well
thought he had succeeded in this ma
be gathered from a letter, he wrote
President Wilson In 1914 in which
tsaid King George had promised PRIME
1 Henry of Prussia on July %. 1914. tn,
England would remain neutral in vi
involving the central powers with Franz
/ and Russia.
Perhaps the most direct and author
! Itative of the accusations against II
German emperor and the pan-GernfAI
are contained In the published seer
memorandum Of Prince Charles Ma
Lichnowsky, who was German anbal
'sador- at London ut the outbreak !!
hoetilities. The prince uneQuivocall
placed the blame for the war on Gel
i M ny and foc his frankness WAS in