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great deal to do with the militarists
anxiety not to postpone the war toe
long.
After mobilization was ordered
however, the kaiser decided to recede
from his position somewhat, and from
the balcony of the palace In Berlin, in
front of which an enormous crowd
had gathered, he declared significant
ly: 81 recognize no parties. We are
now all Germans"
If anyone imagines, however, that
his kowtOwing to the socialists in this
instance was evidence of permanent
change of heart, he little appreciates
how deeply rooted is the Kaiser's abb
horrence Of socialism and democracy.
Indeed, one of the principal things the
kaiser hoped to accomplish by prose-
cutting the war to a triumphant con-
clusion was the blow it would deal to
socialistic progress. He felt that
victory would make his army the idol
of the people and that their monarch
would shine in the reflected glory of
their martial achievements. A sue
NtSSl vi war, ne DelitNtuy "Ouiu SCI SO-
cialism back a hundred years.
Certain it is the war brought no
change in the kaiser's personal habits.
Even to curry favor with the soclalis-
tic element he never unbent to the
slightest degree in his outward dis
play of kingly attributes. In all his
career the German people had never
seen their kaiser other than In his
royal uniform, and at all military pa
rades or reviews he always rode a
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
title of his prerogatives. His auto
mobile still made its coming known by
its distinctive "tade-tada-ta-ta" and
the royal palaces were maintained in
all their accustomed pomp.
But while the kaiser's armies were
triumphant in the field, the principle
which he was combating was every
where gaining ground. On March Is,
1917, the czar abdicated and Russia,
whose autocratic form of government
had long been the envy of the German
aristocracy, became a republicI
"The downfall of the Russian en-
pire was brought about by England
because she feared that the car was
about to make 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 |
czar on the throne Russia would prob
ably have gone on fighting u.s."
Although the kaiser bore no particu-
lar love for the car, whom he was
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-
lishment of the Russian republic was
very pronounced.
When, few months later, the abdi-
cation Of the car was followed by the
abdication of King Constantine of
Greece, the kaiser sustained another
blow which hurt him more than the
defeat of one of his armies would
have done.
'aThey are trying to force their rot
ten form of democratic government on
Greece" he declared fiercely. 1.-THE
way they have treated my poor sister,
he queen of Greece, is shame and
disgrace. They talk about our inva-
sion of Belgium, but their actions in
Greece are infinitely worse. 1 have
studied the English people for twenty
i've years, and they always try TO
over their acts with religion and the
ak of benefits to civilization and hui
nanity, but, hypocrites that they are
hey continue to grab all they can get
heir hands on just the same!"
The fact that Greece had treaty
With Serbia which required her to take
I'D arms if Serbia were attacked and
hat she had failed to meet her obli-
,ations in that respect was naturally
# no significance to the kaiser, to
whom treaties were but scraps of pa
er.
The keynote of the kaiser's military
rogram lay in the fact that he real
zed that it was necessary for him to
Yin in order to hold his throne. l feel
ute sure that if the allies were will
ing to concede to Germany all the ter
ltory she has conquered-Belgium,
erbia Poland, Roumania, Russia and
art of France, and restore all her col
MES, upon condition that the kaiser
tep down from the throne, he would
eject the proposition without mo- {
rents hesitation.
"Your country would like to make 1
epublic out of Germany" he COM
rented, "a republic like France, per $
APPS, going down and down all the i
me-a country ruled by lawyers S
nd he mentioned half dozen of the v
reat French statesmen who were II
LENDERS of the legal profession. Its n
sad thing for a country when it gets u
,to tba hands Of tba 1owvprS France | L