Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-03

stances to prevent the enemy from
prostrating us to the ground, and to
stand firm against French insolence
and British stubbornness.
Even though it endures long and
continues hard the Lord of Hosts
is with you. Those at home have be-
sought him and he has inspired you
with strength and courage"
Yet only a week later, on October
81, he addressed his then Chancel-
lor, Bethmann Hollweg, saying:
MY dear Bethmann; / have since
been turning our conversation over
thoroughly in my mind. 1t is clear
! that the peoples in the enemy coun-
tries who are kept in hard endur-
ance of the war by lies and frauds
and deluded by fighting and hatred
| possess no men who are able or who
have the moral courage to speak the
word which will bring relief-to
| propose peace.
What is wanted is a moral deed
! to free the world, including neutrals
| from the pressure which weighs
upon us all. For such u deed it is
necessary to find a ruler who has
the conscience. who feels that he is
responsible TO God. who has a heart
| for his own people and for those who
/ are HIS tHtillltSs WllO Is iHullleTtIl
! to any possible wilful misinterpreta-
ton of his act and possesses the
will to free the world from it's suf-
| ferings.
II have the courage. Trusting in
| God l shall dare to take this step.
! Please draft notes on these lines and
submit them to me, and make all
! necessary arrangements without de-
| lay"
! On August /, 1915, he said in q
manifesto from grand headquarters:
"One year has elapsed since l was
obliged to call to arms the German
people. An unprecedented time OF
bloodshed has befallen Europe and
the world. Before God and history
my conscience is clear. | did not will
the war Full of gratitude we
can say to-day that God was with
! us. The enemy armies who boasted
that they could enter Berlin within
I a few months are driven far back
east and west"
1t was not long before he resum-
ed weeping (pubiicIyj Cor France
On October y, 1915, he said to q
Socialist member of the Reichstag
| France has been the greatest dis.
appointment of my life and | an
sincerely sorry for her because she
is destined TO ruin. The Frencl
method of warfare is one of ter.
rifying nature, brutal and inhuman
the details of which Wills only bt
known after the war" This deputy
said that the emperor cried when hC
declared that France was condemn
ed to DEATH
On April %, 1916, the Kaiser re
ceived deputation of Socialists ant
assured them that he sympathize,
with their aims.
Germany is the leading Socialis
State" he said to them. France ha
had Socialist ministers no did moth
ing to advance socialistic legislation
while official Germany quietly ma
tlonalized the railways, passed al
insurance schemes and factory law
and interfered on behalfs of the in
terests of the working class. 1t ha
now practically nationalized indus
try. Nothing remains to be settlet
between the government and th
Socialists except the question of TIN
possession of power, and if the So
cialists had n majority in the Reich
stag or could create one with the al,
of other parties nobody could pre-
vent them from getting a measure o
administrative power" There is
note of prophecy in this utteranc
of thirty months ago!
On April Z, 1917, the Kaiser coin
ed his delectable phrase, the peo
|, pies kingdom of the Hohenzollerns.
though he said "a far--eachini
change of the constitution must b.
postponed in the highest interest
of the Fatherland until the time o
the homecoming of our armies an,
when they themselves are able t.
join in the counsel and the votint
on the new order"
4 On October IS, 1917, he was agail