El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
Kaiser Is Much
Iyrant, George III
German King OF England Was
HypOcritical. Drunken, Sensual,
F'aithless Toward EFeryone5
Caused The American
Revolution.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.

GEORGE III was gross, sensual and
" lascivious. He gorged himself
with the bounties OF the table until
he became as fat and unwieldy as
Henry VIII
Historians have not hesitated to
call him the royal idiot" and they
give facts TO bear out the business
Of the appreciation. Even those who
would minimize his defects and exag-
gerate his merits are constrained to
a acknowledge that he was very shall
low OF intellect
But like many another figurehead
Of royalty. the SHORTCOMINGS Of
George III were not his fault but his
misfortune. He was the victim Of
tainted heredity and the virus Of the
poison OF ancestry had fnoculated his
veins. leaving him susceptible to vice
and sin.
He had a magnificent turn for du-
plicity, cunning and treachery. He
possessed what some moderns term
the smartness Of depravity and the
cleverness OF vice"
Was True to No One.
Unfaithful to himself. he was true
to no one and would have betrayed
his own mother If given an oppor-
tunity- As a politician he was so
deceitful that had he not been King
ne would have been tarred and feath-
cred by the mob.
He plotted against Pitt. the great
commoner." as prime minister. and
when Grenville occupied the same
position George intrigued against him
and undermined his influence. lie
forced the resignation Of the best Of
his ministers and his doubIe-dea1ing
and treachery caused others to re-
sign When the marquis OF Rocking
ham became premier. George pretend
ed that he was his friend and patron.
and would do an possible to uphold
his policy But he betrayed Rocking
ham and conspired for his downfall
he employed the most unworthy
means to get rid OF him.
Encouraged Treaehery.
During the debates on the repeal Of
the stamp act, he encoura ged his.
household TO vote against the gov
eminent, assuring them they would
not lose their places, but on the con-
trary rise higher in his favor on &C
count of their treachery to the head
OF the administration OF the crown
While he was thus wire pulling and
inveigling for the downfall Of Buck
lngham he daily wrote him notes as
surfing him Of the royal support
Compelled America to Revolt.
he encouraged the imposition Of the
stamp act in America and by so doing
led to the consequences which
brought about the revolution and lost
America TO the British crown. The
British people hated him for his attf-
tude to the Americans. and turned
against him, calling him a sancti-
monious hummer Of prayers, who put
on the cloak OF religion TO deceive
his family and the public It was his
habit to 20 out into his sancfurn
after his breakfast and remain for
an hour pretending that he was pray
ing for divine guidance. But It was
not the Cod Of heaven he was vvor-
shipping He was paying tribute to
the god Of the wine bottle. as his
hectic countenance BETRAYED when he
emerged from his chapel, where the
services were usually conducted in
German
Literati Attacked Him.
Many Of England's literary Eenfuses
made the crazy king the butt for
their shafts Of biting satire and banks
Of piercing wit.
Byron wrote Of him:
"A worse king never left a realm
undone.
He debut left his subjects stu
behind.
One half as mad and tother no less
blind"
Relatives Loathed Him.
OF all the Hanoverian princes.