The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1918-06-14
The PiOus
Devil
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By KATE JORDAN
OF The pigiianfes


council tables, the opportunity for the
crime against mankind for which they
had been preparing for fifty years we
have had him described, quoted. pho
tographed by the highest men of many
cOuntrieS-men of honor, whose word
cannot be questioned.
His vanity is notwithstanding to
gibe at. Raymond Hitchcock described
II when, as Il reason for his having
made the war he explained that the
kaiser was all dressed up with no.
where To GO He is always dressed
up, either as AN hussar. an admiral.
as this. or that. and lately, even as Il
Turk. Yes, William Hohenzollern is
crazy about himself" He likes the
WAY he carries the duds.''
With vanity there is always AFRO
ganee and he is arrogant. His mus
faehe ends alone are damning evil
denee of that The points point up 1T
him. 1t is evident, too. in his addic-
ton to posing ON horse-he can look
down, and ride over anything on foot.
With vanity aud arrogance, ueaeh-
cry makes Il good third. In his own
mind, the first two traits set him apart.
sloritiea unit, law unto himself.
What is, therefore. Just common de-
ceucy 10 other men has uo meaning for
one who Is law. Because of This he
can break his word, lie, cheat. steal,
murder Al every turn Of the game-as
he has dome from The first moment
These three traits could net exist
without breeding cruelty The German
inssnsibititX to suffering in others
looms large in the "all=hgheSt.' In
sheer saxaeery he has eutdene the
mast fatbafaus Turk That ever lived.
lie Has directed The slaughter Of mil
lions II men, And not only Of his enc
riez=-Hiake no mfS,ake of that. He
has directed iHe slaughter OF his OWL
peasant aad artisan armies With As
unaeHblHs faser. It might be
we'll far He Germans in this country
HAa secretly yearn over The father
land 10 tduk of this The German
<a55eF doeS NOT spare his people. lie
murders LIS oWH-aS ii cat eats its own
wien tire idea seems good for aristo-
cratic aaa iIehFRzellcru reasons.
Vanity. arrogance, aeachefy and
cruelty surely these are enough of
hetl la exist in one naif But thtre is
another aud it reeks sfon the brew
this - hypocrisy.
Yes, This man of lies aad torn
treaties, whose armies We're directed
to treat the betrayed Belgians as by
enas treat the graves they pull to
pieces for bones; this Killer Of babes;
This murderer Of the Wounded=is
pious If one were to believe him,
eaeh=of his horrors has had Ged's au-
dltug.
During this last year he has grown
very old aud white of hair. Some late
pHafasraphs of him thai have reached
This country show no arrogance at all.
M. ne is HOW markedly sanetimouioas
and very, Very sad. No wonder. lie
and Gad-haee not had The easy
time that he expected.
Yau see ne Ind the restaurant pick
ed oui aud the date set for his tri-
umnhal dinner in Paris around Christ
mar. 1911. There was reason Tor his
feeling so sure When he started
across belgium. killing and burning
all in his path. he Was most hideoHsly
prepared for The fight he knew he
would meet in France.
Perhaps it is not generally known
lust how prepared he was in one
sided mfamy. From sure authority
have recently read of the tons of
barhed wire, Il years in the making,
that went with those first troops;
that every German soldier as he took
his first step over the Belgian frontier
with Paris as his goal. had in his kit
tubes Of liquid gas aud perfectly
constructed gas mask, also years anti
wears i'm the making When the kaiser
ruminated ON the liquid gas that was
IN come as a surprise upon his de-
fenSpless enemies while his own men
were supermen, immune, is it any
wonder that the po<ts OF his mustache
waeeled in sweet, slow SnileE Any
wonder that he saw himself in Paris
nv Christmas, eating sauerkfaut pre-
pared by a French chef?
Well. in spite of all that he has
brought to make solid his loathsome
ambition. he is not in Paris. He is in
Berlin. or near it. and glad to stay
there.
He hadn't counted on England-and
Eneland's navy bottled up his ports;
her millions poured over the channel
after him.
He was sure Italy would hold TO a
feeble sort of promise to back him up
if he were good Italy thought him
rotten bad; and SO she went after him.
He wasn't afraid of America. Amer
lea was too busy making money, too
happy in selfishness, and luxury, and
Incidence. America would never fight.
She was like an overfed cat asleep in
the sun. But from the time he sank
the Iusitania America has really been
at war with him in spirit, as she is
now in reality When she did wake up
she put her head under the pump and
the cold water made her vision so
clear she could see nothing but the
kaiser-and gun.