Evening journal., 1918-10-05
KAISER REALIZES
IMPENDING FATE
Emperor Now Beseeches
Instead of Command
and Threaten
is NOW PLAYING
SYMPATHY RACKET

! AMSTERDAM, oct. 5.-No matter
what lies Hindenburg, or Ludendorff,
or the Crown Prince. or tho German
Chancellor or the Foreign Secretary
may tell the people OF the fstherland
In regard 20 the present situation, one
thing seems oertaln-the Kaiser himself
appears TO see clearly what is before
him. The speech he made at the recent
dedication Of newly-elected additions 10
the famous Krupp gun works, at Essen,
shows this. Coming from the Kaiser,
who was formerly rather bombastlc In
his utterances. his words In their new
style Of begging and beseechins appear
to be an effort to reach the ears and
the hearts OF his Germans and to enlist
their sympathy for him and his in the
fateful days which he better than any
one else knows are In store for the
Houses Of Hohenzollern and Hapsburg.
am sending you today the salient
y points OF that address, as follows.
In my journeylngs ! havo spoken
with many widows many peasants
and many Landwehr men. whose hearts
were heavy with cares, but who were
imbued with the thought, Duty first
II Is no wonder that there Is dlssatls-
faction here ard there. But 10 whom
do we owe this7 Who spoke at the
very beginning OF the war OF starving
out the Germ8n women and children7
Who Is 10 who introduced hatred into
this war; The enemy. Every one OF
you, into the remotest corners OF our
fatherland. knows that / left no stone
unturned 20 shorten this war for The
entire civilized world.
! In December, 1916, I presented 20
the entente an offer Of peace in the
name OF the German empire and OF my
allies. Jeers, mockery. contempt. were
the answer. To make peace two are
needed. lf both are not willing. one
can do nothing Thus we are con
fronted with our opponents VIII for
destruction, and against this will for
destruction we must oppose our Will
70 preserve our existence.
"Our brave army has shown both
will and deed, whether IN the assault
or in the Withdrawal TO the trenches
Many one among you may have
asked themselves why had we 90 un-
dergo such or such a thing after 40
years Of peace9 I have thought long on
the matter, and answer the question
thus: In this world good clashes with
evil. The yea and the no. The no ofthe
doubling mind against the yes Of the
creative mind. that no or the unbe-
lever against the yes Of the champion
OF faith, tell yes Of heaven against the
no Of hell. You viii acknowledge
am right in describing this war as the
product Of great negation. and do
you ask what negatlon Il is3 It Is the
nesation OF the German peoples right
10 existence. Il Is the negatlon Of all
our kultur, the negatlOn Of our achieve
ments The German people were in
dustri0us, meditative, assiduous, imag-
inatlye IN all domains 10 worked with
body and soul Envy instructed our
enemies TO fight and the war came
upon US.
"The German knows no hatred. we
only know honest wrath. and when
the enemy Hes PROSTATE we will ex-
tend 10 him our hand and see 20 his
recovery. We do not know when the
struggle Will end, but one thing we
know: We must live the battle through
Everything now depends upUn our final
exertions. All Is OF stake. and because
our enemies know Il they try 10 over
come us by mean Of internal dis
integration by false rumors. Whoever
harkens 70 such rumOrs, whoever
passes on unsubstantiatcd news I'm
railway, workshop or elsewhere sins
against the Fatherland. He is a traitor
and liable TO severe punishment. no
matter whether he be count or work
man. Doubt is the greatest ingratitude
toward the Lord, and now ask you all
simply and honestly, have we really
ground for doubt7"
"Just look az the four years Of war.
What immense achievements we have
behind us. Half the world stood against
US and our allies, and now we have
peace within Russia, peace with Ru-
mania. only in the west do we still
fight. and is It TO be thought that the
good God will abandon us there at the
last moment?
My request to you. and through |
you 10 all the workers who have !
proved themselves so admirable and |
capable. and through you again 10 the |
entire German people is this: For me |
and my relations 20 my people my |
words OF August q, 1911. hold good / !
know no parties; / know only Germans. !
70 Is no time for factions We must 1
all combine into a block, and here the /
most appropriate word is hard as
steel: and the block OF German people /
welded into steel shall show its strength
to the enemy. Whoever among you is
to obey this summons,
whoever has his heart in the right /
place, whoever intends TO keep faith, let
him stand up. Now promise me, on
behalf Of the entire German labor, We
intend TO fight and hold out until the
last, so help us God Whoever so in
tends. let him answer Yes"
81 thank you. 10 is FOR everyone OF
us to do his duty and TO exert body
and mind 10 the utmost for the Father
land. Our watchword is Swords
raised, hearts strong, muscles taut. On
10 battle against everything that stands
against us; no matter how long IL lasts.
So help us Godr "