Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-11
KAISER'S DREAM OF
DOMINION BURSTED
BY DEFEAT IN WAR
Man Who Thought He Ruled by Divine Right Raised the
Worlds Greatest Army to Strike at Civilization

high command Of the German army
was emphasized by DR.; Wilhelm
Krupp works, the great German mu-
nitions factory in his book on The
Devastation of Europe" In this he
not only laid blame upon Germany
for @ bad faith and criticised the Ger
man army for it's brutality but as
serted that in the German Foreign
Office "only he. who did the Emper2rs
bidding was allowed to remain. They
could not do better" he declared,
E"because of the character, the power
the vacillatlon of and continued in
DR.. Muehlon who asserted the au-
thenticity of the statement that
Emperor William stated at a meeting
OF German army officers that he had
plenty of prisoners and that he hop
ed the officers would see that no moro
prisoners were taken.
erai leader, declared the German ruler
| brought on the war because OF his
desire 'for something like world
William often proclaimed his inno-
cence, and endeavored TO put the
onus of the war on the shoulders OF
the entente Allies. In his speech
from the throne after the war began
I'm pursuing its interests the Rus
sian Empire stepped in the way OF
ria-Hungary. The situation arose
not from temporary conflicts of in
terests or diplomatic combinations
| for years against the strength and
prosperity Of the German Empire"
The Emperor. despite his previous
Yes' ssye vent to his anger against the
United States when 1t became evident
no official action would be taken to
stop the shipment Jpn OF munitions unite as, and and
claring to the American Ambassador,
James w. Gerard. II shall stand no
nonsense from america after the
war" IS.
williams designs to spread German
dominion in Asia found expression in
his famous visits to Constantinople
tor r. OF the Moslems. In this the world
saw a cunning step toward achieve
| ment of the German ambition OF
German dominion from Berlin to Bag
dad.
Became Emperor I'm 1888
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Abort
Twas born January e: 1859; and be
death of his fsther, Fredenck iii.
June 10. 1888. He anne out of the
University of Bonn fully prepared to
enter the. school of statecraft. Set
he was early taught the routine OF
official business under the tutelage
of the great Bismark.
j At the death of his father, the inn
perial throne developed upon William
II who was then but twenty nine
years of age. Bismark continued as
Chancellor but not for long. Though
the great statesman had made every
EFFORT to instil his young pupil with
his own ideas of government and
diplomatic policies, the new Emperor
his grandfather's former close adviser
in many important respects. In
1890 the disagreement of the two
msn R%d reSShsd sSms1 dS, crisis TSa TSnPtTre same
strained for several years. but be-
fore Bismark died peace was made be-
with the passing of Bismark the
Emperor's real reign began. AS a
military man he was a stickler for
ance of etiquette to the last detail.
And of the details of all these COM
Iponents OF army life and training he
vas familiar to the smallest point.
views he was able to detect the
slightest imperfection in the equip
ITnent or training of regiment or
squadron and called attention 10 the
dsTelictiop sharply sharply AND Mlth maneuHers tns
Roo. he was thoroughly acquainted,
i Besides being well Versed IN army
fmatters, the Emperor was thoropsh-
ling a technical mastery of the details
that go to make up the efficiency OF
fleet. Study Of naval problems was
one of his pet occupations; tbs IN IN
Idevelopment of German commerce,
art and \science. His tnterference IN
these affairs as we'll as In statecratt
often embarrassed German Leaders
and evoked from them admonftions to
leave diplomacy to his chancellors~
Has Been Hard Worker
thorough and, withal. one of the
hardest workers in the empire, His
and long days hard work, WHICH
might. followed, Stated hours We're
devoted to the task of informing him.
self on the progress OF events az
| Before the war Emperor William
often profsssed reeS friendiinSsss tSs to,I0 i0r
dation Of exchange professorshfps by
which prominent German educators
visited this country and lectured in
college professors similarly filled
chairs in German institutions OF
| He was an enthusiastic yachtsman
and despite his withered arm was
able to take personal command of his
racing yachts. and sail them with
consideraele success, He spent much
and ts reputed to have been the cham
pion hunter in the world in the point
Of game killed, L was stated that
OF game. more than 1000 of which
He was a great reader - his private
! library in the Imperial palace at
Berlin before the war was becoming
one of the most interesting collections
Of books in the world, He posed as
dictator in music. painting, poetry
MuEicaI ESfreFt Futile
i At one time it was announced that
let to be given in celebration of his
birthday, private performance Of
/ one of his musical efforts is said to
have been given in the Potsdam pal
musical world,
Physically unimpEessive - he was
short and inclined to stoutness =
William was fond Of being photo
posture, though taking good care to
veil the deformity of his left arm.
a Disagreement with which he was
born, and of which he was extreme
mother for living a life of self-in-
dulgence and cursed her repeatedly as
being responsible for his deformity.
No description of the Emperor's
mustache, His photographs. which
he distributed with a lavish hand,
showed 1t with ends twirled up at
bel1igersnt angles.
daughter of Grand Duke Frederick
of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg-
Augustenburg on February 81. 1881.
They. had six sons and one dahghter
Is the eldest, With the Crown
.. Prince, his father clashed frequently
and on one occasion virtually exiled