The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-12-28
LETTERS OF THE KAISER
SHOW HIS RESPONSIBILITY
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ization and all the conquests of man
over the brute. p. ..--+ -:
i His Great Opportunity.
TT was open TO you to become the
greatest figure OF all time IL you
had directed your power to repairing
the injustice Weighing on Europe and
given your high authority to the
ideals of right justice and peace to
which mankind is now eagerly turn
ing But instead you maintain the
brutal customs OF q military mon
archy until Germany, which could
have won world power based. on
civilization, has dragged you down in
its false ideas and blind folly" ~
Recalling to the ex-emperor their
conversation, the prince says:
Il was deeply impressed with the
conversation with you when we in
augurated the observatory of Leden-
berg. When / condemned the mill,
tarizing of people as stunting in,
dtvidual development you described
to me the advantages Of such a form
OF national education outside it's
purely military objects because, as
you said, 1t relieved men from the
heaviness Of their bearing. This was
your conception of the principal end
of a system the application Of which
is terrifying the. world. Today in the
path OF your armies are strewn the
marks of this education, which be-
tray your true end or your profound
error e..
Although you said to me one day
that it, was not your right to take a
certain action which would have con-
served world peace, yet you told me
on the yacht Meteor, on June %, 1914,
on learning Of the assassination of
Archduke Ferdinand, now must do
everything over again.
History will recognize in these
two manifestations: of your consci-
ence the truth Of your responsibility
for deliberate war. In an interview
/ had with you on the same yacht on
the morning of the same day noted
certain points disclosing your real
purpose. When / said to you that
I believed the majority of the French
supported the idea Of approach
ment with Germany, you answered
me with unusual emphasis: Yes, but
we must hurry or else 1t will be- too
late and other arrangements will be
necessary to establish the position of
the nations Of Europe. Here are the.
Anglo -Saxons understanding their
true interests and trying to group
themselves in joint protection
against the yellow races. Even this
year President, Wilson and England
have used diplomatic language. They
understood also that there is nothing
to do with Germany than to accept
as she is.'
After thus quoting the ernperor's
language. Prince Albert adds:
You afterward talked at length to
convince me you had no bad senti-
ment toward France or any one and
you remarked to me that you might
have fallen upon Russia when she
was ruined by her war with Japan,
and upon France when 100000
French soldiers were In hospitals
pacific intentions were shown by the
tendency to reduce her military
forces, you had nothing more to say
His Attitude Toward British.
The prince then relates sensa-
tional conversation in which the em-
peror, pointing to a British squadron
visiting Kiel, foresaw the coming Of
war.
The transformation of your mem
tality became evident to me in
June, 1914, when upon the deck Of
the Hohenzoilern at KieI you said to-
me with irritation as you saw the
English squadron come to salute
you: 'If they oblige me to make war
the world viii see what it has never
before known.
'fYour mind seemed touched with
a last gleam of foresight as these
views took form. Perhaps
you still wished to resist the mon
strous ohsession OF those demanding
war, for you added: Upon those
ships where each Of us are about to
launch and dance with our young
women they seem very far from
dreaming OF making war"
Generals As Peace Advocates.
Prince Albert then relates numer-
BUS conversations when the Russian
emperor proposed an international
court ait The Hague. 'fYDu disclosed
to me one day your real thoughts
upon this noble movement in re-
marking to me with smile that you
were happy to participate III the
.zars conferences but did so by sp-
pointing as your delegate the most
vigorous German generals e