The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-18
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| cannot be a shadow of doubt that he was privy to the proceedings. | The revelations of Secretary of State Lansing of the United States are too recent to have been forgotten. It will be more profitable to imagine the German Emperor, between swal- low flights to the various fronts, seated in his cabinet receiving reports from the Bernstorffs and other ennis saries.
 It will not be hard to conceive his jubilation over the sinking of the Lusitania and the resulting murder of more than 100 unoffending women, children and other non-combatants, and the alacrity with which he or dered the casting of Iron Crosses to commemorate that deed and reward it's perpetrators.
 We may imagine the tense interest with which he followed the negotia- tions of Zimmerman for the annex ation of Texas and NNZ Mexico to old Mexico, the childish glee with which he receives intelligence of the blow ing up of munitions plant in this country or England, or the demolition of the Cathedral of Rheims. 1 The rape of Belgium must have af- forded him as lively satisfaction as the wanton desolation of that same unhappy land gave the intolerant Philip
 | Now let us turn our attention to that saintly prototype as he is pie tured by Motley. After pointing out his complicity in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, the historian gives the following portraiture of his personal pecuharities:
 ''No monarch ever dreamed of ar irving at universal empire with less personal fatigue or exposure or at a cheaper rate than did Philip IT. His only fatigue was at his writing table. But even here his merit was of a sub ordinate description. He sat a great sitting; but he now wrote few letters himself
 l "A dozen words or so scrawled in heiroglyphics at the top, bottom or along the margin of the interminable dispatches of his secretaries contained the suggestions, more or less lumi- ! nous, which arose in his mind con- corning public affairs.
 1 But he held firmly to his purpose. He had devoted his life to the exter- mination of Professionalism, to the con- quest of France and England, to the subjugation of Holland. These were vast schemes.
 "A king who should succeed in such enterprises by his personal courage and genius, at the head of his armies or by consummate diplomacy, or by masterly system of finance, might in truth be commended for capacity. Hitherto, however, Philips triumph had seemed problematical and per haps something more would be nec- essary than letters to Parma and pal try remittances, notwithstanding AL exander's splendid but local victories in Flanders
 The Kaiser is less given to letter writing than Philip, and more to the issuing of proclamations warning his enemies that 'SIe and God'' are de- ternained to wreak vengeance on them, but he is as true as Philip in his determination to conquer France and England, even America, achieve universal dominion and the utter ex- termination of democracy. Ulu IIOL nv IO oNO NAAS oS>SSAAA plishment of his hearts desire, but with his dying breath he charged his daughters to prosecute his intolerant designs on the Netherlands.
 The Kaiser, if he should die before the conclusion of the existing war, would no doubt be as tnsistent on his son, the Crown Prince, to perseVere in the extermination of democracy. Such of the Netherlands as had not ben overrun by Parma calls them the United States-in despera- ton offered their sovereignty, after the murder of William the Silent" to France, but Henry declined, fol- lowing much inexcusable delay, to ac- cept it.
 The sovereignty was next offered to Elizabeth of England, who also de- cIned, but went to the assistance of the States with sItccors of men and money.
 The Virgin Queen, though measura- !bly far-sighted for her time, was no- toriously parsimonious, but she was moved to action by circumstances su- perior to parsimony. She perceived that on the fate of the Netherlands depended the fate of England, and she decided to defy Philip for the sal