The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-13

by the German government indicates this
foreign policy Of the Kaiser. According
to the German law concerning double
allegiance Of German subjects, every Ger
man Is obliged to remain faithful and
loyal to Germany no matter where the
German subject may be, no matter what
post the German subject may occupy IN
his new fatherland.
i In 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm II. embodied
the secret ambitions of the Hohenzollerns
and the Pan<Germans in a statement
which he wrote for an album de luxe
dedicated to the Qualification of Germany S
: greatness
The translation of the Kaiser's amaz-
ing statement is as follows: -
wherever a German in the
faithful fulfilment Of his duty
lies buried, having fallen for his
| fatherland, and wherever the Ger
man eagle has planted its claws
! in the soil-such land is German
and will remain German.
"WILHELM."
Carried away by dreams of terrifying
and spreading the German power through
out the world" the Kaiser realized that
without a terrible war against the great
Powers that stood in the way of his wild
dreams he could not bring about the uni
versal hegemony of Germany. Therefore
he commenced to prepare for this war
long ago, drawing Austria into his snares.
He prepared for it secretly, energetically
and Systematically. The Kaiser's inscrip-
Al. h. Cav
man reports of 1913 which were made
public by the French government con-
corning the Strengthening of the German
army, the course of Germany's foreign
policy and the preparation of the German
people for the coming war.
The Secret German Report.
That secret report read, in part, as fol-
| lows
"Our forefathers made the greatest sac
rifices in 1913. 1t IS our sacred duty to
sharpen the sword which was placed in
our hands and keep it ready for our de-
| fence as well as for our attack against
our enemy. 1t is necessary to spread the
idea among our people that our military
preparations are an answer to the mill
tary measures and the politics of France.
eve must get our people &C
customed to the thought that an
offensive war is necessary to
crush the provocation of our
enemy. We must act cautiously
in order not to arouse any sus-
picions and to avoid crisis which
may injure our economic struct-
ure. We must conduct our affairs
SO that under the impression Of in
tensified armament, Of consider
able sacrifices and the strained po-
! litical situation the solution shall
be regarded as liberation, be-
cause after the war there will
come years of peace and prosper
| ity, as after the war of 1870.
1--WE must prepare ourselves for the
war also from the financial viewpoint
which will tequire much work. We must
not arouse the suspicious of our finan-
ciers, but of course we cannot conceal
! everything from them
"The organization Of disorders
in various countries must be care
fully prepared by our political
agents and must be financed. Dis
orders should break out suddenly,
simultaneously with the cessation
Of railway communications, and
they should have a leader in re-
ligious and political circles.
I'VE must be strong at all costs in order
to destroy our enemies in the east and
the west with a. mighty stroke. But in
the coming European war it is essential
also that the secondary Powers shall either
serve our interests or be subjugated.
Under certain conditions their armies and
their fortrcsses could be quickly conquered
Ior neutralized. This may happen with
Belgium aud Holland in order to prevent
our enemies in the west from seizing con-
troll of the territory which could serve
as base for their opera tons.
ran-GerD,any in Pledge.
ITO return to Germany that which at
one time was hers is our national duty"
To accomplish this Kaiser Wilhelm and
his militaristic clique organized a net of
political, economic and so-called cultural
organizations abroad number of years
ago. The dplomatists and the German
spies worked necessarily in every coun-
try which the Kaiser regarded within the
sphere of Pan-German operations.
The German General Staff and the For
eign Office demanded of their secret
agents information on a great variety of
subjects in foreign lands. The German
spies were ordered to report concerning
the condition of the army. finances and
the industries, the internal and foreign
policies of Russin and her allies. They
were instructed to pay special attention
to social unrest and labor disorders. The
scope Of the work Of the German spies
was very far reaching The scheme oil
German espionage is based upon gathering
important as we'll as apparently unim-
portant information, which is carefully
examined in Berlin. The reports of the
German spies arc asterward verified by
other secret agents.
From the materials have examined in