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"They are trying to force their rot
, ten form of democratic government OF
Greece" he declared hercely. 9Th,
, way they have treated my poor sister
the queen of Greece, is q shame and {
disgrace. They talk about our inva
sion of Belgium, but their actions il
Greece are infinitely worse. ] have
studied the English people for twenty
five years, and they always try to
cover their acts with religion and the
talk of benefits to civilization and hu
manity,- but, hypocrites that they are
they continue to grab all they can get
their hands on just the same!"
The fact that Greece had a treaty
with Serbia which required her to take
up arms If Serbia were attacked and
that she had failed to meet her obli-
cations in that respect was naturally
of no significance to the kaiser, to
whom treaties were but scraps OF pa
per.
The keynote of the kaiser's military
program lay in the fact that he real
lied that 1t was necessary for him to
win In order to hold his throne. feel
quite sure that if the allies were will;
ling to concede to Germany all the ter
ritory she has conquered-Belgiuln
Serbia, Poland, Roumania, Russia and
part of France, and restore all her col
onies, upon condition that the kaiser
step down from the throne, he would
reject the proposition without a mo-
ment's hesitation.
'Your country would like to make
republic out of Germany" he COM
Nnented, "a republic like France. per-
'haps, going down and down all the
time-a country ruled by lawyers"
And he mentioned half dozen of the
great French statesmen who were
members of the legal profession. TITS
a sad thing for a country when it gets
into the hands of the lawyers. France
and Italy are already controlled by
them, and America and England are
rapidly following their exanple!"
The kaiser regarded the German
people as his own property to do with
as he liked. When 1 referred to the
German people" in conversation he
would delicately correct me by refer
ring in his reply to my people"
When, for instance, said on one oc-
casion, 81 understand, your majesty.
that the German people are anxious
for peace" he answered, yes, Davis,
my people are strongly In favor OF
peace, but they want a German peace |
no allied peace" !
He believed that just as the universe |
is ruled by God so should the earth |
be dominated by an earthly ruler and |
that God had selected him for the task.
To displace him in favor of repub-
lican form of government, to snbsti-
tute a ruler elected by the people for
a monarch designated by God was in
his opinion the basest sort of sacrilege,
and the unfortunate part of it all was
that the majority of his people CO
ncided with him. They preferred to
be ruled by a hand of iron rather than
to rule themselves. Some day they
may be awakened to the blessings of
self-government, but up to the present
line they have not shown the slightest
Indication that they would prefer to
'ule than be ruled, and because they
submit so willingly to the kaiser's dom
nation he has become obsessed with
he idea that the rest of the world
hould follow suit.