Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-11

! Prince uneuuivocally placed the blame for
| the war on Germany, and for his frankness
was imprisoned in Silesian chateau,
permanently expelled from the Prussian
! House OF Lords, which action was sane
| toned by the Emperor, and, finally, was
! exilcd Ia Switzerland.
| Emperor Williams domination over
| German statesmen, diplomats and the
! high command of the German Army, was
emphasized by DIR. William Muehlon, n
! former director OF the l\rupp works, the
great German munitions factory, IN his
book an "Thc Devastation of Europe.
| In this he not only laid blame upon Ger
many for bad faith and criticized the
! German Army for its brutality, hut assert
ed that in the German Foreign Office,
| "onlv he who did the Emperor $ budding
was allowed to remain They could not do
! better" he declared, because of the
| character. the power, the vacllation OF
| and continued interference by the Kaiser.
! IL was DIR. Muehlon who asserted the
| authenticity of the statement that En-
! pCror William stated at q i'""tinE oi Ger
| man army officers, that hg a ! plenty OF
| prisoners and that he hopcu the officers
! would see that no more prisoners were
| taken.
MAD FOR WORLD POWER
| Maxrmilinn Harden, German liberal
! leader. declared the German ruler brought
| on the war because of his desire tor
something like world rule
| William often proclaimed his Innocence,
and cndcavored to put the onus ot the
war on the shoulders of the Entente
| Allies. In his speech from he throne, after
| the war began, he said:
| In pursuing its interests, the Russian
| Empire stepped in the way of Austria
| Hungary Our duty as an ally, called tls
| to the side of The Austrla-liungary. he
| situation arose. not from temporary con
| fiicts of interests or diplomatic conblna-
tons. but is the result of lll-will existing
| for wears. against the strength and pros
| perity Of the German Empire
| The Emperor. despite hlS previous cN-
prcssions of good will for tmcric7nS, gave
/ vent 10 hIs anger against tho mted
| States when II became evident mo- OthfIai
| action would he taken To stop the ship
! mcut of munitions and supplies ~ the
| Entente Allies by declaring 10 the AnCrl-
can ambassador. James W Gerard
Il shall stand no nonsense from Nncrica
after that war
Williams designs to spread German
! dominion III ASIA found expression IN his
! famous visits to Constantlnoplc. when he
was proclaimed ~ protector IF the Mos
! lens In this ;hc world saw 4 cunning
| step toward achievement ut the German
ambition of German dominion from Berlin
/ To Bagdad
! Frederick Wilhelm Victor Albert, was
| born January y, 1852, and hccamc En-
| pcror William II, on the death oi his
father. Frederick i'll, June u, lSSS lIc
| came out Of the University Of Rom, fully
| prepared to enter he school ul statccraft
| sci to work in the government bureaus
| hc Was carly taught the routine Of official
| business under the tutClagc of tho great
| Bismarck
rni pnnrrI>G or BISMARCK
Al the death II hl4 father, hc Imperial
throne dcvolvrd upon William II who
was then but % wears oi age Bismarck
continued Us Chancellor, but not for long
| Though the great statesman had made
| cvcrN effort to nStll ms Young pupil With
| hiS own ideas Ot government and dlplo-
matte policies. the now Emperor soon
| found that hc disagreed with his grand
| father former close adviser in many
| mportant respects III 1890 tho dis
! agreement ul the two men reached n
crIsl~ Il rupture came ami Bismarck
| went The relations between the two
! men remained strained for several years.
/ Dut before Bismarck died peace was made
| between them
| With tho passing Of Bismarck, the
| Empcrnr's rc:tl rcirn began As military
man. u, was . ~ticllrr Tor efficiency
| diScipIne and he Observance of etiquette
70 the laS, detail \nd ot the details Of ali
these cuuuonrnts of anuN liic and train
ing. hc was familiar 10 Tho smallest point
Ii is related ihat during military reviews
a. 3 ~, ~ tyrrt,4
! perfection IN ihc equipment or training Of
j regiment or squadron and called attcn-
tion 70 the dcrclictiou sharply With the
principles OF tactics and nanouvres, too.
lie was thoroughly acquainted
BESIDES being we'll versed IN army mat
tiers. the Emperor was thoroughly familiar
With naval affairs, having technical
mastery ot the details hat 70 to make up
The efficiency f . fleet Study OF naval
problems was one ot his pet occupations
His influence was potent in fostering the
Development Of Gcrnan commerce. art
and science His interference in these
affairs - we'll aS in statecraft. often en-
barr.isscd German leaders and evoked
from them admunit ions to leave dipiom-
acy 10 hl> chanccllors.
BUSIEST Man II fMPIRr
In everything h. was described rs
thorough and. vIthai, one OF the hardest
workers in he empire HIS rising hour
was six O'Clock sharp and long days
hard work. which frequently extended
we'll into the night, followed Stated
hours were devoted TO the task OF inform
ing himself on the progress Of events at
home and abroad through reading of the
principal German and foreign newspapers
Before tho war Emperor William often
prUfussed fricndllnesS for America He
encouraged the foundation OF exchange
professorships by which prominent Ger
man educators visited this country and
lecturcd in the colleges here. while Ameri-
can college professors similarly filed
chairs in German institutions of learning
lie was an enthusiastic vachtsman and
despite his withered arm, was able to
take personal command Of his racing
yachts, and sail them with considerable
success. He spent much time at his
palatial hunting lodges and is reputed to
have been the champion hunter in the
world in the point of game killed 1t WAS
stated that the Emperor had killed 6l,-
$50 pieces Of game. more than 900 OF
which were stays.
He was a great readcr-his private
library in the Imperal palace at Berlin
before the war was becoming one Of the
most interesting collections Of books In the
world IIC posed as a dictator In music