Evening star., 1918-06-19
William HohenZollern.

for his grandfather by Bismarck from
the kingdoms and duehies of the Ger
manic federation Today he remains
at the head of that empire, battling
against the forces of civilization. N a
war begun by him for German ag-
grandizemcnt ard now maintained for
the preservation of the system of gov
ernment he represents Thirty years
of rulership that might have made for
advancement and peace. for the estab-
iishment OF honorable and dependable
relations between nations, have reached
a climax in tragedy without parallel,
a hideous slaughter of people, dcvas-
tation unegualed in the darkest ages
of man.
The crime stained soul of William
Hohenzollcrn is now in agony. Re-
peated assertions of Nirtuous intep-
tIons do not avail for comfort. The
awful voice of conscience cannot be
stilled. He planned this war. He pre-
pared for it. He drilled his people for
q quarter OF century in unqucstion-
ing obedience to his rule and to the
doctrine that Germany should one day
rise "ovcr ALL" He schemed for ad-
vantage in every turn of European af-
fairs. He reached forth to plant his
influence in Asia, in Africa, in Amer
lea. He claimed right to be consulted
in every international move He con-
spired with and made a yassal OF the
Turk, to be used when occasion arose
for the forwarding of his aims. He
dominated his ncighbor, Austria, play
ing upon the fears and the racial SYM
pathies of o deerepit, heart broken old
man. He intrigued with his cousin of
Russ:a and sought through him to IN
settle the balance of power in Eu-
rope. And all the time he was secretly
building up great war machine,
while publicly in alienation preaching
peace and rattling the sword in warn
ing.
On the very eve of the great war he
celebrated the twcnty-ffth anniver-
ear- of his accession and declared with
an unctioE that is now known - have
been a veil for the most shameless
hypocrisy that he had devoted quar-
ter of a century to the welfare of hu-
manity in his efforts to maintain the
peace of the wor:d. Even as he spoke
he was receiving the reports of his
spies that events in France and Eng
land were marching TO the point at
which those nations would be helpless
against a German attack. In his hand
were data of enormous aecuInulations
of guns and ammunition, of ware
houses packed with equipment for a
mighty army, of harbors filled with
Submarines secretly constructed, of air
planes Of which the world knew moth
: ing. In his cabinet were stored lists
of men in England, Russia, france,
Italy and--tc our shame-America
upon waom h., could rely for informa-
tion and aid uheE the war broke.
William HohenzoHern had not neg
lected detail of preparation. He
had summoned to his presence the
German captains of industry and
pledged them to unquestioning, unre-
served support of the war that was to
come. promising in return Immensely
valuable concessions, grants, lands
privileges in the countries that were
to be conquered, in Australia, in India
in Canada, in continental Europe
promised his particular favorites
prineely estates in England. Through
his shrewd assistants he undertook the
control of the press of other countries
Italy, Russia, France, England and
America. His commercial agents were
his own diplomatic and military en-.
voys, pouring into Berlin vast volumes
Of secret Information, stolen or pur.
chased through the use of limitless
funds supplied from deftly disguised
appropriations voted by an easily de,
luded-or perhaps willingly blind
reichstsg.
It is not known now outside OF
Berlin whether the day the crown
prince of ria-Hungary was slain
was "the day" Germans had been toast
ing for many years as that for the in
Fiction of Teutonic power upon the
rest of Europe. But whether plotted
to that end or not-and the charge i.
not lacking that it was so designed
it was promptly seized as the occa
sion for demands that if granted
placed Germany, through Austria a.
an immediate medium, in a dominat
ing position in Europe, and if denied
justified in German eyes the war tina
would quickly reduce France and Rus
sia to impotence and render England
il she remained neutral, helpless fol
ell time and if she entered the strif,
would crush her with her allies.
William Hohenzollern, like the usua
criminal, sought to establish an alibi
He went off on Il yachting trip to th'
North Cape just before the Austrian
nltiratum was sent 10 Serbia But he