The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-04
A Close View OF the Kaiser.
From the Memoirs Of the Count czernin, Austrian Premier, Appearing in
The London Times.

The London Times.
The Emperor wInams talents and endoumentz are undoubteay aboy.
the average, n a he been borna an ordinary either he would certainly have
become a very servfceable officer, architect engineer, politicians, or the like
proved his undong. ). William II came to the throne when German hae
reached tn zennho of her power. He had nt like his grandfather. acquired
part; this act exercised a great Tar from favorable influence upon his
whole spiritual development.
The Emperor William wa a entertaining n interesting causeur. One
could listen ito him for hours without being bored. Emperorsu usually enjoy the
been an ordinary citizen he would always have been gladly listened to. He
could talks about art science politics. music religion, and astronomy, nd h 9
the contrary he often lost himself in very questionable concusions; ut the
greatest IF social faults. the fault Of boring other people was not his.
Although thu Emperor William vas always very forcble in speech and
stn. during tn "a he was considerably less independent IN his actions
times. The Byzantine spirit in Germany was tn runo of The. Emperor William;
When he retres from the world his good conscience will be his most precious
possession"
The atmosphere in which h emperor lived would have killed the hardest
plant.
real man was quite different from what lie seemed; that he vas filled with the
best intentions and with a passionate love for Germany; that in his pro-
sked himself whether he was treading the right path; that his w for his
people was IA more genuine than that Of many Germans for him; that he never
have been better and, above all nearer thu truth.
Count Czernin develops his theory Of the Emperor Williams hresponsbiity
to III extreme pont o asserting that war never figured in thek akersp pro-
gram He proceeds: sf##@ ~
81 am not able to say where, il his W nmind, he had fixed TIL limits OF
the part that he hd assigned to Germany, and whether it is justinable to
reproach him with having gone too far IN his ambitions for Germany He
certainly never dreamed OF absolute world dominion for Germany; he al not
10 simple as to imagine he could achieve that without a war; but his plan un-
doubtediy vas permanently to establish Germany among the first powers OF
the world. l know fol certain that in the emperors mind tn deal plan was
to come to a world greene with England and, in a sense to divide the world
for Rssia and Japan, but he discounted the other states especially France
convinced IS e was that they We're a Of hem nations yerging OF decline.
shareedb ~ he oyerMhelmingN majority Of the German neon,e es "NN'"" Wa
"* In h winter of 1917 when I met the emperor again in m,
capacity rs minsterof Oft foreign affairs I found him grown grey but stla viva
1 believe that already 1t that tim William II lad begun to have doubts as to
the result of the VA and that his most heartfelt wish a to bring it to
to spare n sacrifice Elm. order to bring thu war to an end. ne interrupted me
and exclaimed: What would yu ia me do? Nobody ongsf fol peace NOR
intensely than I 10. But ever day we are told that the others will not heal
a word about peace until Germany had been crushed"