Evening star., 1919-03-31


moirs of Count Hayashi and the prob
lens of Japan"
America Bound to Fight.
This amazing letter goes on to state
that through the Vaccinations of the
Grand Lodge OF the Orient a pact had
been made by which America, Eng
land and France were bound together,
and that there never had been any
question about Americas participa
ton when her services were needed.
She was bound to fight. Here is the
text of the letter on this point:
1T was not the Lusitania; it was
not the C-boats which caused America
to come in, These were only Incl
dents raised and magnified by Mr.
Wilson as excuses. 1t merely was
that Mr.. Wilson was carrying out his
part of the program"
Explaining why he was in ignorance
of all plots against him the former
kaiser writes that social democratic
influences were at work and that his
chancellOrs and diplomatic represent
at1ves were not loyal to him. Such
important matter as the above men,
from his hands, he declares. The Ger
man legation in Washington never
sent Csher's pamphlet to him, he COM
plains Thus, he adds, ne was un-
able to defend himself against under
handed attacks.
OF the German military position in
November he takes a remarkable
view. He says:
Were About to Withdraw.
Il learn from a source in switzer-
to withdraw their forces from the
front on January l, because Of the
terrible losses they were suffering
And there l stood with my victorious
armies ready to reach out and grasp
the fruits of our struggle. But no.
the program Of the social democrats
would have BEN. sci back years at
least. They would not have 1t So"
1t was then, he believes, that the
full force of the wicked activities of
the social democrats came into play.
Systematically the collapse of the
army as early as January, 1918. 1t
Is pointed out that one Of their lead
efs revealed that the soldiers at the
front were iRstigated to desert and
were then organized and supplied
with forged paper money and un-
signed rebellious leaflets Thus it
came about that mutinies at home
prevented Wilhelm from returning to
Berlin, while wholesale surrender and
rebellions at the front prevented an
kaiser fondly believes would have
settled the business. And it was
while in this awful position that Hin
denburg, Ludendorff and an unnamed
representative of the foreign office
came to him and told him that abdi-
cation and flight were absolutely nee
essafy. He admits that he could not
have got through to Switzerland, and
that Holland was the only refuge
available.
Retains Faith in God.
That Wilhelm sttll clines to his re-
ligious faith appears in this pas
sage:
ITO trust in God and keep ones
iaith is now more than ever the right
thing to do. He has allowed these
monstrous happenings which we
each may be sure serve his purpose.
He will assuredly raise up again His
poor bleeding world and the Germans
with the rest when they have become
chastened and they will find their
way to Him praying for help"
There you have the emperor in
reality" remarked DR.. Schiemann.
Nowhere in the letters is there any
reference to the Serbian matter or
to the kaiser's visit to Norway in
The events were So stirring that
there was much discussion as to
whether the emperor ought to Ho
away on his wonted summer holiday
cruise: After cafefui consideration it
was decided that 1t was more than
ever advisable for him to DO 80, as his
remaining in Germany probably would
excite comment. The reason he agreed
to- leave when matters were in such
an unsettled state was that he firmly
believed there would be no trouble
which could not be amicably adjusted
or which. would require his presence"
DR.. Schiemann did not. tell me who
was transmitting the correspondence
between him and his friend at Amer
ongen, but the letters which were
written on plain blue tinted paper
with an indelible pencil obviously had
neither stamp nor postmark. Their
careful handling by the professor and
his frequent sad glances at an auto
graphed picture Of Wilhelm above a
been the. friendship between the two
men. Whatever the qualities Of the
kaiser may be. I am sure that this
friendship was real