Evening star., 1920-01-25
Kaiser a Dope Fiend.
BY DIR. OTTO HAMMaNN

rormer Priyy Councillor and for Many Years
N"ei oI tue Press Bureau Of the Foreign Office. }
Inc emperor's career is permeated
ny the ambition to stand in the lime
M Musnt ana always to be in the center
OF world history. Even his father was
perturbed by the conceit and tendency
toward elf-aggrandizement of the
young prince. Young Wilhelms be-
navler caused Bismarck to ask emf
.ieht meolcal men to examine him as
oeen Kept secret. The old chancellor
was prompted to do this by procla-
IIlation sent by Wilhelm when he
vas crown prince. to all the Prussian
iegfsa.ions. nfs filled with statements of
f-aggrandizement and displaying
astounding lack of tact
he saw sunshine always whether
mere was any or not. He was a con-
nrmed dope fend. since from early
youth he had used cocaine to deaden
.he pam In his ear. OF course, after
good dose. he could see sunshine
even If it was raining
WIneim ii was always filed with
youthIul phantasies. but never had
an understanding of the reality of
tnings Such tendencies and his con-
stan' sni "a desire to proclaim this, that
! and the other thing led to the So
called Lohengrin politics. or as Won
iolstein termed it during the nine
ties, 'politique roperetta."
An 'ApostoIic Mission
but although it appeared that the
KAISER could not exist without clouds
OF incense for his personal glorifica-
,ion, ne really did not want it for
himself. but as tribute to what he
thought his apostolic mission by
,lV1ne right" when he was full Of
dope. which his admirers called ro-
mantlc idealism. and which was real
y nothing short of a species of D.
rs characteristic sign of the
mentality of the kaiser was the fact
that he went hunting, travelling. en-
)oyed cabarets and made senseless
speeches during the gravest state
crises
His belief in the splendor- of the
Hohenzollerns. fostered into mysti-
ciSm. was lacking that side of the
Prussian tradition his ancestors had
acquired in a hard school of life: Sc
we're self-denial. simple living and
unobtrusive devotion to duty.
His irrationalty and inability to
are evidenced in his speeches. Take
for instance such utterances as:
because of the victories of the
japanese over the Russians one
should not conclude that Buddha is
superior to our Lord Jesus Christ"
"Our Lord would never have taken
so much trouble over our people if
he had not in mind great things for
us; we are the salt of the earth"
"No more decisions will be reached
| on this earth without the corporation
of the German emperor"
The house of Hohenzollern is
equipped with a sense of duty which
it draws from consciousness that God
has put it in it's place and that it is
only responsible to Him and to it's
own will
Made World Unen.y.
The autocratic actions of this en-
peror ignoring realities and imbued
| whole world uneasA for a lifetime and
retarded the domestic progress of the
German people. while endangerinG its
peaceful position among the nations.
A Just verdict, however, will only
be obtained by considering first the
delusion which gripped the kaiser's
mind that he was some. Messiah, and
then the limitations of his personal
responsibility which nature or path
illogical defects had imposed upon
his mental qualities.
The kaiser on the throne was only
| too often like a Somnambulist, who
walks in the moonlight. seeing dam
! gers where none exist, and which. in
the daylight, need scare no one, and
dreaming of achievements which were
not real.
The deepest tragedy of the former
emperor Of peace in shining armor
will be that owing to existing mem
| tai defects he will never comprehend
\ what part he played in the situation
which. perhaps against his Will, LED
; to the world war. This deluslon VIII
support his belief that he was with
ont guilt and is suffering bitter JUS
| tice.