The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-09-26
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The Chicago Daily News makes a
remarkably graphic editorial an
nouncement of its publication this
week Of the German ex-Kaiser's own
story OF the War. 1t is an unusual
~ fine literary performance. Here
il is:
THE Ex-KAIsER'S OWN STORY.
The sacrifice was in vain'-Thus
the ex-kaiser of Germany in his
amazing autobiography sums UP the
results of his a~bdication.
That is only one of the innumer-
able ~sententious judgments passed
rulers. powerful statesmen and mil
itary commanders by the leading
participant in political affairs OF
Europe for e. period OF thirty
crowded years.
The Daily News has co-operated
in the negotiations for the purchase
Of the American publication rights
to the ex-kaiser's own story and
takes pleasure IL announcing that
II has the exclusive privilege OF
newspaper serial publication in Chi
caso and surrounding territory.
Not since Napoleon exiied on ST.
Helena, dictated his autobiography
has there bee a written a story OF
a career that can compare In impor-
tance with the story told by the ex-
emperor now IN exile at Doom. AS
a historic narrative It 10 OF ab-
sorbing interest. yet. like Napo-
1A1r'w ~ % rnrtn@a u-t4h aytroo-d{-
nary misstatements and weird mis-
conceptions. 1t Is. indeed. a piece
Of self-revelatlon that must make 1t
a fascinating study for students of
the mentality OF men who have ex-
ercised large authority.
Here for the first time the world
to discover the mental processes, the
is given an adequate opportunity
dominating opinions and the ac-
copied moral guides to action hat
made William OF Germany the over
shadowing figure In European aft
fairs during three spacious decades
filled with significant events.
What did William think OF Bis
marck. his imperial grandfather's
iron chancellor, whose services he
so soon dispensed with after he sue
ceeoed to the royal and imperial
thrones Of the Hohenzollerns? viii
liam tells you at the beginning Of
his memoirs. And starting at that
turning point IN the life OF a great
and virile nation, he proceeds to re
late his version of the Developments
that slowly but ~implacably divided
Europe into W powerful armed
camps and SO prepared 1t for the
day when the nations so aligned,
suddenly grappled in a titanic war.
The recital gives In a long sue
cession of lightninglike flashes the
vivid pictures of the mind Of the
crowned war lord who at a great
moment Of crisis spoke the fateful
word that set this perfectly ap-
pointed armies marching against
Russia and against France. To read
this recital covering the years Of
his rule is to watch the tension grow
and grow until that word was
spoken. Thus is gained an intimate
picture OF fhe mentality of the
ruler who precipitated the conflict
hat involved the whole world in
lAS pCIliS anu 4CSSGS anu lndL SHQtA
in his own a~bdication and flight.
The story Of thai abdication as
told by William constitutes a mar
rative Of peculiar interest. The
most powerful OF the rulers OF earth
is seen standing dumbfounded,
abashe6 alone. as IL without a
friend. The he~sitations. the sudden
RACES. the crushing establishment
OF the imperial sacrifice, sternly
warned by his chancellor to stay
away from his armies. to stay away
from the country over which he had
ruled so many years. an Ishmaelite
invited TO fee for his life before the
irresistible advance Of his enc
mies-here is an ironic picture not
easily matched in the pages OF his
tory. though defeated and fugitive