Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31

LII IN
recited all kinds
of ridiculous falsehoods and who ven
tured the bold assertion that the fact
that Germany had not obeyed him
as blindly as she now obeys her for
eign tormentorS was responsible for
the country's misfortunes and for the
fact that he now is in Doom.
Wilhelm concluded his message
with the comforting assertion that
he would not return to Berlin until
a majority of the German people
begged his forgiveness. This great
self-denier prOClaimS Il crusade
against democracy. which appears to
him to be the mother of all evil.
GTorified in Church.
Immediately after this. however,
came a more serious report: In the
Potsdum church, the birthday of
his majesty. the kaiser and king, -
was celebrated. HohenzoIlerns We're
surrounded by high officers, officials
and their ladies. ana flags of the old
hodyguard regiments We're brought
in under military escort.
Pastor NoGel. who still bears the
title OF court preacher although
the republic pays his salary. gloritied
William ii in a manner such as only
the former kaiser himself general -
ventures to praise himself. one eE
ample is sufficient:
our kaiser. man with a beam
ing eye and clear brow, sacrificed his
honor in order to save the people
from civil war"
II is known from the letter sent by
Wilhelm TO his eldest son before his
flight that he went only because for
the first time during four years Of
mass murder he no longer felt safe
in his headquarters.
Pastor Nogel followed with a hail
of insults to the people. the republic
and the constitution.
God who chose the German peo-
pie for the great work of the reforma-
tion appears 10 have chosen Us for
the still greater work of redeeming
mankind" said Pastor Nogel. The
mission of the Kaiser who is filled
with genuinely German idealiSm. is
not yet finished. The new house
which Germans built IN Weimar stinkS
of dry rot. We have sworn an oath
of loyalty TO the Kaiser Oaths can
not be retracted at will. He who is
not true to the king is a scoundrel."
Hindenburg Oath Recalled.
1t is hardly necessary to recall that
the ''all highest" relieved his officers
and officials from their oaths when he
marshal Hiindenburg) took an oath to
support the sinking" Weimar con-
StitutiOn.
But the fact that in the eighth
year of the German republic such
an insolent speech by the supplied
receiver of public moneys can remain
UNPUBLISHED, has aroused anger which
is extending to the upper classes.
This can result in good if it helps to
bring about a plebiScite regarding the
property which dethroned princes
shall receive. Their shamefully high
demands already have nourished the
most bitter anger of millions of peo-
pie whom the war deprived of every
thing and who now hear that the
former sovereigns demand the return
of their former holdings, without loss,
as if this was their divine right.
appropriation without indemnitiCa-
ton and the employment OF all eX-
propriated property to assist the suf-
fering classes. This and not luke
warm compromise would he the right
answer to provocations which grow
holder from month to month.
AssaiIs Won Baden.
Unfortunately royalties week"
closed with the effort of Prince Max
Won Baden, the last imperial chancel-
lor, to make the nation believe that
a great marine action in November,
1918, would have changed Germany 8
fate.
And a sentimental bit of theatrical
ism which glorities the Louise, who
was the wife of the Prussian King
defeated at Jena by Napoleon, draws
as big crowds as do the new movies
which glorify Frederick the Great.
II is q great pity that the Dawes
agreement did not include the fol-
lowing sentence:
From Germany'S reparation pay
ments a sum will be stricken equal
TO the amount which it is proved has
been appropriated from former SOW
ereignS for the benefit of needy
Germans"
For the disarmament of these fam
lilies is required by the interests of
the whole civilized world.
Copyright, 1850