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A dream of world dominion obsess-
ag the mind of Emperor William
lunged the world into war. Upon
im and the tremendous military eng-
ie of destruction of which he was
he embodiment, the exponent, and
he leader, rests the responsibility of
eliberately planning and bringing
bout the greatest conflict the wold
as ever seen.
It did not matter to the world that
he emperor's personal share in the
wift events, immediately preceding
*e war had been obscured. The
orild convicted him of organizing, di-
3cting, and maintaining at the top
otch of efficiency, the great German
ilitary machine. It remembered that
e signed the order for the German
oblization. It remembered that .he
;ood sponsor for the terrorism and
rigandage which, under the guise of
arfare, ravished Belgium, laid waste
me cities of France, depopulated and
itraged Serbia and sent the Lusi-
,nia with her freight of women and
ildren to a grave in the Atlantic.
Many doubt whether William was
itirely sane. He said repeatedly
at he possessed a divinermandate
rule, that the Almighty was his
inconditional and avowed ally." It
not entirely clear whether such
ttgivings were the product of a dis-
dered brai or were due to un-
unded egotism and an effort to im-
ess his subjects with the idea of
yerent and unquestioning submis-
n. His speeches to his armies in
iich he asserted he and. they were
nstrumients of divine judgment upon
ermany's enemies" were regarded
many outside of Germany as
eces of rhetoric, intended only to
ceive his own people.
"Me und Gott"
William's claim to close affinity
th God was the burden of dozens
his speeches long before, as well
after, the beginning of the war. Of
se, perhaps, none more clearly de-
aed his claim than his notorious
ivine right" speech delivered at
andenburg in 1890, in which he said?
regarded the German people as "a
lpositility",conferred upon him
God and that it was "my duty to
grease this heritage for which one
y I shall be called upon to give ac-
unt. Those who try to interfere
th my task I shall crush.'
The German war party grew with
ll11am as its head, and the scheme
worlddominionawaited the hour
begin ,its attainment. It came with
e assassination of the Austrian
.hduke, Francis Ferdinand, and his
lfe at Sarajevo.
Recalled from a yachting trip, Wil-
m presided at a conference at Pots-
im of representatives of the German
d Austrian armies, navies and
mnmercial interests. There, accord-
' to the best information obtain-
le, the decision was reached to
ke the assassination of the arch-
ke a pretense for the world war for
ich Germany had long prepared.
Poses as Martyr
n the diplomatic exchanges be-
een Germany and Austria on one
.e and Great Britain, France and
seia on the other side William pos-
as one wishing for peace but driv
to war. He signed the order for
mobilization of the German army
I from that moment war was in-
table. Thereafter he drove on his
nies relentlessly in the mad cam-
gns for victory, encouraging them
;h every device and sometimes ap-
bring on the front to be proclaim-
as personal commander in a great
ensve.
ublication of the "Willy-Nicky"
respondence in 1917, placed the
rman emperor in the light of an.
scrupulous plotter. The telegrams
closed that Emperor William had
uced Emperor Nfcholas of Russia
sign a secret agreement to which
was to force the adherence of
ince In the perfection of an offen-
e and defensive alliance against
gland. The treaty was discovered
i repudiated by a Russian minister.
'alling in his attempt, the German
peror set upon himself the task of
wing England to his side against
,nce and Russia. How well he
ught he had succeeded in this may
gathered from a letter he wrote
President Wilson in 1914 in which
said King George' had prom ited
ie Henry of Prussiaon July 29,
4, that England would remain neu-
. in a war involving the Central
rers with France and Russia.
To Blame For War
erhaps the most direct and au-
ritive of the accusations against
German emperor and the Pan-
mans are contained in the pub-
lished secret memorandum of Prince
Charles Max Lichnowsky, who was
German ambassador at London at the
outbreak of hostilities. The prince
unequivocally placed the blame for
the war on Germany, and for his
frankness was imprisoned in a Siles-
ian chateau, permanently expelled
from the Prussian house of lords,
which action was sanctioned by the
emperor, and, finally, was exiled to
Switzerland.
The emperor, despite his previous
expressions of good will for America
gave vent to his anger against the
United States when it became evident
no official action would be taken to
stop the shipment of munitions and
supplies to the Entent Allies by de-
claring to the American ambassador,
James W. Gerard, "I shall stand no
nonsense from America after the
war."
Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert
was born January 27, 1859, and be-
came Emperor William II at the death
of his father, Frederick III, June 15,
1888. He came out of the Univer-
sity of Bonn fully prepared to enter
the school of statecraft. Set to work
in the government bureaus, he was
early taught the routine of official
business under the tutelage of the
great Bismarck.
est workers in the empire. His rising
hour was 6 o'clock sharp and a long
day's hard work, which frequently
extended well into the night, follow-
ed.
Professed Friendship
Before the war Emperor William
often professed friendliness for Am-
erica. He encouraged the foundation
of exchange professorships by which
prominent German educators visited
this country and lectured in the col-
leges here while American college
professors similarly filled chairs in
German institutions of learning.
He was a great reader-his private
library in the imperial palace at Ber-
lin before the war was becoming one
of the most interesting collections of
books in the world.. He posed as a
dictator in music. painting, poetry,
and acting.
German mothers who wrote to the
emperor of the deaths of their sons
killed in battle elicited from him no
word of sympathy. He regarded their
deaths as "glorious." His own six
sons were protected, however.
AMERICAN STEAMER SINKS;
19 MEN OF CREW MISSING
Ocean City, Netherlands, Nov. 9.-
The American steamer, Saetia, bound
for a French port, struck a mine 25
miles off the Netherlands coast this
morning and sank 20 minutes later.
Nineteen members of the crew are
missing, 47 having been landed here
this afternoon and 18 more having
been taken off. a raft tonight by a
patrol boat.
Destroyers and coast guide boats
are searching the vicinity for traces
of rafts which may be afloat with the
rest of the crew, although it is fear-x
ed that the men on duty in the en-
gine room were killed by one of the
explosions.
Belgian Kiddies Xmas Fund Opens'
America must not forget Belgium
this Christmas. The nearness of
peace must not cause her to slacken
her efforts in brining hope and com-
fort to the destitute Belgian children.
According to Henry Clews, chair-
man of the Belgian Children's Christ-
mas Fund, -the need this time of the
United States loosening its purse
strings will be just as great as dur-
ing the past years.
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ARsThe Hun
thin~
Becomes Actual Leader
At the death of his father, the im-
perial throne devolved upon William
II who was then but 29 years of age.
Bismarck continued as chancellor but
not for long. Though the great states-
man had made every effort to instil
his young pupil with his own ideas of
government and diplomatic policies,
the new emperor soon found that he
disagreed with his grandfather's
former close adviser in many impor-
tant respects. In 1890 the disagree-
ment of the two men reached a crisis,
a rupture came, and Bismarck went.
The relations between the two men
remained strained for several years,
but before Bismarck died peace was
made between them.
With the passing of Bismarck the
emperor's real reign began. As a mil-
itary man he was a stickler for ef-
ficiency, discipline, and the observ-
ance of etiquette to. the last detail.
And with the details of all these
components of army life and train- I
ing he was familiar to the smallest
point.
In everything he was described as
thorough and, withal, one of the hard-
FEATURING
George Faweett-Dorothy Gish-George Siegman
This is no picture of fancy-but a fact.
The records of the United States Sc cret Service are filled with
just such black and damnable scheme s as engineered by "The
Hun Within"
See for yourself the way the Hu n-sn akes work, see their cuns"
ning, and then rejoice in that, swifter, alerter brain of Uncle Samn
which checkmates them by night and by day A great picture.
See it !t
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In Camp and Home
There is little room for. non-essentials in modern war.
making. It is grim business. Everything not absolutely need-
ed is pruned away. And yet in every army camp a song lead-
er has been appointed. The army chiefs recognize music as
a necessity.
The A. B. Chase Piano
is to the home what the song leader is to the camp, Its music
gathers the domestic unit together as the singing solidifies the
military unit. Nerves at loose ends are composed through
music, and by that agency are flagging spirits revived.
At home, these days, the stress of wartime speeding-up is
being felt,.National strategy extends to the field of business
as well as to the field of battle, and the resultant strain must
be relieved if victory is to be won.
Music is a necessity in the homes of a nation at war.
UWniversit Aflutcibouse
Mrs. M. Rout
Zi~1titn b ttiuuarb xrrvI0
"A Nine O'clock
Towns
He's a midnight devil in a nine o'clock town. He tried to "sell"
his folks the ideas he formed in "the big town". He'll have you
wishing him luck when he tried to resurrect the local "Emporium"
He'll thrill you to the marrow when he wiggles out of the black-
mailers frame-up, and he'll have you rocking with joy when he
puts over the "big wallop". Its some pictuye!t
Saturday and Sunday
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