Show The Kaiser Is Lo Losing ing Hope I A ArLY A VLY E arrived visitor from Mars Mara ignorant of all aU earthly events cents during tho the past six months but hut desirous de dc- de- de sirous sirous of informing himself n as to how tho the tide of the world war was going could hardly do better than to toS S rea read the public declarations of the thc kaiser made since the Uio opening of the tile great German offensive last March Mardi The he rise and fall of German hopes are clearly reflected by bv the tho statements of or the great Hun leader Jeader who less than seven months ego ngo was planning to eat his April Fool rol days das dinner with Avith Hin in Paris Pari Said aid the kaiser on March farch 21 the da day the great German German Ger Ger- man offensive began We Yo arc at the tile decisive moment of the war Avar and one of ot tho tile greatest moments in German history The prize of or victory must not and will not fail na us Seven days later tho the kaiser sent a boastful and ex cx- 1 tele telegram am to the tho reichstag reichstag- in which he said Wo We Vo I have grievously shaken England's army In the mean mean- I f time Hindenburg ha had declared on March 25 25 I The thin thing is is over f II On April 20 21 the thc kaiser still boastful still certain of a tit a 0 strong German Germant peace had this to say to German i submarine commanders at a n meeting in Flanders The activities of our submarines to ether together with a t l I our our ont victorious armies anti and fleet are calculated tto To bring bring us a strong b g German erman peace I am convinced I that tha th the u united i ed strength o of t these weapons will in 1 a a. comparatively short y period make our opponents L- L who are still bent on destroying Germanys Germany's strong and free future ready to accept an equitable peace IOn On May 28 the kaiser kniser was more certain of speedy victory than ever Three German offensives cs hInd had been heet i successful He lIe was about abouL ready to shower the lite same II pity on tho the western democracies that he lIe had shown to bleeding and helpless Rus Russia ia On OIl this day he said When the enemy is beaten we ice must care caro for him with all nil tho power and means g given gen en us A beaten enemy is no longer an nn enemy for us On June Juno S the tue kaiser kniser told his Brandenburg tr Ire ops ops Peace will be bo dictated through you and und three da days later Inter he be boasted We Ve are going g toward great and victorious victorious vic vie days On Juno June 10 16 he lie was still confident In July Y came camo the great turning point Tho The kaiser kaisor saw hi his legions turned crushed and bleeding from the Marne Marno Tho Tim hope of II a no strong German peace died within his liis breast and ho Ito now began to see ECO tho the war as a struggle for Germanys Germany's very existence On July 26 he said I The Tho hardest blow now flOW lies ahead of the Germans Ger Ger- mans Our adversaries know this war has comoto comoto como corno to a decisive point and are aro straining every effort at nt defense e and counterattack Then followed on August 3 his proclamation to tho the German people Tho The war year which is opening will not spare the tho German people further privations and trials but whatever comes wo we know kno tho the hardest lies behind behind be be- hind us The Tho enemy docs does not want rant peace Wo We Y 0 must therefore continue to fight until our enemies aro are read ready to acknowledge our right to existence On September 5 he lie declared that Germany was H determined determined de determined de- de to devote all its strength to defend against tho the enemy's assaults as its sacred soil and On September 1 11 I. I ho was begging members of the thi German German Ger Ger- man Soldiers Soldiers' union to use their influence to prevent 1 A 1 i 1 1 c. c 1 11 I LUU UlU ll HH-ll WIll tt to victory and steadfastness by the enemy's superior I forces and reprehensible methods of combat In his last public address at Essen ES on September 12 h hWe hl ha I said aid We Vc do not know when the struggle will end but one thing we wo do know namely that we wo must fight the battle through The kaiser is losing losing- hope What will he be saying at this time next neIt year Will he be begging th the tho victorious vie vic allies to spare him liim his llis life 7 pa JI pa a Perhaps a little light hight will leak in the the back hack door when Bulgaria gets out of the way Pa Pi Z The allies seem to have cut off communication between be be- tween the kaiser and the tim German hi highest hest d PJ ts sa T We e might just as well ha have e Turkey for Thanksgiving ing day a ta a aYou Pa You cannot lose with a n Libert Liberty bond but you OU can without it tea r. r Pa H Mittel Europa seems to have e the colic |