Show THE KAISER AS I KNEW KNE HIM FOR fOURTEEN YE o German People ll Wild Jf Il With ith ith Enthusiasm Just Before rf War aT aTI Was If Declared and Ell Enthusiasm Was IPas Encouraged ed in inI I I Every Way y by Government Under Delusion That It Was rf Forced on Nation V y I BY DR DE A A. N N. DAVIS D. D D. D S S. S r S Copyright 1918 1915 b by McClure McClurg Newspaper Sn Syndicate 7 CHAPTER R Will There Be a. a German Revolution p PROPHESYING G is a rash undertaking at Ht best in these cataclysmic times it approaches rank presumption Nevertheless the danger of attempting to penetrate the time curtain orthe ot or the future lies principally I imagine in the time difficult difficulty of un understanding the lie present Time The more more accurate our om knowledge c o of prevailing prevailing- conditions I at nt any Il rate tl the e easier casier i it becomes t lo to estimate ate their probable Our views as to the futuro ma may prove proe unsound of course no matter ho how correctly w we gnu gauge the present but certain it is that if IC tt we e start out with an Inn inadequate knowledge of oC the present we shall make a sad mess of or It when we attempt to appraise the fu future future ru- ru ture To foresee time the Germany German of or tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row then we must first C understand the Germany of oC tO today and although I ma may not be able to offer much of ot value In the wa way 0 of prophecy I feel I that I ought to be able to describe with some degree desree of or accuracy tho time conditions which prevailed prevail cd 11 In Iq Germany German up to the time I. I left tarl early in 1918 Tho twentieth century has seen such I radical changes In world conditions I views an and aspirations that I am ami afraid history will prove pro but a poor I guile guide to the thc future In the past few rew I Ic c centuries Germany has experienced several moro more or less serious social revolutions rev rev- rev 1 but It would ho bo dangerous d to I pr predicate very much upon those abortive abor abor- tive tivo uprisings I abor-I the Perhaps the thc most ambilio s revolution revolution tion In the tIle annals of ot Germany was that of oC IS 8 when tho the spirit of democracy democracy rac racy was rife riCo throughout hout Europe Berlin Berlin Ber ner- lin and Vienna fell feU to the tho populace I h but the triumph was short General General General Gen Gen- eral subdued the tho uprising and Pruss Prussian Inn troops soon disposed of or other rebellions throughout hout the em em- pire Ono One of or the effects of ot the demonstration demonstration dem dem- was to secure a constitution for tor Prussia but no sooner was the tho menace of ot tho the revolution all allayed ed than the constitution lion was withdrawn I which of course was typical of ot Prussian Prussian sian statecraft I But even this comparatively recent I Indication of or a spirit of ot Independence ence I in tho the German people is of ot little sig sig- significance in connection with a craton of or present because of tho the fact tact that such l Ideas have not gained ground since When hen the tho war broke broko out In fn 1914 1911 the kaiser ha had behind him a united people who gloried in his power and were prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to follow tollow wherever his ambitions ml might ht lea lead I do not m mean aH for tOI a moment moment moment mo mo- ment to intimate that there were not notman man many in Germany German who were and are areas areus us as keen koen for tor democracy as an any Individuals individuals In the world but I am talking now no noor of or the people as a n whole whole royal royal royalty ty tv nobility aristocracy junkers mid mid- dle classes workers and ll farmers 98 farmers 98 per cent of or the population of or the country country coun coun- try tn revered their kaiser and were proud to regard themselves ns as hits his people Spirit or of History does oe furnish MIS us however with Illustrations of or the lon longsuffering longsuffering long long- suffering character of or the German Gorman peo peo- pIc Tho The dull record of oC their servility ser I is relieved cd only here herc an and there by a flash of or that spirit of ot independence and andI lave JQ of oC freedom which has ever er been I the glory and distinguishing trait olI ot ol I tho the An Saxon Anglo Saxon lo-Saxon race Vo Wo get a glimpse of oC this thi spirit In Inthe inthe the uprising of tho the peasants of Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many In the seventeenth se century when whon their at ms privat IOS brought on what was known aa as Peasants' Peasants War aI With Ith pitch pitchforks Corks and scythes the they warred on the military and anti nobility and their desperation and sense of or injustice so augmented tho the power of or their cru crude e weapons that It was only after alter the bloodiest fighting that were vanquished in the unequal conflict Very little was accomplished in the Wa way of ot social pro progress ress throughout hout the seventeenth Ic century because of or the thelong thelong long Jong series of or wars which devastated the continent at that period It was estimated that by 1650 no less than 70 per pel cent of the German people had hadl l c through h the ravages ra of or war p. and famine The fhe principles of or republicanism brought to the foro ford h b by the French revolution revolution rev rev- took root In Germany German and bore hore fruit in n 1832 in the shape shap of ot a rather formidable uprising No less than men gathered nt at in the Palatinate to demand pallon but Bavarian troops quelled th the rebellion 1 1011 u nIQI u 1 I. I p n Frankfort Bremen Cassel Lassel and Saxony I were likewise suppressed I f Scene ne III In Merlin lie I 1 shall never forget the time scene In I Berlin when it was was' announced In the I papers that Austria had handed her I ultimatum to That evening e I J I wall walked ed up liP Unter der Linden and saw I thousands of oC young men from 18 to SO 30 marching along atone with their hats off clamoring for war Mounted police Wt were ro on hand but Lut made no efforts to disperse the gathering although no such demonstration Is ever Cr allowed in him Germany unless It Is In keeping with the th policy of or the Government to permit permit permit per per- mit ILI it JL I J turned turne to a haired gray porter standing in front of a building and asked him what it all meant The They want war he answered Theres of oC them and they're on their way to the Russian embassy I Poor fools Ive I've been through lh two wars against against Austria In 66 and against t France In 70 and 70 O-an O and I know kno what it means These young men will learn too tOI to their thel sorrow before Its ll's o over r. r There was wa a limo when the hand 1 of or Germany was extended to th the world don 10 downward ward award as ns n a sign of oC friendship friendship friend friend- ship but now It Is stretched out upward upward up up- ward wald to lo hla grab b all it ca can n get Jel This old porter was wise vise enough to realize till tho dangers which those thoe higher up ignored On er e every cry hand there was vas evidence e of or elation among the Iho people at nt the time carl carh pro prospect of or going to war awl arid their theil enthusiasm Ill en- n- n continued long after alter hostilities hostilities HI es began bega n. n flan nut hut the German plan did dill not suc suc- e lI It Went Wont wrong right from the start Belgium proved pro an ted 1 obstacle the English carne came In in III Paris refused re refused reo re- fused to fall Call the tho French hold held their own the n J Russian hordes proved a n real menace and after the tho great lumbering lumber lumber- lug InS German machine had traveled a Ct certain distance on it its original Impetus impetus Im Jm- im- im petus it was bi ought rou ht to lo an au unforeseen halt It YaK was vcr very awkward for tor the thc government So because it was all so different different dif dif- ferent from what tho the people had hE been ell promised and It fl wouldn't do o to shake their confidence To keep leep the facts front the public time the press was walt put under rigorous su supervision supervision su- su and none of or the reverses which the tho Germans encountered none of the political mistakes which the they constantly making none of or the unforeseen difficulties which wore were de dc- wax iva ever Cl published d until the people had lend been gradually and skillfully skill- skill fully prepared to I time the bad had news while general cn ral Information 1011 concerning some ome of oC th misfortunes was suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed en entirely t rei In this a way the time second year ear of or the thc war found toun the German people with their faith In their leaders leader comparatively tl eh unshaken Disasters had H item been en enso so skillfully concealed or minimized and victories had been so widely circulated circulated cir cir- Ir- Ir and magnified that the people were If Ir possible more solidly behind the war wu and Ind keener for tor Its vigorous prosecution In 1916 than the they were when it started t two 0 years cars before Weir nr Forced on Huns luny The rho Germans German had been told lold b by the newspapers that the thc war upon which the they were vero embarking was forced upon them thi-m and that time the rest of oC tho the world orld had Jumped upon Germanys Germany's neck and andi i was WaR to to dismember the tho empire because It was jealous of oC German commercial commercial commercial com com- I mercial supremacy They were likewise likewise like like- wise promised that time the outcome of or the I I I war would secure the freedom of or the tho theseas thoI I I seas and give he Germany an nn I to lo meet England In time the markets mar mar- of ot the world worl on oh un an equal comI commercial commercial com com- I mercial basis To what extent the time people people- believed tho the official explanation of ot the time purpose of ot tHe war I am not In a position to I say Many Jany un undoubtedly accepted it at its face tace value and glorified In the I prospect of oC German Germanys Germany's triumph The better botter informed knowing that every port In the world was open to German boats and that In fact tact SO 80 per cent of or tho German foreign trade was teas with Saxon Anglo nations must have been at a loss to understand what was meant by b- time the freedom of ot tho the seas which Germany German was so anxious to se secure se- se cure curc But nut whether thc they saw through h their governments government's pretenses or not practically practically cally every German In the time c country went Into the time war with f a will determined determined determined deter deter- mined to uphold German might and establish establish es es- es- es the national principle of oC Deut Deutschland uber alles It was confidently expected by all nil that the war would be over within ninety ty days at tho the outside and anti there can cnn be no doubt that if It the German program had been carried out to a successful successful suc suc- conclusion tho time position of or the would have hare been secure for man many generations to come VictOr Victory Vic Vic- tOr tory would havo have so reinforced the foundations of or tho the empire that It would have havo been proof against political po po- agitators I believe for tor hundreds hun hun- of or years Democracy would be bo crushed the world over O an and all nil that has hUH been accomplished In the time past 2000 years would go for tor naught To Be Continued Tomorrow c |