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Show I'nlike his grandfather, who shielded shield-ed himself behind his chancellor, the former emperor of Hennany, whose abdication ab-dication was announced November '.', has always Insisted upon making himself him-self the center Of the debates In the reichstag ami among his people. Horn with a lust for military life, imbued willi an obsession of arms, he was a vain theatrical oiith. coiisuiiusl with a desire to leap Into the center of things and win for Hcriunny and himself a marllal glory with full Stage effect. Ills one great desire has been to emulate the example of I'Yedeiick the Hreat. his ancestor, and carry glory before him with a drawn sword. The kal'ier Is a man of rapid mi pulses, and these often came near ln-vatvlng ln-vatvlng Germany in serious dlfflcul ties. Ills dream of world domination plunged the world Into war In PHI. Upon him ami the tremendous mill lary engine of tlest ruction, of which he was the embodiment, the exponent ind the leader, rests the responslbllltj Of deliberi tely planning and bringing ihoiit the greatest conflict the world 'las ever seen. It did not matter to the world lhal the emperor's share In Ihe swift uveitis Immediately preceding the war bad been obscured. The world convicted bim of organising, directing ami maintaining main-taining at the top notch of efficiency the great Herman mllitarv machine It win be remembered that he signed tlw order for the Herman mobilisation, and he stood sponsor for the terrorism and brigandage which, under the guise of warfare, ravished Belgium laid waste the cities of France, depopulated and davaslateil Servla aud sank the l.usi tanla with the freight of w n and hlldren to a grave In the Atlantic. |