Show 00 01 KAISER RESPONSIBLE FOR CALAMITY j A Gnoun Girman historian has justo just ii I I and Intimate a i new ac- ac iii 0 o Hi II career of or former Kal Kal- ni II ll of Germany III H port hardly flattering C 0 o hIs bis treatment ot of o the I 1 emperor Is 18 ii sympathetic H ii i mow lOWs w Europe again and anda again K in WI led to the verge verEe war war because ot of Wilhelms Wilhelm's passion for tor playing the treat great power powe game Ho lie shows how Wilhelm rejected an an alliance with England a score ot of o years no ago beCAuse he heI I wanted to develop A big ble navy navy- navas navy as a sort ot of o to toy one gathers gathers- and with Germany and Britain allied this have been Im Im- Im Impossible Impossible possible Ho lie shows how the for for- foreign eign policy ot of Germany again and again was shaped not In accord accord- accordance ance anco with the ot of Its people but In accord with WIl helms Wll-helm's helms helm's own overweening ambition It Its It's s a II book worth reading In these days when you OU find so many people wonderIng t It the tho world war wasn't just ft a a frightfully use use- useless useless useless less blunder on the part of of all concerned A blunder Jt It may have been but not useless Not entirely so Whatever may may be said at least the peace ot of Europe Is not nol now dependent on the whims whims and cap cap- rices ot of one egotistic seek fame Ins Ing man At least the world has learned that the tho great power power game Is dangerous to play pay at when the lives ot of millions must be the pawns |