The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 15, 1918, Image 3
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
KAISER'S DREAM ENDED
(From The Columbia State)
A dream of world domination ,ob
>csving ihe mind of Emperor William
plunged the world into war. Upon him
and t h?> tremendous military engine of
destruction of which he wiih the em
bodiment. the cxjwnent nhd the lender
rest*. tlic responsibility of deliberately
planning and bringing nbont the great
?>t coiiflict the world has ever seen.
It, did not matter to the world that
' the eniperorV* personal share in the
L swift events immediately preceding the
war hid been obscured. \ The world
?cvnvieted him of organizing, directing
awl' maintaining at the top notch of
.'fficiwu v fht great German military ma
? bine, it remembered that be signed
the order for the German mobilization.
It rmembeied that he stood sponsor for
the terrorism and bringaudage which,
under the guise of warfare, ravished
lielgium, laid waste the cities of France,
depopulated and outraged Serbia and sent
the Inisitania with her' freight of women
?iiid children to a grave in the Atlantic.
Oirilizntioii will never forget that it
.va* the minions <jf the emperor who
officially sin t ifr death Edith Cavell,
the Kuglis-lt j?irl who befriended the
1'eleian- in ItniRsels.
Seourge of Humanity
Kifiiin^t these his cry "I die' not
arill t ho ^ar" availed at? uothing. lip
tori1 the bar of humanity William was
adjudged guilty of the greatest crime
since the crucifixion. In him humanity
*?w i no last of the autocrats, the final
<!aesar. Assertions that he was at
heart peaceful. so persistently circulated
for years as to give tljom the stamp of
<Jernino propoganda, became branded as
? ertainly false. He who had long pro
claimed himself the prince of peace stood
rovealed as Immanity's . scourge, and
against liim and all that he represented
rose the nru world of democracy and
freedom
Many doubt whether William wus
??utirelx sane. He said repeatedly that
he |M)ss(>ssod a divine mandate to rule,
that tln> Almighty was his ."uncondition
al and. avowed ally." It is not entirely
dear whether such outgivings were the
product df a disordered brain or were
?hie t.? unbounded egotism and an effort
i" impress his subjects with the idea
?>f reverent iiud. unquestioning submis
v'"n Hi* speeches to his armies in
whii-ii he assented he and they were "in
^truments of divine judgment upon Ger
many's enemies" regarded by many out
nde ? ? l" (iermany as pieces of rhetoric,
inteixied only to deceive his own peo
ple
W illiam's < laitn to close athnity with
wn* r h?* burden of dozens of his
speeches long before a* well as after
-the beginning of the war. Of these,
perhaps, none more clearly defined his
claim than his notorious "divine right"
speech delivered at Ifrandenburg in
1800. in which he said he regarded the
(ierman people as "a responsibility"
conferred upon hiui by God and that
it was "my duty" to increase this herit
age for which one day I shall be called
upon to give, account. Those who try
to interfere with my task 1 shall
crush."
In all this the 'world saw before the
war not a menace but a comedy. It
laughed with the then ('apt. Joseph B.
Coghlan of the ? 1'nitcd States navy
when, returning from the war with
Spain. and telling of the . 'clash with
the commander of the German squadron
at Manilla flay. the captain recited the
famous poem, "Iloch T)er Kaiser." In
this -the concluding refrain was. in
the suppositious words of the emperor
"Gott pulls mit me ? -and I init him
Meinself ? Uud Gott." w
v Few statesmen realized then that the
deluded emperor iu his "shining nrmor"
maneuvering his armies and his fleets,
building up the German military system,
cementing the central empiijr and Tur
key. and fostering the preaching of the
supremacy of autocracy was erecting
a machine that one day would make
war upon all civilization.
Vet the world was- warned by some
far sighted men that, the emperor would
..one day bring" catastrophe upon the nai
tjons. These men saw in him then and
see now as a mad inventor given in his
youth the most dangerous of all toys
? his army and navy. They were his
.playthings. He developed them through
out the years; to the point where he
had to put them to a test. Like aterazed
inventor, lie feared the end of his reign
would find bis inventions untried so
grasped the first opportunity to wage
a world war.
Meantime the German war party grew
with William as its head. and the
scheme of world dominion awaited the
hour to begin its attainment. It came
with the assassination of the Austriap
archduke. Francis Ferdinand, and his
wife at Sarajevo.
Recalled from a yachting trip. Wil
liam presided at a conference at Pots
dam of representatives of the German
and Austrian armies, navies and com
mercial interests. There, according to
the best information obtainable, the de
cision w?k reached to make the assas
sination of the archduke a pretense for
the world war for which Germany had
long prepared.
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Grandma is the prod
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They tried to get
something to take the place
of wasteful bar soap? some
thing that would make it
unnecessary to slice or chip
a bar of soap every wash day.
So they produced GRANDMA, the
most wonderful soap you ever saw.
Not in bar form but Powdered.
You measure it out with a spoon ?
no waste. Glorious suds in a jiffy
in any kind of water? no rubbing.
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Your Grocer Has It J
I'u.Mttl for
lu the diplomat ?e exchaugvs IwtwMQ
tScuunny ami Austria on one side ami
Groat Britain. I'ranee ami Itnssin on
til*' utbtf WlllllUI its our With
i?K for peai'e I.ui drlvi'Q to war. II*'
signed iho order fur tin- mobilization
? ?f the (icniciii a rmy ami fiotp that mo
uu*ut War wuv inevitable. Thereafter
lie tlioVe on |)v ti riu ton relenlle.- >1> lit
tin* nuid campaign* for vietory, oucpuf*
aging thetn witli evvry ?U-> it *? ami soim*
times appearing- oil t ho front (?> be i>r*?
elainicd a* personal eouiuiailder in a
great oftYnsivi'.
I'nM.eation of the "\Vill.\ <Niek> " rot
respondent In 1 i>l 7 plaeev) the German
t'iii|H'i'(ir in t ho light of an unscrupulous
plutler. The telegrams disclosed that
Fmpe'rot William had indued Fui|>ei\?r
Nicholas of Umnda to sign n se<*rel agree
ment to which hp wan to forre the #d*
hercnoo of France in tho perfection of
an offensive and def?*lttdv<* alliance against
Ftigland. The treaty was discovered
and repudiated by a ltussian minister.
Failing in his attempt the German
emperor set upon himself the task of
drawing Fngland to niis side against
Franco and ItiMUtla, Mow well he thought
lie had succeeded in this may he gath
ered from a letter he wrote to l'resi
dcnt Wilson in tftl d in which he said
King George had promised I'rinee Hen
ry of Prussia ??n July LM>, 1014, that
Knglund would remain neutral in a ^ar
involving the central powers with France
and Kussia. I
remaps the most direct ami authori
tative of th? aecusatioua against tin*
German emperor and the Pan-Germanx
nrc contained in the published secret
memorandum' <?f I'riuce Charles Max
Iachuowsky, who was German ambas
sador at Loudon at the outbreak of
hostilities. The prince unequivocally
placed the. blame for the war on (lor
many, and far his frankness was im
inist. nod in a Hilcsian chateau, perma
nontly expelled from t h** l'russiau house
of lords, which action was sanctioned
by the emperor, and finally was exiled
to Switzerland.
Kmperor William's dominatiou over
German statesmen, diplomats and the
high command of the German army was
emphasized by I>r. Wilhelm Much I on,
a former director of the Kriip Works,
the great German munitions factory, in
his book on "The Devastation of Eu
rope." In this he not only laid blame
upon Germany ,for bad faith and criti
cised the German army for its brutality,
but assorted that in the German foreign
office "only ho who did the emperor's
bidding was allowed to remain. They
could not do hotter," he declared, "be
cause v>f the character, the power, the
vacillation of and continued interfer
ence by the kaiser.' It wns I)'r. Muehlon
who asserted the authenticity of the
statement that Km perm Wiiiiam stft'.?d
nf a meeting of German at .ay oH'Covn
that bo had plenty^ ? ?f prisoners and
that he hoped the officer* would see
that no 'more prisoners were taken.
Maximilian Harden, a German liberal
leader, declared the Herman ruler
broilglit on the war* because of his de
sire "for something like world rule." ?
irorla fined Innocence .
William often proclaimed "hu< iimo- 1
cence and endeavored to put the onus]
of the war cm the shoulders \?f Hie |
entente allie*. In his speech from the
throne after t lie war began lie said :?
"In pursuing its interests the Rus
sian empire stepped in the way of
Austria-Hungary. Out duty as an. ally
railed us to the side of Austria-Hun
gary. The situation arose not from
temporary conflicts of interest or dip
lomatic e.nnbinations but Is the result
: of ill will existing for years against
the strength and prosperity, of the Her- j
! man empire."
The Emperor, despite his previous
expressions of good will for America,
gave vent ' to his anger against the
I'uited States when it became evident
no official action would be taken to
stop the shipment of munitions and sup
;i)l|es to the entente allies by declaring
to the American ambassador, .lames W.
Gerard. "I shall stand no nonsense from !
America after the war."
William's designs to ? spread German
dominion in Asia found expression in
his famous visits to ? Constantinople
| when he was proclaimed the protector
j of the Moslems. In this the world saw
a cunning step toward achievement of
. the German ambition of German do
minion from Berlin .to Bagdad. .
Friedric.h Wilholm Victor Albert was
born January -7. 1859, and became Km
peror William II on the death of his
father, Frederick III. June 15, 1888.
He came out of the University of Bonn
fully prepared to enter the school of
statecraft. Het to work In the gov
ernment bureaus, he was early ttaught
the routine of official husinestft under
the lutelagc of the fcrcat Itismarck.
Kmperor at Twenty-nine
At the death of his father, the im
perial throne Revolved upon William II
who was then but 20 years of age.
Bismarck continued as chancellor but
not for long. Though the great states
man had made every effort to instill
his young pupil with his own ideas of
government and diplomatic . policies,
the new emperor noon found that he
disagreed with his grandfather's form
er close adviser in many important re
spects. In 181K) the disagreement- of
the two men reached a crisis, a rup
ture came and Bismarck went. The
relations between the two men rmain
ed strained for several years, but b?
for Bismarck died peace was made be
tween them.
With the pussing of Bismarck the
emperor's real reign began. As a mili
tary man he was a stickler for efficiency,
discipline and the observance of eti
quette to the last detail. And of the
details of all these components of army
life and training he was familiar to
the smallest i>oint. It , is related that
during military reviews he was able
to the slightest imperfection in
the equipment or training of a regiment
or squadron and called attention to the
dereliction sharply. With the principles
of tactics and maneuvers, too. be was
thoroughly acquainted.
Besides being well versed in army
matters, the emperor was thoroughly
familiar with naval affairs, having a
technical mastery of the details that
go to make up the efficiency of a fleet.
Htndy of naval problems was one of
bin pet occupations. His influence was
potcqt in fostering the development
of German commerce, art and science.
His interference in these affairs as
well as in statecraft often embarrass
ed German leaders and evoked from them
admonitions to leave diplomacy to his
chancellor*!.
In everything he was det^oribed as
thoiough and, withal. one of the hard
est worker* in t(he empire. llis rising
hour was ti (/clock sharp and a Ion*
) lijt.v'g' bard work., which frequently ox
tejudcd well into the night, followed.
1*1 a ted hours were devftfwl to the tiuK
of informing himself on the prog row*
f events at home und abroad through
reading of the principal Uerwuu and
foreign new *pa|MM?.
Ilrfurt< the war Kmperor William of
ten. professed friendliness for America,
lie encouraged the foundation of exchange
pmfcs*or*Uil>s by which prominent tier
man educator* visited this country and
lectnml In the colleger here while Amerl*
can college profwsor# similarly tilled
?halls in Herman institutions of learn
ing.
Champion Hunter
He was an enthusiastic yachtsman
and do?pit*? hi> withered arm was able
t?> take per?onal COronuKud of his racing
yachts, and sail1 thorn with ?\?mdderflhle
| turcdiw. Hy spi'it t much time at hU
palatial hunting lodges and is reputed to
imve been the champion hunter in the
world in the point of game killing. It
wan stated that the emperor had killed
tH,7''iO piece* of game, more than 4.000
of which were stags.
lie was a great reader? "hia private
library in-^he Imperial palace at Herlin
before the war was becoming on <* of the
n?o?it In (creating collections of booka in
the world, lie posed as a dictator it)
music, painting, poetry and acting.
At one time it was announced that
he had composed the libretto of a ballet
to he given in celebration of 'his birth
day. A priviite perforinauco, of one of
bis musical efforts is said to have been
given In the lNitsdam Fatace without
notable effect upon the muKiv/al world.
Physically unimpressive ? he was short
aud inclined to Htoufcucsa ? William was
fond of being photographed while strik
ing a military posture, though taking
good'' care to veil the deformity of his left
arm, a disfigurement with which he wax
born, and of which he was extremely
sensitive, lie blamed his Kngllsh mother
for living a life of self-ludulgenco and
.cursed her repeatedly as being responsi
ble for his deformity.
No description of the emperor's per
sonal appearance will be complete with
out uieutioV^of his full, bristling mus
tache. His photographs, which he dis
tribute! with a lavish hand, showed it
with ends twirled up>at belligerent an
lie married Augusta Victoria, oldest
daughter of Urand Duke Frederick of
Shleswig-Holstein-Houdorburg- Augusteu
bnrg ou February 27. 1KS1. They had
six suns and one daughter of whofu the
crown prince, his father clashed frequent
ly and on one occasion virtually exiled
young Frederick to l>nnt7.ig but soon
recalled him and restored him to favor. v
German mothers who wrote to the em
peror of the deaths of their sons killed
in battle elicited from him no word of
sympathy. He regorded their deaths as
"glorious.''- Yet his own six Hons, though
holding higtf nnmn'ds. were so protect
ed that the imperial family ptood prac
tically alone in all Herman* in warding
off the clutches of dfnth.
HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK
.Miss I'u rrish Tolls What Ilaai'Itecn Ac
complished During the Past Year.
I'lomo Demonstration Work lias been
considerably handicapped b.v tfie iuflu
enz a epidemic but it is hoped that in
u short, time now. conditions will as
sume their normal shape and a splen
did campaign oau be launched in t'.i"
interest of the work for the coming yen i\
It is well to sum up what has bic??
accomplished during the past year in
this work and a few figures from the
annual report are here given.
Twelve women's club* were orguimcd
with nu enrollment of two hundred and
forty one members. Meetings were held
in most of these clubs with fair regulrtf
ity once, a month. Ninety-seven dem
onstrations were given during th$ year,
not counting those given to individun!.'
not emailed in any of the club*. The
majority of the demonstrations were on
the use of flour substitutes.
It wuh harder to v?rganixc the Kir's
i n t ?? clubs as thogc who enrolled were
so widely scattered over tl*e country.
Hotter results could be obtained with bet
ter organization. It is difficult to v'eit
individuals with regularity, whereas a
club of six can be met once a month.
Of the one hundred fourteen jflrls who
enrolled in the Canning flub only about
one third -surmounted the discomage
inents and disasters that will befall a
gardener, and remained in thee lub to the
end. The two girls .making the bfst
records in the county during the pant
year are:
First? Mi**, Kuth Phillips. Camden
Kt. 1 ? Yield of tomatoes "12f>f? |>ounds,
profit $72.(fc).
Hecond ? Miss Cynthia Team. I.ugoff ?
Yield . of tomatoes 87S pounds, profit
$43.42.
The report from the Poultry dub
waa very meager. The enrollment was
thirty seven. Only seven made any re
port ut all and moat of those reported
0* having made a failure. The aubject
of poulitfd^MRing must be studied most
careft^^^B^ make a success of it and
even it is apt to be h sinking
fund proposition. Nevertheless it if}
line of work that can be very profitable
with extreme care and constant appli
cation.
Hoys aud girls of Kershaw County, be
ready to enroll this fall as soon as the
1 njront visits you. or better utill don't
wait but send Tn your name.
f Miss Selma Parrish. .
Emergency Home Demonstration Agent.
Red Cross Appreciative.
Rev. Dr. Sibley yesterday received the
following note from Mis* Maude Cleve
land, American Red Cross 4, Place de la
1 Tour d Auvergne Ilrest, France; "Pleaae
accept my thanks for the clipping from
the Charlotte Observer concerning the
mother of Private Davis, of Camden, 8.
C? which you have been kind enough to
forward to me. In our service we think
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? ? More than ever before in the history of this coun- ?
try will it behoove holiday shoppers to get an early
start* In many lines of goods the stocks are limited,
and if you wait till the last moment you may be
left.
We have tried to purchase what we believed to
be a sufficient supply for the community in
Everything For
The Home
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Dry goods, clothing, shoes, huts ? our stock of
each is selected with lare and discrimination. You'll
make no mistake if you bring your wants to- us first.
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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
bo constantly- of the people tit home. We
put ourselves in their plates and do what
they would wish done. Such a note'' of
approval as your clipping rontaineed is
very encouraging.*' ? ^"rom "One Minute
Interview" page In Charlotte Observer.
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?Sum Cook Wounded.
In a letter to hi? parentis, Kaiu Cook,
of the Antiocb section write* fconi an
English hospital that he had been wound
ed by u machine gun bullet, which went
into the buck of his neck, striking him
behind the right ear and came out nenr
ihe left leader. Before belug wounded
he had been over the top three timeft*
in two weeks. He says he expects to
be in the hospital about two. months.
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