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James W. Gerard. Face to Face with Kaiserism
Face to Face with Kaiserism
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ILLUSTRATIONS
FACE TO FACE WITH KAISERISM
CHAPTER I
PERSONALITY OF THE KAISER AND SOMETHING OF THE KING BUSINESS
CHAPTER II
WHO DOES THE KAISER'S THINKING AND WHO DECIDED ON THE BREAK WITH AMERICA?
CHAPTER III
WHO SANK THE "LUSITANIA"?
CHAPTER IV
THE KAISER AND "LÈSE-MAJESTÉ"
CHAPTER V
WHEN THE KAISER THOUGHT WE WERE BLUFFING
CHAPTER VI
THE INSIDE OF GERMAN DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER VII
GERMANY'S PLAN TO ATTACK AMERICA
CHAPTER VIII
GERMANY'S EARLY PLOTS IN MEXICO
CHAPTER IX
THE KULTUR OF KAISERDOM—THE GERMAN SOUL
CHAPTER X
THE LITTLE KAISERS
CHAPTER XI
ROYALTY'S RECREATION
CHAPTER XII
THE ETERNAL FEMININE
CHAPTER XIII
HOME LIFE AND "BRUTALITY" OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER XIV
AIMS OF THE AUTOCRACY
CHAPTER XV
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY—THE KAISER'S VASSAL STATE
CHAPTER XVI
GERMAN INFLUENCE ON THE NORTHERN NEUTRALS
CHAPTER XVII
SWITZERLAND—ANOTHER KIND OF NEUTRAL
CHAPTER XVIII
A GLIMPSE OF FRANCE
CHAPTER XIX
MY INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF SPAIN
CHAPTER XX
GERMAN SPIES AND THEIR METHODS
CHAPTER XXI
EN ROUTE HOME—KAISERISM IN AMERICA
CHAPTER XXII
THAT INTERVIEW WITH THE KAISER
CHAPTER XXIII
THE FUTURE KAISER—THE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS BROTHERS
CHAPTER XXIV
WHEN GERMANY WILL BREAK DOWN
CHAPTER XXV
THE ERRORS OF EFFICIENT GERMANY
CHAPTER XXVI
PRESIDENT WILSON AND PEACE
CHAPTER XXVII
AFTER THE WAR, WHAT?
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James W. Gerard
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Certainly of all the ruling houses of the world, the Hohenzollerns have shown themselves the most able, and of the six sons of the Kaiser there is not one who is unable or unworthy from the autocratic standpoint to carry on the traditions of the house. They are all young men who in any field of human endeavour are more than a match for men of their age, and by reason of these qualities, so rare in kings and princes, it has been easy to arouse a great feeling of devotion for the royal house of Prussia among all classes in Germany, with the possible exception of the Social Democrats. The other kings and princes of Germany have been overshadowed, mere puppets in the king business, by the surpassing talents of the Hohenzollerns, and so the task of those who, in Germany and out, hope for that evolution towards liberalism or even democracy which alone can make the nations of the world feel safe in making peace with Germany, is beset with numerous difficulties.
Before the war the Emperor turned much of his enterprising talent into peaceful channels, into the development of commercial and industrial Germany. No one has a greater respect for wealth and commercial success than the Emperor. He would have made a wonderful success as a man of business. He ought to be the richest person in the Empire, but the militaristic system which he fostered gave that distinction to another. For the richest person in Germany before the war was Frau Krupp-Bohlen, daughter of the late manufacturer of cannon. She inherited control of the factories and the greater part of the fortune of her father and was rated at about $75,000,000. It was a contest between Prince Henckel-Donnersmarck and the Emperor for second place, each being reputed to possess about sixty to sixty-five million dollars. Most of the Emperor's wealth is in landed estates, and of these he has, I believe, about sixty scattered through the Empire. The Emperor is credited with being a large stockholder in both the Krupp works and the Hamburg-American Line. What a sensation it would make in this country were the President to become a large stockholder in Bethlehem Steel or the Winchester Arms Company!
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