The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon

he Kaiser spoke of his treaty safeguarding the neutrality of that little land as a "scrap of paper." At the moment no one seems to have realized whence the Ka

Theodoric II, Napoleon and Frederick the Great. These five men dreamed their dream of a

rick? This "scrap of paper" incident makes it all quite clear. The bitter waters gushing out of the Potsdam Palace go back to a bitter spri

ussian king was writing certain notes for the guidance of his sons and successors, among whom is the

ies: First, when necessity compels it. Second, when you lack means to continue

on one hand and your pledge word and treaty is on the other hand, which path will you take? Who can be stupid enough to hesitate in answe

rass the infamy of Germany": "We are now in a state of necessity, and necessity knows no law. We were compelled to override the the just protest of Luxembourg and Belgian Governments. The wrong-I speak openly-that we are committing we

rbarous savages. Three indictments and convictions have blackened the name of Germany throughout all the world. First, her atrocious and dishonourable methods of warfare

What was once in the gristle in the ancestor is now bred in the bone of the Kaiser and Crown Prince. That phrase, "a scrap of paper," hold