CHAPTER III.
WILLIAM II 1 The Emperor William has been for so long the centre of historic events, so much has been written about him, that apparently he should be known to all the world; and yet I believe he has often been misrepresented.
It is well known that the scarlet thread running through the whole character of William II.

was his firm conviction that he was the "elect of God," and that the dynasty was inextricably bound to the German people.

Bismarck also believed in the dynastic fidelity of the Germans.

It seems to me that there is just as little dynastic as republican spirit in nations--just as little in the Germans as in others.

There is merely a feeling of content or discontent which manifests itself either for or against the dynasty and the form of government.