Germany’s Waning Autocracy
By Editor
"Uneasy lies the head which wears a crown," is a saying of Shakespeare, we believe. It would seem that the German emperor must be thinking along these lines somewhat at the present time. He has been talking too much to suit his subjects. He has been compromising his prime minister and the German Empire, and yet in his autocratic power none of his strongest advisers have dared to say anything. His son, however, the crown prince, has come forward, the report tells us, and plainly told his father that his power was greatly waning, and that the best thing he could possibly do would be to try to mend the great breaks which had been made by his rashness; all of which, with many more things, goes to show on how slender a thread the peace of the world is hanging. One word, one deed, and the whole equilibrium of the world is upset. The demand in Germany now is for a limited monarchy instead of an autocracy. How far from that lies socialism? Such the prophecy of Revelation 17 seems to indicate will exist when the Lord comes.