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At the same time he made an attack upon the ideals set up by President
Wilson. "President Wilson," he continued, "after three years of war
gathers together all the outworn slogans of the Entente of 1914, and
denounces Germany as the disturber of the peace, proclaiming a crusade
for humanity, liberty and the rights of small nations." Then, forgetting
that the United States had entered the war nearly a month after the
abdication of the Czar of Russia, he added: "President Wilson has no
right to speak in the name of democracy and liberty, for he was the
mighty war ally of Russian Czardom, but he had deaf ears when the
Russian democracy appealed to him to allow it to discuss peace
conditions." The Baden address created a great sensation all over
Germany, which was increased when, in an interview in January, he
declared that all ideas of conquest must be abandoned, and that Germany
must serve as a bulwark to prevent the spread of Bolshevism among the
western nations.
There can be no doubt that the appointment of Prince Maximilian was a
definite attempt to seek peace. It was thought that he would be
recognized by the Allied leaders as an honest friend of peace, and that
any effort he would make would be treated with respect. He was, however,
a vigorous supporter of the Kaiser and of German autocracy, and while
his appointment might mean that Germany was desirous of peace it did not
mean that she had changed her ways.
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