Project Gutenberg 2007-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 60 Hillis, Newell Dwight 1858 1929 The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Stephen Blundell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon" by Newell Dwight Hillis is a historical account written during the early 20th century. This work explores the treacherous actions and motivations of Kaiser Wilhelm II during World War I, particularly his diplomatic maneuvers and alliances that led to widespread conflict and atrocities. Hillis presents an indictment of the Kaiser and Germany, illustrating themes of betrayal, militarism, and moral decay in the face of war. At the start of the book, Hillis focuses on the Kaiser's deep-seated animosity towards the United States, highlighting Germany's covert plots to incite division among American citizens, particularly German-Americans. He examines the Kaiser’s friendship with unsavory allies like the Sultan of Turkey, and how this friendship signifies a troubling allegiance with figures known for their brutality. Furthermore, Hillis draws parallels between Kaiser Wilhelm's actions and historical figures known for treachery, laying the groundwork for an exploration of the moral implications of the Kaiser's intentions for a world empire that would lead to devastation and loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 -- Sermons D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 256942 256801 2024-10-10T05:39:05.949049 2023-09-10T08:50:56.615616 text/html text/html 258948 2007-10-01T13:59:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 166775 2007-10-01T13:59:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 250231 2024-10-10T05:39:14.025984 application/epub+zip 249011 2024-10-10T05:39:09.443031 application/epub+zip 168745 2024-10-10T05:39:07.968028 application/epub+zip 405059 2024-10-10T05:39:17.534969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379827 2024-10-10T05:39:13.017006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306403 2022-09-10T15:28:34.334738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229454 229359 2024-10-10T05:39:05.329077 2023-09-10T08:50:56.128618 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 229211 2007-10-01T13:54:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 88473 2007-10-01T13:54:57 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229222 2007-10-01T13:54:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88447 2007-10-01T13:54:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21353 2024-10-10T05:39:17.673963 application/rdf+xml 16490 2024-10-10T05:39:08.531020 image/jpeg 3815 2024-10-10T05:39:08.244020 image/jpeg 236629 2024-10-10T05:39:05.978044 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia