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The Emperor dare not risk a defeat with Hindenburg not

in supreme command, for if that were to happen the very stones of Berlin would cry aloud against the Emperor for not having taken the action which the people think must lead to victory—the employ- ment of the old bull-dog soldier. Now if things go badly, as doubt- less the Emperor has come to know that they must, he will at any rate be able to say : " You cannot blame me. I obeyed the voice of public opinion when it became clear, sent away my own chosen General and took yours instead. The responsibility for what has happened is on the German people, not on me."

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