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, ^ .f * TV TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918. Qoooooooooooooooooooooo 1 The Kaiser as 1K I for Fourteen 1 fc. ?: - ' oi ?? | By ARTHUR N. DAVI5 I ^<><x)<x><>oo<xxx><x><xx><><><x>< H (CopyrlRht. 1918. by the McCluro No .vs; I but his pi Uuicnhurj PREFACE respected of my old For 14 yours the kniser was discuss tl my patient. All I know of him fortunate! and all that he told me came to ill to reet me while the relation of patient old and. i and dentist existed between us. served, v For that reason I felt at first occasion 1 that, no matter how vital to the Anothei allied cause might be the infor- whom 1 i mation I could give ns to the kai- ex-Ambus ser's viewpoint, ambitions and he was n plnns, the requirements of pro- he had f< fesslonal ethics must seal my ure in G< lips and compel me to withhold kept mor It from the world at large. new cour When, however, I considered high oflic the grave crisis that confronts secretary the world and in which my own 1 fount country is playing so important private a| a part, and realized that what I "What knew of the kuiser might prove I asked, 1 m of some, value to civilization, I against G ,1 ? * - iuuv.ium.-ii nun in} patriotic auiy | "That, was paramount and rose su- upou hot perlor to any of the ordinary de- Jects," li mands of professional ethics. coldly tha In this conclusion I was America strengthened by the urgent solid* we shall tution of the leaders of iny pro- the sume fesslon who were most emphatic expect ai In their contention that my though, If ethical qualms were entirely un- court cha warranted in view of all the cir- friend of cumstances. it," AKTHUK N. DAVIS, D. D. S. "But. e: a treaty I lea, I und CHAPTER I. Jects or < ? happen t? America Must Be Punished!" when wa When war broke out between the within wl United States and fSermnny. on April and leavi 6, 1017, I was In Berlin. I had lived ' me7" and practiced my profession as a dent- , "Of co 1st there for 14 years, und the kaiser "Germanj had been one of my patients during America all that time. ' no troubl I don't kiiuw exactly how inuny await de\ vlMts the kuiser paid me profession- time you ally, but I kuow I am sufe in saying "Suppoi they were not less thun 100, and the America probabilities are they were closer to blowing 1 150. Almost Invariably, after my work torles an was done, the kaiser remained any- they pro! gfc where from ten minutes to an hour "what w 9R and a half to discuss the topics of the "What hour with me. doctor," When we declared war against Ger- thoughtfi many, therefore, while I was still an gency ha A mnrlnnn r?l I ??? ~ " 1 mvxvuu viiicvii ao i'iiii M'lit 1111 luitr? It American, I believe, as might be found what we anywhere?I had lived in Germany so This sc long, hnd developed so many profes- view will atonal friendships in Germany's most ried me n favored circles and was so generally for a vh regarded as a particular favorite of two later the kaiser himself, that I found it hard of the ka to realize that nevertheless 1 bad be- visors, w come an ulien enemy. ally. Foi The same dny the breaking off of had had diplomatic relations was announced, at the | *'the German newspapers bad published southeast the provisions of an old treaty he that he < JA een Germany and the United State* dence. \ nich gave Americans in Germany When and Germans in America nine month" | possible Ifcfe after a declaration of war between the assured i two pgtions within which to settle ami my EMLt*'*' i. affairs and leave the country. reason fo ^j^V^^Thls treaty," the newspapers point- "No in " ed out. "was ii'ade In the time of Fred- Americai ' * erick the Great. It has never been a conlide np* Jed. Germany will respect it." gone on As there were so many more Germans and youi In America than there were Americans lested." in Germany, this prompt announce- . Anothe rment of Germany's intentions regard- feel that tng this trcuty was quite understand- arations ; able and it seemed most Improbable due hust? that Germany would a<lopt any harsh year of a measures toward Americans and froiu the thereby Invite reprisals. ine, was Had the situation been reversed, of tentlons i course, the Germans would undoubt- Bide was edly have thought it expedient to In- written t tern Americans no matter what hap- own liam Dened to tllelr own nniinlrvnwn In -- J ITJII I M America, and, In that event, this an- "Wlahli clent treuty would have shared the 1017. fate of that which guaranteed Bel- This w gium's neutrality. One "scrap of pu- kind thut per" more or less would never have kaiser. 1 been allowed to Interfere with Ger- turo post innny's "destiny." from tin Influential Germans who called to autoKrapl see me professionally during that pe- signed In rlod almost Invariably expressed the 1, the G hope that I was not planning to leave loss subui Rpltt^ Berlin. was Imi "N'o matter what happens, doctor," breaking k they declared?"even If the worst felt that comes to the worst and war Is de- seen this .1 ? * ? ?i n. any me the | Plser he wnnti neverthel lere, When ierl- tsnia, Hi [Jted | many lor re- for me. not I would suit meiice in tson again. If t. country i at hideous 1 had destructh a to that end, light summer < was qulremen hpd jfessioo ir fore license, I aiy. THE 1 jVKAAAAft ^ <-n-?n 1 ? "000000^0<><>0<><<> foil owl i>7; year T wt Y attain ar.j took the s _ ?# Y | Inatlon. I returned t I I _ Y the autumn of lSiiO u ilC VV 1 AllII A that my cortlflente I A Then T coiuinenoed n< A to dispose of my Oei I ears ? resrn home, ~ My second reason 1 A out of Germany as o was the fact that f A Germany were bec< > tn pi c y <*nr,miH every day. ^A feared that our chi . r. ? ? ? t t t - t t - O years old. mluht sui >0000000000000 proper nourishment >aper Syndicate.) and I determined Hi lonu it mi^lit he net petleeessor. Count August von remain in Herlin, in e. one of the wisest and most ? . . ?n UII,> I 111 t- NIKMIMl lei men In Oermnny, wns on? possible moment, lest patients unci I decided to My third reason, he situation with him. Un- far the most insisten ly, however, I found him too I had become conv >ive me. He was eighty years knew of the kaiser a although unusually well pre- that we were at war, as in 110 condition on this niunirated to Ameri to receive visitors. ami that the only wi r influential patient of mine quately would he to sought out at this time was as I possibly could, sudor von Sturm. Although personal sacrifice mij ow retired from official life, abandoning my Euro irmerly beeu a powerful fig- interests. L>rmun stute circles and still It is true that in t e or less in touch with the my relationship wit t chamberlain and others in conversations natura e. His nephew was under the most general of of foreign affairs. later years, when he 1 the ex-ambassador at his better, he cast asidt [inrtment in the Adion hotel, talked to me on win will happen to Americans," most in his mind at "if my couutry declares war the war started that, erinany?" the principal subje< doctor, will depend entirely slons and the part 1 v America treats our sub- playing in the confli e replied, somewhat more brought up because .n I hail expected of him. "If was an American, interns Germans, of course, One memorable lni undoubtedly treat Americans with him influenced way, and you could hurdly than any other slngh ty special consideration, ?1- the settlement of my ' you will tvrlte a letter to the and return home, mberlain, who Is a personal it was in the fall i miue, I shall see that he gets ger had come to mi attention, and after i ccelleney," I replied, "there Is pleted ho remained letween Germnny and Amer- of the aspects of the erstand, which gives the sub- fact that I had Just citizens of one country who visit to America mat ) be sojourning In the other usually eager for a < r is declared nine months ^ye kmj discussed tilch to close up their uffalrs thi. war wh,.n th|, k a. Would not that protect aubjoct abruptly wltl mssmf^ ^ uid signed in English In IiIm eyes, usually soft a dwrltlng, was the message: ns he advanced >etor Davis: slowly and incisively Qg you a very good year for must WILLIAM L It." i r he .?actions!" the first message of its I *n thnt "P "8* I had ever received from the . ,?n ..8U 'Sl ,,u< nt_ Even in peace times, the plc- * e 8anje w<l ?i v, i i ' . i same measured enip als which he had sent to me . . .. H ... . . . . i he revealed mostly c Md b, biro wyre alw?y? u?8 c?UQ,ry. German. When, on February ermans resumed their ruth inrlne warfare?a move which CHAPTI nedlately followed by the "' ? off of diplomatic relations?I The Kaiser a the kaiser must huve fore- Getting out of Ger i consequence and had sent a far more dlllicult lostul as an intimation that had Imagined.* d me to remain lu Iterlln Realizing that It ^ 'K#- several months be/o the Germans sank the Lusl- settle up my affairs, dug and practicing In tier- who was anemic, o it many of their attractions out of Germany wltt I made up my mind then that ! possible because foo rather return home and com- hst going from liai y professional career all over i plied tp the kominan necessary, than remain In a have my wife and which couUl sanction such a treurf, on Lake Get forna of warfare?the wanton where I hoped to in HMvomen and children. To earliest 'possible mc I went to New York In the ' pa^y them home. I r>f 1915 to investigate the re- idea fit their going Is for the practice at myuiro- ; w-ltliotir niOjg 4^ i that state. 1 had an IllliFjIsrl That wrt In Tif ?ut I wanted tajm In a pjiMMiassed while our apj: [actIce |n of^ btticl?i i iiavis, wiiut's the urse, doctor," he answered, country?" r will respect the treaty if "in whjt respect, does, and then there will be ask0d. e. It seems to me you must r "Why is it thnt y relopmeuta and, in the mean- unfair to Germany? have uo cause fpr worry." jn supplying mui Be some of your subjects In to the allies? Why should act up and start ident treat *he Run up bridges or munition fuc- tlons the s ne as 1 d should be lynched, which by putting an embn ably would be," I suggested, and letting us fight ould Geriuuny's course be?" selves? You do not Germany would do then, j us. why do you ship he replied, slowly and side?" illy, as though such a contin- I was on such ten d never occurred to him be- that 1 did not heslt ally, doctor, I don't know question with anothi would do 1" ! "I have always imewliat unsatisfactory Inter- majesty, that during i Von Sturm might have wor- ancse war, German; itore, per hups, hail it not beeu plied munitions to 1 dt I received only a day or that any more Justifl fr m I'riuee von Pless, one supplying munition iser ,closest friends and ad- Then again, in the lw? ?1 ...1 ?? ...? * ? " m# Viuini uu nit' Jll ()| OSK Ml* a year and a half the kaiser . "Davis, you surpr his great army headquarters ser Interrupted, rlsi prince's palace at i'less, in nting chair, in which era Geruiauy and I knew walking towards 111 enjoyed nls monarch's conll- his shoulders and i height. "The cases I asked him regarding the | eut. When we help Internment of Americans, he Japan we were hel| me that, come what might, I against a yellow ra< family had not the slightest get that?don't ever r alurm. with America, that i atter what may befall other case. Your countr is, doctor," he usserted, in purely mercenary i ntial manner, "the kaiser has case of dollars, dolh record to the effect that you each time he repei family are not to he mo- struck his partially violently with his r Incident which made me "America values dol I could proceed with my prep- values German live for leaving Iterlin without un- right to shoot "iown : was the receipt early in the lb* had worked h most extraordinary post card Kroe of indignation kaiser which. It occurred to him display only on quite significant as to his In- vlous occasions, nni! regarding my welfare. On one reluctant to sta his nlcture and on the other by answering hl? liANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. snt to New York ^ haps for days at a t me uiuler a pile ol itate dental eTuiu- other applications >f a slmiliur char o Oermany late In acter or awaiting the Investigation ol ind later I learned our personal histories, and it was no tad been granted, uutil ti t. end of Jure that we receive* r*tlve preparations wny word regard tg it. I hen wt man practice and learned that it hud been denied. . ., . I This was my firs* Intimation thnt w w?ntlng to get , , h ,imiculty KeUlug out ( soon as possible Qerninny. oof coin i ions n ^ day or two later the kaiser cnlle inning more pre- ? , , .. .,.1111 ... * _ on me professionally and I told him 1 ., ^ w ' an< our plight. hopliig tli it he would lute Id, who was two , , , . . . ? . ... cede tor us. It was ihe only favor of (Ter from lack of ? . . . , , , , ^ .. , , personal character I had ever asked < if we remained I. , nltn. at no matter how .... ?, ... ? . . ? , My child Is ailing, your majesty, essary for me to _ , , ? ?. . ., . , ? . said, ' and I feel that she needs y wife and child , . ,, . . .. , . .. ... ,, . change of climate. 1 applied to th ave at the earliest , , . . , V. kommandatitur for leave for my wit , . and child to go to Montreitx, hut I hav however, was by Jupt tu>|in] u ,?1S n>flIsed , ? a ' ^ "Davis, I will see what I can do I n< e< t hi w iat I matter," he replied reassuringly m i s p .ins, now nntj as |10 W)1S ipnvlng my ofllce h , oug 1 o a nun- turned to me and said in the presenc ca without delay of h|g (w<) IldJufnnts: ..Regarding thl, *v ? do th,,t a,Uv- matter you spoke of. leave It to m get home as soon ? , , ... > ... and I will see what I can do I 110 matter what n<> . > ... , . , . , lhe kaisers Influence would readll Efht be involved In , , , , .. . . , solve our problem, I thought, and pean practice and ? . ,, . m . was very much relieved. Two day later, however, I received a lette ie ear y years of from Count von Moltke, one of the ka! 1 the kaiser our Ber-8 adjutants, stating thnt the knl > em traced only p<,r jln(j 8p0j{0n to j,pn regarding th subjects, hut In Switzerland project, but. under th came o now me circumstances, it was out of the quel ? n rtser\e am tlon. If, however, my child's condltloi itever was upper- ?? ,* . . ... ... ?. nu. 11 nil II) lllirnc (1 ClIIIUKl* UI 11 the time. After ,, . * . . . , mute really necessary, he added, th ? kul?"r HUKgoated that ,, trip to th tint At' i' h<us Aiiatrlnn Tyrol might perhaps he hi hat America was . * ,, . ' . .... ranged, as the climate there was Jus ot the fact that I "s.'!"0" "" "J" >?? J" fore permission would be granted fo thnt trip it would be necessary to ot er\ ew had had tain a certificate from the district do< me per aps more ^or 8tatj?K that |t WHH necessary, e fnctor to hasten . .. , . European affairs ? As Austria wa Just as bad as it was in Germany, 1 . , , not worse, thnt idea didn't appeal t r?f lOW. The knl- ?,e ftt n? |ind x went lnimedlately t or pro ess una kommnndantur and explained tli ny work was com- ,ltuntIon to thcm to discuss some .. ? . .... war Perhaps the 1 y saw Count von Moltke* returned from a tl'w ofllcer ln chnrKe threw u ie him more than chat with me That s final, he declared. "Thn various phases of come8a higher authority tl.a; aiser changed the ?urH" 11 ,Is ?8^88 |? l,ur8U? ,th? ??11 ti the question: t,r ?? rece.veu a cult matter with your tro h>9 majesty regarr lng your case, but the matter was lei * entirely to our discretion. It was nr your majesty? I a comnmn(1( only u n,qm>st from hl our country Is so A command, of course, woul Why do you per- h"ve ,>een ^rent." altions and money Then 1 applied for a pass for m doesn't your pres- child and myself to go to Amei >pean warring na- 'c"- They pointed out at the kommai le treated Mexico dantur thnt as my wife's appllcatio trgo on munitions to leave Berlin preceded mine, it wti this thing out our- possible she would be allowed to leav ship munitions to before me. I told '.he officer that thi them to the other would suit me admirably, as I wante the pass for Mrs. Davis and the chll ns with the kaiser granted at the earliest possible m ate to answer his nient regardless of what action migl lt. be taken on my own application, understood, your Again there followed a long perk : the Russian-Jap* anxious waiting while the Germn y continually sup- r*'d tape slowly unwound, but event liussin. Why was Blly, in September, we received wor able than America that Mrs. Davis ami the (hlld aitf,! s to the allies? leave Berlin for Copenhagen betwee Spanish-American October 10 and 12. They left 011 tl) tenth. ise me!" the kal- I A day or two later commenced th ng from the oper-. German offensive against Riga, on tli 1 he had remained, Baltic. Within three or four days tit 10, throwing hack Germans captured successively tli rising to his ful' Oesel, Runo, Obro and Moon island are entirely differ- In the Gulf of Riga and then carrle ed Russia against their invasion to the mainland. The ping a white race apparent objective was l'etrogrnd an ce, don't ever for- on October 19 the Russians announce forget that. Rut that the seat of the government woul s certainly not the be removed from l'etrogrnd to Mo y is acting from cow. motives. It is a These successes on the Baltic fallc irs, dollars!"?and overcome the depression in German ted the word lu? caused by the serious internal situi helpless left hand tloti in Austria at this period. Mun powerful rigid, tion factories were being wrecked b lars more than she h\inger-? razed and war-weary strikei s! She thinks it | umj the populace was being shot dow my people." jn Rre?t numbers in the food riot Imself up to n de- xvlilcli developed In various parts < which 1 had seen Austria. Not since the war began ha two or three pre- tht, 0?th>ok been so discouraging f< I I must confess I th<> Germans. rt n fresh outburst Then, on October 24. Just as tiling arguments. His look|nR ,|?.|r blackest, the greti nd kindly, flashed Gennnu-Austro offensive tigtiinst tii I towards me and jt?nnnH was started. In three days tli {declared: "Davis. . .. .... Minimis were swept out 01 Austria an >e pun an oil fh(. Teutons pressed forward to tli . . passes west of the Isonzo river leadin i, which he repeat- t<( Venetian plains. By the end < o<?as <>ns n I'1"?" October the Italian armies were in fu rds and with the rpfmtt Hefore th|H t)?vnalve WHS ov* as s, new t in Germans captured, they clalmei ? nr j w Ht ' s 11" no less tlian 800,000 prisoners and se^ 1 ever be toward ^ (hoU8||m, b,^ K11I1H> bl>8ld,.8 va, stores of munitions and supplies. ? The exultation of the Germans ov< ER II. the triumph of their armies in Ital knew no hounds. While it was at il it Potsdam. height I had an interview with the ka many proved to be ser which will ever remain one of tt proposition than I niost vivid iti my memory. It was about three-thirty one Bunds would probably W" !,ik when I was aroused by a mnl ire I ould finally j v an awe-stricken tone of voic nnil that my ctyld, j n .red that the Neue Palais, tl ught to he takbn km.-, r's palace ut Potsdam, was on tl i n* little delay as phone. 1 went to the telephone an d conditions were was Informed that the kaiser was f 11 :1 to worse, I ap- ferlng from a bad toothache and woul ilantur for leave to send his auto for me within an hour < child go to Mon- so. leva, Switzerland, I got up at once and packed my I Join them at the atruments, and.qt slx-thlrtv the car, meat and accom- , big gray Mercedes limousine, arrive dl<l not relish the ! Itesldes the chauffeur there was i across the ocean | outrider carrying 'he hugle whp?e V J^inctiVf notes only the knt*er mnv us ay, 1017. Weeka^^NVhlle the Shell room and other stai Mention was going Jflfnoi.ts were accessible to visitors b niuUfl^Wfct^tit. pq^Ktor^he wnr^ n?> one was ever pernp ? < * f ' ted to visit tli<* private apartments . the kaiser upf-t Irs. f On tills ocension, however, I w I guided rltfht through the Shell run 1 through a door opening on the left a 3 up a wide st:'lrr;'.>o to tin* kalst gnrderobe, or dressing room. There I found breakfast ready 1 '* me. I'- consisted of real coffee, r )f white bread, butter, inarinalade, sue creain and cold meats. It was tin* li d food of the kind I bad cntcn In soi if : time and praetieall> no one in (i r-| many outside the royal family and t a ; Junkers was any better off than 1 rf that respect. While I was breakfasting, the kah I was dressing. 11 is valet entered si a oral times, 1 noticed, to take out ar ie cles of clothing from th?> mass! e wardrobes which lined the room. I It e just completed my meal when I ceived word that my patient was ren n to receive me. p, As I entered the kaiser's bodroi e he was standing in the center of t e room, fully attired In an army gi it i uniform, but without his sword, e looked more haggard than I had e\ seen him, except once in 11)15. La y of sleep and physical pain were t' 1 things with which he had had v? s little experience, and they certuli r showed their effects very plainly. I- He didn't seem to he In the best I- humor hut greeted me cordially enou e and shook hands, e "In all my life, Davis," he said, t- have never suffered so much pain." a I expressed my sorrow and start I- to improvlsd a dental cluilr out of e upholstered armchair on which e placed some pillows and, us the kult r- sat down, he laughingly remnrked: t "Look here, Davis, you've got to something for me. I can't light t r whole world, you know, and have >- toothache 1" I- When I was through and his pt was relieved, his spirits seemed to s vlve appreciably, and he explained w If It was he wns so anxious to have 1 o tooth trouble removed as quickly o possible. e "I must go down to Italy, Davli he said, "to see what my noble troo s have accomplished. My gracloi p what we have done to them do\ there! Our offensive at Illga was ji t a feint. We had advertised our I n tended offensive In Itnly so thorougt i- ; iiwu tne liJunius mougnt we couiu I lT.fnn4 A. IA AVr i I J" Lfl j lUlfllU IU till I II Lilt II li| I- For three months It was common ti 't In Germany, you remember, that t ?t great offensive would .start In Octob s and so the Italluns believed it was d a bluff and when we advanced on HI they were sure of It. They thought y were so occupied there that we coi r. pay no attention to thein, and so j. caught them napping 1" n The kniser's face fairly beamed is ! he dwelt on the strategy of his g< e erals and the successful outcome it their Itallau campaign, d "For months Italy had been engnv d In planting her big guns on the mot 0- tain-tops and gathering mountains it ammunition and supplies and food ? hospital supplies In the valleys beh >d In preparation for their twelfth lsoi in offensive. u- "We let them go ahead and wall d patiently for the right moment. Tl it thought that their contemplated off n slve must Inevitably bring our weal i? neighbor to her knees and force her make a separate peace 1" Ity "< e | weaker neiglfbor" the kaiser, of cour ie referred to Austria, and how accuri ie was his information regarding Ital ie expectations and how easily tl Is might have been realized were suli d quently revealed by the publication Ir tlmt famous letter from Kaiser K id j to Prince Sextus. 1 | "And then," tint kaiser went <1 | "when their great offensive was wltl s- a week of being launched we lit'. | through their Hives on a slope S,( d feet high, covered with snow, win iy they couldn't bring up their reser a- or new guns, and we surrount 1- them! y "We took practically everything tl s j possessed?food enough to feed < n entire army without calling upon < s own supplies at all. Never before 1 >f our armies seen such an accumulnt! d of ammunition. I must certainly r down to see it. "We cut off their northern rotr :s and, as they swung their army to 1 it south, we captured (Ki.ooo of them e to their knees in the rice fields. C p iif tl?i> i'rptif niiutiil.'nv! u (1 In carrying their civilian refugees w e them?clogging their narrow roads t g Impeding the retreat of their soldi* ?f We had taken possession of their in II productive regions, and their retr t was through territory which yieh 1, them nothing. Just think of that t- treating army thrown upon the alrei it Impoverished Inhabitants of that s tlon. Why, they'll starve to death! >r "Everywhere we went we foi iy their big guns abandoned. In < ts small Village we caine upon a gun d 1- orated with flowers and Rurnioun le with a portrait of Emperor Franz sef. It had been put there by the I iy Ian inhabitants of the village to sti id their happiness at being released e, Inst from the yoke of the lntolera ie Italian lawyer government! How le rlbly the Italians must have trea id j them! Italy will never get over 1 f- defeat. This was real help from fj Id Now, we've got the allies 1" and >r struck his left hand with his right \ great force to emphasize his appui n- conviction tlnit the turning point n ( the war had been reucb*d with it* d. I collapse. jU. ' in Th?t "><' *nt?or now regarded h I t nnd hl? armies as Invincible I f< e. | and I feared that the success In In ta I wnqW he followed at the first favo i- / ble opportunity by a gigantic offenal t- ' df^the western front. * C m 5. J ' ' c PAGE THREE ? # Indeed, on u subsequent occasion '> when ho culled at my otllce for further Hs treatment, and again referred to th? *? Italian triumph, he remarked: "If our 1 ' armies could capture 300,000 Italians?! and those .'{<>0,000 might Just aa well b? dead as far as Italy is concerned?w? can do the same thing against our 1,1 enet ies on the west!" This \\ : s one of the Interviews I wu< so anxious to report to the represent** t'voy i." ne Ann rlcan Intelligence de? 41 part men t < t our legation In Copei?* hag. ii an<! later on, when I finally a^ " rived In that cltv, I related It In great detail to theni. I remained in Copen1 r hagen eh'ven days ami during t! ? '(Nj greater part of that time I was belt fC Interviewed by one or another of th? I representatives of our Intelligence die^ partment. Kxactly two months later, on Mareh "1, the western offenslv? broke out ! ? I lout t\... I called lit I'olsdnm :t <liiv <V two IfVI>Y11 * ^ tor to nttond tlie kulsor again, ami " found liim still In the snnto triumphant ' niooil, and so anxious wns hi* to get down to Italy that ho oh Mod at my nf'* flee tliroo tltnos that week to enahl& v me to complete my work on his u fleet? u" oil tooth. ' v On November '26 the kaiser called of; 1 ^ my olllee for what proved to be lilw last sitting. I bad received word oi? the 20th that my pass for America hoik been granted and that I could leave* on the 30th, and I accordingly told the? * kaiser that It was my Intei^on to leuvo? for Copenhagen on that day. I explained that I was completely un run down?and I certainly looked it? 1 and that It was necessary for me to ter Copenhagen anyway, so that I could get In touch with America redo gnrdlng a porcelain tooth patent whlcii *,e had been granted to me In July, 1915. 3 14 but which a large dental company was ( seeking to wrest from me. The patent l'n authorities had delayed action becaus? ry~ of the fact that I resided in an eneuiy country. tl18 On the 23th I received a letter fronn as ^e court chainberiuln stating that tho president of police had made It knowix i s>" to the kaiser that I had npplled for a P? pass to America and demanding an exlli3 plnnutlon as to why I had told the kal,vn Her that I had planned to go to Copen,st iuuren and had not mentioned Amen? f 'n" ica. if ll>' I at once replied that it wan indeed q 11 * my intention, iih I had told the kaiser* *" to go to Copenhagen, hut that I had IT l,k applied for the pass to America he- / ',e cauae I wanted to he in a position to ar> ko there if my patent uffaira demand- i a" ed it and I expressed the hope that J Kfl nothing would he done to Interfere* ' we with the pass which had been promIsed me for the 30th. we Nevertheless, the 30th came around and the pass didn't, and the hoat which, ns sailed front Copenhagen on December en- 7, which I had planned to take, Bulled 4 of without nte. Again the weary weeks followed ted each other without the slightest inti- 1 ?* un- matlou from anyone that I would ever of he allowed to leave. Indeed, I had utd fully made up my inlnd that the au>\v, tliorltles had decided to keep me la tzo lierlin for reasons of their own and that nothing 1 could do could mend th? ted situation, when, early In January, I re~ tey ceived tlie Joyous tidings that 1 couliV en- leave January 21-23. I left on the ter 22d, and as far as I have since been to able to ascertain I was the lasjt Antor>ur lean male to leave Germany with theo se, consent of the otllclals. ute * ?i y's CHAPTER III. ley I ? ise- | The Kaiser's Dual Personality. of If I had come away from Germany in arl January, 1014, Instead of In January,. 101H, and hail written tlie impression or 1 had gained of tlie kaiser in the ten-. I . | years I had known him, what a false? J >ke I picture I would have painted of the km) man as he really 1b! . ere It would have been a picture of res man who In general appearance nutj| * led hearing was every Inch un emperor an<?, yet who could exhibit nil the courtesy, icy aiTaltflity and gentleness of the most mr j democratic gentleman, a man soft of >ur eye anil kindly In expression, a man of ' tad I wide reading and attalnments-perhap^ Ion the most versatile man in the world, ? . go I man who possessed a most alert mind, I a remarkable memory and the keenest ent i observation; a man who was not geuthe emus In nature and yet was at timet* lip considerate of others; a man of chnrtn)ne ing personality and amiability. It , ins would have shown a man of unpar? * 1th j alleled egotism, a man who was lmind J patient of correction and who would ?rs. | brook no opposition. There might huve ost j been in the picture a suggestion of tin* eat [ dire lengths t<> which the man would* . led ' go to have his way, hut It would have re- been only a suggestion, uly As far as It went, the picture would tee- have been accurate, but It would have been sadly Incomplete?with all the ind lights worked In but lacking all the one j shadows. & lec- It took the war nnd Its attendant ted horrors to reveal the kaiser In his Jo- true colors. The war did not change tal- his character; It uncovered It. - * tow I Karlv trv mv nriietlee I hnnnened te . ' at | nicntldn fcorhp kaiser that I appreible clnted the frlentTllness he showed ma ter- in invariably waving his hand at ma tod an he passed my window when walking jfe this uIuiik the Tlergarten. 'tall "It's a pood advertisement for yorr,^. be Davis," he said. *ee m** pith waving t<i volfund ",c* knoT r?a uf5 pent ft gnod dontlut 4*.\ I wouldn t t in com* to you. It wf?I Iftlp your buslty'm ness.'" m every act, he Wfts Consdouw of tin* public. Im" During thnt perlo<! of my career if* fit, Dor I In, he showed ttie utmost interest In my progress and frequently inquired. nk' how my practice was developing. ve ? B fCo"I?r?dqd Next Tuesday.)