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j_ETUESDAY, SEPT. 3, I91?s
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fctThe Kaiser
for Fourte
By ARTHUR N.
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(Copyright, 191?, hy the McC
When I went hack to RerUn In tn?
fall of 1S115, ufter a visit to the United
Ftates, the kaiser wns very anxious to
ascertain from me just how America
felt towards the wur.
I told hlin that before the sinking of
the Lusltania American opinion had
been divided. There had been many
who were strongly pro-ally, there had
been others who were openly proGerman
and there had been still others
who maintained an absolutely neutral
attitude. After the Lusltania
tragedy, however, there hnd t?o??n n
distinct change In public feeling, I told
him, practically the whole country
huvlng become decidedly antl-Gerinun.
"Perhaps If the U-boat commander
had known so many women and chll|
dren wpre on board," was the kaiser's
only comment, "he might not have sent
^ forth the torpedo which sent the vessel
to the bottom, but what he was thinking
of most, of course, was the S.000
tons of ammunition on board which
were destined to slaughter my people
I"
Of course the kaiser knew that If
the U-boat commander's orders were
to sink the Lusltanla, disobedience
Upon his part would have left but one
course open for him: suicide. If, on
fhe other hand, the kaiser meant to
Intimate that the U-boat commander
sank the Lusltnnln on his own Initiative
or without special Instructions
from his superiors, the fnct still re- ,
mains that the kaiser could undoubt- j
edly have prevented the trugedy und ;
dWn't.
'"Bui If there can be any doubt as to ,
/ the kaiser's direct responsibility for
S the sinking of the Lusltanla, certain It
?** that he fully approved, openly de?
?
^ hiiu evi-n exuueu -.*si tne murder
\* 'Kf women and children by Zeppelin
\; ' .Us on London, Manchester, Liverpool
and other non-mllitury cities and
town?
"i> gland expects to starve my
wonn n and children to death," he declared
to me early in the war?long
before we In Germany had begun to
^ feel the slightest effect of the diminishing
food supply, "but our Zeppelins
will give their women and children a
taste of war. too. Confound .them!
They sit on their island and try to
starve us; we will give them u taste of
what war is 1"
This was the man whose various
acts of consideration towards me,
whose talents aud personal charms,
had made such a favorable impression
upon me! How trivial nnd inconsequential
they all seemed now I Clearly,
they were all a part of the role he
had been playing for years. While he
was outwardly displaying all the earmarks
of a gentle character, he was
Inwardly plotting to dominate the
world. For twenty-five years he maintained
the pence of Europe, he frequently
boasted. He maintained peace
Just long enough to complete ills final
preparations for the wickedest war
that was ever waged!
And yet strangely enough, even after
> _ the war hud revealed the kaiser to me
HQil- 4 1? bis true colors and h?fd shown him
* to be capable of deeds which I should j
> huve thought were foreign to his natliriv
hlu oltt-nvu !? ?/! ?? I
A ?- * * **
'emurkuhle effect upon me.
m I have n vivid mental Impression of
fclm now un I write. He Is standing In
the center of my room, drawn up to his
full height, his shoulders thrown back,
his left hand upon the hilt >f his
word and his right emphasizing his
remarks, protesting In the most earnest
manner that It was not he who was
responsible for the war and all Its
horrors, but that It hud come upon
the world despite all he had done to
prevent It. Ills ready, well-chosen
words entrance me, I feel that this
man must Ue telling me the truth und 1
I am ready to believe that before me
stands the most unjustly Judged man
In the world.
And then he shakes my hand In farewell
and la driven awuy, and us 1 gaze
at the spot where he stood, there comes
\ before my eyes the desolation of Bely
J glum, the tragedy of the Lusltanla, the
J despoliation of France and Poland, the
' destruction of women und children In*
London and Parts and a thousand and
e C ove other atrocious deeds which belle
the kaiser's fair words, and I realize i
[ '. that 1 have been talking to the world's j
I most finished actor and have simply |
> j ' beeh bewitched by the power of hie
personal magnetism.
( CHAPTER IV.
' *~\msrlca Disappoints Kaiser.
\ The tylser ascended the throne in
I ^ 1888. For^ twenty-six years his reign
was uninsured by a single wur, ulitmk
though flWce during that ucrlod. once
mdf^_ Id 1905 and ugafu in 1911, ho nearly
M^wn^yufvoodrd In precipitating n ?unfllet.
dearly enough that-during
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man see'
Y Americuc
f ? r *. w w* A |Ber,,n? 11
I Knew Him I SX*2?.
Y tlve lam
ytr X anions tl
sen Y ears ? j?jr.,
X I'rofessoi
sa~* X Henry, t
X two natlc
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DAVIS, D? D. S. o 1,1 Amer
.ill- T . , T t | M . 0^ abiding 1
Just b
lure Newspaper Syndleata) | wns Phin
- , hero wltl
won 1 do the most good In the event 1 jjp (oj(
of u world war, I
The German military preparation
was more or less obvious. The kaiser "That
was nlways its warmest advocate and .. . '
frankly admitted that it was his inten- If (j ^
tlon to remain armed to the teeth, al- '
though he protested to me many times | * '
that his sole object was to maintain places n
the peace of the world. : Palm B?
In 1013, for Instance, I was In The contact >
Hague when Carnegie delivered a mats, Wi
speech at the opening of the Peace the most
palace, in the course of which he de- The ki
clared that the kaiser was a stuin- formatloi
bUng-block In the way of world peace. | ther deti
When I got back to Berlin I mention- in mind
ed the fact to the kaiser, hoping to to send i
draw him out. j It was
"Yes, I know exactly what Carnegie that the
said at The Hague," he replied rather built in <
testily, "and I don't like the way he thnt mor
spoke at all. He referred to me as the sented al
*war lord' and snld I was standing In 1 of any ol
the way of world peace. Let him look , When
at my record of twenty-five peaceful J Frederlcl
years on the throne I No, the surest in McKl
means to maintain the. pence of the ?ted a n
world Is my bl ,irmy und navy 1 Other could be
nations will think twice before going gued. thu
to war with us!" The fhct thnt he hud the cnplt
previously accepted 5,000,000 murks wns not
from Carncfcle for the furtherance of tratlon,
universal peace didn't seem to occur the Intel
to him. erected 1
And the world at large learned more firming
or less of German Intrigue and props- 0pp0SjtP
gnnda since the war, but It Is r.ot gen- ){n|Her r
erally known that the same sort of ^or no^
thing was going on even more actively Bentjinen
In time of peace. Countless measures, | ' A fj>w
of the most subtle and Insidious char- | p(lwnr(j
ncter, were taken to lull Into a sense of ^ ^ ^ '
false security the nations she Intended .
... ... ... , . In mouri
eventuallv to attack und to Inspire feur . .
... . ' most eln
In or command the respect of nations
ever crl vc
which she hoped would remain neutral oelehr
or might even be induced to throw in
vIpw wn
their lot with hers in the event of ;
| reservatl
Wtr" ... w * . I 100,000 t
In this phase of Germany s prepara- j ^ p
tlon for wur, the kulser took a leading " ' ,
honored
P?rt.
It Is a fact, for Instance, that prac- V?W
tlcally every ofllcer In the Chilean 'n nt
army Is a German, und the kaiser has not
spared no pains to foster the friend- to
ship of the South American republics, | have left
commercially and diplomatically.p I admlrntl
One of the South American minis- ' ''lent an
ters told me of on ex-president of country.
Peru who hud visited Berlin. This ,lut 1
Peruvian had previously visited Lon- America!
dou and Paris and had received little overtures
or no official attention In either of Amerlcni
those capitals. For reasons best ! .v,,rhtlng
known to himself, the kaiser decided ' ?'Sr he 1
to cater to this gentleman, and accord- I sal
lngly arranged an audience. I rnn P?ln
In the discussion which took plnce a huge
when they met, the kaiser displayed \ works ui
such a remarkable acquaintance with ' here
Peruvlnn ufTairs ami the family his- ("<1 no* 1
tory and political career of his visitor himself
that the South American was stunned, that he
When he returned home he carried the greo
with him a most exalted Idea of the eventual!
ull-pervudlng wisdom of the German Taken
emperor. To what extent the kaiser cldents
had spent the midnight oil preparing have evt
for this Interview I have no knowledge, kalsew*<i
hut knowing the Importance he placed tance to
upon making a favorable Impression a good ?
at all times I have u mental picture of he dellvt
his delving deeply Into South Amerl- her part
can lore In preparation for his guest, allies?c
There Is nothing dearer to the kaiser seed he
than caste and social distinction. Mar- failed t
ganatic marriages were naturully ah- When wi
horrent to him. Nevertheless, before he reallz
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the sue- tured [>li
cessor to the Austrian throne, was naught,
murdered, the kaiser not only recog- teroess
nlzed his morganatic wife, who was ment.
only a countess, hut went out of his "All n:
way to show her deference, lie placed ship for
her at his right ut all state functions sors wit
which she attended. To bring Austria brother
and Germuny closer together, he was nothing!'
willing to waive one of his deep-rooted nfter we
prejudices. | On am
The significance of the kaiser's more cle
many visits to Italy, his presentation len short
of a statue to Stockholm, his yachting "What
oAtumuuB tu oiuuuiiinviBn waters, Amerlcni
his flirtations with Turkey from his their yn<
castle on the Island of Corfu, and aim- entertain
liar aots of lngratlatlon, becomes quite snrcnstlr
apparent In the face of more recent England
developments, but his efforts to curry utilizing
favor with America during all the to make
years of peace which preceded the war they thli
were so much more elaborate that they tain thei
deserve more thun passing mention. atn <Hst;i
No more subtle piece of propaganda Saxon ra
was ever conceived than the kaiser's The k?
plan of exchanging professors between the Unit
Hie United States and Germany Canada i
through the establishment of the the way
ltoosevelt and Hurvurd chairs at the if he he
University of Berlin and corresponding House hi
chairs at Harvard and other American tjre wt>8
universities. Ostensibly the purpose of That t
the project was to foster good-will be- politics
tween the two nations. Actually, It the war
was Intended to Germanize Americans The fact
to such mi extent that their co-opera- nuin-Aim
tlon might he relied up?m Id the event was not
of wnr for which Germany wag ged- haven't 1
ulouMly preparing. | lfmglhe<l
It wns believed that the exchange of
profeggora would accompllah the tier- hl^feirdx
man purpose In two way*: not only
could the profeagora the kalaer ?ent
|^ierlcab?|depeaded ujwmi -
THE LANCASTER NEWS, LAE
tl In American soli, but tne ) Message fro
i professors who were sent to Itethmann-II
t was hoped, could be so In- the kaiser h
with the German viewpoint return und \
n they returned to their ?a- call at his f
I they would disseminate It at four p. in
lelr associates and students. I was ushe
tline before the kaiser con- In the cornel
te scheme of the Exchange like looking i
s, he sent his brother, 1'rince was otherwl
0 this country to draw the The relchski
ins closer together ami to In- dored, hands
he heart of every child born came over tc
lea of German parents uu in mine, wa
ove for the fatherland. the desk. II
efore the war broke out, he smoke, and
nlng to send one of his Bona ette, he did
1 the same object "The kals
I me of his project and asked tor," he sale
ilcli part of the United State.i America, nm
t he ought to send the prince, a few questli
depends, your majesty," I re- I said that
jon the object of the visit, :>f America.
urpose is to meet American ly glad of l
I would recommend 6tch with the priii
that time.
is Newport In summer sno Then folio
>nch In winter. To come In <lon of <1U,
vith our statesmen and dlplo- whjc|, WHH ?
ashlngton would naturally be hu(J u j)ecui
likely place to visit." German, hai
User thanked me for the In- knnzler ,ipi
a hut did not enter Into fur- uiarly well,
nils as to the object he had "How are
or which eon he had planued ggky^ "Die
across. ?lty to guuji
to curry favor with America Who do ym
kaiser had his yacht Meteor 1)re8|(ient? ]
jur shipyards, and It Is u fact cans are oj
e American women were pre- t,mt woui<i ,
I the German court than those money out *
ther nation. people so m
he presented a statue of to see t
( the Great to this country, gate of the l
nley's administration. It ere- lt?"
;reat stir In congress. What ?No your
less appropriate, lt was ar- ..yoi, re qu
in the statue of a monarch In that my cour
al of a republic? The statue jonj? tjje we
set up In McKlnley's admlnls- proflta. Thu
but Roosevelt accepted lt In the ca8e. o
est of diplomacy and had It try nt iarRe
n front of the Army building. "Don't for
that his gift had had Just the jnR a lot of
effect to that Intended, the the ro|chski
eprlmunded his ambassador are hecomln
having Interpreted American Rlinn have u
t more accurately. Putting an e
days after the death of King grcut extent
Roosevelt arrived in Ilerlln. ties for nial
the fact that all Edrope was nious scale."
ilng, the kaiser arranged the "That mn;
ihorate military dress review "but fortune
>n In honor of a private cltl7.cn more of tin
ate Roosevelt's visit. The re- liberty than
s held In the large military Rnj the sooi
on near Ilerlln. More than about on n
toldlers passed In review be- some assure
kaiser und his staff and their ^ ter we will 1
???? I "Wilson I
nr the kaiser would have gone nj(y ever pr
tentlons to Roosevelt had he his name tni
i In mourning It Is Impossible pPftce jn the
but I don't believe he would feej aow ths;
: anything undone to show his friendly to t
on for the American ex-pros- hQ nmy foe H
id to curry favor with this jH prolonged
| the destruct
toosevelt was not the only volved In It
a to whom the kaiser made any posslhll
He was constantly Inviting war?"
1 millionaires to pay him \ "That, of
visits nt Kiel or wherever j excellency,"
inppened to be. opments. I
t for a portrait by an Amerl- jH anxious t<
ter, which was exhibited with that nothing
collection of other American
ider the kaiser's auspices. out of It If
was nothing that the knlser nutlon are n
do In his efforts to ingratiate "We cortu
with this country In the hope Hughes has
would reap his reward when stump," dec
t war he was anticipating "IHd you he
ly broke out. UUJ" of ^Vilst
individually, these various in- I said 1 h
seem trivial enough, but I hear any ol
ry reason to know that the but that I 1
ittached considerable linpor- newspapers,
them. I know that there was "Well, db
leal of chagrin In the tirades yr,n read ti
reil to me against America for want to se?
In supplying munitions to the they want t
hngrln at the thought that the J can <;ontlnu
had sown in America had | of It?"
o bring forth hotter fruit. 1 Again I r
e finally entered the war and j our country
;ed that all his carefully nur- by sueh son
ma of years had availed him i Implied in ft
he could not restrain his hit- hut that If
nor conceal his disappoint- could be b
country wou
ly efforts to show my friend- The suhjer
Americu?exchanging profes- was never n
h your colleges, sending my | until several
In your country, all?all for submarine \\
" he exclaimed, disgustedly, on a greatei
had entered the war. realized tha
tther occasion he showed even this lntervle\
urly how far America hud fnl- could, wltho
t of hit* expectations: tlons, who v
has become of those rich or Wilson, t
is who used to visit me with gerous to tin
rhta at Kiel and come to my sels were si
iincnts in Berlin?" ho asked, marine cafh|
ally. "Now that we have templutlng.
Involved, why aren't they The electh
the opportunity to serve and wns necessa
their own country great? l>o torff of Potsi
lk I put myself out to enter- ser believed
m becuuse 1 loved them? I deciding hal
usted with the whole Anglo- shape of th
ice j nnu ne niur
tlser couldn't understand why Hence the e
ed States did not scire both Interrogated
ind Mexico. Apparently, from the "front."
fie talked from time to time, I The Interv
id been sitting In the White and the fact
f? would have grabbed the en- the kaiser In
tern Hemisphere. lea occupied
he kaiser followed American In the kalst
very closely, especially after months later
broke out, was very natural. Germany, In
: that there was a great'Grr- planning am
^rlcnn vote In this country lapsed. The
overlooked In Potsdnm, and I confidently e
the si'ghtest doubt the kaiser the ground 1
I that he could exert consider- | a false foun
Deuce In our elections through (was his exp?
sarles In this country. i win the fr
yied to ^nmnlute in October I State* In tl
two | him anythln
ICASTER, S. C.
m the Refchskanzler von kl CHAPTER V.
ollweg to the effect that
,a<l aent htm word of my ^ Ka|fer Defends Qw.mi
that he would like me to Method#
ailuce either that noon or The kaiser was always verj
about everything which mlgl
red Into a very Inrge room |jjs tu.aith, and even ufter
* of which was a business- B(nrted, when his attention w
flat-topped desk, but which rnuy occupied by many pressl
ise elaborately furnished. ,ems hp (,|(1 Qot neK,ect hls t(
tnzler, a tall, broad-shou - came b) me as rt.?uiur|y Hs h<
mine specimen of a man, way8 donp
> me and, putting his arm ()f thJs , Wf|R vprv R|a(, bt
Iked me to a seat beside mo an opportunity to d
le asked me what I would ka|ser out <)n ((f thp
upon my taking a cigar- t|ons whlch t|M. wur s,
likewise. .. . , , ... ,
and which I found him alwu]
i-rs been telling me, doe- t() j|KCUS8i perhaps the faci
I. -of your recent visit to was an Ampr,can u.d th? u
i ? wouiu liKe to ask you I Rrt.uter lengths in his Justille
ons.' German war methods und r
I was always glad to talk than l|p Injgjjt otherwise liuve
Indeed, I was particular- | nt,ct,ssury.
the opportunity to speak j Thp flrs't t|me | 8KW the kntl
ne luluUrter of Germany at ( ^|(l war started was about Ai
| 1014. Between eleven ami
wed u bewildering succes- I 0-rlork the nlRht before. I h
ifstlons, the purpose of i not|fled hy telephone that th
ot at nil clear to me. We would like me to attend hin
lar conversation?half In (Berlin palace the following
f In English. The relchs- at nine o'clock. lie was about'
not speak English partio his first visit to the front nnd
his teeth examined before he
things In America?" he The work I had to do for
1 you have any opportu- nothing of a serious character
;e the polltlcul situation? not occupy more than twenty
l think will be the next One of his valets stood by to
Do you think that Aineri- any assistance I might need,
iposed to peace because the room when I was through
md their chunce to make "Huve you been reading In
of the war? Are your pers, Dnvls," the kaiser asked
ercenary that they would were alone, "how our soldh
he war prolonged for the been treated by the Belgians'
money they can make out j paid I had not had a c'
read the papers that mornlnj
1 excellency," I replied, "Well, you must certainly re
ite wrong If you Imagine They've been gouging out tht
itrymen would like to pro- our wounded and mutilating
ir for the sake of war- horribly! They call it modi
t is very far from being lized warfare. That's savai
n the contrary, the couu- hope your president is takln
Is anxious for peace." of these atrocities."
get your people are mak- of course I was In no po
money out of this war," contradict the kaiser's asser
rnzler persisted. "They ; j was not In possession of an
g very rich. They will facts, but I learned afterwi
II the gold In the world. ! four American newspaper cor
nd to the war would to a ents had scoured Germany f
end American opportunl- i end of the country to the oth
dug money on this cnor- effort to run down these repoi
left no rumor uninvestigated.
7 be all true," I replied, ter how far they had to travc
tely my countrymen think ffy it. When they had finally
? blessings of pcuce and ' ed every clue and followed ei
they do of war and profits, they had not found a single
ner police cnn he Drought justify the charge the kaiser 1
basis which will have aKa|nst the Itelglans ami v
nee of permanency the bet- course, the Inspired German p
Ike It." j tlnued to report from day to
ins the greatest opportu- The object of these Mea we
esented to a man to make tlfy the outrages which the
mortal?by bringing about were committing In their pla
world," he went on. "We rorlze the inhabitants of the
it he Is not our friend, but iney were overrunning. Acci
he utiles, but nevertheless reports the activities of frai
ble to see that If this war in the occupied territories v
Indefinitely It will mean by the Germans with the n
Ion of all the nations In- baric punishments, crucifix
Do you think there Is similar atrocities being very
ity of America entering Undoubtedly the kaiser was
what his soldiers were dolnn
course, will depend, your defend their conduct he lent
I answered, "upon devel- ear to the unfounded charg
don't believe my country against the Ilelgluns.
) fight, but I'm quite sure ??i have already framed a
In the world will kee? us which I Intend sending to yo
our rlch.u US a noutral rrltunlliw th? use of
ot rrsppcted." ^ th" "''"""""""p
i i id >,,* the kaiser went on. "We ha
ilnly don t like the way . A ,
> . ii i.. . proof to estnhllsh this charge
i been talking on the J . .
^ *i ^ - i ?.?i,???i, .. In the character of the wounds
lared the reichsknnzler.
p vi. .. , ??. ? by my soldiers but In the sha;
ar any of his speeches or
, used cartrldgi'S which we foui
ms? , ? ?
. . i , |, . captured forts."
ad had no opportunity to * . , .. , ,
. . J 1 , | Strangidy enough, the leal
the campaign speeches, , ?
, . ? ' , , .. off his protect to Presiden
lad followed them in the . , , ' , .
about the same day that
. ' Polncare forwarded a slmlla
1 you gather from what . . ,.
... , based upon the use of duuulu
uit the American people v *
bv the Germans
jit in h ir. r.uropc or <10 "
he war to go tin so they N?'gnrdlng the violation of 1
e to make fortunes out neutrality, the kaiser was at
for no reasonable argument.
pplled that I was certain that h,> wns w,II,nK to *"?-v lW
would never he Influenced P^lsslon u> n,,ow
lid considerations as were through that country was aj
.e relehskanzler's question. I m,fflrlent Justification In his
the right kind of peace t,,kln? b>' force whnt Belgluii
rought about the whole 1 *? ,s'":
Id eagerly embrace it "How foo,,sh of Belgium to
. . . , slated us!" he declared, in
?t of the U-boat campaign ! ? MII . ..
. nectlon. MIlnd they consent!
aentioned and It was not . ? .. . . , ,
.... . ., i us walk through we would h
I months Inter when the \ . . , ?...
... . for evervthlng?everything!
nrfare was started again , . , ' ? . - . f *.
. 1 .. . * hair of their heads would h
r scale than ever that I 1 . , , .......
t the whole purpose of 0"?Kh0<1 nn<l B<-lglhm to,lay '
v was to ascertain If they " \hil happy financial
ut telling me their Inten- thnt Bnxembourg Is.
as the candidate, Hughes At n subsequent Intervlev
nho would he least dan- forr<Ml to Belgium ngnin, and
em If more American ves- 8<'r that Japan had
unk in the ruthless sub- th<* neutrality of China when
ailgn they were then con- through Chinese ter
seize Klno-Chau.
on was drawing close; It B 's "" r'^ht for the all
ry to notify Von Herns- t}iese things." he comniente,
dam's preference; the knl- Bonlly. "hot when C.ermany (1
that perhaps he held the England rises up In rlghteo
lot In his hand in the nation. The hypocrites! 1
e German American vote f,"">d papers In Krussel:
i't know how to cast It. "bowed conclusively th> t En(
agerness with which they Belgium had a secret agre?
me up?in my return from w,l,rh ,n the event of war 1
many England wns to be per
lew with the relchsknnzler or<"l,v Belgium! We've got
that It wan Instigated by l"'rH 'n Herlln. We could
dlcated to me that Amor- "'7*; i-"""'"' l"""> agams! u
a most Important place J{^'K,nns w*'r" "??nPly Kngland
r's plans. When, a few S"mo of th<" arguments tl
. we declared war against rn,H<>ri ,r- h,H discussions wit
owevcr, all the kaiser's Kafdlng the war were so v
il plotting of years col- untenable that one might w
t edifice he had been so ',is s'n<,,'r'ly 'n urging thei
rectlng came crashing to H'UI" give them for what
?ecntise It was built upon
datlon. (low eiciaontary .. ref,'r to OR ns
ctatlon that Ida efforts to ka,so,r observed bitterly,
lendshlp the United P"op,G cou,d SOG whHt the
ine of pei^Mouh] avail h,,ve done ,n th(> !*ukowln" 1
g In the t,jH t>M\r- ern *>rU8J,'n they would kn
Is of ^lu ure the real
PACE THREE
n A,
strayed everything they could lay
their hunds on. In one of my shootin
War jng lodges which the Cossacks enters<?
they even knocked out the teeth of th?
r cureful hoars' heads wiiich hung on the walls!
it affect with knives they cut out the covers o?
the war ,?y chuirs. They had special Arc
as nntu- hotnbs which they threw on peaceful
tig proh- , villages. Tiiesc hninlis had been con?~
eth. but i .......i ..?.i ?.?.?
| n?< <11 III |ICIH C 111UVO 0?? UVT
- hud al- signed solely for pillage and destruo!
tlon.
cause It "instead of treating their soldier?
raw the prisoners of war we should haver
terestlng strung them up by the neck?every
uggested ont> of them ;?
irs ready Several prominent Poles, who wero
t that I patients of mine and whose line esaiser
to tates In Poland were looted and deatlon
of molished, told me positively that thas
nensures destruction and depredations wertr
thought committed entirely by German troops.
The Russians had occupied ttrtf bouse?
xer after when they were In possession of that
igust 10, s,.cth>n of the country, hut It was not ^
twelve until they were driven out by the Gerad
been nmns that the acts of vandalism wero C
e kaiser | committed and they had convincing?
1 at the . evidence that In every case the Germorning
man soldiers and not the Russian?
tc make were rear jnslhle.
1 wanted i The outrages committed by the Gerwent.
! mans In their treatment of prisoner?
him was wnr wfII probably never be known
and did jn their entirety. '' We do know that
minutes, they executed Captain Fryatt, thw
give me commander of a British merchant vesbut
left gel, who was captured after he had
rammed a German U-bonC; I don't
i the pa- know to what extent the kaiser was
when we directly responsible for that dastardly
ers have crime, hut from what he said regarding
the capture of another British enphance
to tain, the commander of the Baralong.
< " It was quite evident thnt he was ii*
ad them, entire sympathy with acts of that
> eyes of character.
my men \ German U-boat had sunk a Brtt?rn,
dvl- jgh vessel upon which were some of
gery 1 I the relatives of the crew of the Baraig
notice long. The crew of this U-bont wax
subsequently captured by the Barasltion
to long, and according to reports In Gertlons,
as many they were harshly treated. Then
iy of the jt was reported that the Baralong had
ird thnt heen captured and that her captain
respond- and the crew would be summarily
rom one dealt with. - \
ier In an ?i hear we have captured the canrts.
They tain of the Baralong," the kaiser deno
mat- clared to me at thnt tliue. "If we enn ^
il to ver- prove that he's the man we'll fix him 1"
exhaust- The manner In which the kylser
rery lead gpoke left no doubt in my mind that r
case to the direst punishment wonld he meted
lad made out to the unfortunate British captain. *
hlch, of Booty Is undoubtedly a legitimate
ress con- incident of war, but It Is legitimate '
day. only as an Incident. Otherwise booty
is to Jus- becomeR loot. In any event, when ln-'^
uermnns vading troops seize private property It ? ^
n to ter- jH customary to pay for it. That thffr^/ V. .
countries Germans were Rood takers but poorXiT
irdlng to payors is revealed by two tnriUc?js*v :"
ic-tlreurs which the kaiser narrated to me, and "W, "*
cere met tpp keen enjoyment he derived from
ir>st bar- them can be fully understood only by
ion and those who know how much the kaiser
common, appreciates Retting something for aware
of nothing. " *s*
and to "Roumnnls wanted our gold for food ^
a ready products," he told me. "They demand
;es made <Mj pure gold and they set enormous
prices on their wares; but we needed
message what they had to sell and we were
ur presl- ready to pay even the outrageous
dumdum prices they demanded. And then they w
French," foolishly declared war against us and
ve ample we got it nil for nothing! When T
not bnly spoke to Illndenburg about the con--4
i suffered templated campaign against Rouma- *
pe of un- nla lie said, 'Tills will he a very inter- ft
ad in the ostlng campaign.' It was. We got all
we wanted and didn't have to pay' a ^
Iser sent penny for it."
t Wilson The kaiser beamed all over as hu
President contemplated the results of Roumar
protest nla's entry in the wnr.
in bullets When the German troops entered'
Tnrnnpol, Russia, at a inter time they
Belgium's captured vast quantities of Americanlie
to of- made hospital supplies.
The fact "We were Just figuring what thlw
Igium for seizure amounted to, and my army ^
les to go doctors were strutting around ns If
parently they owned the world," declared the
eyes for kaiser, "when one of my oltlcers was ^
1 refused approached by a group of long-haired,
greasy Jews, who claimed that these
have re- supplies belonged to them. 'They are
tills con- our private property; we bought their*,
d to let and we should be compensated if you
ave paid seize them,' they contended. 'Did you
Not a pay for them?' my officer asked. 'No,
ave been Wo didn't pay for them, but we gave
would lie our notes.' thov renlled. 'Then.' said
condition my officers, 'when you take up thosa
notes we'll pay .'or these stores; In.7
we re- the meanwhile we'll Just take them. *
the kni- We secured bandages, serums?every- . ?
violated thing. In fact, that we needed so very^
she sent badly, and we got them all for nothv- *"
rltory to lng l" 2^ *
! 1 did not know at that time thau^ *
!es to do German army lacked medical supplies*
'1 sarcas- but later I saw paper bandages in use.
loes them j bave previously referred to the ?
us indlg- kaiser's defense of the use of Zeppe- /.py
VVhy, we JiQg against I'arls, London and othep'^vv^
s which nonmllltary cities. He claimed that If ^
[land and wa8 proper to make war on clvTTTans.
inent by because England was endeavoring to
vlth Ger- starve Germany. On one occasion I
inltted. to pointed out to him that In 1870 tha ^
those pa- Germans had besieged Paris and hadj ,
have no starved Its population. "*-?
lem. The "The cases are entirely different,'*
's toolR!" be anHwered hastily. "Then we were
te kaiser besieging a city and the civilian pop
n me r * ulatton had plenty of opportunity to
reak and evacuate It before the alege begara.
ell doubt England la besieging a whole nation
n, but 1 and trying to starve ray women ami
they are children, who have nothing to do with
war." ^ V
anal" the I couldn't help thinking of th?
"If your "whole nations" which had been abItusslnna
qoiutely crushed under the kaiser'*
and east- hcftl?of feelglum, Servla and Poland.
iow then (" 1 1 ,
Fiiejr de- j* % (To be Continued.}
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