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1 *V Friday, September 6,1913 I The Kaiser as I Knew | for Fourteen Year: J By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D (Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syadlc flfc The kaiser never admitted that the prel i fo views wh destruction of the Lusltanlu wns u re- thoroughly he bellev suit of special Instructions from him right of kings." to the U-hoat commander, hut In dls- I wiw him shortl cussing the genernl subject of subma- election In 1912. rlne warfare he asked: I "What will Ainerlc, "What right have Americans to take w'th a professor a : passage on these vessels, anyway? If asked, sneerlngly. " they came onto the battlefield they try never be tr would not expect us to stop firing, becomes a monarchy would they? Why should they expect ?n another occasli any greater protection when they en- condltlrms In Englan ter the war zone at sea? "Look at Englani "Don't ever forget," he went on, "a marked. "She Is bullet from a pistol would be enough George, a socialist! to sink one of our U-boats. How can virtually a republic, i we atop and board vessels we encoun- What's become of t * ter to ascertain whether they are neu- land? One never h tral and not carrying contraband? If morel Why doesn't ?? what appears to be a neutral should self?" The tone of d t lnfact prove to be a belligerent, or If be gave vent to thes '^ belligerent should heave to In ?e- more significant, p? -^onse to the command of one of our . words used might 1m narlnes, how could we safely send "Your president h / ^ hoarding party over when a rifle throw me and my jot from the vessel In question would , throne of Germany 1 iend us to the bottom? Obviously If commented bitterly, ^^^\Amerlco persists In sending munitions shortly after the pi K to the allies, there Is but one thing president's reply to I i'' for us to do?sink the vessels." , little understands hi When I suggested that while the ' people and now futi vulnerability of the submarine un- 1 prove. They held i doubtedly lessened Its value In con- | all over the empire, nectlon with the rlirht of senrch which vii!<>??? nmi uimu-mi belligerents have under tnternntlonnl to ine In no uneerln law. still tlie law ought to be oh I president received t rerven. the kaiser Interrupted me has- my people that he d< ttlv with the remark: tiered whether the ki "I; trrnalionnl law 1 There Is no nf bu, fnct that t?l ucli thing as International law any had been inspired h; mor? 5" and their useful ag< In tlint assertion, of course, lies the whether he was on answer to ail the questions which have UR,, nf j,|s histrionic j arisen in connection with the conduct Although Germanj of tlie war. If the Germnna recog- the cradle of social! \ nlzcd no International law hut were jt was a cancer whit guided solely by their ideas of expedl- |nR away the fuind - . \ ency and the demands of "kultur," pjro ?n,i viewed then the whole course of the war be-, the direst misgiving* t came perfectly clear. The use of pol- Before tin- war I: sennits gas, the destruction of unfor- fused to receive a titled towns, the * desecration of olallsts and never 01 churches, the attacks on hospitals n?>d c-nco to the Senders Rod Cross units, the countless atrocl- party In fhe relchsi , _ ties committed against civilians and hca-'s of ' oinniitteos prisoners of war require no other ex- polltlca* parties w? planatlon. < I celved In conference. No such "thing as^ntematlonal law While the relchsta ' any more! ... than a children's del CHAPTER VI. growth and Increasl " socialistic party, whl Democracy's Worst Enemy. ! clamoring for the r, The great military machine which not 'K' Ignored, and the kaiser had built up during the tlrst deal to do wl> 2d years of Ids reign "for the purpose ""xlely not to postj of maintaining pence" was constantly .'or,R" Itching for war. There was a feeling After moblllzntlo among the militarists that while it however, the kaiser was all rigid for the kaiser to assume from ','s portion soi i the role of tln^'Prlnce of Pence" dur- *he h'lleony of the pi f\ lng the period of preparation, it was front of which an f f possible to overplay the part. He so had gathered, lie de fr.mientlv r.-f.-rr.* ...? 'v: "I recoirnlae no J 111* solo purpose In mnlntolnlng u large now ?H Hermans." army nnd nnvy was to maintain pence 1 anyone imagine that the war lords of Germany began his kowtowing to tin to fear that perhaps he might mean It. Instance was evident The murder of the Archduke Franz change of heart, he ^ . Ferdinand, the successor to the Aus- ! how deeply rooted I ?Jr tVlan throne, nnd his wife by a S* r-! horrence of soclallsr blan on June 20. 11*14. gave Germany Indeed, one of the pr ^ excuse for which she had been kaiser hoped to uce< editing so long to stnrt a European cuting the war to a JL conflagration and found Austria ns elusion wns the blow jjj^l anxious for war ns her ally. ' aoclallstlc progress, h But even had Emperor Franz Joseph ! v'ctory would make shown reluctance to plunge his nation ?f the people and tl: into war nnd had Austria refused to , would shine In the chastise Serbia for the murder of the their martial nchlet Archduke I doubt very much whether i r,,ssful war, he belle' fthe knlser would have allowed that ciallsm hack a hun event to have gone unavenged. | Certain It Is the It touched him In one of his most change in the kaiser' vulo fable spots. The sanctity of roy- Even to curry favor ,1 bne of his most cherished Ideas. t,c element he nev* S * Q B sponsor for the monarchies slightest degree in \ : world, as we feel sponsor for P1"* ?f kingly attrll * the democracies. A thrust at a throne career the German ] was a stab at the kaiser's heart, and *cen their kaiser o with #r without the co-operation of royal uniform, and a Austmi I (Irmly believe he would have rades or reviews hi , gooe to any lengths to ha*? avenged white horse, thnt hi V the crime of Sarajevo. 1 conspicuous, and bor y .uj It |a true that the kaiser sent a which his ancestors 1 >l , message to the czur of Russia In r1e51 before him. 7 ' which he pointed out thnt Austria "truggle between mi [ ought to be allowed to chastise Serbia aml democracy ragii a ^ without Interference from the other ho'Rer was determln K 4 European powers, remarking, "!V _ih,lttl? of hla prerogi t . princes must hold together," hut therlr mobl!o Kt,ll mpde Its L .' can be no donht that that was very distinctive "tadi pk * far from the .outcome dearest Jp his the royal palaces w? V ' heart. *If. indeed, the mintsMI of a" their accustomed P"bU had h?n nCoompllHhi'^P V But while the kail B?~ out war the kaiser would hnve'sj qoi triumphant In the fl most disappointed man. and IP Russia which he waa comb ^ had failed to mobilize her troops, where gaining grown j\ which gave Germgpy a pretext for 1817, the czar abdle crossing the Rush* i border, k haven't whose autocratic for >e slightest doubt that Germany bad long been the en jV ." 1 have prodded Russia Into war, aristocracy, became i ohra l>ey' l{,K>w,nK th?t France would "The downfall of ir-a'lntef J ',r>er Tbk" (,he dft.v> bad wn" br??Pht a vtnlnes 1 9/*or which Germany bad been because she fenred t 'Y'oa. mlna'^K and plotting, and nothing on about to make a sop ^r^*^g^fleould now Interfere with the Vx- kaiser commented to ^Bt^^'^kflrmly the knlser was wedded nor h,B government ?bnjyLy"8K,,c ld,'a bow <W}eply on *bat subject. a ^jedthe spirit of dcnujfc- / overthrew the 'ftusai THE LANCASTER NE g Although the kaiser bore no pnrttcu- j lnr love for the czar, whom he was n>< fighting, he had no desire to convert ! *u the empire Into a demoerncy, and his ^ bitterness toward Knglnnd for what tr he thought was her part In the establlshment of the Russian republic wus very pronounced. | When, a few months Inter, the abdi- 1,1 cation of the czar was followed by the 01 abdication of King Constantino of 8(> Greece, the knlser sustained another w< blow which hurt hl?n more than the i be defeat of one of his armies would be have done. ''' "Thev are trvlno tr> fnmn tTi?l? wl I ten form of deiuosrntlc government on _ , _ , , Greece," he declared fiercely. '"Hie m: Ich disclosed how ' . ... . . th . , .. ,, . way they have treated mv poor sister, 111 ed In the "divine , ., , , <>> ie queen of Greece, Is a shame and a 1,1 v after Wilson's ,,lsKr"oe- Th,,y tH,k nbout our ,nvft* 1>f slon of Belgium, but their actions In s" .. w Greece are Infinitely worse. I have n e\eracoomp s Rtii?li<*<l the English people for twenty- *? t Its head? he ^ y(>ars (|l|iy nlwnyH t,T to la a\ s, your ' cover their acts with religion and the b' grui 1in talk of benefits to civilization and hu. . . tnnnlty, hut. hypocrites that they are, J" an he sneered at .. .. . . . w, they continue to grab all they can get ' ' their hands on Just the same!" St 1 today, he re- that Greece had a treaty V.V," t-y . ' with F??rbla which required her *o take *? i\ .iig uni s anus If Serbia were attacked and u'i i? 'u'i H'S ' that she had failed to meet her obll- !" ' T*5 ? >n'* cations In that respect was naturally b" ?ars o in ?iny ^ ^ significance to the kaiser, to *U1 t he assert him- .... , . m Tn ... , , . whom treaties were but scraps of pn- J" Isgust with which ' I,., per. e sen men s \\as fpj,e keynote of the kaiser's military r nips, an e progrnrn jay |n tj10 fa(q t tint he real- su Ized that It wtis necessary for him to i trying to over- w|n jn onp.r hold his thrcne. I feel lei family from^tho q?|(e surt? that If the allies were wll- Ht< by his notes, he jjI)k concede to Germany nil the terwhen I saw hltn r|(OPy 8he has conquered?Belgium, Ja Lihlieatlon of the g0Ph|n, Poland, Itouinanln, Russia an J pe the pope, but he part nf prnnce. anil restore all her col- ?ii >w loyai nrc my onjes> upon conditio.! that the kiilsor \v< le his efforts will 8t(,p (jmVn from tlio throne, he would p<i neetlngs recently rejecj the proposition without a mo- he In every city and m),|irs h,!filtation. CI their allegiance "Your country would like to make a In way, and your repuhllc out of Germany," he cnr.i- ex :he answer from n?..,t,.<i, ?a republic like France, per- oli ser\ed. I won- jmpS( going down and down all the fo User was unaware rounfry n.led hy lawyer..:" I t u si mm t .p.s ^n(j jle luentloned half a dozen cf the sa > l ,c Rowrn n>nt great French statesmen who were! nl it, t n pr? ss .r nUinj>ors ,,f the legal profession. "It's . se ''i tit' ' 11 ,nU 11 s,u' ^"r 11 country when It gets . wi II ' , , Into the han Is of the lawy rs. France lit s ri ir< << ns u?|y art. already cent rolled by nn s"%' *? 1 11 s< r tliem, and America an I Knglurd are at .1 wi s sIoa > ca rapidly following their example!" i fo atlons of his en- Th? kn|spp r,.pir(J?(1 tho c.ennan k* ts progri ss w ) ppnp|e J1S kjs own property t>? d > \vl h j th ,, as he liked. When I referred to the j ui ie steadfastly re- , ? . ., . "Germnn people in conversation he | < t put.it on < _ so- wo,|Pi delicately correct me by refer- i to ice gave an audi- . , . . , . ? . , . , , . . ring In his retilv to "my people. A > < ! in. mi? ui11si for instance, I said on one oe- of tag, a t long i ie rnsjon ..j understand, yrtir n.a'esty. i pi i of all the other , tlint the (lermnn people are anxious J:i n 11 "u s for pence," he answered, "Yes, Davis, ' in ?? ?? little mor. > l''-l'"' "trenuly In favor of j .1, pence, but they want a German peace in inting society, the ?no aP'.il pe ce!" pi ng power gf the He believed that Just as the unlve.-se cl ch was constantly is ruled by (lod so should the en th Jt eform vote, could he dominated by an earthly ruler and th no doubt had a that God had selected him for the task, gc th the militarists' To displace him la favor of a repub- <b lone the war too dean form of government, to suhsti- I lc title a ruler elected by the people for ! n was ordered, a monarch designated by God was in til decided to recede nls opinion the basest sort of sacrilege, newbat, and from '<"d the unfortunate part of It all was ulnce In lterlln, In that the majority of his people onenormous crowd ineided with him. They preferred to Clared significant- be ruled by a bund of iron rather than I parties. We are to rule themselves. Some day they J may he awakened to the blessings of ?s, however, that self-government, but up to the prevent vt > socialists In this time they have n??t slioxvti the slightest n' e of a permanent Indication that they would prefer to little appreciates rule than tie ruled, and because they H<' s the kaiser's ah- Hubmlt so willingly to the kaiser's domn and d'T.iccracy. , luatlon he has heroine obsessed with w Inclpal things the the Idea that the rest of the world itnplish by prose- should follow suit. ^ l triumphant con- j t" r It would deal to CHAPTER VII. 1 01 lie felt that ? his army the Idol The Japanese. w tat their monarch ! According to the talk of the Herman reflected glory of diplomats before the war the expects- m foments. A cue- tlon was that Japan's power would he red, would set so- used against America at the first opdrcd years. portunlty. Whether the object of this 81 war brought no campaign was to stir tip trouble hes personal habits, tween Japan and America or only to w with the social is- awaken this country to a sense of the ?r unbent to flat danger which the Hermans professed 1 his outward tils- to helleve threatened her I don't know. 111 >utes. In all his ' do know, however, that prospect of r" people had never a Japanese-American war seemed to ther than In his worry the Hermans considerably more it all military pn- thnn worries us, gc 9 always rode a The day England declared war e might he most against Germany, August ft, 1914, the e the royal mace Prince von Pless culled to see me pro- j11 lad carried centu- fesslonally. With the denth "There will be two wars fought," he ^ fdleval monarchy said, oracularly. "The present one, by l(, ig about hlrn the which we shall gain control of the con- gJ| ed to yield not a tlnent of Europe forever, and then a iflves. His auto- war with the yellow races, dn which /, coming known by we shall probably have your country u" ?? rwl t n nvtwiaf nu I" re maintained in Thnt thin opinion was more or less ctl pomp. t genera 1 in Germany may account for m icr's armies were the fact that from the time war waa (j| eld, the principle J declared until August 211, 1014, when atlng was every- Japan declared war against Germnny, ^ il. On March IB, the Japanese residents In Berlin were Hfl nted and Russia, made yje subject of the moat aickenin of government i log attentlona. It was reported that j vy of the German Japan waa going to attack ltuaHla. and ,|( a republic! the Germans could not do enough to n, the Russian em- "how their newly born admiration for bout by England the yellow race which they had hither- ro hat the czar waa to so deeply despised The Japa were |1|( urate peace," the carried through the streets on the me. "As a mat- i "boulders of the populace and kiase '! I of neither the czar cheered wherever they appeared | t,( ever approached P'-bllc. J nd when England 1 And then Japan declared war against i nn monurchy ahe Germany! Instantly there was a wild' jj, irpose. With the : deinotfgtratloDt In the streets of Berlin, j w] nssfa would prob- which jvoi^ resulted most dlsaa-1 glitlng us." trough ^whojuijl so peceflt / <*?"s Actr '"+ > -> ** WS, LANCASTER, S. C. Ren hailed as friends" but for the necessary to establt itonlshlng fact that every single Jap prcpured the Germ id succeeded In getting away from War, but an Incident itIIii before the news of Jupan's en- the t.?riy days of til y Into the wur became generally <)Ut of place to s town. tied and confident i In the absence of Jnpanese upon the Germans ussuin hlch to vent their spleen, the Ger- Two officers slttln ans did everything they could to out-of-door cafe sho ake life miserable for those who re- begun overheurd on< mbled Japs. The few Chinese who who were passing r ere there were terribly treated either those officers slttlm muse they were taken for Japs or Why ure they not i 'cause they were of tho same race. Ing?" One of the o le Siamese minister, I'rlnoe Traldos, approaching the la lio was one of my patients, told me work was complete! at when his wife and children went worked from early n it on the streets the crowds followed rdght on plans whl< em and jeered, referring to the Jnp- ?ow carrying out. lese ns monkeys und using other op- rest." ohrlous epithets. They even went The resistance thn far as to spit In Princess Traldos* nj,lc to put up was a ce, and the minister finally decided estimated, ami If tl send her and the children to Swltzer- England was at all tul, Although ho himself remained ut oration, the compare s post. Kj,e could place In I saw the kaiser shortly after the garded as hut a drop ipanese declaration of war, and ho j pared with the we us very bitter against tho United horde that was rend Jites because of that development. the border. How coui "What Is your president thinking of men cope with Von allow' a y? Mow race to attack a the hastily mobilized bite race! Now the Japanese are at- slst the thoroughly i eking KlausUhau, and America could and well-disciplined ive prevented It. All that America it Is really not t id to do was to raise a finger and that the Hermans 11 ipnn would have known enough to they would bring t lop her place!" knees within u c Ho spoke In this strain on several weeks and that tlx bsequent occasions. man armies would When Klnu-Chuu fell he again crlt- day, September '2, fci I zed the United States for not having tually happened is. opped Japan. known here to req "How can your president nllow know that the (!ern ipnn to Increase In power at the ex- absolute Ignorance nse of u white race?" he asked. In- resistance the allies gnantly. "Now Chlnu Is lost to the up In those critical <! >rld forever. America Is the one September, 15114, an over that could have prevented It, majority of Gemini it now Japan has got her llitgers on of the battle of the > ilnn and she Is lost to us forever!" Just lifter the Kn After we were In tho war. the kaiser conscription law I pressed to me his opinion that our the kaiser at the gre iject In taking this step was four- tors, which at that t l,i. Although the war hi "First," he said, "Wilson wants to or three times as loi ve the money you have loaned to the had expected, the 1 lies. Second, he wants to \a\?' a depression he must at at the peace table. Third, he ting ?*n a bold front ur.ts to give your army ami navy a "How f<?olish for Ho practical experience?unfortu- conscription now," li itely, at cur expense. Ami fourth, thinks she can arc id principally, ! (> wants to prepare months what it has r the war with Japan which he hundred years to at tows is Inevitable. The Japanese are oFleers cat not ho de c ties which your e nmtry must look We have r ever stopf ion us Its real enemies." the days of Frederle A German officer of high standing "Yes, your majes 1(1 me just hef .re I left Berlin that ern states in our (T rneriea tiiol injeii the "reat mistake scrlption two years ' sending nirmuaUlo.,, guns and sup- I nlng of the war." I i l'?s to Russia, via Japan, because "But Just look h< i mi had Just retained the finely lasted," the kuisei ade American articles and had ' "This war won't la imped on Russia a lot of goad-for- allies will feel what itlung material of her own in their many is long befori ace. "My advice to Anvrlca," he de- tlon ran avail them tired, "Is to rut *tu throat of every "And while Engla ipanese fr* America and get rid of ing up tier iusigtd e Inter-,nl danger." He did not sug- kaiser went on, "she st cutting 'he threats of all the an- navy and merchant sirat le Germans wlv were In Amer- growing and tin* dr a and who Had already demonstrated pound r.< the unl nit they were fur more dangerous Una nee. No, Davis, inn the Japanese had ever been. he sick >f the war i fear upon America's CHAPTER VIII. The French army, ? belittled, ami the I rh? Kaiser's Confidence of Victory. lleved to be absolute About twelve years ago I attended French army was s< e German military maneuvers at It was pointed out egnitz, in Silesia, having been In- had to go to the fiel ted by some journalistic friends of boots, and on the li Ine to accompany them In the motor the first-line rnen hi lowed the press. The military repre- being armed with < ntatives of England, France. Atncr- Kventually, ollicet a and other countries were tin re turnliur from the w?< Ith the kaiser's staff to witness the lough or passing th splay of Germany's military power. en route from one pparontly they were very much im- brought the report o essed, for I heard afterwards that Paris. Soldiers wt ?e ef the French officers who had that disastrous retri en present had written a hook in new trenches to th< hlch he said: "With such an army, atlves telling' of tl ermany could annex France in six ences they had und onths!" went for days with I happened to mention this fact to raw potatoes and t le kaiser shortly afterwards and his picked from the tlel gniflcant comment was: When these repe "Six months! 1 should hope so. It through Germany tl nuldn't take that long I" realize that their ge The confident belief that when "Per were not meeting wit ig"?"the day"?finally arrived, Ger- that Von lllndenhui any would crush her enemies and ac- east and Von 111 title implish her object within a few Idol of the people li onths at the outside was held not that was very dista dy by the kaiser but by the people command. nerally and their cond?ct when the The kaiser's dlslll ur broke out clearly disclosed it. burg was of long .? When Germany's man power was never forgiven that t oblllzed, no one In Germany believed take he made durlni would be very long before they ers In peace time w nuld all he hack and every effort was stroke of strategy hi ade to make their few weeks of ac- capturing the kaiser re service as little Irksome as pos- the kaiser and his v ble. "Llehesgaben," gifts of love, I have referred In insisting of clothing and food of to the kalsci's unb cry description, were forwarded to after the Italian em by their relatives and friends In "Now, we've got tl e most luvlsh manner, nlthough, of claimed, with an ail mrse, at that tlnte the Herman coin- which emphasized issjiry was able to satisfy all the sol- displayed, era' requirements. After the capture One of my patients told me that she exhibited a similar id sent seventeen hundred pounds of tlon. lie believed tl [Usages to one regiment within n ment he had succe eek, and when I asked her why sh" food problem?the id been so generous she replied that constantly darkened r chauffeur was a member of the son. glment! "Now the n'lles w The extent to which the country's starving us," he sal sources were squandered In those flee shortly after th? rly months Is evidenced by the f~ct "With Houmania Ir at the soldiers had such an excess Servia already our ill tilting woolen wearing apparel agricultural -eslbi at they used many of the knitted ar- our food '*ds and eles as earpieces and covers for their efTorts -starve, us. ?rses. No one l^ad the slightest Idea better look out for at the time miAlit come when the forget we havo a hole nation wot 1 be clothed In pu- potash mines of th irl proper fertilization At ?? ? Into day \"Van hardly * 2 will go on decreasl I*5 Wki * * H . X ^fMGE THREE ^ sh how thorougniy m||j (jH,y Won't get any jsTftiah until w? ana were for the Kl>t n>JMjy them have It I" which occurred in rpju, fH||ure Gf the Zeppelins from a e conlllct inn) not military standpoint was undoubtedly a how the self-sutis- grent dlsappolutinent to the German attitude which ull ( jWO|,|e Ht large, who hud counted 8<y * I much upon them to bring disaster -t<? K at a table In an j j;ng|nn(j |?,t jt c?nnot be said that tha rtly after the war ka,st.r the|p t.haftrln-. Gn tha i> cf several ludles I Contniry, j have reuson to believe that emark : Look at he neVer expected very much from that ; there drinking. urm (){ jlls military force except as It it the front ng it- ni|p|,t foe usefui to terrorize the civil l eers got up and. population. dies, said . Our A day or two after Zeppelin's deatlr. 1 months ago. We ,n 1!n7 n pat|,.nt of m,ne u llltly< hap. iiornlng till late at pene(| to remark that 'J was too bad u our armies aro t,lat tj,0 count hud not t'd to see tllO It Is our time to trjuinph 0f his invention, and when 1 saw the kaiser shortly afterwards I t France would be r,.,?.nted her remark to see what h? Iways very lightly woul(1 suy. , , le Intervention of ..j JUI, convinced that the count lived v taken into consld- ,onK enough to see all that the Zepitlvely small army pe|inH were capable of accomplishing," j* the field was re- wft8 hls only c,?,,ment. It recalled the ' In the bucket com- unKwer he had given me some year# Il-trained German |H.fore when both Zeppelins and air- -* y t?? sweep across I)Jam.s were in their infancy and I had ( Id Hnglund's 80,000 nskc,i him which held the greater Kluck's 500,000 or prurn(se. "We do not know. Time French armies re- I alone wm tell," was his reply, prepared, equipped rj.ju, jast time I conversed with thei German warriors? kulHt>r was on November 20, 11>17. Up 0 be wondered at to that time we hftl sent over ICO.tXKJ rmly believed that troops, according to the figures whlcl* he allies to their , have since been revealed by Secretary omparutlvely few Haker. According to the kaiser's In* ? conquering Ger- formation, however, we had only 30,celebrate So lan (HK, ln France at that time and 1 Paris. What ac- ?1C. was Qf the opinion that *ro- would of course, too well never have many more. ulro recital, but I "America Is having u fine time tryr.nns were kept In (nK to raise an army," he declared of the marvelous satirically. "1 hear that 1.600 mutinied i were able to put ti,(> ?ther day In New York and relays of August and , to get on a transport, and i* id to this day the town ln the Northwest composed prlnis have not heard clpally of citizens of Swedish blood lame I refused to reg'ster at all 1 We are getgllsh passed their ting excellent Information about alt was called to see conditions In Amer'ca." at army lieadqunr- Shortly before this had come tin; revline were at I'less. nations from Washington of the luid then lasted two trlgue of Count von Luxburg, the Ger>g as the (iermans InaI1 minister to Argentina, and I knew miser masked the where the kaiser was getting the iu-,, have felt by put- formation he referred to. In nearly every ease, It appeared, the kaiser s iu? Kngtnnd to start formanto were inlsleadlngTTlm. ie declared. "She Both before and after we entered ompllsh Ir. a few tin' war the kaiser was thoroughly con- - , taken Germany a viuced that we could play only a notji- 4 tain. Armies and |nal part In It so far as man power t veloped over night. , w.is concerned and his ussurance one A ted preparing since ti,at point undoubtedly accounted for k the (jreut!" his decision to curry through ids subiv. but the North- marine program even though it re- ^ vil war put in con- suited in bringing us into the war. ' after the begin- "Iio you realize how many tons of suggested. shipping it takes to ship u single sol- ?. r>w long your war dh r?" he asked me on one occasion. replied quickly. 1 confessed }yK ignot^crtce on tliat st that long. The point. ^ the power of tier- "Well. It takes six tons to the Knglish eonscrlp q\, send over an airmy of SUO.iMK) sum . anything!" therefore. your country woul.! requirend is slowly build- 0.(MM).(MN) tons of shipping in addition. Meant army," the p, (|,e tonnage required for regular t will see America's trntlie. Where is it coining from, witU marine constantly lnv submarines sinking the allied ves>llar replacing the p,...... than they can ever be* roIt of the world's placed? My U-boats are doing w? nKngland will soon ,|,.rfU| work and we are prepared to \ ind wi'l look with <are of all the troops America ' growing power!" nav ?r land in Friit.ee." too, was generally "How foolish for America to have Itussiaus were be- ,oina i,lto the war." he went on. "If "? ly negligible. The <he could succeed In landing a real V i) poorly equipped army in France, what good would It . that the oilicers ,j0? America can sec how easy It wua d la patent-leather -,,r Im. p, break through and to oa|?tusslan front, only tore ;tiHi.(MHi (,f the Italians, and they id guns, the otlurs auist realize that I can break througi* 'lulis! oa the western front and do the sum**/ *? s and soldiers re- ttilrlK there. If America had kept out * stern front on fur- 4,f the war she would have gone on rough the country niuking untold profits and when ponc? front to the other was tinnlly declared she would liavft f the defeat before been In a most enviable position to participated in - ? -? - i.?' u??i.imi? 01 ine worm, as it at wr..t. from the ,Sf Wilson will never have a seat at lr friends and rel- t,?. ,M.aiuf table if ? ran help it, and ie terrible expert- now America shall have to pay all th? crgone, when they costs of the war!" Evidently he lmagnothlng to eat hut ,n(M, that his triumph would he so. urnlps which they 0o!M,,i, te that there would be no peac? (is. table, but that the warring nation* ,rts finally spread would be compelled to accept th? people began to terms he ofTered them. In which event, nereis in the west knowing the magnanimity of the Gerh the same success cmn make-up, 1 should say the world rg had had in the at iHrge would have to be content witl* nhurg became the V(,ry little. ninedlately. a fact jjow the kaiser feels now thnt the steful to the high f?tiure of the U-boats to Intercept American troop ships must he pain<e of Von 1 linden- fully apparent to him, and America Handing. He had hllS RO overwhelmingly overcome th? general for the mis- Hhort?K?. <.f shipping. I don't know, hut ? I military inaneuv- lt lg ,n.jre than probable that for som? hea hy a brilliant ^|me to oome the real situation will, at p had succeeded In finy rKte. be successfully concealed ^ ? 's forces, Including froII1 xpe German people. I know that vhole staff 1 tho failure of the U-boat campaign was a previous chapter Dnknown to the Germans up to til? ounded confidence tjme i jef? Berlin?In January, 191Ncollapse In 1917.1 while the kaiser and the German* lie allies 1" he ex- g?>nerully felt confident that we would of conclusiveness nover be able to send the optimism he arroga, they professed to feet Ilttl? . . concern even If we did. i of Roumanla, he According to some of the German ( degree of hxulta w . . .. . 4 . . "vvio uuiu A DjM'ivr, cvru 11 wtr mt In thut achieve- . *. -fully uolced the J"**? """ '? f "08 '? one cloud which ""u !.d *??UI! t"','8k J"" i ?k i. i . w a deadlock, as the Germans were taking 1 the kaiser's hori- _ . . . . .: a similar number of trained troops 111 never succeed in frm" the K^lan front The only d to me In n,v of- Pnace ?f Apirrtcan participation Iti ? Roumanian drive. th? ?**!?' ?? tha'w* i our pockets and ,Kht fl<W considerably to the alUett s. their wonderful nlr Man power alone, they .... _ ... . contended, wotild neve/ b? sufficient to itltlea will supply ... ,,, . , . , , , I foil our enemies' f'Hp the allies much bat overwhelmgj Indeed, they had ?"I'^lerity in the nlr might occasion themselves. Don't *?jne annoyance, monopoly on the . (To be Continued.) e world. Without ' crops jjle |,anCaHfer News $2.00 Year njnnd decreasing