The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 10, 1918, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1918. * v
!The Kaiser as I Knew H
for Fourteen Years
By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, T>. D. S
(Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
* The kaiser himself hatf but n poor] u"^ "heTrameSlately put^
opinion of the fighting qualities of the' niensure for Increasing
American soldier so far as modern war i standing army from bf>0,0
requirements ure concerned. I ?to restore the balance ol
"The American soldier would pes-1 F"or this purpose
slbly give a good account of himself ?r Increased armam
In open fighting," he declared, "but ho on capital and. in
Is not built for the kind of warfare ho WRS Informed thn4 I wo
Alll encounter In France. He lacks P?y my "hare. The Idea
v^xhe stolidity to endure life Ip tho *nx *? uphulld the Qe
Frenches. He Is too high-strung and ^"hlch was already so pi
couldn't stand the inactive life which m?*?aced the peace o1
, Is such an Important part of modem ^ld not ?PPonl to me a
'I warfare. Besides, he lacks discipline "Poke to Ambassador Qer;
anf) a i 9 ?ni 1 Mo nHvlonrl mo to *\n*? If ??
V auu IIUIUL'U UllR'erM. -- ?>-? W J II II
^ ^ ? agreeing with me that tl
JtfW CHAPTER IX. reason why an Amerlcai
required to contribute to
The Kaiser's Plan for World Dominion. war budget. However. I li
The history of modern Germany la, The German efforts at
perhaps, In Itself sufficient Indication w,?lch were more or less
of the underlying plan of the Ttuiton because the Qermans re
war barons to control the whole ol bablt the German possessi
j Europe and, eventually, the world. The measures adopted to conq
I program has been slowly unfolding lt? merclal markets of the w<
elf since the time of Frederick th? Important part of the prog
Great and the present generation Is domination which Gernif
, now witnessing what feas Intended to *or berself. and It Is not \
be the climax. u ?be had confined her ?
There can be no doubt that If Get* those lines she might hav
many had .succeeded In her efforts ts Norther along her chosen p
gain control of the major part of Ru< '1BI advanced by bathing
rope she would have soon looked blood.
toward the western hemisphere and have nearly 70.000,1
the east. the kaiser said to me on c
This program Is fairly indicated by "an(l we shall have to fli
the course of events as history luyi them somewhere. When
them bare, but I have the actual word an emP,re England had h
of the kaiser to substantiate it. nearly everything. Nov
At one of his visits tc me shortly Jght, to, get our8- 1
after the beginning of the war we wer? deTe,?P,nR our wor,d r
l discussing England's participation in p?".r, country 8ecure(j
BV Philippines as stepping s
M "What hypocrtts. ,h. English f.1- 5"**? ?' ,h'
} the kaiser exclaimed. Bland It That's why I.,
"The, had always treated me M c"i' Kl"?-Cl
K ] well when I visited them I never be? pians in this conr
lleved they would have corns Into thla changed somewhat^ nppan
# . uvTCiupairuifl Ui liiv prVS'
i war. xney always acted as If they ^ told me when lt ,
?lkGd m?- niother w" **"!? Germans would not eml*
. J you know. I always thought the any Qrfc
\\ \ world was big enough for three of ua ?No more Aq> can prr
and we could keep lt for ourselves- ^ >fter the wgp ? he
Al that Germany could control the contt- wl? gett,p ,n the ,
gTVi nent of Europe. England, through her devel aud control tha
II *?* possessions and fleet, could con- COUQtr_ j have been dow
7 1/ trol the Mediterranean and the far f know lt u a marvelous
f | east, and America could dominate th? purposes."
/ western hemisphere!" kalaer.a vision of
j How long lt would have been before wotdd take In the recon
lN-. Germany would have tried to wrest awoken Europe ^as lnd!
dominion from England can readily be remark he made to me li
]Vf 'maglned, and with the whole of Eu- j waa visiting him at the
)f ?ope and the far east under her thumb Qdarter8 at Pleas.
** America would undoubtedly have "Here I am nearly six
1 proved too . opting a morsel for the ake" he aoldonulzed, "at
kaiser's or his descendants' rapacious bulld the w?. of Europ<
L maw to have resisted. He said that Although the kaiser so f
7\ he believed that the world wus "big <ed hlg d,.slRns on the wo
I ( enough for three;" he didn't say lt fce was lmpat|ent of nnj
\ \ wus too big for one. on the part of other nation
t 1 What was really In his mind, how- gpoke of England's "gra
I ft ever ?s lndlcate<l by a passage In an pen8|ty und viewed with s
, ao?... .. he made some twenty-live anneXHtion of Hawaii and
j| I 'years ago. in which, as Kev. I)r. New- plnP8 nnd our developnie
| J ell Dwlght lllllls has pointed out. be ftfter the gpanish-Amerlcn
I l used these words: professed to see In our n
I! "From my childhood I have been tin- atr|V|ng after world power
I' der the Influence of live men?Alexan- lDCOnsiHtent with the prlr
r 7 der. Julius Caesar, Theodorle II. Na- wbi0h our government was
]T polcon and Frederick the Great. These Hp objected to our lnt<
r Ave men dreamed their dream of a j Mexlcun affairs, although,
world empire: they failed. I am | elogpd bv tbe Zimmerman
dreaming my dream of a world empire, ?Ckhardt. he was making
but I shall succeed 1" t0 havp Mexico interfere v
The kalTer's plan to domlnnte Eur "What right has Preak
. rope Included the control of Turkey, attpmpt to dlctnte the ii
\ and he made everv effort to atronottio"
?~ cjM Qf Mexico?" he asked.
* 1 that country so that she might be a let th<>m fl>,ht thelr battles
.1 valuable ally In the war to come. Alluding to America's tl
When Italy took Tripoli from Tup- fer th<> preflent wac he as
key before the Balkan wnr I men- ( fjght has America to Insli
tinned to the kaiser how opportunely Monrop doctrine of Amerh
Italy had acted, but the kaiser die- mlx ,n European affulra?
missed my remark with an exclnma?- 0(cnlze algo a Monroe docl
tloo- of displeasure, realizing, of rope and keep her hands
course, that Tut key's loss was In a conflict!"
sense his own since he had planned to There Is no doubt that
make Turkey his vassal. ,?|ma^ that the great am
1 To that eod he had sent German of- he had built up would em
fleers to train the Turkish army and carry out his ambitious pr<
_kad supplied them with gunsjtnd mu- out effective resistance.
Bhtions. With an eye to the future. The one power ho most
he had constructed the great Bag- fpr which he professed the
dad railway. tempt was England He 1
When the Balkan war broke out In that England would nevi
1012 the kaiser had (rent confidence measure swords with Ge
that the German-trained Turkish arm? that he could provoke a wi
would acquit Itself creditably and opportune moment came wl
that In the outcome of that conflict hla fear of England's Intervent
European program would make cor Id In 1011, when the interni
erable progress. He told me that he atlon over the Moroccan
had a map of the war area placed In partlru!?trly acute as a ret
his motor and that with pegs he fol- mnny's having sent a gunh
i lowed tip fortunes of the fighting dlr to demonstrate that ah
I armies while he was traveling. ens tn her demands, the
1"**. The Turkish defeats were naturally great hopes that war w
\ a great disappointment to him. might thu? be precipitated
A "These Montenegrins, Serbians and confident that Eugluud wou
ft Bulgarians are wonderful fighters," he of it.
f confessed to me, shertly after Xhe war "England would be afn
ft began."They're out-of-door people' with us, h. told me at the
ftl^end they have the strength and sfnm f#?flr of losing Egypt, India t
' i^ftpa which fighters require. If they Any nation would think ti
on the^way thefre going they'll' fighting my armies, but Ei
.Constantinople In a week! Con- tlc^lnrlv hwfause she woul
those Turks r^JVe furnished o risk the lose of tier ovi
and ^ENultl n nn<1 oles."
kT"11won t When the kaiser's apibBl
4ft V> iP^lOD# to dominate tljU world Is
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ana navy, his whole plan wodlfl "have | vent to his feelings "Th 1
'jV to be abandoned and his dream of tlon."
r? tx w?rld-wlde dominion would be shat-1 "Mv nfiwr*
|Y i tered. j censed at America's attltu
II If ? Y j On one occasion when we were dls- I me, "it will be imposslbli
Y i cussing the Carnegie peace effqrts, restrain them much longei
Y the kaiser disclosed very positively And when, on another <
Y Just where he stood on the proposition, accused Mr. Wilson of dl
X 1 "Look at the history of the nations against Gerniuny, he mi
X of the world," he declared. "The only ninrk: "Wilson's in the h
X nations which have progressed and be- Wall street group 1"
X come great have been warring nations. But, perhaps, the most
X Those which have not been ambitious nunciatlon I ever beard h
X and gone to war have amounted to Wilson was shortly after
t t t t ? t t'$ nothing!" the war. I had been si
OOOOOO Shortly after Wilson had -minted the the greut army headquai
way to peace In Europe in one of his him, and when he entere
Into effect a notps to oil the belligerent powers the he appeared to be In a to'
the German falser called to see me professl >nally Indeed, bis condition was
IX) to 1KMMKH) nn<' we discussed that latest phase of that the kalserln, who wn
f power, they the situation. ent. sought to excuse hi
a "Wehrbei- "The way to pence now seems per- explanation that he had
lent tax. was fectly clear," I ventured. "Only your much upset and had he
cldentnily, I majesty's -ever-Increasing army and very poorly, and she asked
uld have to nnv>' stands in the way. If Germany him gently nud tried to
of paying a K,v" "P her armament, it seems, at the same Mme, but he
nnnn army, we w?uld soon have peace." leave the room and resent?
iwerful that "That Is out of the question for Ger- !r?H "ie that she petted hit
! the world, ninny," replied the kaiser, decisively. We said little while I w
t all and I "We have no mountains like the I'yre- but when I was through a
nrd about It. nces to protect us. We have the open paring to leave, the kai
nder protest, plains of Russia with their vast toward me and suid:
lero was no hordes endangering us. No; we shall "Davis, Wilson Is a renl
[i should be remain nrtued to the teeth forever!" My face flushed, I supp
the German Insult to our president, i
lad to pay it. , CHAPTER X. s? ntment wus so apparei
colonization, ? kaiser immediately patted
of a failure The Kaiser's Appraisal of Public Men. right shoulder and npolog
fused to in- 1 No one ever ?P?'aks to the kaiser un- "I beg your pardon. I)a
ons, and the tn addressed. As that monarch's opln- dared. In a quieter voice
uer the com- ,ons on raost subjects are flrmly fixed you're an American and
irld were an an(* stand no opposition, any pardon for hurting your f
ram of world erroneous Idea he may entertain is jf you only knew, you w<
iny planned vefy aPt to remain with him. His ad- what a scoundrel your p
inllkely that v,sprs were apt to lenve him In errog When It comes to throat-c
ifforts along rather than arouse his Ire by attempt- aon should have his cut fln
e progressed ,n* to 8et him right. But for the fact , Whenever the sun sho
ath than she ??? he *?? very fond of asking Innu- kaiser he grew so optlinh
the world In merahle questions. b*? store of lnfor- failed to pay the slightest
matlon might have been extremely the clouds gathering on t
D00 people," scanty. After the ItHlinn co1inpse. f
>ne occasion, In the course of my conversations he wus so enthusiastic alu
ad room for with him he frequently expressed his tary success In that are
we became views of men who were In the public failed to realize that A
er hands on eye. Upon what basis they were slowly but surely forging t
f we must founded he did not always enlighten bolt that wus to strike him
s why I am m?\ but even when I knew them to be "Now how foolish It wt
kets. Just as erroneous I realized It was useless to president to bring your c
vnli and the try to change them and I did not often this war!" he said. "Ami
tones to the take issue with him. When I did his now see, when it is too late
as I under- eyes would flash fire, but I had ex- ipey niade of themselves
eveloped the pected that and I continued Just the elected a professor for pre
lau-" j 88 mp- America must pay the bill
lection were 1 The kaiser always seemed to take remark and others of the t
fntl'y by the a purtlcular interest in American af- the kaiser's expectation of
ent war, for ft'rs, aad while he professed to de- to exact an enormous in
vas over the RP,se our form of government he pert of his peace terms wa
jrate to the watched very carefully the careers of dlcated, and he felt that Ai
our public men. It Is not unlikely that ing profited the tnost and
ilgratlon for hp imagined. as I have pointed out least of any of the belllgei
said. "My elsewhere in these pages, that he could would be In the best positii
Balkans and Influence our elections by swinging depleted cofTers.
t wonderful the German-American vote In favor of The last time I saw the I
'n there and , candidate he preferred, and he he mentioned the president
land for our i mftde * of ?ur public men in fan of 1917, shortly nfter
I order that he might know which of replied to the pope's peuce
the part he 1 [hpm "ould be more desirable In office "Wilson is an Idealist, ai
struction of from th* German viewpoint. l8t cnn accompli8h nothln,
Icatod by a When Mr. Wilson was nominated for comment. "He went into t
l 1910 when the presidency, the kaiser was quite he might have a seat at the
army head- positive that he wouldn't be elected, hut he will never get It.
Perhaps the fact that Mr. Roosevelt, vent It 1"
ty yeara of for whom at that time the kaiser had Gf Wilson's peace notes,
id must re- the greatest admiration, was one of ls8m.d bef(,re Aroerlcn wt,
,!? I Mr. Wilson's rivals, blinded him to the w:ir. the kaIser remarked:
reely admit- strength which elected Wilson, but the Hm r|ght. the others think t
rid at large, j fn< 1 that the latter had had little ex- America has all the money.
C expansion , P?rlence in International politics un- really wnnts peaqe, let hi
s. lie often titted him, in the kaisers estimation, bills and take care of the
bblng" pro-' f?r Important office for which he and the wur will be over!
usplclon our ' waa running. simple."
??hiiirv. I I aaw the kaiser shortly after Mr. ti,..!..
* Iivtv nuo UU U1UU Ul till
nt of Cuba W80n'8 election. whom the kaiser sigmed t<
n war. He! "* am very much surprised nt the n.uch, before the war, as ?
ew policy a rpsu,t ?' >'our election," he declared. Roosevelt. The kaiser wa
* which was ' d,dn'* think your people would he that Roosevelt had prevent
iclplea upon so HS to p'prt ? college profes- japan by sending the Am
founded I 8nr a's Pro8,dpnt> What does a profes- around the world and sho'
rference In sor know International politics v. as fit. This brill la nf&trol
whs dls- ?nd diplomatic affairs?" , nianshlp, as the kaiser ter
note to Von 1 haven't the slightest dotibt that u topic that he referred tc
ever effort kaiser pictured our president as occasions. It was a forceful
Hh ours a coun,prpnrt of the typical German tlon that was very much al
lent Wilson Pr?fpssor?8 plodding, Impractical, un- heart.
aternal poll- amh,,,OU8 bookworm with no hope or "What I admire about M
"Why not dp8lr* of pvpr parnlnK ?rp ,,m" ?'.<**> most." he said, "is the fact
out alone?" ft y,'ar and no yparn,nK for Pu,,,tc a<> the greatest moral courage
treat to en-1 c,a'm? 0 rpc,l,se, absent-minded and j ever gnew I" The fac
ked * "What' 8plf-ppn,pred. who spent the midnight' Roosevelt had given Gern
* UI)nn ti,p! poring over nnisty volumes and twenty-four hours' notice
anil then i Pn'd Uttlo or ?o attention to what was from Venezuelan waters <
i" her ree-' po'nK on around him' Such a ronn. t0 lessen the kalser'a udn
T f Fu- the kn,8pr undoubtedly believed, the him.
r T ?f thla States had elected as Its chief j heard him shower
?U ? 1 executive and his surprise was more Roosevelt many times nm
. Vn,?or or less natural In those circumstances, the slightest doubt that ht
When Wilson sent .r>,000 men to Vera sincere.
iy .nn. na^y Cruz the knlser felt that he had ex- After the war started, w
" ' ' "'uw' ceeded his rights. velt showed very plainly tl
gram w "What right has Wilson to mix In fpr what nice things the k
f. >l hnt Internal affairs of Mexico?" he have thought and said of 1
_ asked. "Why doesn't he allow them to tnlnly didn't reciprocate l
umos <on It ouj among themselves. It Is the kaiser was very much <11
pr (fare' to their nffalr, not his!" Germany had "I'm terribly disapi>olnl
and fnRn-v buanclal Interests In Mexico and Roosevelt," he deelured.
ir when the l?ollpd with disfavor upon any move way my wife and I enter
thoiit much we madp 'n direction. when he was here as our
. I When, however, the war In Europe tiim to take the stand he
tl_" , | started the kaiser made everv effort ???- ?- * -
? uii^raiuciiiiillij. 1 gtlVt? II K
11iuiini biiu- ^ hnye America ml* In International for him?the greatest honor
i e n** *ff8,r8 provided we fought on her aide, stow upon him and a thin#
t ?> uer- when 1 saw him Just after the war m.Ver been done for a prlv
ont to Aga- started he said yre ought to seize the j^e waa not president then,
ie was sen- 0pp0Ptm?itir to annex Canada and j UJ,e<| to admire hlin very
kal?er had Mexico. now I think the man has
Ith France Can't your president see the won- Hn(j iort mind. I never
and he was derful opportunity now for combtn- would turn ngnlnst us like
Id keep out tng with us and crushing England?" did not seem to realize that
he aaked. "With our fleet on one aide American owed allegiance
lid to war and Amerlca'a or the other we could country,
time, " for destroy England's ?ea power. This If. .'n 191K I asked him whet
ind I "eland. America's great opportunity to dotnl- heard that Mr. .I'ord was <
vice before nate the western hemisphere, and your over from America In a cha
igland par- president must see his chance to take with a delegation,
d not di&e Canada pnd Mexico I" | "Who, Peace-Fo^dT* he li
meas colo- As the w?f progressed and reports I told the kaiser what I t:
reached the Raiser of our IncreasedL the Fsrd expedition. *
ous project shipments of munitions to the alllesi "Hot can your country al
considered son he- like th-* do thlcthlng-H
c.
s. c.
Hat "corinSo understand, was formerly Ifa the ~bl- '
cycle business und knows very little
nlng so In- outside of business matters?
ide," he told ??j haven't ?he slightest doubt Mr. '
s for me to pnrd Is a great business man," the
kaiser went on, "and 1 um sure he
occasion, he means all right, but what a mistake
scrlminating ft is to allow a man so Ignorant of }
ide the re- world affairs to do a ridiculous thing
unds of the like this!"
I told thp kiilsor tVin? t?
? V'"4 iiuu IJCCU
1 hitter de- suggested In some of the American
lm make of papers that if Ford really wanted to
we entered end the war. all he had to do was to
nmnoned to i pay Germany $100,000,000 aud buy ]
ters to ?ee Belgium back.
d the room "One hundred million dollnrsl" the
werlng rage, kaiser repeated, and then after a moso
apparent incut's reflection, us though he had
s also pres- been turning over some figures in his
m with the mind, "No, Davis, it will cost much
he<*n very more than that to get Belgium hack !"
en sleeping It occurred to me that If the kaiser
me to treat really meant what he said on that ocsoothe
him casion, all his talk about "peace withtold
her to out annexation" was obviously a myth
*d Iter show- nru| tlisit the only hope of Belgium's
n- | redemption lay in the military defeat
as nt work, of Prussia. Subsequent developments
nd was pre- amply confirmed that view,
ser stepped In the winter of 11)16, we were talking
of the sentiment in America and
scoundrel!" the conversation turned to Von Berns>ose,
at this torff.
and my re- "Von Rernstorff has been doing very
it that ths good work in your country," the kaiser
me on my commented,
ized. "Well, your majesty," I replied, "It Is
vis," he de- said In America that If ht hud not been
f. "I know such a clever diplomat he would long
I beg your ago have been compelled to leave."
eellngs, but "From all I hear," the kaiser Bald,
auld realize "he hnsn't had a very easy time of It.
resident Is. The American press as a whole has
uttlng, Wll- been conspicuously anti-German, alBt
I" though I understand that one of your
ne for the newspaper publishers bus been friend- '
*tle that be ly to us. Mr. Hearst, for Instance, has
attention to helped our cause very much In your
he horizon, country. He has been telling the truth
'or Instunce, about affairs, which Is more than most
>ut his mill- of the other papers have been doing!"
na that he Just before the king of Greece ?b<llmerlca
was cnted. the kaiser referred to the uttlhe
thunder- i tude of the American press again.
I "Thn * '
I ? Iiv ??uj Iiir nuiri n nil llt'W
is for your and the press of the allied countries
ountry into generally are presenting the Grecian J
i'rleans will situation to the world Is absolutely
, what fools false and a disgrace I" he declared, bitwhen
they terly. "They are entirely misrepre- '
sldent. Now sentlng the facts. Mr. Hearst Is the 1
Is!" In this only one, as far as I can iind, who hns 1
mine import revealed the real conditions and told 1
' being able the truth about them. My, I wonder 1
idemnity as what the people have to say now that
s clearly in- Mr. Hearst has finally exposed the
merlcn, hav- whole thing!" It was only a short
suffered the time afterwards that the king ubdlcat ent
powers, ed and revealed unmistakably which
on to fill his .papers had correctly interpreted the
| trend of Grecian politics. I
kaiser when The kaiser spoke to me many times 1
t was in the about the writings of William Bayard '
Wilson had Hale.
proposal. | "Have you been following Hale's ar- 1
nd un ideal- tides?" he inquired. "What he is '
was his writing about the war Is excellent and 1
he wur that l" really the best material published. '
peace table voices my sentiments exactly, and *
I shall pre- It would be well for every American to
follow this writer's work." I
which were * **od to confess thut there was one 1
nt into the American at least who was not only
"I tliink I no* following Hale's writings, but had 1
hey're right. nov<,r heard of the writer, and the i
If Wilson Imlser seemed to be somewhat dis- t
Im pay the Pleased. >
indemnities He referred to Hale several times i
It is very subsequently and in the meanwhile I
had ascertained that the man in ques
odern times ,'"n w,,s representative in Berlin
i? admire so of tho Hearst newspapers and I sub x
l'residcr t sequent ly learned that he had pubs
convinced l'sl"'d a book called "American Bights
ed war with Rn<' Pretensions at Sea," which
erican fleet explained at once to me why the kaiser
.ving that it wn8 so enthusiastic about him.
ke of states- 1 *n f*1** course of one of our many
med it was conversations on the subject of Amer>
on several 'cnn munitions, the kaiser paid his re
demonstra- 8Pects to Schwab. i
'ter his own "What can one expect from Schwnb, <
who is using the Bethlehem steel plant
r Roosevelt to work ?K'linst he asked. "He Is ]
that lie has ?' Austrian Jew extraction and would 4
of any man work npnlnst anyone for the suke of '
t that Mr mon?y that's in It 1" c
uany's fleet ! "*'ni f?'b?wing affairs In America ?
to steam vory closely," he told me on another '
lidn't "serve oconal?n, before we entered the war. t
itration for "N?t ?f your senators are against t
us. Senator Stone, for Instance, is t
praise on biking a very strong neutral stand, I j
1 1 haven't understand, and it is a pity there are t
? was quite not more ,,ke blm." n
Just before I left for my trip to t
lien Roose- America l'i 101(1, the kaiser called on c
tint no mut- ni<* ,in<? ' tnlc' blm I was leaving. |i
alser might "Well, Pavls," he said, "he careful "
ilm he oer- no* run ngninst any mines or be 41
he' feeling torpedoed. You'll probably be pulled t
sappointed! ln,? Kn^'?nd on your way over. We v
, understand all boats are taken there
"Aft*1 t?r? 'or exan,'n?tb?n." Then, with fire In ti
*r . ." ; his eye, he added: "If you should see n
" ru' f In my cousin the king. In England, kick t
gues , or on ^ shins for mel" ti
has Is very
reat review CHAPTER XI. [ *
I could be- ^ i,
which had _. .. .
. i The Kaleerln.
von know Although I had frequently seen the v
ieh h it ,n the eompnny of the kaiser, }
"n* '.-n ' no* usually meet her until she;
5 ** (. . f became my patient. In 1012, from which
.. ?"f, time on she visited me more or lese
that! He . . t'
. . . regularly.
H r ? C Without going deeply Into her histo
his own it i,,n.7 ho cnfflnUnt ?~ ii .iI)
. - - ,wn" ,,,Bi ;
| when the kn??er .aarrled her, in 1881, 1
her he had Prints!* Victoria ot ?
>n 1 ? way , gchieswtg-Holsteld-Sonderbtirg -Auku*- tf
rtered *iip terh,.rfC she WHB a yvaT ol(,er thHn ,,
i her husband. She commanded no par- g
n qui red. , tjcu|Hr WPn|th ailfj was not HH prepos- p,
tad read of then, perhaps, as she became jj
when, some years later, her hair .
How a man fyrne<j white a/^d softened her rather j
features and too blKhly^fOlared'
Wf , 2 f M? #i?Tlntiwhi??o? to
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occurred one Sunday afternoon ut me
Kerltn palace, where I had been Instructed
to be at three o'clock. I wan
conducted up the stnlrway and, on the
first landing I met the kaiser, who wan ?
waiting for me.
"Well, Davis," he said, "I hope I
haven't spoiled your Sunday afternoon,
but I assure you It wus not for myself
I sent for you. but for my wife. She
hus been suffering for several days and
wi' are going to nave ? state ball ott
Tuesday and 1 want you to get her la
order, so that she can attend It, as It is
one of the most Important social functions
of the season. Follow me, and I
will take you to my wife and Introduce
you."
We accordingly entered a very Inrge
sitting room. The empress. In a negligee
of her favorite royal purple, entered
and shook hands with ine cordially.
She looked very worn, and It
was plain that she had heen suffering
considerable pain and loss of sleep.
She had a handsome figure and waa
stately in her carriage, hut her crowning
glory was n profusion of white
hair. She was then fifty-four years old,
but her luiir had turned white many
years before.
It was said. Indeed, that the change y
had been brought about rather midden-a
ly as a result of certain drugs she had'
taken lu an effort to avert a tendency
to avoirdupois which had developed.
I know the kaiser loathed fat women.
On more than one occasion ho
had said to me as he bade me farewell
: "Well, Davis, you have kept me
here talking so long you hnve almost
spoiled my morning walk, hut I'll tuke
a walk through the Tlergarten Just the
same," and then he would add disgustedly,
"where I presume I will have to
greet all the fut Jewesses In the
pnrk 1"
But to return to the kalserln: The
kalserln's physician Joined us, nnd
there were several maids?very superior
young women?In attendance upon
their royal mistress.
After I had examined the empress
and hnd given my advice, the physician
explained to me In a low voice
that It was necessary to be cautious
and not do much, ns he was afraid of
her physical condition. 'Is
"Anything you do for her
he explained, "would require gry^yod. I
anaesthetic. She Is not in condltl 0f I** ^
utlilwt i.uln 1- " ' &
........ niuiiiui. x nt" umy unaesthctic
her majesty will take Is chloro- *
form. I've administered It to her eleven
times and I know Just what It means.
I'm afraid of her heart at this time. ?
Indeed, Just as soon as I can get her
Into condition I want her ,lo go to
Nauhelm for the cure." ~
Ills alarming words caused qnite n
(lurry among the maids and they/*^"
crowded uround the empress and
begged her to have nothing done that ^
[lay hut to endure her suffering a little /_? v
longer In the hope that relief would
come without the necessity of an oper- J
ation at that time. Their pleadings
prevailed upon the patient to postpone
the treatment.
This made the kaiser very angry and
le walked up and down the room impatiently.
*
"Here," he said, "I've got Doctor- 4 ?
Davis to come In on a Sunday after10011,
and you want to he in shape for ,
he hall on Tuesday, and now w>u ?
von't have anything done! That's the
vny with the women!"
Then he turned to me and said:
'Well. Davis. I'm sorry to have spoiled
rour day." And he dashed out of the
oom, apparently much provoked. I
'elt I had almost witnessed a family
luarrel, but the incident indicated tone
that whatever hopes the kaiser
night entertain of one day dominnt*
ng the world, he had not yet acquired
mdlsfmted dominion In his own house*
lold!
I did not see the kalserin again for
learly a year, when she came to iny
mice witn a lady-ln-wnltlng.
She arrived in her own car. Its approach
was heralded hy the imperial
'Tadi-Tada" without the concluding
'Ta-Tn," which latter was reserved
exclusively for the kaiser, and not . '
wen the knlserin was allowed to use it. ?"
rhe kaiser's "Tadi-Tada-Ta-Ta" was
he subject of much sarcasm among
he proletariat, who satirically put it
o the words: "Celerle-Salat-Ta-Tn,"
in ".Huston to the luxuries of the royal
able which contrasted most unfavor- m.
ibly with the simple meals to which
hey were accustomed; while the so- *
inlists showed their sentiments very.
ilainly hy Improvising the .words:
Von llnsern Oeld-Ta-Xa," .meaning.
From our monev-ta-ta," referring to
he royal immunity from taxation
ihlch was one of their bitterest pills.
It was not long after I had known ? '
he kaiserln before she made clear to
le that she possessed a most dicta* ,v,
orial manner, which was quite in con- \
rust with that of the kaiser, at ieast \
k liep lie ^as in my otJ}c?.
(To be Continued.)
m
i'lliL TKWKI, I P CONOO
ltlVFR FOR THHfiK WKEIiS
London, Sept. 9.?A three weeks'
lp up the Congo river by a steamer
i in store for Harry A. McBride, pf s
>etroit. United States consul in .
ondon, who left here recently on
government mission which will
ike him to Central Africa. Mr. Mcride,
who was formerly United
tates consul in Belgian Congo, exacts
to spend four or five months
1 Central Africa on business for
io United States government.
Before departing for the Belgian
ango, Mr McBride is to go to Monfta,
the capital of Liberia'
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