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' FRlDAY^S^B^Umg. f he Kaiser as I Knew Hi for Fourteen Years By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. S. (CopyrlRht, 191S. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) 2She objected strenuously to romov- flared In nt the waist which Ing her hut and she usually wore a sporty angle ut which he wo large one with a veil but tinally yield- Kave hliu n swagger which tt ed when I explained that I could not foreign to the rest of the ollli accomplish my work satisfactorily uu- army, lie was of slender fig less she did. When 1 placed cotton- was accentuated by his la rolls in her mouth, she insisted that as was nearly six feet tall, she did not like the sensation of the j He came Into my office, I cotton against her lips or tongue, I with u copy of Life in his pi would have to encase the cotton In took it out and opened it ui ibber. me a cartoon of himself wh 1 told her politely hut firmly that my ently caused htm cousideral work wo .id he done in my own way, nient and which, he suld, la and she finally acquiesced. adding: showing his family. "Wi^l, If you make such a point of it : There were two beautiful doctor. T suppose I shall have to let b's 'eft hand and he wort you nave your way." watch, although at that tl from "that "HnitTon the kalserin came watches were used almost t to me more or less regularly. Her women. He seemed to l*ckvy Usmill>' followed her into the n,ul ,|uU k- but no "mans I P jL \ house carrying an artistic lunch box or Perhaps the quality exhlhli M*- rbag containing sandwiches and boull- th,,t impressed me most on ' W 'Ion, of which the empress artook in occasion was his excessive no I-#A t my office. The Princess Victoria trembled till over. It wji k ' jl Louise, the kaiser's only daughter. I aeP he was dreadfully afrai ~ lnay mention, usually came similarly n,1(' evidently realized t W provhled. No Gorman ever lets any- . noticed his condition. / thing Interfere with his ccond break- suppose the crown prim k fast. I future ruler of Germany The empress never spoke on polltl- b? brave nt all times, he ^ cal subjects. She was not particularly )bl". ' ,'"s' 'm'e have tt brilliant and evidenced some reluc- ' tance to air her views on internutidnnl ! S,M>" ' affairs, as though she were not quite 1 ' ' !y. and 1 sure of herself. Certainly, she was not : nearly as talkative as the kaiser. **mnt Rulonbnrg, had ti When she did unburden herself, it was ni<1 "ie previous day. usually in connection with domestic nn* surprised he ha uiil , t. ... , . . fkn . I ?- . suujft is. K >\its sam in ticrnuiny that w"r ??? too " her only Interest in life was represent- crown prince declared. "Hi l , ed by the "three K's,' Kinder. Klrche P'4ct to have Rood teeth; h r? / and Kuche children, church and eating. As for myself, I eal kitchen and there Is no question about ' 1? reiTiuin thin. 1 ha 4 it that she seldom spoke on other sub- P'1* Jects w hen talking with me.. The crown prince and I <\ The knlscrin came to* me after the a'ong very well at that tin ^ wur with America^iur.teU, but appar- fro,n the fact he was suei ,v j ently fhe had felt sortie hesjtatloti coward that It wns almost x about'doing SO, because the kaiser told to work 011 hi,n a?tl?f?c me shortly before her visit that she *cemed to have no idea of tli % intended coming, but polntt^^nit that ?* an appointment. . she had decided to do so nnlH^ on his He would agree to he nt recommendation. at 9:30 and I would plan n In June, 1917, I received a letter cordlngly. At about ten In frnui the kaiseriu's pii vMieiuu luO'os- OM" rr" "P -'"y he wr V- ing one which he said had been writ- hand eleven, and he woul ten by the kaiserln, but Which Was \rrive about twelve. This * both unsigned and'unaddressedt It several times, and I old li requested We to visit the royal palace couldn't huve my work bro *^tt Hotnhurg v. d. Holie, which, In con- Unit way. . ... i Junction with the adjoining town of Although I did not see 1 / . Kreuznach, was then the locutlou of prince again professionally . the great army headquarters. the crown princess came V During the time I was there I could 1913, and from that time 01 ' * not help observing how extremely tim- more or less regular visits. Id the servants seemed to be of the " woman of great charm a ' nisorln. One expected to find the genee, and although she utmost servility anion kaiser's Itusslan than German in her ^ * underlings, but I confe' ?me rath- for some time after her mat i j er as a shock to me to see the maids rather generally criticized o jl walking so timidly and talking so fear- count, she soon became fully when in the presence of their popular and today is very .' white-haired royal mistress. I noted mired by the German people. particularly how very gently they ,Slie was one of the most c knocked at the door before entering and Informal of my royal pi and how, after knocking, they luiinedl- remember one day when I ' utely placed ihelr heads against the ing on I'rinccss Hatzfeld, w panel that they might catch the loud "Hoo-hoo" from the ^ . kalserln's low conii:ia!:(l to enter the The crown princess had li \ * .. time, and so make it unheces- the L'rUicess Hatzfeld, wh < "V ^ snry for her to repeat it. Their do-' crent chum nf tmr? ? ?!? in " . mennor was particularly noticeable Jap ami hud followed her into \ W" cause tIn* kulserin never sei i ied |o unannounced, j ' display the slightest impatience or 111- The l'rlncess Hntzfeld, I . . .temper when denUiik with lu-r serv- (|on, wns an extremely Intel joints. Indeed, she seemed to me to net beautiful young woman, an **Uno differently from the humblest haus- 0j her intimacy with the cr Mfl'iiu In the (tnislry. cess, I took u keen intere ? . SyBefore I left Hamburg, she nsked me views she expressed from tin ' * wRftther I was comfortaply situated and Her m'other was an Ainertear y tyf everything was all ti^ht for me. i when she called on me on i T'told'Jter that everything was quite |on 0ftOr the war had star f V a?Ol*fn<jHi|v and tnentloped particular-, pPftted to her the gist of a ?' Jb ly fakw ftlvA ItAvoa to have food exactly llou j bnd had a few days h? f as W(*AudItirfMt hefhre the war. ( j,er fntliea, Excellenz von Sti f ry^ftad. "we have every-' mformed me that he had lit * '' thing. I "what f eat. to convince nil Germans of K I watch my 1 that It would (p? a serious n ^ V northwest oK>, how \ofyderfur It annex Belgium. must bc^tb forests xty jmlnees\ifcw thoj % -prom morning to night I 1 *>%.? Homhurg jsh.^ln^p nt, fhe 4??autleS^ trv|ng to tMl(.h oUr ,H.0p|e soi ^ of whlcfc ttad de^Kf. HnprjssM hie, , h(. had declared. "With the . * adding: iyid?T?tnujJ, i Poland and Alsace-Lorraine has sixty otdW*>^(^ni^T|inot . I.why should we take more rr "Not quite sixty." she cbrrectejJ. "Be- jties on our shoulders hy tween fifty and sixty." ] Belgium? The Lord only V * Between fifty and sixty palaces! have our hands full as It Is I could not help thinking of the re-1 gee and I never have seen mark the kaiser once made to me when many can possibly win this ' talking of the manner In which Amer-1 ?y0ur father seemed to he lean ml llonnlres made their fort sues: slmlstlc regarding the outloo "It breeds socialism !" her. When the time came for me to re- ?The sad thing about It.' k turn to Berlin, the kalserln hnde me plle(, "i8 thnt father Is alwa adieu, but uttered not a word of thanks j neVer knew him to make i for my huving given up my practice ln judgment." for three days to work exclusively for When the crown prince cull k f her. u,(. agiiin 1 wns surprised i * ? considerable change In his g* J bL > CHAPTER XII. pearance. Although, of cours - teq years older, he hnd at \ j* t The Crown Prince and Others. thaa I would have expected Lx_ I first saw the crown prince profes- were j|ne8 ,,n pis face which l k} alonniiy in the spring <>i 100.%, a for iU()k ()i(|t.r than his thirty-tin KJf * montlis tiefor.- liis marriage*. He was ]n (he (fater world he was twenty-three y.nrs old. Ilo <ti<sjbelieved to be one of the tea. Ml ' IfLllie IMllfnriH i t n ttwmen ^Ike n rorps stu- ^ arnong j^,, own j)eop|t. | li^K wT" \ J^tLfn< t ,IimT '*'* "lC<!, .credhed with sufficient ul>lli t 't Vj^pyficur froiu duel-1 flUfnc<? |0 i>w much ??f n fa< t rn^l wUh timsf deed, within the past year he tJLJi X "i "it,rs- criticised rather severely in <t^ ^ha Twf\^nd? cjet (or hlJj indifference to i ;' ' in which his country wu& Ins. % v v THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, for. not taking the war seriously 1 vlee was something that .. ; Y enough, ai^d from all I was able to press will never Btop ei ! Y .observe of him during the visits he but by Just what acclden Y piild- me after.the resumption of our happened to come within HI a* relations, these criticisms were well bullet has never been dls< X founded. The newspapers, however, ertheless he received the I a which were naturally Inspired, always the first class, or, as not a brought his.name to, the front when- realized the significance "A ever the army he was accredited to dent, remarked, "A tlrst-cls |X made any successful showing just as I for a second-class wound." tX they did in the case of the kaiser. As he limped Into mj *X Duriug his various visits to me 1 young prince he Is now X j tried to draw him out rt little on dlf- eight remarked: "See v X ferent uspects of the tnternatloni\l sit- your damned American b t , , , 1 nation, but the ideas he expressed me!" OOOOO were not of much moment. "How do you know It w "The allies think we will mn short If"" bullet?" I asked. ... tkfl of man-power," he said on oim occa- "The Russians have notl re l?ls cim slon. "but we've got 2,(XX),000 youths I l?ld him on one occai was quite' mowing "P ?ud we'll soon be ?ible to people were complaining cers of the Pu^ them in the war. There's 110 clan- shortage, ure, which K''r "f our ruimi"K *hort of men, but, "They have food enoii ?lgl,'t. He rt;u".v, I wish it were all over. This swered. "The best thlnj war Is a lot of damned nonsense, you to complain ! Don't they remember knowl" talked as if the two mil- America? The fact Is tl a ket He "?n ^rowing-up youths of Germany much to eat. anyway. The, id showed wt>re created for the HohoflzoUcrns to what they want." Ich'appar- Ust* 1,8 ,,"*y . pu.rTvl| )le amuse- Another remark he made which in- chapter XII i Intended 'heated how sadly he misconstrued the epoch-making significance of the great Kaiser at Army H< I rings on w,,r in u,li< li the whole world was To what extent the kais , u wr|st involved was quite characteristic. slble for the failures am me wrist- "tVItu ?o many men at the front," credit for the successes < xcluslvely : l,e sai,, ' "H> ,,H,n home ought to be 1,1 the present war, I am be hrlglit having a tine time with the women, sit ion to say, but if lie did irllliant t*h' wl,ut? !>'? vou see many good direct the mllifary policy ted by him hiuking girls in Ilcrlin now?" kept closely in touch wit 'that first In t,l,s col,,u?c'tion I may mention that was going 011. From rvousnes ,,"lt maM-v ,nor'* solier officers ginning of hostilities he I is plain to ' 11 l,u? tl,Mt ,,u'y were '"sgusted with Jor P"rt ?r the time at tin d of 11 in t,u> ,,,uniu'r in which the crown prince headquarters and was in > bat I had WUS ac,''>g at l,ls headquarters. "It is sulfation with ills military j really a disgrace." they ?omplainc>d, 1 had several opportui ,p nnd tj|e | "for (lie crown prince to have so many the kaiser while he was a ought to ' H"'s,lonuble women visiting him. It great army headquarters, remarked I wr,allll>' 'loesn't set much of an ex- In the spring of 1010 i) to to ti hniple for the rest of tlie staff." long-distance telephone 11 The whole situation appeared to the the great army headqua anv mora- 1 <Tmvn l,r,?ce very much in the light WMS then in the paiuce ci ' of a Joke. von I'less at I'less, to til I told him .... . . .111 imbcrlaln v'' corne fro,n the western the kaiser wanled me to g icon to SOS tr'>n.." ne told me. "My num. are up During the course of r 'o their knees in water iliid nv l ?* his private secretaries s to go to VV,' vt" '^n having lots 0/ fun pui.?;? P?'?tedly with telegrams n inch'" the ,p~ 'he water out of onr trenches Into for i u Kaiser, and lie \\ the French trenches." I excuse himself and read 1 ' . * "WpII I i tlllliN lip U llll/l h*"- u 11111 it 1 ? "- r.fiun pump to rnnsrlt with Imitortant ps nlwaye it rich 1 back ngalu, don't they?" were there to see him. very little. "You're quite right, quite right. npypr Ronp ,or4. than ten te fat peo- that's exactly what they do. lteally. ti|up It's a great lark." j (jpj nnt think he look* lid not tret Itcmn rks of this kind rather sickened >ny w<>n H<i spi.mKl to , ie. Apart nu. nf tIiIm self-satistied yountr man. ^ vpry pttle to t a physical j roaUzo(i, of course, that his part in ^ ,n.licati.,n that he wai Impossible thp NVlir was phiyed at audi a safe nornin, torlly. he (jistan?.,. from the front lines that he wh >n my wofK fop {ho ie meaning wns probi,bly not familiar with all the , ^ hlg vi|h,f w|l(| horrors of trench warfare, and yet It ^ been ex?>used, my olhco r?tuld not be possible that lie was un- jjJlZP,i a4 for H moiium iy day HC- aware of the terrific loss of life ami th(>n apn,po8 cf nothlni e was apt the untold a irony and suffering which wl1h'th4, rather renuirkali mid be on muiions of his people had to endure ^ ^; Th^ mnn w,u) , Id actually while the "nonsensical" war contln- catastrophe on the w haprened jjed. should he strung "P '?>' * ilin that i After dlplomntlc relations were thj|f nmn lg n()t j HS (hp ken up in broken off between America and Ocr- ^ think! The czar of IB many, the crown prince and his fain- k|nK 0f Knglaml, when t the crown uy ceased coining to me. They were : wedding of my dutif until 1915, afraid, no doubt, of public criticism, u( njy 0wo house, mind to me In although the kaiser was not. blood relatives hutched a paid mo of the kaiser's other children, ntI!l|:iSf me. They were She was prince William Eltel Frederick and I)|y power, hut they wil ad iiitelll- prince Oscar were the only ones 1 what that power is." was more never mot. t ju the same breath nln Ideas, and Prince Adelhert, the kaiser's third inconsistent remark riage was Ron Wns a very hnndsymc and charm- wjl( npvpr j , aP|e to raisi n that nc- |nf. nmn. II*' always came to me at- army . p took Germany extremely tired in a naval officer's uniform. 1 y i;i|.s |o u,.co,npiish wl much ad- saw him but a few times, as he was tlonp seldom in Berlin, and he never talked j ^omt, time after this, or lemocrntlc on matters of general Importance. I merchants in Berlin iitients. 1 never saw him after America entered heard on the sto was work- the war. that the kaiser had made e heard a prince August Wllhelm. the fourth 1h it 1h(> kjnK ||UI, c./ar anteroom, son. was perhaps the most democratic ^ ^ against him, ui card that 4>f them all. lie sometimes came to r<.|M..(t,.r| the kaiser's stat 10 was a see me in an ordinary tuxlcab and lie ( realized that he mi my office was the only one of the kaiser's sons 8aine thing to others, my place whom 1 ever saw In civilian dress, lie f.j(||1 ,,( ,jH. starling of the was the first memher of the royal fnm- lijf > 4.|r(.,,|ation with the mav men- lly to come to me after the nntrd r go|vPp? the kaiser. It cer ligent and of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and | ^ ^ |t(lliv, v,... ..... 11 because lie w?? t>> K ? * it'll lit" rillli l|. % .. .. - own prin- He looked very Had and dejected and ,n:m* ^"'"iselves. Tlie m st In the gave me the first intimation that the to nie about It, at an le to time, tragedy of Sarajevo would almost in- bleu. "tnl I nov I. evitahly lead to a general war. I P"'"' seriously raised by one occa- In January. 101R. in speaking of the of ted, I re- part that America would take in the I?< fore I left the ktitsei conversa- war, he mentioned that his officers had sP,,k,> ?r the Anglo ?fore with told him that 60.0(H) Americana were which had been fioated main. lie on the western front. "We don't be- nml <v,n(,?tnned ns sever, en trying lieve It, however." he added. "How 1 tenniicing It. When I t< intluence could they get thore without our know- <J?Tinnn.v *?m?I also iloate mistake to ing It? Our U-honta would certainly A,m'rir". he replied: "Hi have fouud it out. No, Davis, it's not ?"lv Kt,0(H?, while tin have boon true.' 0tH),00O! to which I natur ae sense," Prince Joachim, the kaiser's young- "'at the size of the loai history of est son, and one of the last of the tuinly o?t affect ttie que in mind, royal family to visit me, reminded me neutrality in Moating it. aponslhll- very much of his eldest brother, the "c eritlelzed our hnnkr retaining crown prince. Ho was tall and slender '"ed the '"an, and when I mows we and would have been good-looking but ever seen the nun . I don't for a retreating chin" which was very lnnn names tiuit nppcnre< how Ger- pronounced. He had as little respect of bankers who were Int. var I" for public opinion ns the crown prince, s"''l he ha.In t read flu very pea- nod while the U-boat Deutschland was was quite sure there was k," I told on its way to America principally to Now York which wouldi firing hack n cargo of rubber, the sup- but hank wouldn't ton * she re- P'Y of which was exhausted in Ger- th,,t would he detrimen iys right I many, this sixtii son of the kaiser was many! lie added, i mistake driving around the country in a big Several months later I car and using up enormous rubber toj'less again and was si led to see while rubber was worth its snni?* room i laid visited 01 to find a welgljt in gold and many cars for the ; occasion. - When the knlse neral ap- ar,n> ***** supplied with plain iron stood ere< t. with ids handf e, he was wheels. j clicked his heels together rod more This prince vfls the only member of a* n ^oltlier snlufcs a > I. There the royal family to get near enough opr- smiling as he did so. made him to the firing line to get shot. The In- was in g?od humor, ee years. J"ry> which lie received while at the Nevertheless he hnd but generally western front, was only a slight flesh His criticism of Mr. Wllso? ling splr- wound of the thigh, t>ut It was enough cnslon I have recorded e Ueriaany, to H,"rt him limping through history. | these pages. was not ^ w"8 such a su|H>rflelal wound that In June of 1P17, after tin ty or lu- couldn't have caused him one-half ! headquarters had , heen Ptor. In- ns "ineh pain as It gave the whole, j Homburg v. d. Hehe, and had been ro.vnl Jsmily pleasure. J (two neighboring villages) army clr-' -The fact that one of the kaiser's | there to see the kaiserln the crisis * ?wp sons had actually been wounded j weeks later I went there i il v? . *,r>d ' shed his rtu* hltaai in. active ser- the, kaiser. I pot Iced at t_h< i -Z *" ' W. j \ " jbf.XX V *> lv%adl that "rJtney gg > s. c. the Inspired 1 . . owing over" kn'sprs Private train composed t the prince ' dnrk *reen l'nrs "P?n each of range of the iT,"" P""nlv marked the imperii dosed. Nev- i nr,,,s. The cars had special I ron Cross of 1 me one who 1 uo roo,,ls wpre nsslgned to of the Incl- 1 ?ne of t,,e "PPpr Poors of the iss Iron cross |",d m.v meals consisted of the i kind of food as I had always h f office the f?r<> ,,l? wnr* "mi?uigh the hung only twenty- df,,nlc wns raging throughout th. ilint one of ,ry' Tt WQS "'most worth the ti ullets did to ",P the meals alone. After I had treated the kaiser as nn Amor- !"ornlnf 1 went to my rooms, as ] It would he three o'clock bof? fling else!" would he ready for me again, lie <lon that the a,Iowwl ?nything to Interfere w of the food after-dinner nap. After the kaiser had had his > igh," he an- wns s,|nimniied to his dressing C they do Is Ile errtprp'l the room attired In complain in ' nmlorsliirt. It was tli iey have too time I had ever seen him in i y don't know ktate of plehian negligee, ami I | ed more or less of a shock. I ha so accustomed to seeing him i l|. form, both in pictures and in j that it had never occurred to n ntwloenikiiilt ?>> >< i(imiilMlll| Hint, P.UHIMH ??> lMM adquai ters. I prohahly dressed the s:i ;er is respon- j wo |,.ss,.r mortiils. I noticed in 1 entitled to j aPy (jiat when he put on his 11 ,f his armies poat ,u, lt on ri^ht over his not in n pie sj,irt. not netunlly HomburK was inneh nearer t , he at least | j, nUp than Pless. ulthounh. of i h everything nt n very safe distance. 1 n the very he- however, that here anti-aireraf ived the ma- ,ia(, planted, hut apart fro B Rreat army there was hardly any more ti constant con- than there had heen at l'less. r leaders. While walking down the cor titles to see wnH Rt0pped l?y an officer and t the various who j Nvas tuit, as a rule, I cat went without molestation and I received a had to show my pass, which one tcssnge from kaiser's adjutants hnd ?lven n rters, which whloli permitted me to enter am f the Prince anny headquarters for the whol e effect that 1917. ro there. When I was driven throui ny work one streets of floumunr. 110th comin came in nv an(] goinc to the railroad station ind messatres kaiser's motorcar, and the scroti otthl usually or r, on the front seat, hh Ihetn. Sonic- horn, people en mo running <1 otied out id? stores and from afar to ^ct a v persons who ,jl(. n- ,rtnnt personage who or but he was <|(. i^dsi-r's own car! Many o minutes at a juluteJ tnc or raised their liats, thought how anjrry they wotiit Ml exception-I ^een iiatl they known they wet lie very tired | ti(J, themselves to so much trot; say in itself | 8uhlt e an alien enemy! > ,w.? 1 . i The ridiculousness of tlio I thing impressed tin* very much morning was : tpp moment I was part of thi hail assisted which was ever being tnnde i tho kaiser , pr),S!< nn<l awe thosp whom the t or two and wns pp.as,.(l to refer to as "in l?, burst out | j,!,.'* \,ut ??aose approbation ile announce- j everything, even to a inonurcl brought this ; ruk,s .py ,pvine right." orhl, Davis, i . he neck, and , CHAPTER XIV. world seems _ tssia and Jife The Kaiser and Things Amer hey were at Among the (.ermatis generallj rhter guest j,. n surprising degree of ignorai you. and tny garding conditions in America. I this plot t,ntraveled (Jertnan has hut thev i envious of . pp,ns concerning our people hi I now leurn institutions. I have had path | intelligence and education ask n mst he made we are ahe to cope with the Ii : "Kngland p, view of ttie extent of derma b an ellielent gration to Ameriea and the va one hundred ume of rotninereial transactioi tat she has tuecn the umi countries. it Is unhelievahle that such erroneo 10 of the big- tions should prevail in these e told me that ened days, hut they do. ck exchange | fact partially serves to e the remark pmv ,,nSy p was for the kaiser a had hatched inspired press to pull the woo id as I had tp(, peoples eyes regarding the ement to n<> portance of Atnericn's entry in ist have told , war. It doesn't explain at all If this ver- ! ever, how completely the kaise war was put I s,.|f underestimated us and our idea of ah- fnr i ,i( iht whether there is at tainly didn t eigner living, who lias never ong the tier- i America-who knows more n'eo erchant who i COUntry tlian the (Jcrman emper< iv rate, made 1 ,iei.,i p0 was more familiar with er heard the (tf (>ur problems than nianv < mo one eiso countrymen : ml he frerpient Iv od to me it) flic course of our < r flint morn- sntbms lmw thoroughly posted I -French loan OM American conditions. In America i.,,tm In fore the subject of ly for conn- conservation was f.:!: !? up scrm >ld him that tj!is country, the kaiser pointed i| a loan In what a front mistake we tit ours was niakinir in not devoting more eirs is *M0.- tion to it> ally rejoined "Can you tell me, r?nvis. wli n could cer- hove so many forest fires in yoni stion of our (rv?. j)0 asked, after a parti< destructive eoiitlncrntlon m the rs who hnn- jind destroyed many acres of t asked him if "How does it happen?" tiber of tier- j explained to him flint most 1 on the list forest jjr,.s came from sparks rested In it, locomotives. Careless lumherm list, but he |owed the branches which they I one hank in (l(y t|H, (pees to remain on the f i't touch it. nn<j when they were iunitad by f ru iiii.vuiiiiK die (ire sometimes spread to the tal to tier- timber. As the facilities for guishfnc lire in these unpopulat was railed g|onu were prartlenlly nil and tl liown to tho mute made the timber partlrulai i the former f|ummnh1e. these tires usually at r entered ho serious dimensions, i to his side, "That points out again the and saluted Cj,,nov (,f your form of governmei uiperlor old- co,nmented. "You have laws req and I knew ^pways to use appliances rest the sparks from their er little to say. haven't ynuY Why don't you e i on this oc- tin.m? Your people don't set lsewhere In ro ||/(. ttmt it takes years to g j tree, lleoause you have more tin ? great army j todi.y, yqu make no prepn removed to f,,r tomorrow. For every tre Kren/nnrh down another should he plant< 1 \s as called yon <ton't adopt some such tneasti , and three time will surely come when Ai ngaln to see wl,j have to turn to Germany fc i station i ber." ^ PAGE THREE ' I ^ ^ of five The kaiser was n harsh critic of oup wiiich election system. The idea of a fourll cont year term for the president was nat[olding orally cpugnant to one who held suet* exalted notions as to the rights oC me on rulers. It would be too much to expalace poet the Ilohenzollern mind to approve same of a constitution which provided for ad bo- tiie ruler's return to private life after- . er epl- a period of four years at the heud of ^ coun- the government. *? rip for ||o declared that with ft consta' change of administration It was qu^.%* In the out of the question for this country I knew to follow any definite policy. It was ire he had enough even so far as internal never affairs were concerned, he said, but ith his such a system made it impossible h? ' thought for America ever to take fll :leep. I prominent place is international pollroom. tics. a red "You can't expect the nations of th<* e first worlu to deal with America as they <uch a <le.il among themselves when the next receiv- change of administration may nieaa* <1 been the adoption of an entirely new foreign n unl- policy," he declared. "There can bi* icrson, nothing stable about the foreign policy 10 that of a nation whoso loaders change everyf up the four yours:" ine as iticrienn party politics wore a concidont st*ilit souroo of embarrassment to th? lilitary kaiser. Ho always soomod undecided under- as to just how no should receive an Aiaorioan of prominetive. If lie haplie fir- poned to lie of the same political faitl* course, as the administration, tlio kaiser was oticod, at raid to do him too much honor foe t guns four of offending the opposing party, m that who might win the next election; and ictivity if lie wore not of the same yiarty a* the administration, the kaisor^toared ritlor I to honor him lost more immediate reasked sentineiit he stirred up in America, no ami Thus no refused to receive liryan on seldom two different occasions when a Uepuliof the liean administration was in power, le and He criticized very strongly, too, our 1 leave election methods. le year ''Instead of discussing principles, your political candidates exchange perrh the sonalities." lie said. "My people would g from he shocked at the sort of speeches and , in the accusations which figure in all your d-ninn, political campaigns. Over here, notlii?w the jag of the kind is ever heard." tit of rile kaiser was very much interested lew of in our negro problem. It seemed to copied have a great fascination for him, and f them ||(. frequently referred to it. He told and 1 mo that he understood there we*w I have iri.noo.in"negroes in this country, hut e put- they were dying off in great numbers lole to through consumption end other diatrt \vh 1 rh fhou .. ???V/ \fll V M U UU1 whole resistance. For "The negro will always he n groat p play problem in your country, however," h?" to lin- added. "They don't jnix socially with kaiser the whites, and there will he constant y poo- friction. My brother (l'rince Henry), means when he returned from his visit tcj h who America, told me a lot about these negroes. Indeed, one of th? -most lm pressive things he heard there was . choir of negro voices. He said the sang some wonderful melodies, au< ican. their voices were as clear as hells.", | r there After the war parted, the kalsett* * nee ro- referred to the negroes again. "Now* is your chance to settle your negro nguest problem." he declared, half facetiously, id our 0f course. "If America insists upon 'its coming into the war. why doesn't slio io how S(.n,] her negroes across and let us idlnns. niiont tltetn down?" ,* n end- When a fleet of onr battleships vis- ?. 1-1 It ed Kiel some six years ago tiio Unison' * is he- |,.,j,| them a visit and was very much almost jot,.rest. d. When he called to see ir,< us no- abort I v afterward lie told tr.i of his , nliglit* eX|M.ri;.n, e. r "1 went over the ships from top to vpliiin bottom," he declared. "Tlte> are ex nd his client vessels, every one of them, and 1 over j vvas v,.,.y much impressed w.^i the Uliiin- way they lire manned and ottice>,ed. I to the have only one criticism -the i;!''1.:*1, how- Worh conning towers, or light ini5 , r him- |n.,S(S< The mil.v possible use I ennt V power, K(M> j|t theiit^woilld he to train vines .ij* ly for- jhcin ami Install an elevator insidtj visited an(] st?rvo p. j(, the afternoon to the olir Indies no top tlm tnoyt beautiful pith .* ,r* fnr serving afternoon tea I can liaag i many lilt*. ,!,ir "Hut. seriously speaking." he wont: reven I- (jn j s,.,. t lilt t tin -< masts l.<t \ ?** onver- anv vnluo. nil the contrary, to was j st.e very serious disadvantages In tlieiu. No ntattor what nation yoa forest , ight ho fighting. your enemy would u :y In |\v;:vs tie able to recognize you at n * out to distance, before you could identify ' wore j,,^ because the warships of all other utten* nations look very much alike at a dis^v^ tam o. " ' iy you "They say these conning towers ar? rutin- armed." he went on, "but you would marly never get close enough to your enemy, ^ ^t St to use such small guns. Again, If ono nnher. (tf j|,,,se masts were hit It would send ^ a shower of steel about the heads of^ of the t],p men on board, ami would not oul J ^ from j)Ut many of them out of action, but en al- T M,ld ? o In the wtiy. Suppose, too, opped ttie mast were struck down nn<l hnn? * - . round OV(.r the side? It would drag through quirks f|u, water, and would not only serlouSuncut jy impede the vessel, but It would- ^ extln- oinise the ship to list nni* expose ? r ed re- larger area on one side thrfn would bo le ell- snfe. No, Davis, your fighting masts, . rly In- lJS j |mv?> snld, might answer flrs^^fjT tfgued for s,.rving tea. hut I don't thyik inCJ ^ of them for active service." . v.., lneffl- put Jf kaiser saw much Ini it, he American whys npd customs to contiirlng deinn, he likewise saw much to cointo ar- uii'iid. and, before the war, he wiis igines. nigral in Ms praise of many of our ntoico qualities and acliieveiuents. 'til to row n ( To be ContfDuod.) in you * ration 1 " . ti e cut I'.'c "Sh<?"t" in Till*v AikUd. If - v ^ ire the They are golnK to Ml 'oiJ ? ne'rlca wo" 'lt Oklahoma, this ^ ear as ?r Urn- a compliment to the visitors to Uic , Confederate reunion.