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I The Kaiser as I Knew Him -• for Fourteen Years | to fete of ; qaaNItei mhC »rter<i H# wm mm la tW * r i|^«i«»••<• mm4 4te- ' rnwtif* of Hurt mall. To mak** < ^rmany *rlf »up|mrtlnff m tmf food nmnafoio oroco onarareod w ** <, ®«* of hill drurmt ambllWma. He r**ali*nl tm* of the otarki at fevoc * 111 Ida ponfdr Ofthold him TWy will atoad hehitwl him aa lutig aa h** coam foroard; Ihrjr will repmlinlr him aa wmO aa ho tuma bark. They will aerialm him la By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. S. (Copyright. 1*1*. by tha McClura Nawapapar Syndicate.) CHAPTER XIII—Continued. After the kaiser had had Jiis sleep, I was summoned to his dressing room. He entered the room attired in a red flannel undershirt. It was the first time I had ever seen him in such a state of plehiun negligee, and I recelvy ed more or less of u shock. I had beep so accustomed to seeing him In uni form, both in pictures and In person, that It had never occurred to me that underneath that symbol of pomp the kaiser probably dressed the same as *ve lesser mortals. I noticed incident- dly that when he put on his military **oat he put it on right over his under shirt. r , —. Ilomburg was much nearer the fir ing line than I Mess, although, of course, it a wry safa distance. I noticed. howevJr, that here anti-aircraft gum had b«4»n planted, hut apart from that there Kvns hardly any more activity than t4ero bad he^u at Plea*. W hffle walking down the corridor 1 that In tbc event of war hi* (Humph, hot will not tolerate him In year term for the president was nat urally repugnant to one who held such exalted notions as to the rights of rulers. It would be too much to ex pect the Hohenzollern mind to approve of a constitution which provided for the ruler’s return to private life after a period of four years at the head of the government. He declared that with a constant change of administration it was quite people would probably suffer more from lack of food than they would from hostile bullets, and he was hoping that he would be able to obviate that condition before his country was put to the teat He was constantly preach ing simplified diet and the conserva tion of food reserves, and he had great h<H>es that much could be done in a scientific way to help solve general food problems. When attending din ners given him by his officers, his wishes respecting simple menus were always carefully followed. The kaiser enjoyed American hu mor. He was very fond of Mark Twain, and he followed one or two of the American monthlies and weeklies more or less regularly. He told me mit «f thJ-auoKtlon for his country L, one vveD , wWle , 0 y, BlttlDK to follow Buy definite policy. It was | r<)<|m |n ^ bad enough even so far as , ‘ l | er ° a ) I something In'an American magazine, affairs fere concerned, he said, but i . * w* , w , . , ’ , ’ , ' he ran across a story which caused such a system made it impossible he ... , * . . , . ... * 1 him to laugh so much and so loud that the ladies of the court, who heard him In an adjacent room, came running in with their knitting to see what {he matter was. The kaiser had little respect for our architecture. He thought our sky scrapers, of which he had seen Illus trations, were hideous. “How terrible to desecrate the land- thought for America ever to take a • prominent place in international poli tics. “You can’t expect the nations of the world to deal with America us they deal,among themselves when the next change of administration may mean tin* adoption of an entirely new foreign IKdlcy,” he declared. “There can be imihing stable about the foreign policy wu* stopped by an officer and asked of a nnilim whose leaders change every wlth t oorh tall buildings, ^ be who I was. but, as a rule, I came and 'four years.** went without molestation and seldom had to show my («*«. w hich one of tl>* »alscr** adjutants had given ire and »' hlch permitted me to enter and leave army bertuquarter* for the whole >**ar ItlT. When I w.n driven through tin* •lreef• of ||«imt»wrc both r»»ming from md going tn the fwllnsit! alatbm. in tb«* . American party politics were a con stant source of einlairrnssment to the kaiser. He always se«nicd undecided as to Just how be *.boi|id re«*elve an American of pr«Nnint*tiie. If be hap* ftened to be of the same ptdltlrol faith as the adiulnl»trutb«. (hr kaiser was too uiu« h honor fur t dmlob afraid to do h .ear of olTrndi who might win »* »■ it. b hfl r» >4 o etiminenterL “Tliey hurt the eye. How- sun |HM»pic live In them?** I explained that most of the build ings to which be referred were office building*, but that we did have four teen and fifteen-story apartment teniae* ami hotr’s, ami even higher ones, la which the u|*per floor* were used for living purists*-* just the sume aa the rty. , low.*r anew. lie rowlda*! he , ve It tmi pamuble that prople would rwevsent to ns lire ao far the ground, and fr pr*«f*lc entrm m Liu tag otil of tha aduunit •iratlcUL the kai* eT fra red b » • r wfeete ta Vftait a Hare tl POP and fraui efsr V* i g t a vlrw mi to buftte hi m le*t terofe | edlaU re- ffi SB ffi % rffi ffiffii p story tefeteva tbr gv«H pnteauf per■ ism r p tebo tecteiptavl MHittesatet 1 te eilrred up Hi Ausavlra feaMr. | rat bn r got (be Idea tbat be l km oartl effi f 9 Matey of tbrtt) Thus ba fr fused !• fere 1 ' UN) . •ffuid mi bn igbt. radar ( tbe build 1 M# m rml«r4 th 'ter bat*, and 1 tw«s dtffrra* it a**aoiete* u i te stapuB I lewa prevalli teg Ite Oenteo* ay tea fe** ‘4 « bte« aagry tb mr m HR ateffiluft Vffi Urate tedteBia iiOl r at •ua as* fiffiiHI lag mi Otetev (baste fe* m aioeim may ft fc ted they tea ten i •bey wme pm i He rtlllel laed vary ate* *.4 \ I orortad Vth MtetertvteS Ite Ote H iv h tr vLl. i•• • lerf tote ase ItW'd# tVvbtepe tft te gteahty tba i fete ote* (fete abate steamy * "tteatated uf ffiartenii ffi prttertpAeu, ufessffi in feu iff so teptet ffidfetefehstesteam mi tha teffidr 1 vteur ytelMle al nMwifedMiaa # t < tete#» par HTbate flrsHI e ffi right ua O tf VUg 4 1 lffi& Mffiffi R tr ry osterh Fte 1 1 roarolfetlate" be mfed *Mf l * yar ateoM T rstepaffiadar Fs#dL ffi Be tfeffi ffi ! ausatel 1 tewa |*« ri uf tbe pffiy be sbterbM at (ba mmt mi *f» (rrbea tetete ear 4 f da t * of avtteffi*ro (fete fete! * as nwd a 1 wtMe esew sg sss«W wlman the t to no ~w ^fwhnfM n msmnrv * > Tin ■ # teetenn testae ftphl 1 CMAFTCffi i one nod Ttso iw tioeuamno l «*wd 4egv«« i ■ JV, * * 4 the Ion > Ok* thee iVJHffiHRP Hegtete'* fete te AsaroataUte tWy team afeyfeag ow ■roeauHf ffiteeo *bnaaHte «*atetetetepfas( 1 HPfeaeuteee fe *te*asu fete efeffib ffief 1—rii a TW romteotere ■m tbe •ager** « "TW teegm tefei a •see nMtwrWsd la Woo* % «e% wi (tee teteteida ama pan# tea ltetfono«Mnte apeee tempo tfee teat ten* tee fenaaot we oefeut. The kaiser himself real Ikes that - hla tenure of office rests upon victory. The war was *turt»*d for the sake of world dominion; It has been continued solely to save the kaiser's throne. Coming into such hitlmnte and fre quent contact with the kaiser, I had a wbtfderful opportunity to observe the relations which existed between him add his people. The conduct of the people slnc^ the war affords no safe criterion of their normal views and sentiments. The activity of government agents and the power of the Inspired press exerted such a great Influence on the feelings of the people that any outward signs 1 of enthusiasm which they displayed must be liberally discounted. The demonstrations in favor of the kaiser and his leaders since the war have been more or less artificial, the crowd being worked up by government agents and the press accounts have Invariably magnified them. Before the war, how ever, whatever acclaim the kaiser re ceived from the public came simnta- neously, and was for that reason of greater slgnl(lcance. I know that whenever the kaiser cal let i at my office great crowds gath ered outside to catch a glimpse of him w’hen he came out They waited pa tiently, sometimes for as long as an hour, for the sake of greeting their eni|M*ror. Their conduct on these oc casions showed very plainly that he had a strong bold on their affect Iona. The kaiser was their Idol, and they were ready to suffer any lacuaveaftenca for the safe# of doing biro honor. It was ew*t««aary for rfameo of arhunl rblldfen to hr taken In the TWr gort*-w fnon time to tlane to study the gvww|io of stator* of the hateer's ate reel or* In the Biegvm AMeo. They ooanl ly po »«• d my house op thete way In thetf ebp-ef leoaop In potftafltwsn Oosue ftanew * o hen the hatser wo* at WKf honor. | hove neap tfewso etethteep hail ed In ftwpl of tee pte*w ha no all Che l asaporwg'a departure thetf tomheem no dated, feet teg teal iter yo*mp«aerw o»uid mHP gmpaer cpsparpte^h fawm a heesteg fteopoo nf tee RNtipg mate nrvh tenp they route yunomry dmtan •toon # yr-"* ■*4 # d • ••Sf of tee sanflkoo Ite hi* dayoeted a*. -•Soe* M ■*# of my ypomna* ham tea* tea fe* -ovr • •* ■ *d a»« esd flher aeoor te*od < of ateaag po*osom* oOon* app h pus > tea# teey * pa h* In Pht ye* • * m of I «•*** sg Hi (H*4 v•*v awr ohwte team I h* oie ho*# te-spooh ’t * w • *M*r w • •%*+ aery «Pn#r Hhry tented ate m tesnad ahoaa uoaaw Mno* m ea«e sate ateoai «Of <%ao4 * yv«^.«w ant mm «> vp W *-• •# tew feate mmo feo o ao hoe* a sow •areaaan adhor not * hooa I fend hot do oaf ter •md ynteed aside tteur Ida way. la etvtt life, Jpat aa la a state »*f war. the tiermaa trwcttced the prin ciple that might makes right, rbivairy, rvartewjr. magnanimity are they are cha met eristics of the French. ' A kei*n desire to make something out of nothing la another national trait of the Germans, If my observation has been’accurate. What la commonly ferred to as German thrift ta only a polite name fo» «erman stinginess, and I have seen so many Illustrations of the petty meanness of the German peo ple that it seems idle to specify single instances. One of the first Impressions ,1 re ceived about the German people, when I went to live among them fourteen years ago, was the lack of comrade ship among them. Class distinctions are drawn so flue, -fend there are so many gradations, that it was almost impossible to find two Germans on the same social plane. One was always the other’s superior. After my fourteen years’ experience among these people, I cannot say that that early Impression has been removed; if anything, it has been deepened. Anyone who has lived in Berlin, and is familiar with conditions in otheft European capitals, will bear me out that the German policeman is the most arrogant police official In the w*orld. His word is taken In court In prefer ence to that of six civilians, and his power la such that It 'might very easily be used oppressively; hut strangely enough, despite the cupidity of th« German cha racier, graft and rormp tt*»n among the German police and other official* were practically an known before the war. Httch were the people behind tbs kaiser wbm the great war started. I •ball never forget the sewttnewts w% pressed to tee by private lad! vidunlf In every walk of life no (be vartani pbnsew of tbe wnf developed. Ko teew*nre tbe! wwe taken by flee away, bo uwtter bow atewteous sr In reteskteeul * Mb tbe Wwetd** Idea ffi wbal fes peeududMe in ftvtltesd wwe fsre evvv bfwugbt a weed of rwteftste sntWiu fvesw tbe Us^vbwu pobrw a* s • tea*. oMbouffik of esueno. tbsrw won souse tek*ofe#e ebesgaftson TW puna nofesetfi mi UerwteUS ufen dfearUbteW tee*e tenttsrw wate tee fenuouai^ ate mmSt deTotefee# 4wweptefebg gfesewntep dM bn# ewangbsiood feoeuuae swkew eaun*^r uewwueew W«0W bte iobeu teerwVf bp wuf te teotefebs. wad tasi feoeuuae fee# *atepp*aiite uuo WUP tesfte dbnb bossteHbe of sofewow ib#*ad fep set t'wuboabi febeteWtepdt a aafepfeteo of Ite# ! iteuebe# taouwteUHnoeb b uuo bffibi « t feed |»0b f tv* * -»* wad wfeea rt; «e I* uey <*>s *.* or gt •!• a. 1 d utee of tbe (Bteof fero pa* <HM*a th 4» W beuei tWm teua • r fesagf tel 4ffiflMft w ■» ||. Hfeoy oOteg so ffiffiffi ffiua ■dorffel aanfeaffinv aud tbofr m Affeoy tffiffiffi ffiffi re ge rfema ae a* ai« of *t4ar*(oA tbe btefsee ffe#rrrwO 1 ftffi lift* 1 feeffipme affifebb Tuoffi !». r*.« W % % * I • ■ r rigWeT UVtWg. wwe WO* Wev«W VMSte«1 Aiwertea wbo knows nasre about our wtentry tbsn tbe Gerwon eteper«w. In feed, be was mute familiar wltb many jf oar probiewia than many of ear youatrymm. and be freqaeatly reveal ed to me la the coarse of «*ur drover- fe* fwut vbaarw fes *v#tke y«uf wrgfu ptwbfeoa* be dwtentedL bwlf fseeteotydy. mi r*m*o. if Astertra IweSst* titesU •'•wwtug lw*o tbe uwf. • fey deemT ofero o**bd beg aegvwrw arfwws nod Iff bn •teste them doHffeft^ Wheu a deet of our botttesbftte* vfee lied Kart some sis year* age tbe ksi**C paid tbk’te a visit and woe very mwrb lot • re»tr-d Wbew be called to see tee shortly afterward be told an of bis eapcflcwce. T went over tbe ship* from top to hot tom.** be declared. “They are el- I M ter % mm ^ be 4 Ism wonT boy. Dov Is my beautiful ra* and sue of tbeui at Corfu ’** tesMoi 01 feMtapa* tfeef tetefl fete fast ffitef fbe feobssO •wtedtneood aefeuarotutegr fbe feHBBffifefe be feba ► fep a aafetee op a uwwe ad tbe wao rtbed ao pesod ad fete pan ea» aad feiulbONW; tbafp pad *Mna g op tbstek aud tbefer avstibrw ws oawewfewdatefeP Boiwt* a tfeo* afeafee ad vateseaHop we of fbe feadseea prtaeiprol rote Tboi w w* wby be aevep op I In pobtor eoeepf lb fob ttelftete, fee afw ay a rude a w bit e boews. tbe fete od bia otad rude dorfe wby tbe p#rt urea of bln tbot allowed to be rlrruloted always (fee Oteudk 'feOteSMS 01 • • •’ I was very much Impressed with the way they arc manned and officered. I have only one criticism—the Isttice- tatlons bow thoroughly posted be was | r«Hlent vessels, every one of them, and xi AmeHcnn condition*. I»ng before the subject of forest 'onNcrvstion was taken up sehously In this country, the kaiser pointed out to me what a great mistake we were making In not devoting more atten tion to it. “Can you tell me, Davis, why you have so many forest fires in your coun try?” he asked, after a particularly 'lesmictlve conflagration in the Wes» had destroyed many acres of timber. “How does it happen?’’ 1 explained to hIm»Hiat most of the forest fires came from sparks from locomotives. Careless, lumbermen al lowed the branches which they lopped off the trees to remain on the ground and when they were ignited by sparks the fire sometimes spread to the uncut timber. As the facilities for extin- CHAPTER XV. •bowrd him to tbr very brwt advan tage; why every ra*o of lewe majewt* was punched with tbe uttiwut severity; wby. In abort, every poaalble precan- The German People | tlon was taken that the exalted Ideas The oath of allegiance which every 1 which the public held regarding their work conning* towers or fighting Herman soldier and public official kaiser should never be undermined. roasts. The only possible use I can see In them would he to train vines on them and Install an elevator Ihside. and serve tea In the afternoon to the Indies on top—the most beautiful place for serving afternoon tea I can Imag ine. “But, seriously speaking,” he went on, “I can’t see that these masts have any practical value. On the contrary, I can see very serious disadvantages in them. No matter what nation you might be fighting, your enemy would always be able to recognize you aTlT distance, before. you could identify him, because the warships of all other nations look very much alike at a dis- tukes binds him first to support the kaiser, with his life and his money, and then the fatherland. That Is what the kaiser referred to when he said, in the course of a a ad dress to a body of recruits at Pots dam: “Body and soul you belong to me. If I command you to shoot your fu- Wlth this spirit of devotion dominat ing the people generally. It was only to l»e ex|M*eted that they should have stood solidly behind their emperor when he sought to achieve the one ambition of his life—his dream of world dominion. There is no doubt that the war was planned and made possible by the mill* thers and your mothers you tarists and the Junkers, am. that every juishing fire in these unpopulated re- tance. must follow ipy command without a murmur.” The same thought is involved, of Touise, lu fhe kaiser’s Invariable use of the possessive pronoun, first person, in talking of the German people. He always says “my people,” never “the people.” The worst feature about It mate made the timber particularly in- lammable, these fires usually attained serious dimensions. “That points out again the ineffi ciency of your form of government,” he commented. “You have laws requiring the railways to use appliances to ar rest the sparks from their engines, haven't you? Why don’t you enforce them? Your people don’t seem to . eallze that It takes years to grow a • tree.. Because you have more than you >ieed today, you make 00 preparation for toteorrow. For every tree oft town another abnwjd be pUnted. If (uwe will awfwiy ite will bate te term la #d • They buy theMTeonning towers are n that not only does the kaiser pro- armed,” he went on, “but you would reed upon the assumption that he owns never get close enough to your enemy 1 the German people “body and soul,” to use such small guns. Again, if one but the people themselves are willing of those masts were hit It would send a shower of steel about the heads of the men on hoard, and would not only put many of them out of action, but would be In the way. Suppose, too. the mast were struck down and hung over the aide? It would drag through to admit it. The Germans are the most * willing vassals in the world. Veneration and qwe of the kaiser are bred iu the bone of the Germans. Even among the socialists, who are not near ly as oppoaed to the monarchist Idea as Is commonly suppoMed. there la Backache . The txcruclating pain which comes from a lam# back la quickly aUeviatad bf • prompt application of Yager's Mnimant Sufferers from rbenmotimn, adatica, neuralgia, sprains, etc. should always keep a bot tle of “Yager's** handy as its penetrative qualitke quickly bring relief from pain. Atafldaalata. Fitoaffiamfen YAGER S LINIMENT RELIEVES PAIN GILBERT BROS. A CO. Wants ■ 1 > 4 ‘ te» • mmam >**w date U Fall Cabbie Pluto ZJZ 1 m 1 nok tite * te I » fe a* te* * * r. * c. • Wop* —v mm# *b*tee*e* tw aproaetete itf tefavv-i Kieff *b*p «trot <roftfcte «b*roM be rorofe and eieoy Aawfferan wbo wantnred wttbia rang «f 4 Gee ■roa gun an sea or land, vbeffid be •bte. Tbat * a* tbe unlvefanl aentl* teenl. The *ugge*ft#ro tbat a coattaaation of the submarine warfare would In evitably bring America Into tbe war did not pa-rturb the people In tbe sllghteat. “How can America do u* more harm than she Is now doing?** they asked. “American bullet* are shooting down our men, American food la sustaining our enemies. American dollars are working against us In every possible way. I^»t America come Into the war and give 11* a chance to pay her hack for what she has done to us. She couldn’t hafin us any more If she were a belligerent. Why allow her to re main neutral and go unscathed?” (Tf) BE CONTINUED.) Your Best Assei — A Skin Cleared By Cuticura Soai i ron AOcarTAM 1 fu« t»Tmrm 4 1 ■ iffffSf T febtCCfe kwvu *rtm% —»Ut ▲lUmtel*. lalllWw fM* UtekM- ante dor —feitoMH*#*. T*r>—ti— willl—— forirm Owote 1 serw. the water, and would not o^ly sertoua- ; strong sentiment of loyaltp Joward tbe ly Impede the vessel, hut It would \ emperor. True, tbe oocialUts are cause the ship to lUt larger area oh one aide aofo. Xte ItevU. four os I bate mid. ought oj fm of 1 riamortag nrostantty for (be refuraa vote aud other pteitbrml cbaapRU. bat I doubt very omrb ubetber—btewes tbe war > iHutetj ffi effort was made to conceal from the people its real purpose aud u’tlmate goal; but If anyone imagines that the people at large would have held back had they realized the truth, he falls to understand the underlying spirit of the Teutonic race. The Germans are the most quarrel- some people in the world. It Is mis leading to speak of the German mili tarists. All Germans are militarists. The records of their civil courts tell the story. In 1913 there were no less than 5,000,000 petty canes tried in the courts, and an every case naturally in volved at least two part leu, the aston ishing fact is dt»chNi*d that sroue 10.- oon.ino Germans, or one-seventh of the system afford* a fair and Just basis of entire population. appealed to tbe ! charge.” courts In a single year: - - The heiilctme character of tbe people Naval MauateSaat was evidenced lb roHUtlv «*hfrf way*. A desirable fete deter*. whMfe cam- It ua* tbs natural ffeeutt of what | muted* au earrltenl asa-vleur Is a hob- fetelsas In be Ibe mute pr n u*ti ■ 1 ate ffig bssT whMfe bus hsste ■ro*steed ffitetetete ffi lbs mute steffib 1 Selling Eggs by the Pound. Canada has been making the experb, ment of selling eggs by the pound in stead of by the dozen, according to Consul FmF €. 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