Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-11-13

boards. The slightest mistake by the
captain of the Panther would have
flung England and France into war
with Germany. He stood for a mo-
ment regarding me.
well, what is this? What is your
Wilhelmstrasse NUMBER" he finally
said.
Seventeen" told him.
That appeared to satisfy the cap
tain. knew that the Wilhelmstrasse
had wired him that Number Seven
teen" was coming. Still he was care
full.
Where were your first instructions
received?"
From Wedell."
Subsequently?
felt him looking at me sharply.
Confirmed by the emperor" / re-
piled, ''and deliver you herewith the
following message. You are re-
quested to use the private service
code as soon as have delivered this
message to you and repeat it at once
direct to Count Wedell."
The captain got up and, moving
noiselessly to the door, opened 1t
swiftly. There was no one about.
"All right" he said, '1et me have
it."
/ repeated what / had memorized,
what the emperor had given me in the
secret chamber, and Immediately
afterward destroyed all visible trace
of. said:
con no account, it does not matter
what official commands you have re-
ceived or may receive, are you to
use open force when the Panther
| goes to Agadir. No matter what
stress is brought to hear upon you by
arising conditions, no matter what az
front may be done your code of naval
honor, you are under no circum-
stances to use any force against
France or England"
Like myself. when the emperor gave
me that message, the captain Of the
Panther was dumbfounded. 1t was
direct contradiction of the official or
dera he had received from the foreign
ONCE to go to Morocco and make a
demonstration against the French and
the English interests. Those previous
orders had been to create war, this
verbal message was to stop war!
Gould the German "Jingoes," the
big gun manufacturers, the steel peo-
pie the army and navy men, the
powerful faction, have heard me de-
liver that mes sage to the captain Of
the Panther, they would have bel
lowed with rage. The whole empire
wanted war, but the tired, swarthy-
faced man in the little underground
chamber at the Wilhelmstrasse, not
absolutely absolute" as he is popu-
larly supposed to be, deemed 1t wise
not to fly in the face of public opin-
ION at the time and countermand the
ohicfal orders to the Panther. So he
had done so in the dark, verbally, by
ms, knowing that so he served the
best interests of his empire
The rest is contemporary history.
You remember how the Panther
steamed to Morocco, how she forced
her way into the harbor of Agadir
and created an international sensation
by remaining there about two weeks.
You remember how one French and
one English warship came almost 81.
simultaneously, and how the officers and
everybody tingling TO open fire, the
terrible war that broke out in 1914
Just missed being precipitated then.
You may not know that the British
and French admirals sent secret
ulnmatum to the captain Of the Pan
ther! Unless he left Agadir he would
pc forced to leave. That meant war.
The Emperor's Discovery.
: Now had the captain of the Panther
. not received the private message from
! the emperor. he would have been
! forced by his naval code to resist this
J ultimatum by force. Had he gone
! there acting under the original oficial
orders, red war would have blazed
across Europe in 1911 instead of 1914
} The slightest slip would have caused
} 1.-THE report of rife. But the Pan
ther steamed away.
! And this was the cleverest part OF
\ the emperor's scheme; he knew that
d France and England were allies; he
+ did not know, though, just how sin
e cere this alliance was. By sending
: the Panther into Agadir he learned
Q that the entente cordiale really meant
: something, that England and France
were allies, that they were prepared
i to resist Germany, shoulder to shout
: der In war.
II took a master stroke to bring the
situation up to the point of warrior
v 1t was dangerous business, with all
T Germany roaring for war-and ther
T avert war when Germany and France
e were on the verge of it. But with
" his verbal message the emperor
8 shrewdly accomplished it. The re
suits were before him. By creatins
d the situation he knew that he haC
g powerful nations opposed to him
d Goodi
d What he would do now would be tc
d take one of those nations and, il pos
. sible, secretly ally himself with 1t
4 leaving the other out in the cold
& Then began the intrigues which re
4 suited in the isolation of France. al
\ the kaiser was led to believe, bu
p which recent events have proved L
- the contrary.
q Neys curs for Lead POISONING.
q By plunging the victim of lead moi
a M hakh ID