Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-15
Senator Beveridge at DOberitz, Ger
many, watching French prisoners
(righD, and Russian prisoners
ClefO at prison camp; below, pOr-
trait Of Senator Beveridge.

At the time / sailed, long. careful. de
tailed and specific accounts were Civ
en- about the alarming condition Of
the emperor's health These accounts
said that he was broken down physi-
cally that he was nervous wreck,
that an operation on his throat pre-
vented him from uttering a word, and
many of them declared that the emi
perors mira was affected. Some OF
these accounts went so far as to say.
that the emperor could not live very
long; and there was one paper, as i
remember. which asserted that prep
arations for his funeral were under.
way.
1t was because Of these outrageous
ly untrwhful statements that ! gave
an account of my meeting with the
emperor l did this in order TO state
the fact for instead of what we had
been told about him, found the fact
to be that he was in perfect health
and in splendid spirits, without the
least sign of nervousness, and that
his powerful, mind worked with amaz-
ing clearness, force and precision. /
thought it only just that the public
should be told the truth about the
condition of this wonderful man in
view of the falsehoods which had
been circulated about him: otherwise
/ would not have mentioned meeting
him since [ could not report a word
of his two hours conversation.
These are only few examples OF
general public misinformation i'm Am
erica just a short time ago. The same
thing. of course, was found in France
and England, particularly in the latter
country.
For instance, we had been officially
informed that Great Britain went in
to this war only on account of the
Belgian matter; and hundreds of ar
ticles booklets and editorials based
on this report We're circulated all over
America. | was astounded to find in
England that Great Britain would
have gone to war if Belgium had new
er been touched
Has Praise For French.
cannot say too much for the
French, their courtesy, hospitality
and delicacy of feeling. For example,
out of the scores Of French men and
women met and conyersed with. not
] one of them asked me what / found
conditions in Germany to be. although
these French men and women all
knew that had just come from Ger
many and had spent some time with
/ the emperor Only twice IN France
did anyone ask me about conditions
in Germany and on each of these oc-
casions tn= person asking the ques-
tion was not French.
At luncheon, where I met several
pleasant French people, one OF the
guests was from another country.
This person said with great eager.
ness: What did you hnd in Germa-
N.Y." ] answered that if should 80
back to Germany and Mr.. Chamber
lain or any other friend / have in that
country were to ask me what / found
in France would answer that
might tell him in Switzerland or that
l would publish the account Of my
French investigations in America, but
that | would not tell him in Germany
At this answer two or three of these
French ladies and gentlemen cried
out: quite right" and everybody
except the impolite questioner clap
ped their hands.
/ think We hardly appreciate in this
country the economic revolution go
ing on in the countries at war. The
change is very great indeed. Along
with this economic phase Of the con
flict is the advance of democratic col
lectiyism. Indeed, it is just possible
that after decades have passed away.
the world will say that economic, So