Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-03
CONTINUED From Yesterday

10 DelieNe tnat Mr. wilson mas kept
us out of war with Germany is to be-
lieve delusion. and a delusion every
whit as complete as that our streaks
of prosperity are due to him and not
to the sudden emergency of Europe.
Our prosperity rests on a volcano; and
it is not Mr.. Wilson who has kept us
from war with Germany: it is the
Emperor of Germany himself. This
is no mere opinion or guess of mine;
1t can be shown easily. Some of the
Kaiser's subjects did want war with
u.s. but he wanted 1t so little at this
time that his efforts to explain to his
subjects how undesirable such war
would be = at this time = have been
published and are widely known. And
there exists printed proof that the
Kaiser has contemplated war with us
as a future possibility. To his Cab
met in Potsdam in June. 1908, just
after the successful testing of a Yep
and ambitions; and this is what he
said concerning ourselves:
You will desire to know how the
hostilities will be brought about. My
army of spies, scattered over Great
Britain and France, as it is over North
and South America, as well as in all
other parts of the world where Ger
man interests may come into clash
with foreign power, will take good
care of that.
Even now 1 rule supreme in the
United States. No American adj
ministration could remain in power
against the will of the German voters.
This speech may be found in the
New York Times of Sunday, March
II, 1916, where there is much more of
it, and where its authenticity appears
if anybody at this time of day is still
unaware that the Kaiser had plans of
-L.s l.
equally authentic are the proofs that
this present war blocked and made
so utterly impossible and dangerous
for Germany any war between her
and the United States that from the
very first what the Kaiser hoped for
and played for was our friendship. Is
1t forgotten already that he addressed
Mr.. Wilson personally for this object :?
That soon he sent his special emissary,
DR.. Dernburg, over here to write~ar-
ticles and make addresses to win our
sympathy? 1t was after these and all
other efforts failed to change the gem
eral American opinion about the war,
and DR.. Dernburg had returned to
Germany, that the object became to
keep us out of. the war Proof of this
Will be furnished a little further on,
proof that Germany's one apprehen-
sion was henceforth that the Allies
might manage to persuade us to take
active sides with them, and thus dis
lastrously increase her difficulties. Ger
manys game has been to see how far
she could go without enraging us suf-
hctently to declare war against her
This was plain to every observer eX-
cept, apparently, Mr.. Wilson. He
lodged and ducked and ran from a
perfectly imaginary bogy. Early in the
game Germany had not "got Mr.. Will
sons number" She thought he might
be another Roosevelt. She remember
ed what had happened in December,
1902.
Roosevelt's Way With the Kaiser.
While Mr.. Roosevelt was, President
some of Venezuela's European credit
ors grew impatient to- be paid. Ger
many was one of these, and the Kais-
er judged it good moment to try a
little experiment with the United
States = in fact Gf the expression may
be permitted), he decided to monkey
with the Monroe Doctrine. But this in
volved also "monkeying' with Mr.
Roosevelt. German ships had been
maintaining what the Kaiser (with a
verbal ingenuity almost equal to Mr.
Wilson's 'disentangling alliances")
called a pacific blockade on Venezu-
elan ports Mr.. Hay, then Secretary
of State. objected to this, pointed out
that such infringement of the rights
of neutral nations to trade with Vene-
zuela was out of the question; and he
suggested arbitration of the creditors
claims. The Kaiser decided that this
was the time for the monkeying to
begin. He declined to arbitrate, and
severed diplomatic relations with
Venezuela. Bombardment and occu-
patton of her ports was the next
thing in order-but Just here Mr.
Roosevelt stepped in. He began, of
course. with talking. and speedily
grew tired of talking and of Germany's
evasive replies. He sent for the Ger
man ambassad dor, DR.. Won Holleben
He said: IF Germany still declines
to arbitrate by noon ten days from
now, Admiral Dewey will go with. our
warships to the Venezuelan coast and
see to it that there is no taking possess
sion of territory there" But the
Kaiser has declined to arbitrate," said
DIR. Won Holleben; "he never changes
his mind" with that I've nothing to
do" said Mr.. Roosevelt. II am
through with talking. I am simply
telling you what Admiral Dewey will
do, and this may be of interest to the
Kaiser When nothing had hap
pened after seven days. Mr.. Roosevelt
said to Dr. Won Holleben: Have you
the ambassador. 'Then," said Mr..
Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey will sail
one day earlier than I named-heIl
sail in forty-eight hours from now
unless l hear that your imperial mas
ter will consent to arbitrate. If he
does fsince we've had talk only, and
there's no written record of it to em-
barrass anybody. I'll openly praise
him as if the plan had been his own.
But If he doesn't. Admiral Dewey sails
in forty eight hours In thirty-six
hours DR.. Won Holleben had the
Kaisers dispatch that ne would arbi-
ltrate. Nobody ever knew; not even