Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
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 London, Nov. 17.--Some interesting inside information concerning actual conditions and happenings in Ger many has been received in London by way of Amsterdam. The mist in. l teresting of this information consists of a revelation of the methods em. l plOyed to boost the German emperor in the eyes of his subjects. During the first year of the work of reviving the declining popularity of the kaiser among the mass of his l subjects has been carried on with ex- . traordinary thoroughness by branch of the German secret service that has been established for that particular purpose. The department is under the control of Herr Ledder, keen business man, who before the out break of the war was manager of the publicity department of the Hambur- American Steamship company.
 Recently there have been publish ed in Berlin for free circulation thru out the empire little booklet enti- tied Our Kaiser in War Time". The book bears the name of a Socialist member of the reichstag as it's au. thor. but. in reality, it is said, the work was written by a subordinate in Her Ledder's department.
 The book teens with stories of the kaiser's thoughtfulness and affection for the German working people. It relates how he often, after days work at army headquarters, devotes himself to. the study of problems con nected with food and other matters especially affecting the working classes.
 First feed our soldiers, then our working people, and from what is left, however little it may be, we will be able to take what will suffice for the larder of the emperor" This was re- ported in the book to be the emper- or's declaration after discussing the food problem on one occasion.
 Uses Motion Pictures.
 The kaiser was so pleased with this invention that he ordered the words he was reported to have said to ba ex- hibited at all motion pictures under the heading: What the king.emper- or has said about our food.'
 This Is not the only occasion on which the motion picture shows have been. used to boom the kaiser's popu- larity. Many of the pictures display ed on the screen during the past year have been intended for the same pur- pose. One picture shown is of the kaiser kneeling by the bedside of a dying soldier in a military hospital. This picture is said to have been all together of the "camouflage" brand, servants from the imperial house hold having played all the parts. Secret service men are continually travelling about Germany investigat- ing where and to what extent any spe- cially hostile feeling exists toward the kaiser. In districts where such feeling exists, special steps are promptly taken to allay it.
 A curious plan is Said to have been adopted some months ago. designed to test and boom the kaiser's popt' larity. It was given out that the kaiser was extremely i'll. Every day for nearly a week bulletins were is. sued about his health. which was de scribed as causing his medical attend ants great anxiety. Long articles ap' VSNA V0 AA 0AA SNO sVdVCA0 OVSCIlUluE and reviewing all the work the kai ser had done since the outbreay ot the war. and the ceaseless mental strain he had been under.
 l One drawback to this plan was that it kept the war lord of Europe, much 'against his will, confined to his rooms. He was at Potsdam at the time. It was intended that the kai ser should remain Ill for at least 6 week, but after five days confine ment, the emperor gave orders that his complete recovery should be an nounced.
 Rejoicings. in honor of the emper Tors recovery were organized by Herr Ledder's department in different parts of Germany, but they fell flat The emperor's recovery had been al together too rapid. Many people sus pected that he had not been ill a all. As stated by a neutral diplo mat whose Is authority for the story the emperor spoiled the chance of . really good boom by his impatience
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