Arizona republican., 1917-08-29

Won Tirpitz claimed a different rule So. during the first winter. gradually made the acquaintance of those per sons who sway the destinies of the German empire and it's seventy mil lions.
 I dined with the emperor and had long conversations with him on New Years day and at the two court balls. Germans Tried to Excite Suspicion of
 Japan
 All during this winter Germans from the highest down tried to impress me with the great danger which they said threatened America from Japan. The military and naval attaches and I were told that the German information sys- tenn sent news that Mexico was full of Japanese colonels and America of Japanese spies. Possibly much of the prejudice in America against Japanese was cooked up by German propaganda ists whom we later learned to know so we'll
 ! It is noteworthy that during the whole of my first winter in Berlin I was not officially or semi officially afforded an opportunity to meet any of the members of the reichstag or any of the leaders in the business world. The great merchants whose acquaintance made, as well as the literary and artistic people, 1 had to seek cut, because most of them were not Hof-faehig. l did not come in contact with them at any court func- tions official dinners or even in the houses of the court nobles or those connected with the government.
 \ very interesting character whom I met during the first winter and of ten conversed with was Prince H5nkel- Donnersmarck Prince Donnersmarck, who died December 1915, at the age Of S6 years, was the richest male sub ject in Germany, the richest subject being Frau von Krupp-Bohlen, the heiress Of the Krupp eannon foundry. He was the first governor of Lorraine during the war of 1870, and he had a finger in ali of the political and con- mercial activities of Germany for more than half a century. He told me. on one occasion, that he had adv cated ex- acting a war indemnity of thirty mill iar6s from France after the war of 1870, and said that France could easily pay it-and that a like sum, CT much more, should be exacted as an indem- nity of the world war in 1914.
 The prince said that he had always advocated a protective tariff for agri- cultural products in Germany. as well as encouragement of the German manu- facturing interests; that agriculture was necessary to the country in order to provide strong soldiers for war. and manufacturing industries were needed to provide money to pay for the army and navy and their equipment. He made me promise to take his second son to America in order that he migh. see American life and the great iron and coal districts or Pennsylvania
 Of course, most of these conversa- ticns took place befo.e the world war. After two years of that war and as prospects of paying the expense of the war from the indemnities to be ex- acted from the enemies of Germany gradually melted away, the prince quite naturally developed a great anxiety as to how the expenses Of the var should be paid by Germany. and l am sure that this anxiety had much to do with his death at tho end of the year 1916.
 Calling on the Ambassadors in Berlin
 custom demanded that I should ask for an appointment and call on each of the ambassadors on arrival. The English ambassador was Sir Edward Goschen, a man of perhaps 6S years. a widower. He spoke French, of course, and German, and accompanied by his dog was a frequent visitor at our house. l am very grateful for the help and advice he so generously gave me doubly valuable as coming from a man of his fame and experience
 Jules Canbon was the ambassador of France. His brother, Paul. is am bassador to the court of St. James. Jules Cambcn is well known to Amer jeans, having passed five years in this country. He was ambassador to Spain for five years, and al the time of my arrival had been about the same period at Berlin. In spite of his long res- idence in each of these countries, he spoke only French. but possessed a really marvellous insight into the polit- ieal life Of each Of these nations. Bol- lati, the Italian, was a great admirei of Germany; he spoke German well and did everything possible to k1e, Italy out of war with her former aine: in the triple alliance,