The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-17

rcr:.rlSht. 1917. Tho Tribun" Association
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/ Two American doctors who were
! INSPECTING prison camps IN Last fr3'
:Sia shortly before diplomatic REALTORS
were broken stopped one evening q
4 small inn. where they had 10 speh;i
! the night. Their arrival was soon
known in The village. About 10 O'Clock
! an old man entered the Town ka11ee
where they were sitting and intro
tuccd himself. with the remark th2t
he had Il sou In New York. TIE
; physicians, Dr.. John A. Roller and lr.
! Frank II. Harms, of Chicago, tnvllfd
, The old man TO sit down. :
During the conversation which fQl'
lowed the Americans asked him ABOUT
he food situation. :
+ WELL" replied the East rrussian'
we don't have everything we used 80
have. but We get along" and then.
with tears III his eyes, he added ::
Our kaiser. our kaiser, he provides
everything" =:
! When Americans ask why the Ger
man people don't overthrow the gov
ernmcnt / recite this story as one OF
the reasons. East Prussia IS rs loyal
as this old citizen because the KAISER
and Won Hindenhurg stopped the rus
sian invasion in 1919. and because the
kaise riS personally overseeing ;the
rebuilding Of HE destroyed sections.
Andenburg is German Gods
Rut East Prussia IS no. representa-
tive Of entire Gcrmuay. Bava:!ans
have no such love tor Wilhcla Of
Hohen1oilc People in Berlin who
do no. have as much. food as the farm
ers o. Last Prussia, don't belley9 that
the kaiser can provide everW hing.
Soldiers at tie front don't have the
confidence In the kaiser that they
have in Won lliAdenburg. Tha. chief
OF the general staff Is thu GerurRn god
today. and he dictates not by the emf
pcror'S choice but by the peoples.
THE kaiser never wanted to name Won
lIindcnburc as his chief arm% officer,
hu; :ne people had such faith in Won
HinGrnburg that the kaiser. when he
saw Won Kalkeuhayn'S popularity fail.
was forced 10 select HindenbGrg to
regain tn" public confidence
What would he German people gain
would hc their ob!ect?" II is asked fire.
q.rut.!.
Their object would be 10 make peace
amd they would probably gain r"ar"
pL COIIlE IL. IhNl. IT tEes oNft Threw M
Kaiser. they would have Is d!s!oLE"
lIimdcrhurg. and ri present IHIhlic CON
!ih"nrc in 'h!s military gUl has NO.
b""u shaken. BctOrn tho Democratic
forces in Germany can bo iplRccd lii
power public faith in ihH almighty
power at the sword mas: no SnHkrr
so, uni" :he Kaiser must he t'v"rthrown
hUt ui,n Won iIndcnhurS. tho. Chancellor
ana al! The leaders Of GERMANY today
There was. and S;ill Is, + democratic
'i"nc" of il Is tho Fact tha' the official
North German Gazette" had.," nnnounr"
after Congress declared w'lr. that the
kaiser looked forward ~ peoples
Kingdom of iiohcnzoIlcrn." .lr there was
rot Il nucI"ous of dcmocrtcy m Ger
Uany and Il i; was not aroused hT our
declaration e.: Wa. why diii The kaiser
annuUnco on Easier. inSI><t1 Of several
months ago. that liz favored n peoples
klaEuom"'
Kaiser Has Had Trouble.
r" fully understand thc democratic
today ono must know something about
IN" Kaiser.
William Of TTohcnzollorn never has
had more trouble as Emperor OF Ger
many than he has had since ia" sink
Iui' Of the 1.Ts!tan!a. Whrn President
Wilson's first u"js' was r;;ihl!shn, there
WAS Il storm OF indignation in Germany
hccauS" III" leader Of the greatest mrU-
iraI objected 10 IN act o! a German sol
der. in Germany the pcHplo are taught
20 have been respect Of ''nd fear for the
Uniform that they never question an
GC' which Il man docs Ihnn dressed in
t:'ld gray or nay blue. These two col
rr& max" Il Pru.->.an SOD out Of nm orr
binary Cltiz"n. 50 fHr Mr.. Wilson 20
object 70 what n Suhmari commander
DID WIS Sarrii"g". Th.G" was II slurnher-
i"E democracy in Germany. and when it
WAS suddenly called io:its attention thar
Iha neutral world was horritlcd by the
I.usitania crime these :lihnral forces b.
gan I" wonder whnthc$ The government
"ugh; 20 continue. SUrH tactics Rut tho
, kaiser. who IS an cNf"il.ni student of
ri:hiIc psychology. under war conditions.
realized that IL the pGonl" could he made
L" suspect President Wilson's motives
AMI 20 believe that thS United States was
not neutral. by perrI,itting arms and
munitions to he shipped 20 the Allies.
then ;hcE would SUPPORT 'hc government
! in anything II I'D toward America
So th" kaiser approved n" hnt" cam
paisn against the %Init"d States. He