The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26

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derful opportunity now for combin.
Ing with Us and crushing Englandf'
he asked. with q feet on one side
and Americas on the other we could
destroy England's sea power. This IL
Americas great opportunity to domi-
nate the western hemisphere, and your
president must see his chance to take
Canada and Mexico"
As the war progressed and reports
reached the kaiser Of our increased
shipments Of munitions to the allies,
the kaiser's Impotence with Wilson be-
came more difficult to repress, and
there was hardly an interview I had
with him In which he did not give
vent to his feelings In that connec-
ton.
my of1eers are becoming 20 in
censed at Americas attitude" he told
me. 1T will be impossible for me to
restrain them much longer"
And when, on another occasion, he
accused Mr.. Wilson of discriminating
against Germany, he made the ~
mark: wilson's In the hands Of the
Wall street group"
But, perhaps, the most bitter de-
nunciation I ever heard him make Of
Wilson was shortly after We entered
the wal. I had been summoned to
the great army headquarters to se0
him, and when he entered the room
he appeared to be in a towering rage.
Indeed, his condition was 30 apparent
that the kaiserin, who was also pres.
ent, sought to excuse him with the
explanation that he had been very
much upset and had been sleeping
very poorly. and she asked me to treat
him gently and uied to soothe him
at the same lime, but he told her to
leave the room and resented her show.
ing Inc that she petted him.
We said little while I was at work,
but when I was through and was pre-.
parirg to leave, the kaiser stepped
toward me and said:
"Davis, Wilson is q real scoundrel !"
My face flushed, / suppose, at this
insult to q president, and my re-
sentiment was 80 apparent that the
kaiser Immediately patted me ON my
right shoulder and a%pologized.
II beg your pardon, Davis" he de-
clared, in a Quieter voice. II know
you're an American and I beg your
pardon for hurting. your feelings, but
II you only knew, you would realize
what q scoundrel your president Is.
When it comes to throat-cutting, VIII
son should have his cut frst!"
Whenever the sun shone for the
kaiser he grew SO optimistic that he
failed to pay the slightest attention to
the clouds gathering on the horizon.
After the italian collapse, for instance,
he was so enthusiastic about his mill
tary success in that arena that he
failed to realize that America was
slowly but surely forging the thunder
bolt that was to strike him down.
snow how foolish it was for your
president to bring your country into
| this war;" he said. Americans will
now see, when it is too late, what fools
they made Of themselves when they
elected a professor for president. Now
America must pay the bills" In this
remark and others Of the same import
the kaiser's expectation of being able
to exact an enormous indemnity as
pert Of his peace terms was clearly in
dicated, and he felt that America, hav-
Ing proited the most and suffered the
least of any Of the belligerent powers,
would be in the best position to fill his
depleted Golfers.
The last time I saw the kaiser when
he mentioned the president was in the
tall Of 1917, shortly after Wilson had
replied to the pope's peace proposal.
Wilson is an idealist, and an ideal
LIST can accomplish nothing" was his
comment. HE went into the war that
be might have a seat at the peace table
but he will never get it. I shall pre-
vent It'll"
OF Wilson's peace notes, which were
issued before America went into the
war, the kaiser remarked: Il think I
am right, the others think they're right.
America has all the money. II Wilson
really wants peace, let him pay the
bills and take care of the indemnities
and the war will be over! It is very
simple"
There was no man of modern times
whom the kaiser seemed to admire SO
much, before the war, as ex-PresideLt
Roosevelt. The kaiser was convinced
that Roosevelt had prevented val with
Japan by sending the American feet
around the world and showing that It
as at. This brilliant stroke of states
manship, al the kaiser termed 1t, was
a topic that he referred to on several
occasions. It was a forceful demonstra-
ton that was very much after his own
heart.
"What I admire about Mr.. Roosevelt
most" he, said, rs the fact that he has
the greatest moral courage Of any man
ovor knnw1 - Tho fnpf that Mr..