The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-18
THE KAISER AS KNEW HIM"
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was informed that WOulQ nave 20
pay my share The idea Of paying q
tax TO upbuild the German army,
which was already so powerful that
1t menaced the peace OF the world,
did not appeal to me at all and ]
spoke to Ambassador Gerard about 1t.
He advised me to pay it under protest,
agreeing with me that there was no
reason why an American should be
required to contribute to the German
war budget. However, had to pay 1t.
The German efforts at colonization,
which were more or less Of failure
because the Germans refused to In
habit the German possessions, and the
measures adopted to conquer the COM
mercial markets Of the world were an
important part Of the program OF world
domination which Germany planned
for herself, and it is not unlikely that
If she had confined her efforts along
those lines she might have progressed
further along her chosen path than she
| has advanced by bathing the world In
blood.
Il have nearly 100000 people"
the kaiser said to me on one occasion,
land we shall have to find room for
them somewhere. When we became
an empire England had her hands on
| nearly everything. Now we must
| fight to get ours That is why l am
developing our world markets, just as
| your country secured Hawaii and the
Philippines as stepping stones to the
| markets of the far east, as l under
| stand 1t That's why developed the
| wonderful city of Kiao-Chau."
His plans in this connection were
changed somewhat apparently by the
developments of the present war, for
| he told me that when it was over the
| Germans would not emigrate to the
United States any more.
| mo more American emigration for
us after the war" he said. MY
| people will settle in the Balkans and
| develop and control that wonderful
| country I have been down there and
| know 1t is q marvellous land for our
purposes"
| The kaiser's vision of the part he
| would take in the reconstruction OF
| stricken Europe was indicated by q
| remark he made to me In 1916 when
| was visiting him at the army head
quarters at Pless.
Here I am nearly sixty years OF
age" he soliloquized. "and must re-
build the whole of Europe!"
Although the kaiser so freely admit.
ted his designs on the world at large
he was impatient OF any expansion
on the part of other nations. He often
| spoke Of England's grabbing" pro
pensity and viewed with suspicion oul
annexation of Hawaii and the Philip
pines and our development OF Cube
after the Spanish-American war. HI
professed to see in our new policy 9
| striving after world power which was
inconsistent with the principles upor
: which our government was founded.
He objected to our interference IL
Mexican affairs, although, as was dis
closed by the Zimmerman note to VoI
Eckhardt, he was making every effor
to have Mexico interfere with ours.
"What right has President Wilson
to attempt to dictate the internal poll
cies of Mexico?'' he asked. "Why no
: let them fight their battles out alone9
Abiding to Americas threat to en-
ter the present war, he asked: "Wha
right has America to insist upon tn
Monroe doctrine of America and thel
mix in European affairs? Let her rec
ognize also a Monroe doctrine Of Eu
rope and keep her hands out OF TIL
conflict"
There Is no doubt that the kaise
imagined that the great army and nav
!, he had built up would enable him t
carry out his ambitious program with
out effective resistance.
The one power he most feared bu
!. for which he professed the utmost cor
r tempt was England He had an ide
4 that England would never dare t
measure swords with Germany an
that he could provoke a war when tn
S opportnne moment came without muc
S fear of England's Intervention.
In 1911, when the international sftl
alton over the Moroccan affair wa
e particularly acute as result Vi Gel
many's having sent gunboat to Ags
dir to demonstrate that she was ser
Gus In her demands, the kaiser ha
great hopes that war with Franc
might TINS be precipitated and he we
z confident that England would keep OF
of it.
England would be afraid to WI
with u.s. he told me at the time, !" X
r fear of losing Egypt, India and Irelan
+ Any nation would think twice befol
fighting my armies, but England pa
; ticularly because she would not dal
o risk the loss of her overseas col
Mes"
oil When the kaiser's ambitious probe
to dominate the world Is cOnsidere
A his consistent opposition to the unive
sal disarmament proposals Is east
- understood. Without a superior arm
and navy, his whole plan would ha'
to be abandoned and his dream
worldwide dominion would be shs
tered.
On one occasion when we were dl
Il cussing the Carnegie peace enort
II Tho Hofcor dfcalocod vorv Y,0ciftyQ