The Lamar register., 1918-10-16

said. For this purpose Wenrbel-
trag." or increased armament tax, was
levied on capital and, incidentally,
was Informed that / would have to
pay my share. The Idea of paying
tax TO upbuild the German army.
which was already so powerful that
II menaced the peace of the world
did not appeal to me at all and l
smoke to Ambassador Gerard about It,
He advised me TO pay 1t 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
which Germany planned
for herself, and II is not unlikely that
II 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.
II have nearly 7O,OOO,O0O people"
the kaiser said to me on one occasion,
"and 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
our world markets. just as
your country secured Hawaii and the
Philippines as stepping stones TO the
markets of the far east, as / under
stand 1t That's why I developed the
wonderful city of Kiao-Chau."
His plans In this connection were
changed somewhat apparently by the
of the present war, for
he told me that when It was over the
Germans would not enigrate TO the
United States any more.
mo more American emigration for
us after the war" tie said. MY
people will settle in the Balkans and
develop and control that wonderful
country l have been down there and
/ know II is a marvellous land for our
purposes"
The kaiser's vision Of the part he
would take In the reconstruction OF
stricken Europe was Indicated by a
remark he made to me In 1915 when
I was visiting him at the army head
quarters at Pless.
Here / am nearly sixty years Of
age" he soliloQuized. "and must re-
build the whole of Europer
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 our
Of Hawaii and the Philip
pines ard our development of Cuba
after the Spanish-Anerican war. He
professed to see In our new policy
striving after world power which was
with the principles upon
which our government was founded.
He objected to our Interference In
affairs. although. ms was dis
closed by the Zimmerman note to Won
Eckhardt. he was making every effort
to have Mexico interfere with ours.
what right has President Wilson
to attempt TO dictate the Internal poll
cies of Mexico?" he asked. why not
let them fight their battles out aloneT
Abiding to Americas threat to en-
ter the present war. he asked: what
right has America to Insist upon the
Monroe doctrine Of America and then
mix In European affairs? Let her rec
ognlze also u Monroe doctrine OF Eu-
rope and keep her hands out of this
conflict 20
There Is no doubt that the kaiser
Imagined that the great army and navy
he had built up would enable him to
carry out his ambitious program with
out effective resistance.
The one power he most feared but
for which he professed the utmost con-
tempt was England. He had an idea
that England would never dare to
measure swords with Germany and
that he could provoke II war when the
opportune moment came without much
fear of Englands Intervention.
In 1911. when the International stu
alton over the Moroccan AFFAIR was
acute as result of Ger
many's having sent n gunboat to Aga
dir to demonstrate that she was sert-
Gus in her demands. the kaiser had
great hopes that war with France
might thus be precipitated and he was