Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-09-26

u1y Ut TWO later the kaiser called
on me professionally and told him OF
our pllght, hoping that he would inter.
cede for u.s. 1t was the only favor of a
personal character 1 had ever asked of
him. "a
MY child is ailing, your majesty" /
SAID, and l feel that she needs q
change of climate. 1 applied to the
kommandantur for leave for nv wife
anu chlld to go to Montreux, but have
just heard that it has been refused"
Davis, l will see what l can do In
the NATTER" he replied reassuringly,
ana as he was leaving my office he
turned to me and said in the presence
Oh MS two adjutants: Regarding that
matter you spoke of, leave it to me
ana will see what 1 can dol"
Inc kaiser's influence would readily
solve our problem, 1 thought, and I
was very much relieved. Two days
iater' however, l received a letter
from Count Won Moltke, one of the kali
Sers adJutants, stating that the kali
ser mad spoken to him regarding the
switzerland project, but, under the
circumstances, it was out of the ques-
tlon. Ii, however, my child's condition
were such as to make a change of eli
mate really necessary, he added, the
kaiser suggested that a trip to the
Austrian TyrOl might perhaps be ar
ranged, as the climate there was Just
as good as that of Switzerland, but be-
1ore permission would be granted for
that t'2 it would be necessary to OBJ |
tain certificate from the district doc |
tor stating that it was necessary.
AS the food situation in Austria was |
Just as bad as it was in Germany, If |
not worse, that idea didn't appeal to |
me at all, and 1 went Immediately to |
the kommandantur and explained the
situation to them.
When they saw Count Won Moltke's
letter the officer in charge threw up
his hands.
That's final" he declared. "That
comes from higher authority than
ours. 1t is useless to pursue the mat
ter any further. We received a COM
munication from his majesty regard
ing your case, but the matter was left
entirely to our discretion. 1t was not
a command, only request from his
majesty. A command, of course, would
have been different"
Then 1 applied for a pass for my
wife, child and myself to 90 to Amer
lea. They pointed out at the komman-
dantur that as my wife's application
to leave Berlin preceded mine, it was
possible she would be allowed to leave
before me. / told the officer that that
would suit me admirably, as 1 wanted
the pass for Mrs. Davis and the child
granted at the earliest possible mo-
ment regardless of what action might
be taken on my own application.
Again there followed a long period | |
of anxious waiting while the German |
red tape slowly unwound, but eventu-
ally, in September, we received word .
that Mrs. Davis and the child might L
leave Berlin for Copenhagen between
October 10 and IL. They left on the +
tenth.
A day or two later commenced the
German offensive against Riga, on the II
Baltic. Within three or four days the Y
Germans captured successfully the u
DIESEL, Runo, Obro and Moon islands U
n the Gulf of Riga and then carried
heir invasion to the mainland Their
objective was Petrograd and a
IN October 10 the Russians announced u
hat the seat of the government would II
De removed from Petrograd to Mos u
COW. OF
These successes on the Baltic failed u
o overcome the depression in Germany
~ Ill, 4
ion in Austria at this period. NUM- Ell
ion factories were being wrecked by W
and war-weary strikers D,
md the populace was being shot down vi
u great numbers in the food riots VI
which developed in various parts of
AUSTRIA. Not since the war began had al
he outlook been so discouraging for SO
he Germans. to
Then, on October "a, just as things Oh
1ere looking their blacklist, the great III III
offensive against the III
Italians was started. In three days the III
Italians were swept out of Austria and y"
he Teutons pressed forward to the pf
asses west Of the Isonzo river leading W.
D the Venetian plains. By the end of III
october the Italian armies were in full tr'
etreat Before this offensive was over LII
ne Germans captured, they claimed, III
c less than 100000 prisoners and sew
raj thousand big guns, besides vast IN
.oreS of munitions and supplies. su
The exultation of the Germans over or
le triumph of their armies in Italy WI
new no bounds. While it was at its SCI
eight had an interview with the kali la
IT which will ever remain one of the tii'
ost vivid in my memory. las
1t was about three-thirty one Sunday ita
orning when was aroused by maid rip
no, in an awe-stricken tone Of voice, .n'
lnounced that the Neue Palais, the uel
users palace at Potsdam, was on the mo
lone. 1 went to the telephone and s'r
as informed that the kaiser was suf- gre
ring from bad toothache and would COZ
nd his auto for me within an hour or tie