The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-11-14
the kaiser almost l~nvarlatly dIspiaysa

the kaiser almost invariably displayea
In his relations with me did not pre-
vent him on one occasion from show
ing his indignation when I touched him
upon what was evidently a very sore
point--the part that America was go
ing to plny In the war. although he al.
ways claimed to be unperturbed about
the American situation.
He had pointed put that America at
that time had only 10000 men In
France and he believed that the U
boats would effectively prevent any
great addition to our forces abroad, II.
indeed, they ever left u shores.
AS q matter Ct fact, however," he
ndded, "your countrynen would be
very willing. no doubt. to fight for their
country to protect It from invasion.
but I don't believe you1l ever get many
of them to leave home to fight abroad.
America will really be a very small
factor In the war, Davis"
"Your majesty Is Understanding
the power Of America I" l replied.
He turned to me Indignantly. and In
his most imperious manner exclaimed:
1--WE underestimate no onel We
know exactly what we are doing"
How seriously he was mistaken In
this respect has since been sufficiently
proved.
No matter how gloomy the outlook
for Germany. the kaiser seldom show.
ed concern 1t is true TINT whenever
things were going wrong, rs when &e
Russians In the early part q ~ wal
were sweeping everything before asm
in their advance on the Cnrpathians.
he and the rest Of the royal family
kept as far in the background as pos
sible, whereas when the German cause
was triumphant. as In the case Of the
offensive against Italy. he could not
make himself too conspicuous at the
front.
But ever when Germany's adversely
was greatest. the kaiser always put on
q brave front. At such times I have
seer him stop In the street, after leav.
ing my once. and before the hundreds
Of people waiting outside to greet him,
SYSTEMATICALLY put a cigarette In his
mouth and light It. that everyone might
!, notice how steady his hand was and
J how little he was worried by the turn
> things were taking.
At the same time. on one or two oc
casions after the war started. I noticed
] that he acted differently when In thu
!. dental chair than had been his custom
! when everything was serene.
: The kaiser euce boosted to me thai
not a building MAS erected In Germany
!, not a bridge built. 0at a street opened
: not a park laid out. but what the prof
! ect was first submitted to him. HI
: kept posted on everything tAat wa
u going on, not only in Germany. bat q
the world ut large. and, al far AZ b
was able, he endeavored to have hi
q finger In every development Of world
. wide Importance. l cannot imagin
y that he was less interested In what hi
J. countrymen were doing IN connecti0
y with the war than he was In thel
achievements In time Of peace.
y II he did not actually order the sinl
y ing of the Lusltania. therefore. I Al
- convinced that he was thorough
:, aware of the plan to blow It up an
" sanctioned II. That he could hav
averted 1t II he had been prompted
o. to do so is clearly indicated by anoth'
incident which left a very deep In
a. preston upon me.
NJ I was informed by one Of the 0e
~ man aviators that plans had bee
" made to drop gas bombs on Londe
which contained a deadly gas while
III would penetrate the cellars Of hous'
y, In which civilians were In the hah
VI Of hiding during air raids.
80 Shortly before this hldeous idea vi
~ to be put into effect the papers O
nounccd that bombs Of this charact
had been dropped by the allies I
e. Baden-Baden. but that, ~fortunatel
ne they had fallen In a clump Of WOO
a. in the center Of the town and had ia
ne ed to explode. which had given d
er Germans an opportunity to take the
mt apart and ascertain their nature.