El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-04

later I learned rIotins had also
taken place in Berlin, Cologne.
Dusseldorf, Munich and other
cities within the empire, and that
on each and every occasion blood
flowed freely before the spirit Of
rebellion was crushed
kaiser Escapes Assassination.
An attempt was made on the life Of
the kaiser last August. This infor-
nation was supplied to me by a Ger
man orderly employed in connection
with the hospital at Burgsteinfurt,
where 1 was recovering from an at
tack OF dysentery.
was seated on a bench in the hos
pital grounds one afternoon in Sep
TENDER when the orderly, whose name
was Nollmer, appeared on the scene
and began TO converse with me in a
very friendly manner.
After inquiring about my progress
towards recovery Nollmer asked II
there was anything I wanted that he
could get for me in the town, and I
replied that II he brought me some
peaches L would give him a cake OF
soap.
Vollmer was delighted. for good
soap Is worth its weight in gold in
the fatherland. The war soap served
out there is largely composed OF sand
and alkaM
I got the peaches. and It was after
I had handed over the soap that Voll-
mer told me the story Of the attempt
on the kaiser's life, which occurred
during the second week OF August
while the kaiser was motoring along
one OF the streets OF Berlin
NY brother was my informant"
said Nollmer,n and he was in Berlin
when the thing happened. No report
appeared in the newspapers, because
1t would have been bad policy TO
spread such an item Of news through
out the world.
l'Yes. the war lord had a very mar
row escape" repeated Nollmer. add
ing, and II he had been killed It
would have changed the whole course
OF things so far as Germany is con-
you see, the affair happened about
n week after a serious riot had taken
place IN the capital Several thousand
workers had gone on strike because
they found q impossible to get what
they considered 10 be their fair share
OF the small amount Of food in the
city They alleged that profiteering
was rampant. and that the rich were
enjoying abundance while they
starved.
"Of course the soldiers were called
out 70 disperse the rioters , and
good deal Of shooting took place. A
Few INNOCENT SPECTATORS sue
CUMBED TO THE FLYING Bull
LETS, and one pretty young girl Of
is was included in the number. She
was the ONLY CHILD OF A SHOE
MAKER. WHO NEARLY WENT
MAD WHEN HE GALED UPON THE
FACE OF HIS DEAD DAUGHTER.
The shoemaker was a socialist Of
the most radical type. and a hater Of
militarism in any form It seems he
held the kaiser responsible for the
outbreak OF the war, and this being so
he found 70 easy to convince himself
that the enperor had indirectly caused
the death Of his girl.
Be that as It may, the fact remains
that as the kaiser was being driven
along the Inter den Linden in n mo-
tor car. this shoemaker suddenly
dashed ont into the ROADWAY and
hurled a bomb at the royal carriage
There was a terrific explosion. rs a
result OF which the kaiser's chauffeur
was instantly killed and the front
portion OF the car wrecked.
Bomb ThroyFer Il shot.
The kaiTe- himself suffered some
shock. but otherwise escaped without
scratch. The shoemaker had thrown
the bomb in front Of the advancing
q second too soon 10 accomplish the
object desired by the avenger. The
latter was arrested, tried and shot
The incident created tremendous
excitement IL Berlin" continued
Nollmer- "and. as 7 have already hint
ed. had Wilhelm II been killed just
then. the whole future history OF the
fatherland might wen have been
changed. 7 for one believe that his
death would have led to an over
whelming and irresistible demand for
peace-practically at any price
You must have some idea. Dickin-
son. OF the priVati0ns as have had 20
endure through lack Of food" he pro-
OF AUGUST the patience OF the work
ing classes was stretched TO the
limit They had reached the STAGE
Wnen talk respecting victories and /