Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-11-21

, ''The negro will always be a gre.
problem in your country, however" /
. added. ''They don't mix socially wit
: the whites, and there will be constaI
, friction. Ny brother prince henry
when he returned from his visit I
America, told me a lot about thes
negroes. Indeed, one Of the most I'm
pressiye things he heard there was
choir of negro voices. He said the
sang some wonderful melodies, an
their voices were as clear as bells"
After the war started, the kaisd
referred to the negroes again "NQ]
is your chance to settle your neg
problem" he declared, half facetious
Of course. IF America insists up
coming into the war, why doesn't
send her negroes across and let
shoot them DOWN.
When feet of our battleships "
tied Kiel some six years ago the kaIs
paid them a visit and was very mu(
interested. When he called to see d
shortly afterward he told me of b
experience.
Il went over the ships from top t
bottom" he declared. ''They are e1
! cellent vessels, every one of them, an(
/ was very much impressed with th{
way they are manned and. differed.
have only one criticism-the lattice,
work coming towers, or fighting
masts. The only possible use 1 cam
see in them would be to train vines on
them and install an elevator inside,
and serve tea In the afternoon to the
ladies on top-the most beautiful place
for serving afternoon tea I can mag
inc.
But, seriously speaking" he went
on, 81 can't see that these masts have
any practical value. On the contrary.
| can see very serious disadvantagesI
in them. No matter what nation you|
might be fighting, your enemy would
always be able to recognize you at d
distance, before you could identify
him, because the warships of all othej
nations look very much alike at a dis
lance.
''They say these coming towers ar
A1NI- It "tAl Olf DuN 9Ou HOui
never get close enough to your enem
TO use such small guns. Again. If onl
of those masts were hit it would send
a shower of steel about the heads of
the men on board, and would not only
put many of them out of action, but.
Y Juld be in the way. Suppose, too.
the mast were struck down and hung
over the side? 1t would drag through
the water, and would not only serious
iy impede the vessel, but il would |
cause the ship to list and expose a
larger area on one side than would be
safe. No, Davis, your fighting masts,
as have said, might answer frst-rate
for serving tea, but don't think much
Of them for active service"
But if the kaiser saw much Id
American ways and customs to con
denim, he likewise saw much to COM \
mend, and, before the war, he was
liberal in his praise of many of our
qualities and achievements.
He was very much interested, for
Instance. in the experiments and dis
,oyeries of Luther Burbank. To make
Germany seIf-supporting as far as
God resources were concerned was one {
# his dearest ambitions He realized 4
hat in the event of a world war his
eople would probably suffer more a.,
rom lack of food than they would
rom hostile bullets, and he was hoping
hat he would be able to obviate that
ondition before his country was put
the test. He was constantly preach
ng simplified diet and the conserya-
ion OF food reserves, and he had great
opes that much could be done in a
cientiic way to help solve general :
ood problems. When attending din
ers given him by his officers, his
fishes respecting simple menus were
lways carefully followed.
The kaiser enjoyed American hu-
Tor. He was very fond of Mark
waiu, and ne followed one or two of
lie American monthlies and weeklies
ore or less regularly. He told me .
lat. one evening while in his sitting
'om in the Berlin palace, reading .
in an American magazine, .
2 ran across a story which caused
m to laugh so much and so LOUD that !
lie ladies of the court, who heard him
an adjacent room, came running In !
it'll their knitting to see what the !
after was. /
The kaiser had little respect for our !
'chitecture. He thought our sky !
rapers, of which he had seen Illus I
ations, were hideous. !
How terrible to desecrate the land !:
ape with such tall buildings he I
They hurt the eye. How /
n people live in them?" I
l explained that most of the build !
SIS to which he referred were office I
ildings, but that we did have four !
IN and fifteen-story apartment houses I
d hotels, and even higher ones, in 1
lich the upper floors were used for I
ing purposes just the same as the I
yer ones. He couldn't believe it I
SSible that people would consent to
e so far above the ground. and from /