Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-09-13

d month or two afterwards had to flee
for his life.
In referring to Roosevelt's patriotic
offer to lead an army In France, the
kaiser declared that he admired him
for his courage and zeal.
II hear he said. shat he is now on
his way to Italy. 1t is too bad we did
not postpone our offensive there. Per-
haps we might have captured him.
Wouldn't Teddy look funny in gas
mask?"
Shortly after the U-boat Deutsch-
land made its successful trip to Amer
lea, the kaiser called on me, and he
was in a very jocular frame of mind.
happened to mention to him that
planned to so to America the following
summer in connection with the porce-
lain tooth l had patented
We'll. 1t won't be necessary now,
Davis" he commented. ave can send
the Deutschland over and bring back
a boatload of teethW
Fix my teeth we'll. Davis" he de-
clared on another occasion, ESQ that I
can bite. There are lots Of people l
would like to bitew and he snapped
his jaws together in way that would
have BODIED i'll for the victims he had in
mind, although his remark was evi.
IDENTIFY more facetious than vicious.
The courtesy and affability which
the kaiser almost invariably displayed
In his relations with me did not pre-
vent him on one occasion from show.
ing his indignation when touched him
upon what was evidently very sore
point-the part that America was 60
ing to play in the war, although he al
ways claimed to be unperturbed about
thu American situation.
He had pointed out 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, If,
indeed, they ever left our shores.
las matter of fact, however," he
added, "your countrymen would be
very willing, no doubt, to fight for their
country to protect 1t from invasion,
but I dent believe you'll ever get many
of them to leave home to fight abroad.
America will really be very small
factor in the war, Davis"
"Your majesty is Understanding
the power Of America |" l replied.
He turned to me Indignantly, and In
his most imperiOus manner exclaimed !:
1--WE underestimate no one! We
know exactly what we are doingr
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 that whenever
things were going wrong, as when the
Russians In the early part of the war
were sweeping everything before them
In their advance on the Carpathians,
he and the rest Of the royal family
kept as far in the background as pos
sfble, 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.
Dut OvSh NhCu 0Cl hlOny
was greatest, the kaiser always put on
a brave front. At such times / have
seen him stop In the street, after leav-
Ing my Office, and before the hundreds
of people waiting outside to greet him
ostentatiously put cigarette in his
mouth and light 1t, that everyone might
notice how steady his hand was and
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, noticed
that he acted differently when in ths
dental chair than had been his custom
when everything was serene.
The kaiser once boosted to me thai
not building was erected in Germany
not a bridge built. not street opened
not park laid out, but what the prof
ect was first submitted to him. HI
kept posted on everything that wal
going on, not only in Germany, but II
the world at large, and, as far as h,
was able, he endeavored to have hi
finger in every development of world
wide Importance. l cannot imagin,
that he was less interested in what hi
countrymen were doing in connection
with the war than he was in thei
achievements In time Of peace.
If he did not actually order the sink
ing Of the Lusitania. therefore, ar
convinced that he was thorough
aware of the plan to blow 1t up an
sanctioned 1t. That he could hav
averted it If he had been prompted t
to do SO is clearly indicated by anothe
incident which left q very deep In
preston upon me.
I was informed by one of the Gel
man aviatOrs that plans had bee
made to drop gas bombs on Londo
which contained deadly gas whic
would penetrate the cellars of house
in which civilians were in the hab
of hiding during air raids.
Shortly before this hideous idea wa
to be put into effect the papers al
nounced that bombs of this characte
had been dropped by the allies o
| Baden BADEN hut that fortunatel,