The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-12
ain u5susted With hs wholS Angio-

Inc Kaiser cOuI0nT 0n0er0tQ0Q why
the United States did not seize both
Canada and Mexico. Apparently. from
the way he talked from time to time,
II he had been sitting In the White
House he would have grabbed the .
tire Western Hemisphere.
That the kaiser followed American
politics very closely, especially after
the war broke out, was very natural.
The fact that there was a great Ger
man-American, vote In this country
was not overlooked In Potsdam, and I
haven't the slightest doubt the kaiser
imagined that he could exert consider
able influence in our elections through
his emissaries in this country.
I returned to Berlin late In October
Of THAT year. Within . day or two
after my arrival I received q telephone
message from the R~eichskanzler Won
to the effect that
the kaiser had sent him word Of my
return and that he would like ma to
call at his palace either that noon or
1T four p. m.
was ushered into q very large room
In the corner Of which was a business
like looking f%at-topped desk. but which
was otherwise deliberately furnished.
The reichskanzler, q tall, broad-shOul-
dered. handsome specimen Of . man.
came over to me and. putting bis arm
In mine, walked me to a seat beside
the desk. He asked me what ! would
smoke, and upon my taking . cigar
cite, he did likewise.
1.-THE kaiser's been telling me-. doc.
tor" he said, "of your recent vistt to
America, and I would like TO AK you
. few questions"
I said that I was always glad 10 talk
Of America. Indeed, I was particular.
" glad Of the opportunity to speak
with the prime minister Of Germany at
that time.
Then followed a bewildering success
sion Of questions, the purpose o9
wrucn WINS NOT at an 1ea TO me. we
had a peculiar conversation-hah In
German, half In English. The reichs
kanzler did not speak English partic-
ularly well.
"How r things IN American no
asked. "Did you have any opportu-
nifty to gauge the political situation7
Who do you think will be the next
PRESIDENT Do you think that Ameri-
cans are opposed to peace because
that would end their chance to make
money out Of the war? Are your
people SO mercenary that they would
like to e the war prolonged for the
sake Of the money they a make out
Of It'll"
mo, your excellency," I replied,
you are quite wrong If you imagine
that my countrymen would like to pro-
long the war for the sake Of a
profits. That is very far from being
the a On the contrary, the coun-
try at large is anxious for peace"
Don't forget your people are max
ing a lot Of money out of this war;"
the reichskanzler persisted. "They
are becoming very rich. They will
soon have all the gold In the world.
Putting an end to the war would to a
great extent end American opportuni-
ties for making money or this enor-
mou SCALE"
"That may be all true" I replied,
"but fortunately my countrymen think
more Of the blessings of peace and
liberty than they do Of war and profits.
and the sooner peace can be brought
about on a basis which will have
some assurance Of p~ermanency the bet
ter we will Like It"
Wilson has the greatest opportu-
nifty aver presented to q man to make
his name Immortality bringing about
peace In the world" he. went on. I'VE
feel now that he Ia not Dur friend, but
friendly to the allies, but nevertheless
he may be able to see that II this war
is prolonged indefinitely it will mean
the destruction Of all the nations In
volved in it. Do you think there ia
any possibility Of America entering
the war3"
'That, Of course, win depend, your
excellency," I answered, upon devel
opments I don't believe my country
IL anxious to fight, but I'm quite sure
that nothing in the world will keep rs
out OF 1t IL our rights as q neutral
nation are not respected"
I'VE certainly don't like the way
Hughes has been talking on the
stump" declared the reichskanxler.
did you hear any Of his speeches or
any Of Wilson's7"
/ said I had had no opportunity to
hear any OF the campaign speeches,
but that / had followed them In the
newspapers.
'Well, did you gather from what
you read that the American people
want to see peace in Europe or do
they want the war to 60 on so they
can continue to make fortunes ont
Of itl's
Again / replied that I was certain
our country would never be influenced
by such sordid considerations as were
implied In the reichskanzler's question,
but that II the right kind Of peace
could be brought about the whole
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