The Lamar register., 1918-09-25

Of it,"
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 war
profits. That is very far from being
the case. 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 on this enor-
nous scale"
'That may be all true" 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 permanency the bet
ter we will like It."
Wilson has the greatest opportu-
nifty ever presented to man to make
his name Immortality bringing about
peace In the world" he went on. 1--WE
feel now that he is not our friend. but
friendly to the allies, but nevertheless
he may be able to see that II this war
is prolonged indefinitely 1t will mean
the destruction OF all the nations In
volved in 1t. Do you think there Is
any possibility Of America entering
the WARP
THAT. of course. will depend. your
I answered, upon devel-
opments. I don't believe my country
is anxious to fight. but I'm quite sure
that nothing in the world will keep US
out Of It II our rights as a neutral
nation are not respected"
I'VE certainly don't like the way
Hughes has been talking on the
declared the reichskanzler.
did you hear any Of his speeches or
any of Wilson'sf'
said i had had NO opportunity to
hear any Of the campaign speeches.
but that had followed them in the
well. did you gather from what
you ICuo lut RooRio
want to see peace In Europe or do
they want the war to 60 on so they
can continue to make fortunes out
Of itf'
Again I replied that 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
country would eagerly embrace 1t.
The subject OF the U-boat campaign
was never mentioned and II was not
until several months later when the
submarine warfare was started again
On a greater scale than ever that i
realized that the whole purpose of
his interview was to ascertain II they
,ould. without telling me their inten-
tons. who was the candidate. Hughes
Or Wilson. who would be least dan
gerous to them II more American yes
sells were sunk In the ruthless sub
marine campaign they were then con-
The election was drawing close; It
was necessary to notify Won Berns-
torn of Potsdam's preference; the kali
YER believed that perhaps he held the
ballot In his hand in the
shape Of the German-American vote
and he didn't know how to cast II.
Hence the eagerness with which they
me upon my return from
the front"
The interview with the reichskanzler
and the fact that It was instigated by
the kaiser Indicated to me that Amer
Ca occupied a most important place
In the kaiser's plans. When. few
later. we declared war against
Germany. however. all the kaiser's
planning and plotting Of years col
Iapsed. The edifice he had been so
erecting came crashing to
the ground because II was built upon
a false foundation. How elementary
was his expectation that his efforts to
win the friendship of the United
States In time of peace could avail
him anything IN the face Of his bar
barrie methods Of making wari
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