Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-10-11

and the war will be over! II Is very
simple"
1hs,e was no man Of modern times
whom the kaiser seemed to admire so
much before the war, as ex-PresideLt
Roosevelt The kaiser was convinced
that Roosevelt had prevented war with
Japan by sending the American feet
around the world and showing that 1t
vas fit. This brilliant stroke of states
manship, as the kaiser termed 1t, was
u topic that he referred to on several
occasions. 1t was forceful demonstra-
ton that was very much after his own
heart.
''What admire about Mr.. Roosevelt
most" he said, lis the fact that he has
the greatest moral courage Of any man
/ ever knew The fact that Mr..
Roosevelt had given Germany's feet
twenty-four hours notice to steam
from Venezuelan waters didn't serve
to lessen the kaiser's admiration for
him.
heard him shower praise on
Roosevelt many times and l haven't
the slightest doubt that he was quite
sincere.
After the war started, when Roose-
welt showed very plainly that no mat
ter what nice things the kaiser might
have thought and said Of him, he GER
tainly didn't reciprocate the feeling,
the kaiser was very much disappointed.
I'm terribly disappointed in Mr..
Roosevelt" he declared. after the
way my wife and l. entertained him
when he was here as our guest, for
him to take the stand he has is very
ungentlemanly. l gave great review
for him-the greatest honor could be-
stow upon him and thing which had
never been done for a private citizen.
He was not president then, you know.
/ used to admire him very much, blu,
now think the man has gone crazy
and lost his mind. never thought he
would turn against us like that !" He
did not seem to realize that patriotic
American owed allegiance to his own
country. $
N 1919 asked him whether he had
heard that Mr.. .cnrd was on his way
over from America In chartered ship
with delegation.
"Who, Peace-Ford?" he inquired.
told the kaiser what had read of
the Ford expedition.
How can your country allow man
like that to do this thing-a man who
has played no part in the politics of his
own country and is entirely ignorant
Of international affairs--a man who, !
understand, was formerly in the BIZ
cycle business and knows very little
outside of business matters?
Il haven't the slightest doubt Mr..
Ford is great business man." the
kaiser went on, "and / am sure he
means all right, but what mistake
1t Is to allow man so ignorant of
world affairs to do a ridiculous thing
like this!''
l told the kaiser that it had been
suggested in some of the American
papers that If Ford really wanted to
end the war, all he had to do was to
pay Germany $1OO,OOO.OOO and buy
Belgium back.
Zone hundred million dollars!" the
kaiser repeated, and then after mo-
ment's reflection, as though he had
been turning over some figures In his
mind, mo, Davis, 1t will cost much
more than that to get Belgium back !"
1t occurred to me that II the kaiser
really meant what he said on that 0c-
casion, all his talk about "peace with
out annexation" was obviously a myth
and that the only hope Of Belgium's
of Prussia. Subsequent developments
amply confirmed that view.
In the winter of 1916, we were talk
ing of the sentiment in America and
the conversation turned to Won Berns-
tori.
"Von Bernstorff has been doing very
good work in your country" the kaiser
commented.
"Well, your majesty" replied. ut is
said in America that If he had not been
such a clever diplomat he would long
ago have been compelled to leave"
"From all l hear" the kaiser said.
me hasn't had very easy time Of 1t.
The American press as whole has
been conspicuously anti-German, al
though / understand that one of your
newspaper publishers has been friend
~ to us. Mr.. Hearst, for instance. has
helped our cause very much In your
country. He has been telling the truth
about affairs. which is more than most
Of the other papers have been doing I"
just before the king Of Greece abdi-
Gated. the kaiser referred to the atti-
tude of the American press again.
.The way the American newspapers
and the press of the allied countries
generally are presenting the Grecian
situation to the world is absolutely
false and disgrace!" he declared, bit
terly. "They are entirely misrepre-
senting the facts. Mr.. Hearst is the
only one, as far as ! can find, who has
revealed the real conditions and told
the truth about them. My, wonder
what the people have to say now that
Mr.. Hearst has finally exposed the
whole thing" II was only short
time afterwards that the king abdicat-