Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-15

During the course of my work on,
t OF bis private secretaries came in re
peatedly with kilograms and message,
for the kaiser, and he would usually
excuse himself and read them. Some
times he would be summoned outside
to consult with important persons who
were there to See him, but he was
never gone more than ten minutes at 9
time.
l did not think he looked exception
ally well. He seemed to be very tired
and he had very little to say-in itself
an indication that he was not exactly
| normal.
When my work for the morning was
over and his valet, who had assisted
me, had been excused, the kaiser
gazed at me for moment or two and
then, apropos Of nothing, burst out
with the rather remarkable announce
ment; THE man who brought this
catastrophe ~on the world, Davis,
should be strung up by the neck, and
that man Is not l, as the world seems
to Think The car Of Russia and the
the wedding Of my daughter-guests
at my own house, mind you, and my
blood relatives-hatched this plot
against me. They were envious of
my power, but they win now learn
what that power is"
In the same breath almost he made
the inconsistent remark: England
Will never be able to raise an efficient
army; 1t took Germany one hundred |
years to accomplish what she has
donel"
Some time after this, one of the big
gest merchants In Berlin told me that
he had heard on the stock exchange
that the kaiser had made the remark
that the king and car had Matched
the plot against him, and as l had
repeated the kaiser's statement to no
one, l realized that he must have told
he same thing to others. If this YER
don of the starting Of the war was put
INTO circulation with the idea Of abb
olving the kaiser, 1t certainly didn't
AIRY conviction even among the Ger
mans themselves. The merchant who
poke to me abo1t 1t, at any rate, made
I'm of the idea, and I never heard the
oint seriously raised by anyone else ,
f influence.
Before l left the kaiser that MORN '
ig he spoke Of the AngIo-French loan
'hich had been doated In America '
nd condemned US severely for eoun- {
financing 1t. When 1 told him that 1
ermany had also floated a loan in t
merica, he replied: But ours was t
1ly $10.000,000, while theirs is $780, 4
U,OOOr to which naturally rejoined
lat the size of the loan could GER &
inly not affect the question of our F
in floating 1t. s.
He criticized our bankers who han. a
ed the loan, and when 1 asked him If p
had ever seen the number Of Ger. "
an names that appeared on the list IL
bankers who were interested In It,
said he hadn't read the list, but he
is quite sure there was one bank In
wv York which wouldn't touch II. ST
hat bank wouldn't touch anything CO
at would be detrimental to Ger. BIZ
lny" he added oh
Several months later 1 was called nj
Pless again and was shown to the pl
ne room had visited on the former tn
,asion. When the kaiser entered he ev
cd erect, with his hands to his side. ha
rked his heels together and saluted w
as soldier salutes superior off. to
, smiling as he did so, and knew tai
was in good humor. an
nevertheless he had but little to saw. the
} criticism Of Mr.. Wilson on this oc- the
ion i have recorded elsewhere In the
Sc pages. the
q June of 1917. after the great army eau
dquarters had been removed to ty
nburg v. d. Hohe, and Krenznach low
o neighboring villages) was called TIL,
e to see the kaiserin, and three turt
ks later l went there again to see tina
kaiser. / noticed at the station the tina
ers private train composed Of five wat
( green cars upon each of which In |
plainly marked the imperial coat
rms. The cars had special folding
s. IT.
NO rooms were assigned to me on and
OF the upper hoors OF the palace dub
my meals consisted of the same rece
of food as / had always had be- lear
the war, although the hunger cpl. the
lc was raging throughout the coun. Is b
1t was almost worth the trip for no a
sake of the meals alone. sis.
ter had treated the kaiser In the enth
ling went to my rooms. as knew new
ould be three o'clock before he of hi
d be ready for me again. He never tureC
red anything to Interfere with his derly
dinner nap - - sold S
!; (TO BE CoRTINUED.) i She
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