Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-15

iGN.litl me stlld
Davis, Wilson is a. real scoundrel J"
Ny face flushed, I suppose, at this
Insult to our president, and my re-
sentiment was so apparent that the
kaiser Immediately patted me on my
right shoulder and apologlzed.
81 beg your pardon, Davis" he de-
clared, in a quieter voice. Il know
you're an American and I beg your
pardon for hurting your feelings, but
if you only knew, ycu would realize
what scoundrel your president is.
When it comes to throat-cutting, Wit
son should have his cut frst!"
Whenever the sun shone for the
kaiser he grew so optimistic that he
failed to pay the slightest attention to
the clouds gathering on the horizon.
After the Italian collapse, for instance,
he was so enthusiastic about his mill
tary success in that arena that he
failed to realize that America was
slowly but surely forging the thunder
bolt that was to strike him down.
NOW how foolish it was for your
president to bring your country into
Ibis war;" he said! "Americans wil!
now see, when it is too late, what fools
hey made OF themselves when they
elected a professor for president. Nov.
America must pay the billS! In this
..:u.ark and others Of the same impor!
he kaiser's expectation Of being able
0 exact an enormous indemnity as
rrt Of his peace terms was clearly in
.icated, ana he felt that America, hay
~ profted the most and suffered the
aast Of any~of the belligerent powers,
;oiad be in the best position to ill his
ep:2ted Golfers. -
tic last time saw the kaiser when
o mentioned the president was in the
II of 1917, shortly after Wilson had
piled to the pope's peace proposal.
Wilson is an ideaiist, and an ideal
/ can accomplish nothing" was his
.-.l,7lInt. "He went into the war tna'
Z. might have a seat at the peace tabir
ct he will never get it. l shall pre-
ent It'll"
Of Wilson's peace notes, which were
gsued before America went into th'
var, the kaiser remarked: i think
m right, the others think they're right.
.merica has all the money. Ii WILSON
-eally wants peace, let him pay the
ills and take care of the indemnltle&
md the war will be over! It is YER
simple
There was 10 man of modern time
whom the kaiser seemed to admire 81
much, before the war, as ex-PresideI.
Roosevelt. The kaiser was conEincet.
hat Roosevelt had prevented war wit.
Japan by ser:;Ig the American fee
around tie w.rld and showing that :,
vas IT. Ti.is brilliant stroke of stateT
nlanship, as the kaiser termed it.. wa
a topic that he referred to on severa
occasions. 1t was forcefui demonstr@
ton that was very mach after his owl
heart.
"Nhat I admire about Mr.. Roosevelt
most" lie said sis the fact that lie Ia;
The greatest moral courage of any MAJ
I ever tneW!" The fact that Iii
Roosevelt had given Germany's fee
ewenty-four hours notice to steQD.
from Venezuelan waters didn't serV;'
10 lessen the l,a;ser's admiration 10,
him.
heard him shower praise o.
Roosevelt many times and I haven't
ne slightest tiUu1c that he was quite
sincere.
After the VIZ started, when Roose,
5sit Showed very plainly that no mat
-er what nice thugs the kaiser nigh
nave thought and SAID Of him, he Ger,
aiajy didn't reciprocate the feeling
he kaiser WIS very much disappointed.
Tn terribly disappointed in Mr..
Roosevelt" lie declared. "After the
.yay my wife and I entertained him
yhgn he WAS here as our guest, for
aim to take The stand he has is very
,lrgentlemanly. I gave q great review
or iliG!-the greatest honor could be-
tow upon him aG:ia ding which had
lcyc? been done for private citizen.
lie wa not president then, you know.
: used to admire him very much, but
low think tie man has gone crazy
1n,i Test his mind. | never thought he
would turn against US like that" He
til not seem TO realize that patriotic
American owed allegiance to his OWE
country.
n 1915 asked him whether he haC-
heard that Mr. FNrii was on lis wa
ever from America III chartered SHY
with a delegation.
"Who, Peace-Ford?" he inquired.
l told the kaiser what I had read OF
the Ford expedition.
81 "How can your country allow man
ike that to do this thing-a man VIII"
has played no part in the politics of hi:,
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?
81 haven't the slightest doubt Mr..
Ford is great business man." the
kaiser went on, "and I am sure he
means all right, but what a mistake
it is to allow man so ignorant OF
world affairs to do q 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 $100,000,G00 and buy
Belgium back.