Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-11
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pressed Interview,
elares Ellsworth
100000 COPIES s
Nm Also Paid Respects
Turkey in Statements
n Gade to Hale in 1908

tno CatnonC Cnurch IN TN
~ ef an interview granted william
~ Hale. formerly of Philadelphia
~ imperial yacht in Norwegian
~ In 1sos-an interview which sub
etly was suppressed on request Of
herman Government, 100000 copie,
ne magssine containing II beinl
EoHed b. German officials. accord
~ statements made by William W
worth. for many years president OF
csntury Company. in the course OF
)9cture before the University Exten.
+ ~ Becisty In witherspoon Hall
1hs Interview. declared Mr.. Ellsworth
In the nature OF a general arraign.
11nt Of the Catholic Church and In the
s< tDo OF the conversation the German
EDoror also paid his respects to Tur.
t now one Of his allies In the grea,
< ofId war. Mr.. Ellsworth told OF the
1n16rvfew from his recollection OF the
) <4<ents at the time, but he was quite GER
4 31&n that the statements made by the
kalbor were very indiscreet," and he
1870 anxious that they should become
g XDown at this time on account OF the
&orxn that the knowledge Of them il
U1oly to do the German war lord.
b Mr Ellsworth's statements created a
1I<o4ound impression on the large audi
'4111o gathered to hear him. and were
( <<oooGnfzed as an important contribution
x ~ Gho history Of events leading up to
311o war. Rscountings the story Of the
>iGIarvisw. as he recollected II, the speak
~ I'D:
I'm the autumn of 1908 DIR. William
x Inward Hale, then connected with the
INV York Times, decided he could OBJ
3Tf0ln an Interview with the Germ m En-
'<Y1f0E He went to Germany and. from
ff1o Foreign ONCE. obtained consent to
31P>rview the Emperor. but on condition
\ AU remarks would be submitted TO the
x4feitn once for approval.
EMPEROR on YACHT
'Doctor Hale agreed and went 10
z ~ Norwegian waters, where the En-
46ter was aboard his imperial yacht.
M for two hours on the moonlit deck
~ Kaiser talked while Doctor Hale
N146e notes. Returning to Berlin he
n0bmitted the interview to the Foreign
once It was agreed II might be pub
1lo1sed. but there was a stipulation II
W1s too sensational for publication in a
lsaWspaper, but should be given to some
reyiew. or, in other words, a mag
hkinc.
a Doctor Hale wired to US regarding IT
~ $1,000. We had It in type In October
~ all ready for our December issue,
wNjch went on the street the latter part
X November. On October 2s the Kaiser
1egraph. which created a tremendous
.uonoation all over the world and which
~ Foreign ONCE tried vainly to sup
& eft was only a few days afterward
thot Richard Watson Glider. editor of
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- 6onversation after this fashion:
x Has tho Century a manuscript OF
maGfview with the Kaiser? Glider
n Was Already in sheets. and then
Z 6<to1re of3ered to pay all expenses II
Hea!d be suppressed. This was
3; tIhs editors talked the question over
&1IM one Of our bright young men went
z X the Dsvinne Press. where 100000 OF
&k&oe sheets were already. Without any,
II1y being the wiser Of his mission he
~ these all packed and placed in a
'6V1gy sheet containing q word Of that
61ofy1ew was destroyed. while the ex-
Do1ees, between $4,000 and $4,000, were
D41d TO VI.
NEWSPAPER OFFERS $4,000
s'The news Of the affair leaked out and
n1o Newspaper offered $4,000 for a
pFeof, another raising the offer to Sl5.-
80 But they were, of course. refused.
.Af that time we were friendly with the
the Emperor In fair esteem. so II was q
natural thing to accede to this request
Ia tsdowever, a few days afterward q
11pn met Glider in the street and said.
Have you any copies Of the Kaiser 8
apeechr Certainly he said: we have
3l1,oe0 in the safe-deposit vaults.
lWt1l' asked the questioner. what would
''xU4 advise the German Government to
~ With themT oh said Glider, jok-
UIV. why not scnd a warship over for
e1DmT Then he walked away.
4 9{mASine his surprise when some
3X1oks later he was called on the tele-
1870 and informed a German warship
~ arrived for the sheets. Sure enough,
14Dgo vas . cruiser and, while there
W44 much conjecture as to the reason
D 144 arrived, none really learned her
,<} xhs cases were all taken aboard at
~ ends she sailed away. Some time
= ~ this one OF our editors was at a
e1er when 2 young German naval Of.
\ ~ nldled his chair to him and said
pDcse you would like to know what
NJ Of those sheets Of the Kaiser's
81 100 miies sn from Sfs New sA'S York xnss ws
F1W the first case overheard. II
&11e4. instead OF sinking. and a boat
Aewered and sent away to retrieve
were kept busy In the stokeroom
4N9 and burning every one OF those
x0HES INTERVIEW PUBLISHED
*t;~I wish now We had published that
lulorvtsw ten years ago 1t was very in.
e 5Itocrsst and would have hurt the En-.
l1looor tremendously, and we want to do
z tI1ln eli the harm possible. It contained
tofrinc arraignment Of the Roman
1hc1ie Church.
y EIlsworth then recited the allu
= - formsr President Taft and Arch
o Ireland, after which he told more
11ng the falai disposition OF the
ne said:
- * them was given to the Ger
4ve:um at Harvard University.
E1D9ntly wrote to u United States
~. calling his attention to the
~ asking. that he obtain the In
"a for publication. But read TO.
- paper had disappeared. and as
0Ioncke. . German Of Germans.
- curator. Il stands TO reason an
= man like him would not permi,
A document to remain where II
&afm the fatherland.
ana II there In II seems to be
~ of the owner 70 produce II and
- contents published. For II
lncalculable harm to the Ger
nnrUF, especially With his pres
AeDtrta. because Of the attack
" OF INTEREST SHOWN
1vai Of interest in this sup-
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