Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-08

| n'hrh. WY uOthH l ne dliOW lDen U
I fight 1t out among themselves. 1t 4
their affair. not hisl" Germany ha,
T many financial interests In Mexico ant
r looked with dIsfavor upon any move
we made In that direction.
} When, however. the war In Europe
starred the kaiser made every effort
to have America mix In international
affairs provided we fought on her side
When | saw him just after the war
started he said we ought to seize the
opportunity to annex Canada and
Mexico
Cant your president see the won
derful opportunity now for combIn-
Ing with us and crushing England?"
he asked. with our fleet on one side
and Americas ON the other we could
destroy England's sea power. This Is
Americas great opportunity to domi-
nate the western hemisphere. and your
| president must see his chance to take
Canada and Mexicor"
AS the war progressed and reports
reached the Kaiser of our increased
shipments of munitions TO the allies,
the kaiser's Impotence with Wilson be-
came more difficult to repress, and
there was hardly an interview | had
with him In which he did not give
vent to his feelings In that coDnec-
tion.
MY officers are becoming so in
censed at Americas attitude" he told
me. 1T will be impossible for me to
restrain them much longer"
And when, on another occasion, he
accused Mr.. Wilson Of discriminating
against Germany, he made the re-
mark: Wilson's In the hands OF the
Wall street groupw
But. perhaps, the most bitter de-
nunciation ! ever heard him make of
Wilson was shortly after we entered
the war. / had been summoned to
the great army headquarters to see
him, and when he entered the room
he appeared to be In towering rage.
Indeed, his condition was so apparent
that the kaiserin, who was also pres
emit, sought to excuse him with the
explanation that he had been very
much upset and had been sleeping
very poorly, and she asked me to treat
him gently and tried to soothe him
At the same lime, but he told her to
cave the room and resented her show
ng Inc that she petted him.
We said little while | was at work,
'ut when | was through and was pre-
'arirg to leave. the kaiser stepped
cward me and said: 4,
Davis, Wilson Is q real scoundrel I" ,
My face flushed, l suppose. at this h
INSULT to our president. and my re- +
eminent was so apparent that the n
alser Immediately patted me on my
light shoulder and apologized. >
II beg your pardon, Davis" be de- =
Jared, In quieter voice. IL know .,
ou're an American and / beg your .
ardon for hurting your feelings, but :,
you only knew. you would realize =,
hat scoundrel your president is. =,
Then II comes to throat-cutting, VIII
IN should have his cut tr', IN
Whenever the sun shone for the n
liser he grew so optimistic that he tc
lied to pay the slightest attention to
Ic clouds gathering on the horizon. 20
fter the italian collapse. for instance, &c
, was so enthusiastic about his mill
ny success in that arena that he 81
He'd to realize that America was sr
pwly but surely forging the thunder No
lt that was to strike him down.
"Now how foolish Ii was for your "h
esident to bring your country into III
Is warl |" he said. Americans will be
w see, when il is too late. what fools IA
ey made OF themselves when they no
,cted professor for president. Now Iv
rerica must pay the bllls!" In this he
mark and others OF the same import co
. kalsers expectation of being able alb
exact an enormous indemnity as of
ri OF his peace terms was clearly in
.ated. and he felt that America, hav- on
, profited the most and suffered the I'm,
st of any of the belligerent powers.
uld be in the best position to fill his nm
pleted Golfers. 20,
rhe last time l saw the kaiser when sit
mentioned the president was In the fal
OF 1917. shortly after Wilson had fer
lied to the pope's peace proposal. ser
Wilson In an ideaiist. and an Ideal onl
can accomplish nothlngF' was his re,
nment. "He went into tiie war that the
might have a seat at the peace table wh
he will never get 1t. l shall pre- Mr.
t III" VIII
" Wilson's peace notes, which we're tim
ls-d befors America went Into the ed
/. the ksAer remarked; Il think l PAL
right. th- others think they're right. ire
erica ha~ oil the money. II Wilson I
ny wanu peace, let him pas ths abe
> and take care of the indemnitiez Ha
, che war will be overl 1t is very "
pile" ticl
mere was no man of modern times wri
Dn the kaiser seemed to admire so IA
ch, before the war. as ex-PressdeI He
The kaiser was convinced it v
I Roosevelt had preverred war Sith foil
AN by sending the American fleet I
und the world ana showing that il Am
it, This brilliant stroke of states not
a.. a "a