The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-19
THE KAISER AS 1 KNEW HIM"
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against Germany, ne mace the .e-
mark: Wilson's in the hands Of the
Wall street group J"
But, perhaps. the most bitter de-
nunciation ] ever heard him make Of
Wilson was shortly sitter we entered
the war. / had been summoned to
the great army headquarters to zee
him, and when he entered the room
he appeared to be In q towering rage.
Indeed. his condition was 80 apparent
that the kaiserin, who was also pres
ent, 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
leave the room and resented her show
ing Inc that she petted him.
We said little while was at work,
but when was through and was pre-
parirg to leave, the kaiser stepped
sOWaIu A1S 001 Se1lu
Davis, Wilson IL real scoundrell r.
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 apologized.
Il beg your pardon, Davis" he de-
clared. in a qufeter voice. II know
you're an American and l beg your
pardon for hurting your feelings, but
If you only knew, you would realize
what a scoundreI your president IL.
When 1t comes to threatening. VII
son should have his cut flrsti"
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
this war; he said. Americans win
now see, when 1t Is too late, what fools
they made of themselves when they
elected professor for president. Now
America must pay the bills!" In this
remark and others of the same import
the kaiser's expectation Of being able
pert of his peace terms was clearly In
dicated, and he felt that America, hav-
ing profited the most and suffered the
least OF any of the belligerent powers,
would be in the best position to I'LL his
depleted Golfers.
The last time I saw the kaiser when
he mentioned the president was In the
fall of 1917, shortly after Wilson, had
replied to the pope's peace proposal.
Wilson Is an idealist, and an ideal
list can accomplish nothingl" was his
comment. 'He went into the war that
he might have seat at the peace table
but he will never get 1t. shall pre-
vent It'll"
OF Wilson's peace notes, which were
issued before America went into the
war. the kaiser remarked: II think l
am right, the others think they're right.
America has all the money. II Wilson
really wants peace. let him pay the
bills and take care of the indemnities
and the war will be over! It is very
simple"
There waorno 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 fleet
around the world and showing that It
vas fit. This brilliant stroke Of states
manship. as the kaiser termed It, was
topic that he referred to ON several
occasions. It was forceful demonstre-
ton that was very much after his own
heart.
what / admire about Mr.. Roosevelt
most" he said, ''is the fact that he has
the greatest moral courage OF any man
ever knewT The fact that Mr..
Roosevelt had given Germany's fleet
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 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 / entertained him
when he was here as our guest, for
him to take the stand he has Is very
ungentlemanly. gave great review
for him-the greatest honor could be-