El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-11


farce the world has ever known
What the junkers believed OF Rus
STA they proved TO the people Of Ger
many Here they scored in a way
with regard TO America they
taught the people that there was
nothing TO fear IN the United States
there were 15,00O.0 900 Germans and
with these in their midst America
dared not think OF opposing Ger
many
This was the loose plank in. her
raft When America did decide TO
come in-and president Wilson was
prepared for what he was about TO
undertake before he made any move
the people were bluffed that the
vast armies hoped for from America
were tall talk. and. anyhow. could
not be landed in France.
When the raft was Ioosened. dis
aster same to the junkers and the fail
Of the Hohenzollerns was assured
Won Kissing n Martinez.
While OF the subject OF Belgium,
can assure you that my old friend
Kissing has been blamed for much
that was not of his doing. He was
not the cruel man he has been made
out. yet he was a strong discipline
rian-
In fact. some years ago at Nun
ster. when he was in charge OF mill
tary maneuvers. he ordered the kali
ser from the field for interfering.
sir Alfred Turner was present and
heard it, The kaiser retired. and so.
subsequently,. did Kissing.
"One great charge brought against
him was his supposed connection with
the shooting Of nurse Caveu. The
shooting Of this nurse was a horrible
thing. but he had nothing to do
with it.
The American ambassador to Bel
GUM himself told me that the morn
ing the shooting took place Kissing
was. along with himself. in Berlin.
endeavoring TO exercise influence for
nurse CavelL
Kissing Drug Fiend.
when they left Belgium the mill
tary party, surmising the errand upon
which they had gone. held a court
martial on nurse Caven that night
at II o'clock
They found her guilty (she had
admitted she had assisted Belgians
to escaped. and she was shot three
hours later-at > o'clock in the morn
ing-before any petition could pos
sibly have reached the emperor.
For about Is years Kissing had
been drug fiend. and his left arm
was blue and withered through in
jections Of morphia-
He was an unfortunate man. with
strong sense Of duty, and he died
doing that duty, but that he was not
a monster will be proved when the
history OF the war comes 10 be writ
ten.
Spies in High Life.
7 agree that England has to watch
keenly for spies; il is necessary. be-
cause spying is going on But among
whom should she exercise her vigil
lance? Not the waiter and shop
keeper type OF German
you dare harry breathe the
names OF those who shOuld be
respected in ENGLAND. they are
of such high social stumbling.
These people do not have papers
OF an discriminating character on
them when interfered with. They
travel in and out Of England as sub
Jects of neutral countries. and they q
carry the information mentally, de- ]
livering II verbally. They leave no !
trace Of a material nature.
The people Of the world have be-
come so used TO these people wander !
ing TO and fro that they have sue
cumbed TO that hapless state they |
have so well affected. and treat them !
with anything but suspicion
such men have Jumped from very !
ordinary people to men and women |
OF wealth and influence.
Does any reasonable man think /
for a moment that a man who was at l
one time an ordinary clerk in a Ger ]
man town, now possessed OF vast 4
wealth in England. does not know I
from his friends in Germany how /
matters there are shaping? Is It any /
more difficult. then. to understand /
how likely IL IS that those people |
keep him Informed from Germany are /
kept informed OF things in England /
or elsewhere2
These people have their agents |
making constant trips. and they are /
the people. on supposed commercial 4
errands, that have TO be watched.
Some Can't BE Muzzled.
Some day the German people viii 1
know the truth. There are men like ]
the late ambassador to England. i
who will not be muzzled- /
"'Lichnowsky was never. from the 1
German standpoint. a success as an 4
He was an enormously |
wealthy man. a great art student and 1
IN honest man.
He was too straight a tyne for the /
Nuhlmann crowd. His wife was a
woman with a somewhat eccentric /
OF the conventional Her
children, even a daughter OF u years.
had not to wear a stitch Of clothing
when at home. although male ser
wants were employed
"On one occasion. / believe the DO
ice had to interfere because the chill
iren in their nakedness not only |