Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-09-18

It was believed that the exchange OF
professors would accomplish the Ger
man purpose In two ways: not only
could the professors the kaiser sent to
America DO depended upon to SOW Ger
man seed In American soil. but the
American professors who were sent to
Berlin, 1t was hoped, could be 20 In
oculatGd with the German viewpoint
that when they returned to their ma
i've land they would disseminate It
among their associates and students.
Some time before the kaiser con-
ceived the scheme Of the Exchange
Professors, he sent his brother. Prince
Henry, to this country to draw the
two nations closer together and to In
still In the heart Of every child born
In America Of German parents an
abiding love for the fatherland.
Just before the war broke out. he
was planning to send one OF his sons
here with the same object
He told me Of his project and asked
me to which part Of the United States
I thought he ought to send the prince.
'That depends, your majesty" re-
piled, upon the object Of the visit.
II the purpose is to meet American
Aociety, I would recommend such
places as Newport in summer and
Palm Beach In winter. To come In
contact with our statesmen and diplo-
mats. Washington would naturally b
the most likely place to visit"
The kaiser thanked me for the In.
formation but did not enter into fur
Their details as to the object he had
In mind or which son he had planned
to send across.
It was to curry favor with America
that the kaiser had his yacht Meteor
built in our shipyards, and 1t is fact
that more American women were pre-
scented at the German court than those
Of any other nation.
When he presented q statue Of
Frederick the Great to this country,
In McKinley's administration. 1t Gre
ated a great stir in congress. What
could be less appropriate. 1t was ar.
the capital Of republicf The statue
was not set up In McKinley's admins
tration, but Roosevelt accepted it in
the interest Of diplomacy and had 1t
erected in front Of the Army building.
Seeing that his gift had had Just the
opposite effect to that intended. the
kaiser reprimanded his ambassador
Tor not having interpreted American
sentiment more accurately.
A few days after the death Of King
Edward, Roosevelt arrived in Berlin.
Despite the fact that all Europe was
in mourning, the kaiser arranged the
most elaborate military dress review
ever given In honor Of a private citizen
to celebrate Roosevelt's visit. The re
view was held in the large military
reservation near Berlin. More than
100000 soldiers passed in review be-
fore the kaiser and his staff and their
honored guest.
How far the kaiser would have gone
In his attentions to Roosevelt had he
not been In mourning 1t Is impossible
to cay, but I don't believe he would
have left anything undOne to show his
admiration for the American express
ident and to curry favor with this
country.
But Roosevelt was not the only
American to whom the kaiser made
overtures. He was constantly inviting
American millionaires to pay him
yachting visits at Kiel or wherever
else he happened to be.
He sat for portrait by an Ameri.
can painter, which was exhibited with
q large collection of other American
works under the kaiser's auspices.
There was nothing that the kaiser
did not do in his efforts to ingratiate
himself with this country in the hope
that he would reap his reward when
the great war he was anticipating
eventually broke out.
Taken individually, these various in
cidents seem trivial enough, but i
have every reason to know that the
kaiser attached considerable impor-
lance to them. I know that there was
a good deal Of chagrin In the TRADES
he delivered to me against America for
her part in supplying munitions to the
allies-chagrtn at the thought that the
seed he had sown In America had
failed to bring forth better fruit.
When We finally entered the war and
he realized that all his carefully muir
tursd plans Of years had availed him
naught. he could not restrain his bit
tsrness nor conceal his disappoint.
ment.
IAN my efforts to show my friend.
ship for Amer.ca-exchanging profess
sors with your colleges. sending my
brother in your country, all-all for
nothlngi" he exclaimed, disgustedly.
after we had entered the war.
On another occasion he showed even
more clearly how far America had fal-
len short Of his expectations:
"What has become Of those rich
Americans who used to visit me with
their yachts at Kiel and come to my
entertainments In Berlin? he asked,
sarcastically. snow that we have
England involved, why aren't they
utilizing the opportunity to serve and
to make their own country great? Do
they think put myself out to enter
tain them because l loved them1 !
am disguised with the whole Anglo
Saxon race!"
The kaiser couldn't understand why
the United States did not seize both
Canada and Mexico. Apparently, from