The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-09-11

treating army thrown upon the alreaSy
Impoverished Inhabitants Of that sec
ton. Why. they'll starve to death!
Everywhere we went we found
their big guns abandoned. In one
small village We came upon gun DEC
GRATED with flowers and surmounted
with a portrait of Emperor Franz Jo-
SET. 1t had been put there by the Ital-
ian inhabitants of the village to show
their happiness at being released at
last from the yoke Of the tntolerabie
Italian lawyer government How ter
ribly the Italians must have treated
them! Italy will never get over this
defeat. This was real help from God
Now, we've got the alliesw and he
struck his left hand with his right with
great force to emphasize bis apparent
conviction that the turning point In
the war had been reached with Italy's
collapse.
That the kaiser now regarded him
self and his armies as invincible felt.
and l feared that the success In Italy
would be followed at the first favora-
BILE opportunity by gigantic offensive
on the western front.
Indeed, on a subsequent occasion.
when he called at my office for further
treatment. and again referred to the
italian triumph. he remarked: IF our
armies could capture 100000 Italians
and those 300 900 might just as well be
dead as far as Italy Is Commemorative
can do the same thing against our
enemies on the west!"
This was one Of the interviews was
20 anxious to report to the representa-
tives Of the American intelligence de-
pertment at our legation In Copen-
hagsn and, later on. when finally ar
rived In that city. l related 1t In great
detail to them. l remained In Copen-
hagen eleven days and during the
greater part Of that time I WAS being
interviewed by one or another OF the
representatives of our intelligence de-
partment. Exactly two months later.
on March p. the western offensive
broke out as I had feared.
called at Potsdam a day q two la
ter to attend the kaiser again. and
found him still in the same triumphant
mood. and SO anxious was he to get
down to Italy that he called at my Of
me to complete my work on his affect
ed tooth.
On November % the kaiser called At
my Office for what proved to be bis
last sitting. had received word on
the Goth that my pass for America had
been granted and that could leave
on the 3Oth. and accordingly told the
kaiser that It was my Intention to leave
for Copenhagen on that day.
explained that I was completely
run down-and I certainly looked 1t
and that 1t was necessary for me to
get to Copenhagen anyway. SO that I
could get In touch with America re-
garding porcelain tooth patent which
had been granted to me In July. 1915.
but which . large dental company was
seeking to wrest from me. The patent
authorities had delayed action because
Of the fact that I resided In an enemy
country.
On the 18th received q letter from
the court chamberlain stating that the
president Of police had made II known
to the kaiser that had applied for =
pass to America and demanding an ex-
PLANTATION as to why l had told the kai-
ser that I had planned to 60 to Copen-
hagen and had not mentioned Amer
lea.
at once replied that II was indeed
my intention. as had told the kaiser.
to 60 to Copenhagen. but that had
applied for the pass to America be-
cause l wanted to be In q position to
go there II my patent AFFAIRS demand
ed II and expressed the hope that
nothing would be done to interfere
with the pass which had been prom
ised me for the 9Oth.
Nevertheless, the 30th came around
and the pass didn't. and the boat which
sailed from Copenhagen on December
z, which / had planned to take, sailed
without me.
Again the weary weeks followed
each other without the slightest init
nation from anyone that would ever
be allowed to leave. Indeed. I had
fully made up my mind that the au-
thorities had decided to keep me In
Berlin for reasons of their own nnd
that nothing could do could mend the
situation. when, early In January, re-
ceived the joyous tidings that l could
leave January 21-23. / left on the
22d, and as far as / have since been