The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-10-31

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of joke.
"rve just come from the western
front" he told me. my men are NJ
to their knees In water and mud
We've been having lots of fun pump
ing the water out of our trenches int
the French trenches"
"Well, I suppose the French pumI
It right back again, don't they?"
"You're quite right, quite right
That's exactly what they do. Really
It's great lark"
Remarks of this kind rather slckenet
me Of this self-satisHed young man
I realized, of course, that his part In
the war was played at such safe
distance from the front lines that he
| was probably not familiar with all the
horrors of trench warfare. and yet II
could not be possible that he was un'
aware of the terrific loss of life and
| the untold agony and suffering which
millions of his people had to endure
while the 'nonsenslcap war contin-
ued.
After diplomatic relations were
broken Off between America and Ger
many, the crown prince and his fam
lily ceased coming TO me. They were
afraid, no doubt, Of public criticism,
although the kaiser was not.
or the kaiser's other children,
Prince William Eltel Frederick and
Prince Oscar were the only ones I
never met.
Prince Adelbert, the kaiser's third
son, was a very handsome and charm
Ing man. He always came to me at
tired In n naval officers uniform.
saw him but few times. as he was
seldom in Berlin, and he never talked
on matters of general Importance. i
never saw him after America entered
the war.
Prince August Wilhelm, the fourth
son, was perhaps the most democratic
Of them all. He sometimes came to
Dee me In nm ordinary taxicab and he
was the only one Of the kaiser's sons
whom ever saw In civilian dress. He
vas the first member Of the royal fam
tly to come to me after the murder
Of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and
liz was In mourning when he called.
lie looked very sad and detected and
gave me the first intlmation that the
tragedy of Sarajevo would almost In
cyltably lead TO general war.
In January. 1913, In speaking OF the
part that America would take I'm the
war, he mentioned that his officers had
told him that 10000 Americans were
on the western front. "we don't be-
lleve II. however," he added. "How
could they get there without our know
ing IL? Our U-boats would certainly
have found It out. No, Davis. It's not
true"
Prince Joachim. the kaiser's young
est son, and one OF the last of the
royal family to visit me. reminded me
very much of his eldest brother, the
crown prince. He was tall and slender
and would have been good-looklng but
for q retreating chin which was very
pronounced. He had as little respect
for public opinion as the crown prince.
and while the U-boat Deutschland was
on Its way to America principally to
bring back cargo OF rubber, the sup
ply OF which was exhausted In Ger
many, this sixth son Of the kaiser was
driving around the country in a big
car and using up enormous rubber
tires. while rubber was worth Its
weight In gold and many cars for the
army were supplied with plain Iron
wheels.
This prince was the only member of
the royal family to get near enough
TO the firing line to get shot. The In
Jury, which he received while ut the
western front. was only slight flesh
wound OF the thigh. but II was enough
10 start him limplng through history.
IL WIS such a superficial wound that
II couldn't have caused him one-half
as much pain ms It gave the whole
royal family pleasure.
The fact that one OF the kalser's
own sons had actually been wounded
aud shed his royal blood In active SER
vice was something that the Inspired
press VIII never stop growing over.
but by just what accident the prince
TO come within range of the
bullet has never been disclosed. New
crtheless he received the Iron Cross of
the first class, or, MS some one who
realized the significance of the Incl
Irnt, remarked, "a first-class iron cross
for a second-class wound"
AS he limped into my Office. the
young prlnce-he is now only twenty
"See what one of
your damned American bullets did to
mel
"How do you know It was an Amer
lean bullet 2" l asked.
"The Russians have nothing else"
told him ON one occasion that the
people were complaining of the food
shortage.
"They have food enough" he an
swered. '"rhe best thing they do is
to complain Don't they complain In
America? The fact is they have too
much to eat. anyway. They don't know
what they want"
CHAPTER XIII.
The Kaiser at Army Headquarters.
To what extent the kaiser is respon-
slble for the failures and entitled to