The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-12-27
The Kaiser as | Knew Him
for Fourteen Years
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By An 4HUR N. DAVIS. y. u. S.


| more positive PROOF against them. In
Belgians were simply England's tools
Some of the arguments the kaise
raised in his discussions with me re
garding the war were so weak an,
his sincerity in urging them, but
shall give them for what they ar,
worth.
''They refer to US as the Huns !" th'
kaiser observed bitterly. 'If you
people could see what the Russian.
have done in the Bukowina and east
ern Prussia they would know ther
who are the real Hunsl They de
stroyed everything they could lay
their hands on. In one of my shoot
ing lodges which the Cossacks entered
they even knocked out the teeth of the
boars' heads which hung on the walls
With knives they cut out the covers OF
my chairs. They had special fire
bombs which they threw on peaceful
villages. These bombs had been con-
structed in peace times and were de-
signed solely for pillage and destruc-
ton.
INSTEAD of treating their soldiers
as prisoners of war We should have
strung them up by the neck-every
one of theml"
Several prominent Poles, who were
patients of mine and whose fine es-
molished, told me positively that the
destruction and depredations were
committed entirely by German troops.
The Russians had occupied the houses
when they were in possession of that
section of the country, but it was not
until they were driven out by the Ger
mans that the acts of vandalism were
committed and they had convincing
evidence that in every case the Ger
man soldiers and not the Russians
were responsible.
The outrages committed by the Ger
mans in their treatment of prisoners
of war will probably never be known
in their entirety. We do know that
they executed Captain Fryatt, the
commander of British merchant YES
sci, who was captured after he had
a German U-boat l don't
directly responsible for that dastardly
crime, but from what he said regard
ing the capture Of another British cap
tain, the commander of the Baralong, !
it was quite evident that he was in |
entire sympathy with acts of that |
A German U-boat had sunk Brit
Sh vessel upon which were some of |
he relatives of the crew of the Bara-
ong. The crew of this U-boat was
captured by the Bara-
ong, and according to reports in Ger
many they were harshly treated. Then
t was reported that the Baralong had
zen captured and that her captain
nd the crew would be summarily
ealt with.
81 hear we have captured the cap
ain of the Baralong," the kaiser de-
Jared to me at that time. eff we can
rove that he's the man We'll fix him 70
The manner in which the kaiser
poke left no doubt In my mind that
ne direst punishment would be melted
ut to the unfortunate British captain.
Booty is undoubtedly a legitimate
lcident of war, but it is legitimate
My as an incident. Otherwise booty
ecomes loot In any event, when in |
aiding troops seize private property it {
customary to pay for it. That the
ermans were good takers but poor t
ayers is revealed by two incidents
hich the kaiser narrated to me, and l
lie keen enjoyment he derived from I
lem can be fully understood only by [
lose who know how much the kaiser |
opreciates getting something for
)thing.
''Rounania wanted our gold for food q
he told me. 'They demand
| pure gold and they set enormous S
ices on their wares; but we needed i
hat they had to sell and we were c
ady to pay even the outrageous 4
ices they demanded. And then they t
olishly declared war against US and e
e got it all for nothingl When /
oke to Hindenburg about the scon- V
mplated campaign against Rouma- a
q he said, This will be a very inter-
ting campaign 1t was. We got all O
E wanted and didn't have to pay t
my for it,
The kaiser beamed all over as he v
ntemplated the results of Rouma- A
as entry in the war. G
When the German troops entered t
lrnapol, Russia, at later time they
ptured vast quantities of American n
ade hospital supplies. v
"We were just figuring what this o
izure amounted to, and my army. "
ctors were strutting around as if I
ey owned the world" declared the p
User, "when one Of my officers was c
preached by a group Of long-haired, f
easy Jews, who claimed that these b
pplies belonged to them. They are S
+ private property; we bought them 0
d we should be compensated If you n
lie Them they commended. Did you b
y for them7' my officer asked. No, v
, didn't pay for them, but we gave G
Z notes. they replied. Then said Il
I officers. when you take up those y
tes we'll nay for these stores; in q