The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-12-19

Dorins shs coorss II ny wsek ~
Of his private secretaries came In -
peatedly with kilograms and messages
for the kaiser. and he would usually
excuse himself and read them. Some
times he would be summoned outside
to consult with important persons who
were there to e him, but he was
never gone more than ten minutes at q
time.
i did not think he looked exception
ally well. He seemed to be very tired
aud he had very little to say--in itself
an Indication that he was not exactly
normal.
When my work for the morning was
over and his valet, who had assisted
me, had been excused. the kaiser
gaxed at me for a moment or two and
then, apropos Of nothing. burst out
with the rather remarkable
ment: "The men who brought this
catastrophe on the world, Davis,
should be strung up by the neck. and
that man Is not I. as the world seems
to thinki The car OF Russia and the
king Of England, when they were at
the wedding of my daughter-guests
Mt my W house. mind you. and INV
blood relatives-hatched this plot
against me. They were envious Of
my power, but they will now learn
what that power is"
In the same breath almost he made
the Inconsistent remark: England
will never be able to raise an efficient
army: II took Germany one hundred
years to accomplish what she has
done |"
Some time after this, one Of the big.
gest merchants In Berlin told me that
he had heard on the stock exchange
that the kaiser had made the remark
that the king and car had Matched
the plot against him, and as I had
repeated the knlser's statement to no
one, l realized that he must have told
the same thing to others. II this yer.
sion Of the starting of the war was put
into circulation with the Idea Of alb
solving the kaiser, It certainly didn't
carry conviction even among the Ger
mans themselves. The merchant who
spoke to me about 1t, mt any rate. made
fun Of the idea, and / never heard the
point seriously raised by anyone else
of influence.
Before I left the kniser that morn,
Ing he spoke Of the Anglo-French loan
which had been fioated In America
and condemned us severely for coun
tenalcing 1t. When / told him that
Germany had also fioated a loan II
America. he replied: "But ours wal
only $10.OOO,O00. while theirs Is $500.
OO0y000r to which I naturally rejoinet
that the size of the loan could Ger
tainly not affect the question Of eul
neutrality I'm floating II.
He criticized our bankers who han
died the loan. and when I asked him 4
he had ever seen the number of Ger
man names that appeared on the Lis
Of bankers who were interested In II
he said he hadn't read the list. but b,
was quite sure there was one bank Il
New York which wouldn't touch Il
"That bank wouldn't touch anythinl
that would be detrimental to Ger
many I" he added.
Several months later I was called
to Pless again and was shown to tn,
same room I had visited on the formeI
occasion. When the kaiser entered h,
stood erect. with his hands to his side
clicked his heels together and salutet
me as a soldier salutes q superior ON
Ger. smiling as he did 80, and I knew
he was In good humor.
Nevertheless he had but little to Say
His criticism Of Mr.. Wilson on this &c
casion I have recorded elsewhere Il
these pages.
In June Of 1917. after the great arm
headquarters had been removed b
Homburg v. d. Hohe. and Kreusnac.
1.-TWO neighboring villages) I was calle'
there to see the kaiserin. and thre
weeks later ! went there again 70 se
the kaiser. I noticed at the station tn
kaiser's private train composed NJ Nv
dark green ars upon each Of whic
was plainly marked the imperial COS
of arms. The cars had special feldin
steps.
Two were assigned to me o
n Of the upper floors Of the palac
and my meals consisted Of the sam
kline Of food as ! had always had b.
fore the war. although the hunger epI
demic was raging throughout the cour
try. 1t was almost worth the trip 70
the sake of the meals alone.
After / had treated the kaiser In tn
morning I went to my rooms, as ] kne'
1t would be three o'clock before h
would be ready for me again. He neve
allowed anything to interfere with hi
after dinner nap.
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