The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER ii,--costinusd.

feet high, eUveFefl with Hn9w. EhErt
they eoaida't bring UP their reserves
or new guns. aud We surrounded
them
WA took practically everything ,hey
Possessed enough 10 feed 0u,
entire army without calling ulon oar
own supplies at all. Never before had
our armies seen such an accumulation
Of amman.tIoR- | must certainly ~
down 20 sea II.
I'VE Tut Cd their noriaera retreat
and. a. thsy swung their army 10 the
south. We eaptnrei SO.UOD Of them w
IN their ka~ss In the rice fields 0as
at the great mistakes they made was
In carrying their civilian refugees with
thsns~~closging their narrow roads atil!
impeding tho retreat Of their soldiers.
We had taken posseasioa Of their most
productive regions. apd their retreat
was through territory which yielded
them nothing. Just think of that re-
treating army thrown upon IN. already
Impoverished inhabitants o. that sec
ton. Why. shsyll s.arye TO death
Everywhere we went we found
their big guns abandoned. In one
ssnessl village ws estas upon u gaa dec
GRATED with tiawers ana surtaaaAtaal
with portrait Of Emperor Franz Jo'
ore. II hasi esei, pws tn~sS by 'tts~ isuF
Ian Inhabitants Of The village 10 show
ihnir happiness at being released at
last from tbs yoke OF the intolerable
Italian lawyer government How ter
ribly ths Italians must have treated
thsml Italy Will never ~, over this
defeat. This was real heip from God
New. we've got the ailies'" and he
struck hts left hand with his right with
great force to emphasize his apparent
conviction that the turning point IN
the war had been reached with i.aly's
collapse.
Tint the kaiser now regarded him,
self and his arfuiea az lnvincihle | felt,
aud feared that the success In Italy
would he follow eii AZ the first fAyora'
tie opportunity by glgaut.c offensive
on the western front.
Indeed. on q subsequent occasion.
when he called vt ms office for further
treatment, and again referred to the
Italian triumph. he remarked 'if our
armies could capture ,hi no ltallanS--'
ami those sGs) ooa might Just IA we'll be
dead as far ax Italy IL Smeerned~-w
enn do the same ching against our
eneniLes on the aest T.
This wns one of the interviews was
10 anxious 10 repcrt to the representa-
tiv~s of the American intelligence Do.
spassRsert nj sur laga.ian, In Cnpen.
hagen and. Inter on, when ! finally mr.,
rived In that city. related II In great
detail % them remained IN Coprn'
hagen eleven days and during the
greater part " that time was being
Interviewed by emo or another az the
representatives NJ our intelligence do
rartment Exactly two months later,
on March II. the western offensive
broke cut IA had feared
called AT rptsdam Il day or two la
ter 10 attend the kaiser again. and
found him still Ia the snme triumphant
m.,d, and So auxteas MAS he to get
down H. Italy that h. called NJ my of
Ace three ttases that week 10 enable
me to complete MY work on hls AFFECT
ed teoth.
un November ~ The Kaiser called at
my ottte' FOR what proved 20 be his
last sitting. had rcc,jNvd w,rl %
the s'}h thar uy pass for America hsl
been granted aaa thst ruull leave
ea ths sah. a1i accordingly taid ihr
kaiser tlsas II NtS my tifra'.an ta leave
for Csperhasen on tina, day
explained that was cn'opletc'y
run down aud eertsiu'y 1ooh.3 To-
aud that II WAS nst.essary tac me ~
get 10 ,'nvsnhagvn anyway So THAT |
caaja srt IN touch wjfN AHar q ye.
swrsttnx a {Hsrce'atlt tnHt pa'ta' Which
had bees s-sH'ed 70 we ~ ia.y, l9lA,
but which a lseas teeta} gpsara~y was
sesltas IL 9rrss fron yi,r rsr patcN,
authorities had delayed actiao treauSe
OF the tatt thar resided tn aa cueMy
rountry
On she 18th | rvcsivyNj a letter f-00,
the evsuvt chamberlain stating that ,hF
ssldea, ~ peilee had u,adc (; Known
" the kaiser tAs, had applied far 4
Pass 70 America and demanding an sx.
planStlon as IL Why bad tola the kal.
ser tl,s; bad planned 10 - tn COCOA
hagen ard hal act mentioned Asarr,
lea
q. oece replied that II WAS snaHyN'
ay intention. as had told the Sais'r
81 So t. Copvaase,n. bur tast | bal
Applied Tor she pass - Apr-'a ~
cause Wanted to X Ia position t.
60 shese Il sy rateat S.si-S demand
al II and eSpgv>>,'3 the hope tss'
nothing wegid pt done 10 ,ntsTyrvy
With the pass watch had been PROM
ise<t rue gar the A1ls
Never arttssS the a~A cane Nrcu13
and the pass ,is3u't. AND nc boat NsIcA
sslles. frssa CoptnhaGea 80 N~~uls~v
!. which 7 had Manned 80 ;aSe, >a,,ed
~itAnsl rse.
Again the weary weeks allowed
eseh other without the sl31hts> !a;i
,,,astss.. Fe,ssst aYtxt.s,., gh4t y,,,srf ,,sr-