The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-10-17
!copyrght iss by the Mociure Newspaper syndIcatel

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every case, 1t appeared, the kalser's in
formants were misleading him.
Both before and after we entered
the war the kaiser was thoroughly con-
WINGED that we could play only NOM
inal part In II SO far as man power
was concerned and his assurance on
that point undoubtedly accounted for
his decision to carry through his sub
marine program even though II re-
suited In bringing us into the war.
'Do you realize how many tons Of
shipping II takes to ship a single SOL
der" he asked me on one occasion.
I confessed my ignorance on that
point.
"weli, Il takes six tons to the man
To send over an army Of 100000 men,
therefore, your country would require
100000 tons Of shipping In addition
to the tonnage required for regular
traffic. Where Is II coming from, with
my submarines sinking the allied ves-
sells faster than they can ever be re-
placed7 My U-boats are doing Won
derful work and we are prepared to
take care OF all the troops America
mny try to land In France"
"How foolish for America 10 have
come into the war" he went on. IF
she could succeed in landing real
army In France. what good would 1t
do? America can see how easy II was
| for me TO break through and to cap
ture 100000 of the Italians, and they
must realize that I can break through
| on the western front and do the same
thing there. II America had kept out
OF the war she would have gone on
making untold profits and when peace
was finally declared she would have
been In most envlable position
among the nations OF the world. As II
Is. Wilson win never have seat ut
the peace table II l can help IT, and
now America shall have to pay all the
costs OF the warp Evidently he imng-
ined that his triumph would be so
complete that there would be no peace
table, but that the warning nations
would be compelled to accept the
terms he offered them. In which event,
knowing the magnanimity Of the Ger
man makeup, should say the world
Mt large would have to be content with
very little.
How the kaiser feels now that the
failure OF the U-boats to intercept
American troop ships must be pain
fully apparent to him. and Amerfca
has SO overwhelmingly overcome the
shortage Of shipping, don't know. bu,
II is more thnn probable that for some
time to come the real situation will, Al
any rate, be successfully concealed
from the German people. i know thai
the failure OF the U-boat campaign wal
unknown to the Germans up to the
time left Berlln--in January. 1918.
While the kaiser and the Germans
generally felt confident that we would
never be able to send many mel
across. they professed to feel littl'
concern even II we did.
According 10 some Of the German OF
ficers with whom ! spoke. even IL WI
landed 100000 men In France 4
would not be enough to break thu
deadlock, as the Germans We're taking
a similar number of trained troops
from the Russian front. The onl!
menace of American participation IL
the war lay In the possibility that w
might add considerably to the ALLIED
air strength. Man power alone. the,
contended. would neve; be sufficient 4
help the allies much. but overwhelming
superiority In the air might occasion
the Germans some annoyance.
The kaiser himself had but a poo
opinion of the fighting qualities OF thu
American soldier so far as modern wal
requirements are concerned.
"The American soldier would pos
sibly give good account OF himself
in open fighting" he declared. "but h
is not built for the kind Of warfare n
will encounter In France. He lack
the stolidlty to endure life In thu
trenches. He Is too high-strung ant
couldn't stand the inactive life whicl
is such an important part OF modern
warfare. Besides. he lacks discipline
and trained officers"