Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-10-17

OeIOre when DOM AeVpeIuS Auu uiI>
planes were In their infancy and had
asked him which held the greater
promise. I'VE do not know. Tine
alone will tell" was his reply.
The last time / conyersed with the
kaiser was on November &c. 1917. Up
to that time we had sent over 189, 600
troops. according to the figures which
have since been revealed by Secretary
Baker. According to the kaiser's In
formation, however, we hnd only 3d.
600 men In France at that time and
he was Of the opinion that we would
never have many more.
".America Is having q fine time try
ing to raise an army" he declared
satirically. II hear that 1900 mutinied
the other day in New York and re-
fused to get on transport. and q
town in the Northwest composed prin-
cipally Of citizens Of Swedish blood
refused to register at all! We are get
ting excellent information about all
conditions in America"
Shortly before this had come the rev.
Citations from Washington Of the In
trigue of Count Won Luxburg, the Ger
man minister to Argentina, and knew
where the kaiser was getting the In
formation he referred to. In nearly
every case, 1t appeared. the kaiser'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 nola-
inal part in 1t SO fur as man power
was concerned ind his assurance on
that point undoubtedly accounted for
his decision to carry through his SUBJ
marine program even though 1t re-
suited in bringing us into the war.
"Do you realize how many tons Of
shipping it takes to ship single SOL
dierT' he asked me on one occasion.
! confessed my ignorance on that
point.
"Well, 1t 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 it coming from. with
my submarines sinking the allied YES
sells faster than they can ever be re-
placed? My U-boats are doing won
derful work and we are prepared to
take care of all the troops America
may try to land In France"
GLOW foolish for America to have
come into the war;" he went on. IF
she could succeed in landing q real
army in France, what good would 1t
do? America can see how easy It was
for me to break through and to CAP
!ure 100000 Of the Italians, and they
must realize that can break through
; on the western front and do the same
thing there. If 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 Il most envilble position
among the nations of the world. AS it
! Is, Wilson will never have seat ut
the peace table If can help it, and
! now America shall have to pay all the
costs of the war!" Evidently he imug-
, iaed that his triumph would be so
coyc3lete TINT there would be no peace
table, but that the warning nations
would be compelled to accept the
terois he offered them. in which event,
! knowing the magrlnimity Of the Ger
| nian makeup, l should say the world
! at large would have to be content with
! very little.
/ 1-.,fE rn,I lie. hat 1,p
! failure Of the U-boats to intercept
/ American troop ships must be pain
! fully apparent to him, and America
las SO overwhelmingly overcome the
shortage of shipping, don't know, but
: II is .E,ora than. probable that for some
any rate, I've successfully concealed
/ from TIE German people. I Know that
! the failure OF the U-boat campaign was
! unknown TO the Germans up to The
tire left Berlin-in January, 1918.
While the kaiser and the Germans
/ generally fel, confident that we would
never be able to send many mer
across, they professed to feel little
concern even if we did.
! J., According to some of the German of
ficerS with whom / spoke, even If WI
landed 100000 men in France i
would not be enough to break thu
deadlock, us the Germans were taking
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 allie'
air strength. Man power alone. the,
contended, would neve, be sufficient t
help the allies much, but overwhelming
superiority In the air might occasion
the Germans some annoyance.
The. kaiser himself had but poo
opinion of the fighting qualities of tn
American soldier SO far as modern. wa
requirements are concerned.
1.-THE American soldier would pes
sibly give good account Of -himsel
in open fighting" he declared, 'but h
Is not built for the kind Of warfare h
will encounter in France. He lack
the stolidity to endure life in tn
trenches. He is too high-strung an