Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-13

man SEED in American sofl, Dut the
American professors who were sent u
Berlin, it was hoped, could be SO III
oculated with the German viewpoint
tbot when they returned to their na-
tive land they would disseminate II
omoop their associates and students.
Some time before the kaiser con-
cpived the scheme of the exchange
Professors, he sent his brother, Prince
Henry. to this country to draw the
1vo nations closer together ana TO IN
still in the heart of every child born
in America of German parents al
abiding love for the fatherland.
Just before the war broke out n
was manning to send one OF his sons
here with the same object.
He told me of his project and asked
me to which part Of the United States
I thought lie ought to send the prince.
'aThat depends, your majesty" l re
piled, upon the object of the Vls-r
# the purpose is to meet American
, society, I would recommend such
p7aces rs Newport IN summer ana
Palm Beach in winter. To come IN
contact with our statesmen and diplo-
mats, Washington would naturally be
the most likely place to visit"
The kaiser thanked me for the III
formation but did not enter into fur-
ther details as to the object he had
in mind o. which son he had planned
to send across.
It was to curry favor with America
that the kaiser had his yacht Meteor
built in our shipyards, and it is fact
that more American women were pre-
scented at the German court than those
of any other nation.
When he presented statue OF
Frederick the Great to this country,
in McKinley's administration, it Gre
ated a great stir in congress. What
could be less appropriate, it was ar
gued, than the statue Of monarch in
the capital of q republic? The statue
was not set up in McKinley's admins
tration, but Roosevelt accepted 1t IN
the interest Of diplomacy and had II
erected in front Of the Army building.
Seeing that his gift had had just the
opposite effect to that intended, the
kaiser reprimanded his ambassador
for not having interpreted American
! sentiment more accurately.
A few days after the death Of King
Edward, Roosevelt arrived in Berlin.
DESPITE the fact that all Europe was
in mourning, the kaiser arranged the
most elaborate military dress review
ever given in honor Of private citizen
to celebrate Roosevelt's visit. The re
view was held in the large military
reservation near Berlin. More THAI
100000 soldiers passed in review be-
fore the kaiser and his staff and thei1
honored guest.
How far the kaiser would have gone
in his attentions to Roosevelt had he
not been in mourning it is impossible
to say, but I don't believe he would
have left anything undone to show his
, admiration for the American expires
ident and to curry favor with this
country.
But Roosevelt was not the only
American to whom the kaiser made
overtures. He was constantly inviting
American millionaires to pay him
yachting visits at Kiel or wherever
else he happened to be.
He sat for a portrait by an Ameri-
can painter, which was exhibited with
q large collection Of other American
works under the kaiser's auspices.
There was nothing that the kaiser
did not do in his efforts to ingratiate
himself with this country In the hope
that he would reap his reward when
the great war he was anticipating
eventually broke out.
Taken individually, these various in
cidents seem trivial enough, but l
have every reason to know that the
kaiser attached considerable impor-
lance to them. I know that there was
good deal of chagrin in the TRADES
ne delivered to me against America for
her part in supplying munitions to the
allies-chagrin at the thought that the
seed he had sown in America had
failed to bring forth better fruit.
When we finally entered the war and
he realized that all his carefully nur-
tured plans Of years had availed him
naught, he could not restrain his bit
terness nor conceal his disappoint.
ment.
"All my efforts to show my friend
ship for MISUNDERSTANDING profess
sors with your colleges, sending my
brother in your country, all-all for
nothing!" he exclaimed, disgustedly,
after we had entered the war.
On another occasion he showed even
more clearly how far America had fall
len short of his expectations:
'TWhat has become of those rich
Americans who used to visit me with
their yachts at Kiel and come to my
entertainments in Berlin?" he asked,
sarcastically. 'Now that We have
England involved, why aren't they
utilizing the opportunity to serve and
to make their own country great? Do
they think l put myself out to enter
tain them because ! loved them? !
am disguised with the whole Anglo
Saxon racer
The kaiser couldn't understand why
the United States did not seize both
Canada and Mexico. Apparently, from
the way he talked from time to time,