The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-12-12
By
Arthur NJ Davis, Ids.
American Dsnfisf
70 the Kaiser from
1904 70 1918

Roosevelt had given Germany's feet
t~wenty-four hours notice to steam
from Venezuelan waters didn't serve
to lessen the kaiser's admiration for
him.
l heard him shower praise on
Roosevelt many times and I haven't
the slightest doubt that he was quite
sincere.
After the war started, when Roose-
welt showed very plainly that M mat
ter what nice things the kaiser might
have thought and said of him. he GER
tainly didn't r~eciprocate the feeling,
the kaiser was very much disappointed.
I'm terribly disappointed In Mr..
Roosevelt" he declared. "After the
way my wife and I entertained him
when he was here rs our guest. for
him to take the stand he has Is very
ungentlemnnly. I gave n great review
for hlm-the greatest honor l could be-
stow upon him and a thing which had
never been done for a private citizen.
He was not president then, you know.
I used to admire him very much, but
nov l think the man has gone crazy
and lost his mind. l never thought he
would turn against us like that |" He
did not seem to realize that a patriotic
American owed allegiance to his own
country.
In 1915 I asked him whether he had
heard that Mr.. Ford was on his way
over from America In a chartered ship
with u delegation.
"vho, Peace-FordT he inquired.
1 told the kaiser what I had read Of
the Ford expedition.
"How can your country allow a man
like that to do this thing--a man who
has played no part In the politics of his
OWE country and Is entirely ignorant
Of international affairs-a man who, 1
understand, was formerly in the BIZ
cycle business and knows very little
outside of business mattersf
II haven't the slightest doubt Mr..
Ford II a great business man." the
kaiser went on, "and I am sure he
means all right. but what a mistake
1t Is to allow q man SO ignorant Of
world affairs to do a ridiculous thing
like tAtsf"
I told the kaiser that It had been
suggested in some Of the American
papers that II Ford really wanted to
end the war, all he had to do was to
pay Germany $100.O00.O0O and buy
Belgium back.
zone hundred million dollars I" the
kaiser repeated. and then after a mo-
ment's reflection, as though he had
been turning over some figures In his
mind, mo, Davis. 1t will cost much
more than that to get Belgium back |"
1t occurred to me that II the kaiser
really meant what he said on that &C.
casion. all his talk about "peace with
out annexation" WINS obviously q myth
and that the only hope Of Belgium's
redemption lay In the military defeat
Of Prussia. Subsequent developments
amply confirmed that view.
! In the winter OF 1915, we were talk
ing Of the sentiment In America and
the conversation turned to Won Berns-
} torn.
"von Bernstorff has been doing very
good work in your country" the kaiser
; commented.
swell. your majesty" I replied. ut ID
said In America that II he had not been
such q clever diplomat he would long
ago have been compelled to leave"
"From all I hear" the kaiser said,
"he hasn't had q very easy time Of It
. The American press as a whole has
been conspicuously anti German. al
though I understand that one Of your
' newspaper publishers has been friend
' ly to US. Mr.. Hearst, for instance. has
; helped our cause very much In your
country. He has been telling the truth
about affairs. which Is more than mos,
Of the other papers have been doing!'
: Just before the king Of Greece abdir
Gated, the kaiser referred to the att
E tude Of the American press again.
1.-The way the American newspapers
. and the press Of the allied countries
generally are presenting the Greciar
situation to the world is absolutely
: false and a disgrace" he declared. bit
J terly. They are entirely misrepre
senting the facts. Mr.. Hearst is ths
: only one, as far as l can find, who hal
revealed the real conditions and TOLD
t the truth about them. My, l wonder
what the people have to say now tina
: Mr.. Hearst has finally exposed thu
whole thingw 1t was only q shorf
time afterwards that the king abdicat
e ed and revealed Enthusiastically which
l papers had correctly interpreted thu
trend Of Grecian politics.
The kaiser spoke to me many time
Q about the writings OF William Bayart
s Hale.
y Have you been following Hale's ar
ticlesT he inquired. "What he Il
3 writing about the war is excellent an
o Is really the best material published
He voices my sentiments exactly, ant
d 1t would be well for every American I,
follow this writer's work."
l had to confess that there was ON
American at least who was not onl.
not following Hale's writings, but hat