Evening star., 1918-08-05
'cRfTicAL KAISER
PASSES UPON AMERICAN
~ FAULTS AND VIRTUES
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ity. Certainly furnishing mutations
ana an, ,sqpplies to the allies to enable
down my eoidiers isn't humanity"
Apparently: the kaiser believed II
was our part in the worlds economy
70 provide artificial arms and legs. ana
his to provide q demand for them!
The kaiser'e peculiar interest In our
red Indians waassomewhat snrprising.
He frequently asked me about them,
and was particularly interested in
their diet. He had an idea that they
were Tor the most part vegetarians.
Perhaps the fact that he. was not
much OF a meat-eater himself aroused
MS interest in the primitive Ameri-
BILE diet. While the kaiser ate q GER
tam amount Of white meat, he never
ate dark or red meat, and at night
ne made his meal almost entirely OF
fruit. He was fond Of fish and said
It produced brain, as 1t is q fins brain
1909, AIDING laughingly, ut Is too bad
entirely.'' -'''
Open Fighting of Americans.
Col. Wiser. our former military at
tache, now general, told me that at
state banquet the kaiser placed his
son, Prince Eitel Frederick, next to
him (the coloneD, and that the prince
SPOKE OF nothing else during the en-
tire function but American methods
or open fighting, which we long ago
learned in our conflicts with the In
dians. He said they had heard much
or our success in this character Of
warfare and were anxious to learn
more about our methods.
The kaiser objected very much to
the fACt that nf the fnrai0n
opera singers were attracted to New
York by reason of the fabulous sums
paid them at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
ut is ridiculous to pay the sums
singers receive in New York." he COM
planned. 1T simply spoils the singers
for us. Why. understand that Caruso
and other artists are paid anywhere
from $1,000 to $1,000 per night, while
the biggest salary ever paid in Berlin
Is $4,000 a year.
''The worst Of 1t is that while the
nouveau rich in America have the
money to entice the singers away
from Europe they haven't the educa-
tion to understand what they are
singing about. We get even with
them. though, by engaging American
singers. who are glad to come to the
Berlin Royal Opera for a moderate
salary because Of the experience and
not much inferior to the European
singers who command such ridiculous
salaries in your country"
England Also Money Mad.
Despite the fact that the kaiser ac-
c1eed us of spending our money too
lavishly. he repeatedly charged the
English as well as ourselves with be-
ing money-worshipers.
O. 1T
mon. and they try to gloss it all over
with show Of religion" he said.
"Your rich Americans have so much
money, Davis, that they really don't
know what to do with IL. Why. re-
Gently one OF your miliionaires saw
his representatives to the court with
the presumptuous message, Please
tell. the kaiser that win buy his
castle at Corfu. and ask him whats
his price. I had word sent back that
the castle wa. wss not not Tor sale, .aer..snt the
alive that he wouldn't take mo- for
an answer. The cheek Of the man!
He said he didn't care how much 1t
cost. I sent word back to that man
that there were not enough dollars
in the world to buy that castle There
won't buy, Davis, and one of them is
my beautiful castle at Corfu
Later. when the Island of Corfu
was seized by the allies and the
kaiser's castle was converted into
hosital for poor Serbian soldiers
some of the victims of his Unsuitable
ambftfu11Eit occurred to me how ap-
propriately his arrogance had been
'rebuked BY the All Highest.
Yes, there are some things that
money won't buy. and there are some
things that naughty monarchs can
not hold In the face of an outraged
world.
Ito Be Continued)