Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-20
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DR.. W. H. SchOfield Of Harvard Uni.
yersity. Shows Kaiser for Years
Had Campaign Mapped Out
That extended conversations which
he had had with Emperor Wilhelm
during a period Of the last 20 years
clearly indicated that Germany had
for a long time been mapping out a
definite, comprehensive plan for world
domination and that this lust for pow
er had gradually permeated the mood
of the fatherland until all of the finer
sensibilities of the people were beins
crushed under the iron heel OF Prus-
sian militarism, was the word which
Professor William H. Schofield, Phi.
D., of Harvard university, brought
home with striking emphasis before
| 200 prominent business and PROBES
sional men who attended the Security
league supper-smoker last evening al
the Moline Commercial club.
81 had five talks with the kaiser
that l distinctly remember" he con-
tinued. These were over an hour
each in duration. l was Harvard ex-
change professor at the University Of
Berlin and as such had an opportu-
nifty to infinitely study the temper Of
the Teutons.
SIN one of these conferences, the
kaiser asked me how the American
people would feel about conscrlptlon
He inquired about the attitude OF th'
general public toward military affair'
and preparedness and indicated hi
keen interest relative to the financia
and other resources of this country
Evidently he was attempting to gain
as intimate a grasp as possible int:
the American situation with refer
ences to Germany's war program.
frankly admit that thought Wllhein
mad at the time.
Five years ago again returned t
Germany as a special delegate to tn
University of Berlin. / found that til
attitude Of the emperor toward mill
tary aggression to have spread TO al
alarming degree. The situation ha
changed for the worst. SubseQueh
events have proved that the driv
which was made into defenseless Bel
GUM had been thought for and deter
mined upon scores of years in ad
vance and what / thought was vii
. helms insanity was but an indication
of his brutal propaganda by which a
. of the sacred rights of humanity wer
to be ruthlessly trampled upon in OF
der to satisfy his craving for terri
! torial possessions and the impositio
of the infamous theories of Prussiaf
ism upon the rest of the world"
DR.. Schofeld told Of the attitud
of the boys at Harvard university tt
ward the war. He said that at frs
they were stunned by the Europea
conflict and loath to see why tn
United States should join in Euro
pean conflict. They just couldn't b.
, lieve that this country was actuall
menaced. Then came the Belgia
. atrocities, not the excess of soldier
, momentarily flushed with success bt
! deliberate, cool, calculating butcher
p lOT the puI pOSc VI oSoAAh huie.AA-'
' into submission
Then came the Lusitania sinkin
: and the Harvard boys saw the ineviti
o BILE" the speaker continued. "Tht
y were then ready and anxious to 6
Seven thousand of them enlisted az
n the French government loaned the
2 instructors. And the surprising thiI
- to me was the calmness with whit
q they went at their work Of prepariI
to battle the Hun. Their spirit tyr
c fies that of the country at large. Wit
. out the hate which has stamped eve
c move of the-Germans who have not
a ing but the most pronounced CO
- tempt for the ''idiotic Yankee" Il
a United States has gone into this te
a rible struggle, thoroughly convinc
that it's own self-preserv4tion Deepen
upon the outcome ain that victo
" must and will come for the principl
=, upon which this democratic form
- government was established"
There was a strikingly pathetic RI
erence by DR.. Schotield to his oy
two sons. He said that he had L
i expected to refer to it, but inadve
- tently touched upon it. Every NOR
-. ing the American emblem and Sc
g 9 vice flag with two stars, are hung
-, - at my home-and one of the stars b
- turned to gold" he confided. as
"A tears came. Absolute silence,
" greatest tribute Of respect and sy
- pathy which an American audier
20 could pay, greeted the statement
~ the speakers personal grief.
But are we not proud of our son
= - he brayely continued. Would
:. have it otherwise? Are we wort
=. of the fine heroism which they {
~ showing? The question is not "
NC they fail us, but will we fail the
), 1--WE must all do as an ex-president
= the United States, who has four 81