Evening star., 1918-07-29
KAISER ANGERED AGAINST AMERICA
FORALLONzNGJA GJAPANTOENTERWAR

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failed to get away at once were de.
the great majority Of them got across
easily enough. as in the early days oa OF
the war it was not difficult TO secure
the necessary credentials.
I know that even as late as tne
and overworked. procured a pass
through our embassy and went 10
Geneva, Switzerland. for ten days.
Outside Of having to answer q rev
questions on the border, bosn gong
In the absence of Japanese upon
which to vent their spleen. the Ger
mans did everything they could to
make life miserable for those VINO re-
sembled Japs: The few Chinese a1sd s,tSsp Mao
because they were taken for Japs or
because they were Of the same race.
The Siamese minister. Prince Trai-
dos, who was one Of my patients, told
me that when his wife and children
followed them and jeered, referring to
the Japanese as monkeys and using
other ..opprobrious epithets. They
even went so far as to spit in Prin-
finally decided to send her and the
children to Switzerland. although he
himself remained at his post. i.
Kaiser Blames America.
saw the kaiser shortly after the
Japanese declaration of war, and he
was very bitter against the United
States because Of that development.
to allow a yellow race to attack
white race! Now the Japanese are
attacking Kiaochau. and America
could have prevented it. All that
America had to do was to raise finger
and Japan would have known enough
to keep her place"
He spoke in this strain on several
subsequent occasions.
When Kiaochau fell he again criti-
cised the United States for not having
':How can your President allow
Japan to increase in power at the ex-
pense Of a white racer" he asked, in
dignantly. Now China Is lost to the
world forever. America is the one
power that could have prevented 1t,
but now Japan has got her fingers on
China and she Is lost to us forever"
After we were in the war. the kaiser
expressed to me his opinion that our
object in taking this step was four
First" he said. Wilson wants to
save the money you have loaned to the
allies. Second, he wants to have a
seat at the peace table. Third. he
wants to give your Army and Navy
a little practical experience-unfor-
tunately at our expense. And, fourth,
and principally. he wants to prepare
Tor the war with Japan which he
knows Is inevitable. The Japanese
are the ones which your country must
View Of German oficer.
A German officer of high standing
told me just before / left Berlin that
America had made the great mistake
Of sending ammunition, guns and sup
plies to Russia. via Japan. because
Japan had just retained the finely
made American articles and had
dumped on Russia a lot of good-for-
nothing material Of her own in their
place.
my advice to America" he de-
clared, "is to cut the throat of every
Japanese in America and get rid Of
the internal danger"
He did not suggest cutting the
throats Of all the undesirable Ger
mans who were in America, and who
had already demonstrated that they
were for more dangerous than the
Japanese had ever been.
Whether or not the kaiser and the
Germans generally really believed
that America was in danger of attack
Japan Ut tHdl tneTe was DOun0
to be a titanic conflict between the
white and yellow races for the domi-
nation Of the world. don't know, but
/ have often heard that for many years
the Japanese army has been trained
by German officers and, as have pre-
viously mentioned. vast amounts of
ammunition and guns were furnished
them
Undoubtedly the profit the German
rr11nff1anR o lrapa hnf.
tracts with Japan was an important
consideration. but the probability Is
that the principal object Of Germany's
conduct in this connection was to be
in a position to watch military d.veI-
opments in Japan.
What better measure could be con-
ceived for gauginE a prospective en-
emy's strength than by assisting in It's
Developments? What a splendid on
portunity it afforded for posting spies
and otherwise obtaining military in
formation against the dav when it
might prove Of the utmost value to
Germany!
Why Russia Was Aided.
In another chapter I have referred
to the excuse the kaiser gave for
having supplied munitions to the
Russians in the Japanese Russian
war when I urged that that was
parallel to our course in supplying
munitions to the allies-which so en-
bittered the kaiser and the Germans
generally against us. when we help
ed Russia against Japan we were
helping a white race against the yell
low race-don't ever forget that
don't ever forget thatw
Along the same lines. he frequent
ly condemned the English and the
allies generally for having accepted
the assistance of Japan in the pres
ent war. The idea that a white ma
ton could ally itself with a yellow
one was little short Of abhorrent t.
him, according to the way, he spoke.
And yet in the face Of all the kaiser
had said and done in the years gone
by to warn the world against the
menace Of the yellow races, and de-
spite the horror he had expressed at