Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-08
BY
Arthur N.Davis, DDS.
american Denfisf
70 HIe Kaiser from
1861 70 1918

tne greatest moral courage OF any mai
) | ever knew" The fact that Mr.
Roosevelt had given Germany's fee
twenty-four hours notice to steam
! from Venezuelan waters didn't serve
to lessen the kalser's admiration fol-
him.
heard him shower praise on
Roosevelt many times and L. haven't
the slightest doubt that he was quite
sincere.
After the war started, when Roose-
welt showed very plainly that no mat
ter what nice things the kaiser might
have thought and said Of him, he GER
tainly didn't reciprocate the feeling,
the kaiser was very much disappointed.
I'm terribly disappointed in Mr.
Roosevelt" he declared. after the
way my wife and / entertained him
when he was here as our guest, for
him to take the stand he has is very
ungcntlemanly. gave great review
for him-thc greatest honor could be-
stow upon him and thing which had
never been done for a private citizen.
He was not president then, you kno w.
| used to admire him very much, bat
now | think the man has gone crazy
and lost his mind. l never thought lie
would turn against us like that" He
did not seem to realize that patriotic
American owed allegiance to his own
country.
In 1916 | asked him whether he had
heard that Mr.. Ford was on his way
over from America in chartered ship |
with a delegation.
who, Peace-Ford?" he inquired.
l told the kaiser what 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
own country and is entirely ignorant
of international affairs-a man who,
was formerly in the BIZ
cycle business and knows very little
outside of business matters?
Il haven't the slightest doubt Mr..
Ford is q great business man." the
kaiser went on, "and / am sure he
means all right. but what mistake
{ is to allow man so ignorant of
world affairs to do ridiculous thing
Ike ts.sr'
l told the kaiser that it had been
In some of the American
,apers that If Ford really wanted to
md the war, all he had to do was to
Jay Germany s100,O00O00 and buy
Belgium back.
"One hundred million dollars p the r
aiser repeated, and then after a mo- II
nent's reflection, as though he had
cen turning over some figures in his II
1ind, mo, Davis, it will cost much n
lore than that to get Belgium back p II
1t occurred to me that If the kaiser II
sally meant what he said on that oc- ii
aston. all his talk about peace with II
1t annexation" was obviously a myth II
nd that the only hope of Belgium's H
sdemption lay in the military defeat H
Prussia. Subsequent developments II
pply confirmed that view. II
In the winter of 1916, we were talk II
G of the sentiment in America and II
e conversation turned to Won Berns- II
rff. u
W. iito OICh QOtuS Ntt0
'od work in your country" the kaiser
r
"Well. your majesty" replied, at is
id in America that if he had not been r;
oh clever diplomat he would long
o have been compelled to leave"
From all hear" the kaiser said.
Q hasn't had very easy time of It.
lie American press as a whole has Isl
en- conspicuously anti-German, al &c
ough I understand that one of your hu
publishers has been friend m,
TO us. Mr.. Hearst. for instance. has tn
lped our cause very much in your ar
nntry. He has been telling the truth pie
out affairs, which is more than most pa
the other papers have been doing." Ell
lust before the king of Greece abdi- ric
ed. the kaiser referred to the atti- In
lie of the American press again. me
The way the American newspapers an
l the press Of the allied countries boz
ierally are presenting the Grecian in
uation to the world is absolutely
Sc and disgracel" ne declared. Bit ers
ly. "They are entirely misrepre- &c
ting the facts. Mr.. Hearst Is the boz
y one. as far as l can find. who has is
called the real conditions and told ant
truth about them. My, 1 wonder len
at the people have to say now that cliI
Hearst has finally exposed the Xix
ole thing~ 1t was only a short bea
Z afterwards that the king abdicat- ing
and revealed Enthusiastically which
'ers had correctly interpreted the
nd of Greclan politics.
he kaiser spoke TO me many times est
ut the writings of William Bayard EFT
10.
Have you been following Hale's ar me
esp he inquired. "What he Is OF
ting about the war is excellent and Dig
-eally the best material published. call
voices my sentiments exactly, and knc
'ou'd be well for every American to Nj
ow this writer's work" sho
had to confess that there was one I"
erican at least who was not only we
following Hele's writings, but had q