The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-06

| To dispose Of my German practice and
rwturn hoEa
Ny seeoGd rrason for wanting to Exi
sut OF Germany ~ scoa ~ possible
was the fact that food coadisions In
Germany were beeomlng more pre-
eartoas every 6ay. My wife and
feared that cor child. who was TIVE
ysars old. might suffer from lack Of
proper neurishmeni IL we remained
and Determined that go matter how
long II might BE- necessary for uss 10
remain la Berlin. my wife and ehiid
q, any rate should leave AZ the earliest
possible naomast.
My third reason however. was By
far the rncst ,nsistsai Of all.
! / had beeesne convinced that what
knew VI tho AmlSer sad hts plans now
that We were mt war. oa9ht 70 b. con-
mnnicstsd TO America without delay
and that the eniy way 10 do that ad~
| qnatsiy would be- TO get home ~ soon
~ possibly could, no matter what
personal sacrifice might he Involved In
abandoning my European practice and
Interests.
II In true that in the early years OF
my Relationship with the ls.ser our
conversations naturally embraced only
.hs most general of subjects but Ia
lstar x~us. whz.p ks ra,ra o., knavs ana
better. he cast aside all reserve and
talkssi. to me on whatever was upper
most In, bis mind at the time, After
the m=r started that. Of course, formed
! the principal subject OF our Discus
sions and the part that America was
playing In the eonfict was frequently
brought up because Of the fact that l
vas an American
One memorable interview I had had
with him influenced tne perhaps mere
than any other single factor to hasten
the settlement OF my European affairs
aad return home.
u was In the fall of 1919. The kai-
ser had come to mo for professional
aitenion. and after my work was com.
pleted he remained to discuss some
OF tho aspects Of the war Perhaps the
fact that had Just returned from q
visit TO America made him mere than
usually eager for chat with me.
Wa had discussed various phases Of
tho war. when the kaiser changed the
subject abruptly with the question
Davis. what's the matter with yeur
countryr'
In what respect. your najestyY' !
asked.
why II /, that your country II -
unfair 10 Germany Why do ycu per,
slst tn supplying mutations and money
10 the al!les7 Why doesn't your pres
idens treat the European warning IN.
tions the same as he treated Mex!co
by putting an embargo on manltions
and letting us iight this thing on, our.
selves7 You do not ship munitions 10
us, why do you ship them to the other
siGcT'
l was on such terms with the kaiser
thar did not hesitate to answer his
question with another.
Il have always understood, your
majesty. that during the RussIan-Jap.
anes. war. Germany continually sup
piled munitions TO Russia. why was
that any more iustinahle than America
supplying munitions to tho alliest
Then again. In the Spanish American
$685..
Davis you surprise nc I" the tai-
Ger interrupted. rising from tho oper.
atinr chair. In which he bad remained.
wslk;.ax towards mc. throwing back
his, shsnldrss AID. rising to bis full
height. The cases are entirely differ
eut. When We helped Russia against
1sgan we were helrug white race
against o yellow race. tont ever for.
get that--don'f ever forget that Hut
With America. that ls certainly not the
case. Your ceuntry 10 sctiaE from
purely me-censyy motives. /. IL
case Of dollars. dollars. dollars and
each stue he repeated the word he
struck bis partially helpless lsft hand
violently with his powerful right
"Amcrtcs valGes dollars more than she
values German lives she thlnks II
right - shoot dowu my people"
He had worked himself mp TO de-
gree II Indignation which had sean
him display only GA two or three pre-
stcas occasions, aad RUS, coHseSs I
was retactsEt 10 start a fresh cuthGrst
by answering his arguments His
eyes, usually sntt and kindly, flashed
arw as DO advanced towards tie and
slowly ard .ncissvely DECLARED Davis.
America --- must - ~ punished $50
tc-~-her--actiaas '''
In that expression. which he repeat.
et ON subsequent occasions In rrv~
ciSsly thu same words and With tho
sassc measured emphasis know tha,
he revealed mostly clearly what his az.
atu3e was SDi wiu ever be toward
tbs cognsry.
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