Evening star., 1918-07-27

Ah0W that Sno passage tuEOuBA SLiin
Csc territory was not maGs In the race
OF a solemn treaty to respect the
neutrality Of that nation.
Arguments Weak and Untenable.
Some Of the arguments the kaiser
raised in his discussions with me re-
garding the war were SO weak and
untenable that one might well doubt
his sincerity in urging them, but
shall give them for what they are
worth.
kaiser observed bitterly. 'Tf your peo-
pie could see what the Russians have
done in the Bukowina and Eastern
Prussia, they would know then who are
the real Huns! They destroyed every
thing they could lay their hands on
In one Of my shooting-lodges which the
Cossacks entered they even knocked out
the teeth Of the boars' heads which
hung on the walls! With knives they
cut out the covers Of my chairs. They
had special fire-bombs which they
threw on peaceful villages. These
bombs had been constructed in peace
times and were designed solely for pill
lage and destruction.
Instead Of treating their soldiers as
prisoners Of war we should have strung
them up by the neck-every one Of
them!"
Several prominent Poles, who were
patients Of mine and whose fine estates
in Poland were looted and demolished.
told me positively that the destruction
and depredations were committed en-
tirely by German troops. The Russians
had occupied the houses when they
were In possession of that section OF
the country. but it was not until they
were driven out by the Germans that
the acts Of vandalism were committed,
and they had convincing evidence that
in every case the German soldiers, and
rot the Russians. were responsible.
Case Of Capt. Fryatt.
The outrages committed by the Ger
mans in their treatment of prisoners
of war will probably never be known in
their entirety. We do know that they
executed Capt. Fryatt, the commander
of British merchant vessel. who was
captured after he had rammed a Ger
man U-boat. I don't know to what e1-
tent the kaiser was directly respon-
sible for that dastardly crime, but from
what he said regarding tho capture Of
another British captain, the command
er Of the Baralong. it was quite evi-
dent that he was in entire sympathy
with acts Of that character.
A German U-boat had sunk q British
vessel upon which were some Of the
relatives Of the crew Of the Baralong.
The crew of this U-boat was subse-
auently captured by the Baralong. and
were harshIy treated. Then it was re-
ported that the Baralong had been cap
tured and that her captain and the
crew would be summarily dealt with.
II hear We have captured the captain
Of the Baralong." the kaiser declared
that he's the man. well fix him.
The manner in which the kaiser
spoke left no doubt in my mind that
the direst punishment would be meted
out to the unfortunate British captain.
Germans Good Takers.
Booty is undoubtedly a Legitimate
incident of war. but it is legitimate
only as an incident. Otherwise booty
becomes loot In any event. when in
vading troops seize private property
the Germans were good takers but
poor payers is revealed by two in
cidents which the kaiser narrated to
me, and the keen enjoyment he de-
rived from them can be fully under
stood only by those who know how
much the kaiser appreciates getting
for nothing.
''Rumania wanted our gold for
food products" he told me. They
pure gold. and they set
enormous prices on their wares; but
we needed what they had to sell and
we were ready to pay even the out
prices they demanded: And
against us. and we got it an for
When I spoke to linden
burg about the contemplated cam
paign against Rumania he said,
This will be a very interesting cam
paign.' It was. We got all we want
ho IN d NANNY
for It"
The kaiser beamed all over as he
the results of Rumania's s
entry into the war.
When the German troops entered
American-made hospital supplies.
I'VE were just figuring what this
seizure amounted to. and my army
doctors were strutting around as II
they owned the world" declared the
kaiser. when one of my officers was
greasy Jews, who claimed that these
supplies belonged to them. They are
our private property; we bought them
and we should be compensated II you
seize Them they contended. Did you
pay for them my officer asked. No
our notes. they replied. Then said
my officers, when you take up those
notes well pay for these stores; in
the meanwhile, wen just take them.
thing, in fact, that we needed SO very
badly, and-we got them all for moth
ing"
I did not know at that time that the
German army lacked medical supplies,
but later I saw paper bandages In
use.
Kaiser Defends Air Raids.
I have previously referred to the
kaisers defense OF the use Of Zeppelins
against Paris, London and other nom
military cities. He claimed that 1t
because England was endeavoring to
starve Germany. On one occasion I
pointed out to him that in 1870 the
Germans had besieged Paris and had
starved its population
'"rhe cases are entirely different. he
answered, hastily. 'Then we were
city. and the civilian pop
ulation had plenty Of opportunity to
evacuate it before the siege began.
Is besieging a whole nation.
and trying to starve my women and
children, who have nothing to do with
war"
I couldn't help thinking of tho
whole nations" which had been alb
sofutely crushed under tho kaiser's
heel-of Belgium, Serbia and Poland.
Defends U-Boat Warfare.
The kaiser never admitted that the
destruction Of the Lusitania was q re-
suit of special instructions from him
to the U-boat commander. but in dis
cussing the general subject of sub
marine warfare he asked:
What right have Americans to take
passage on these vessels, anyway? If
they came on to the battlefield they
would not expect us to stop firing.
would they? Why should they expect
any greater protection when they en-
ter the war zone at sea?
Don't ever forget" he went on, "a
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