Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-09-20

his nest imperious manner exclaimed:
eve underestimate no one! We
know exactly what we are doingl"
How seriously he was mistaken In
this respect has since been sufficiently
proved.
No matter how gloomy the outlook
for Germany, the kaiser seldom Show-
ed concern. 1t is true that whenever
things were going wrong, as When tie
Russians In the early part CT the war
were sweeping everything before them
in their advance on the Carpathians,
he and the rest Of the royal family
kept as far In the background rs POS
sible, whereas when the Ger!aar. cause
was triumphant, as Ia the case Of the
offensive against Italy, he could MT
make himself too conspicuous at tie
| frcIt.
J@t even when Gernany's aGvcrsity
was greatest, the kaiser always put OF
brave fro1t. at such times | have
seen him stop in the street after lcaT-
| Ing my Office, and before the hundreds
Of people waiting outside to greet him,
ostentatiously put a cigarette IL his
mouth and light it, that everyone might
notice how steady his hand was ard
how little he was worried by the tQrl
things were taking.
At the same time, on one or two oc-
casions after the war started, noticed
that he acted differently when IL the
dental chair than had been his custom
when everything was serene.
The kaiser once Boosted to ne that
not building was erected In Germany,
not bridge built, net street opened,
not park laid cut, but what the prof.
ect was 1rst submitted to him. lie
kept posted On everything that was
going On, not only III Germany, but in
the world at urge, and, us Ear Us he
was able, he endeavored to have his
finger In every development Of world
wide Importance. l cannot imagine
that he was less interested In what his
countrynen were doing IL connection
with the war thar he was In their
achievements In time of peace.
If he did rot actually order tho sink
ing Of the LuStania, therefore. ! am
convinced that he was Thoroughly
aware of the plan to blow II up %nd
sanctioned it. That he could Lave
averted it If he had been prompted to
to do so is clearly Indicated b. ar"ther
incident which left very deep inn
preston upon ne.
was informed by one of the Ger
man aviators that plans had been
made to drop gas bombs Oh London
which contained deadly gas which
would penetrate the cellars Of houses
in which civilians were in The habit
Of hiding during air raids.
Shortly before this hideous idea was
to be put into effect the papers an
nounced that bombs Of this character
had been dropped by tie allies on
Baden-Baden, but that, fortunately,
they had fallen in q clump OF woods
in the center Of the town and had fail
ed to explode, which had given the
Germans an opportunity to take them
apart ard ascertain their nature.
The purpose Of this announcement,
Of course, was to forestall the storm II
condemnation which the Germans
knew would follow their use Of. the
bombs On London-a ruse which they
had invariably employed whoctver
they contemplated some fresh Violation
of the rules of international law and
the dictates OF humanity.
1t happened that one Of my patients
who resided in Baden-Badcn called to
see me the day after the bombs had
been dropped on her town, and she
told me all about it.
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