The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-11-07

ser which will ever remain one Of the
most vivid in my memory.
1t was about thrce-thlrty one Sunday
morning when I was aroused by q maid
who, In an awe-stricken tone of voice,
announced that the Neue Palais. the
kniser's palace at Potsdam. was on the
phone. ! went to the telephone and
was Informed that the kaiser was suf-
fering from a bad toothache and would
send his auto for me within m hour or
so.
I got up at once and packed my In
struments, and Mt Mx-thirty the car, a
big r Mercedes limousine. arrived.
Besides the chauffeur there was an
outrider carrying the bugle whose dis
tinctive notes only the kaiser may use.
While the Shell room and other state
rooms were accessible to visitors he
fore the war. no one was ever permit.
ted to visit the private apartments Of
the kaiser upstairs.
On this occasion. however, I was
guided right through the Shell room.
through a door opening on the left and
up a wide staircase to the kaiser's
garderobe. or dressing room.
There I found breakfast ready for
me. 1t consisted Of real coffee. real
white bread. butter. marmalade. sugar,
cream and cold meats. It was the first
food Of the kind I had eaten In some
time and practically no one in Ger.
many outside the royal family and the
junkers was any better OF than I in
that respect. i,
While I was breakfasting. the kaiser
was dressing. His valet entered sew.
eral times. ! noticed. to take out arti.
cles Of clothing from the massive
wardrobes which lined the room. I had
just completed my meal when I re-
ceived word that my patient wal ready
to receive me.
As I entered the kniser's bedroom
he was standing In the center Of the
room, fully attired In an army gray
uniform, but without his sword. He
looked more haggard than l had ever
seen him. except once IN 1916. Lack
Of sleep and physical pain were two
things with which he had had very
little experience, and they certainly
showed their effects very plainly.
He didn't eeein to be in the best Of
humor but greeted me cordially enough
and shook hands.
I'm all my life. Davis" he said, II
have never suffered 20 much pain"
expressed my sorrow and started
to improvise q dental chair out Of IN
upholstered armchair on which
placed some pillows and. a. the kaiser
sat down. he laughingiy remarked:
"Look here. Davis. you've got to do
something for me-. I can't nght the
whole world. you know, and have q
t00thache I"
When l was through and his palm
was relieved. his spirits seemed to re.
vive ~appreclably. and nc explained why
It was he was 30 anxious to have his
tooth trouble removed a. quickly ~
possible.
II must 60 down to Italy. Davis
he said, ITO see what my noble troops
have accomplished. Ny gracious,
what we have done to them down
therei Our offensive Mt Riga was just
a felnt. We had advertised our In.
tended offensive In Italy 10 thoroughly
that the Italians thought we couidn't
possibly intend to carry 1t through.
For three months It was common tall
In Germany. you remember. that thu
great offensive would start In October
and so the Italians believed II was all
a bluff and when we advanced on Riga
they were sure Of It. They thought We
we've 30 occupied there that we could
pay no attention to them. and 20 w
caught them mapping"
The kalser's face fairly beamed al
he dwelt on the strategy Of his gen
erals and the successful outcome Of
their Italian campaign.
For months Italy had been engaged
In planting her big guns ON the noun
tain-tops and gathering mountains Of
ammunition and supplies and food ant
hospital supplies In the valleys below
In preparation for their twelfth lsonzt
offensive.
we let them so ahead and waitet
patiently for the right moment. They
thought that their contemplated often
slve must inevitably bring our weaker
neighbor to her knees and force her T.
mike a separate peaceg" BY "oul
weaker ~neighbor" the kaiser. Of course
referred to Austria. and how accurate
was his Information regarding Italy,
expectations and how easily the,
might have been realized were subse
quently revealed by the publication o.
that famous letter from Kaiser Kss
to Prince Sextus.