The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

generals. His bubbling enthusiasm in
 success only emphasized in my mind the
 outward calm he had unceasingy dis
 played even when the outcome had
 looked so unpromising.
 That the Kaiser now regarded him.
 self and his armies as invincible, l felt
 and I feared that the success in Italy
 would be followed at the first favorable
 opportunity by~a gigantic offensive or
 the western front
 Indeed, on a subsequent occasion.
 when he called at my office for further treatment, and again referred to the Italian triumph, he remarked: If our armies could capture 300,000 Italians and those 30e,0o0 might just as well be dead as far as Italy is concerned-we can do the same thing against our ene-
 mics in the west!
 This was one of the interviews I was
 so anxious to report to the representa- lives of the American intelligence de- partment at our legation in Copen- hagen, and. later on, when finally ar rived in that city. I related it in great detail to them. I remained in Copen- hagen il days. and during the greater part of that time I was being inter- viewed by one or another of the rep resentatives of our intelligence depart ment Exactly two months later on Marcn 21, the WeSlcrn OAlcHoifo piCNc
 out as I had feared.
 TN TRIUMPHANT MOOD called at Potsdam day or two later to attend the Kaiser again. and found him still in the same triumphant mood, and so anxious was he to get down to Italy that he called at my off, flee three times that week to enable me to complete my work on his affected tooth.
 Up to this time I had been unable to complete my negotiations with pr. Ha- selden. At last. through influence, I se- cured permission for him to visit me 1 in Berlin and he arrived early in No- vember He stayed with me three days and the matter was disposed of. After one or two trips back and forth. he ar rived with his belongings on Novem- Der 25 and installed himself in my house.
 The following day the Kaiser called
 at my office for what proved to be his last sitting had received word on the 20th that my pass for America had been granted and that I could leave on th, 30th, and I accordingly told the Kaiser that 1t was my intention to leave for Copenhagen on that day. I explained that I was completely run down--and certainly looked it-- and that it was necessary for me to get to Copenhagen anyway, so that I could get in touch with America re- garding a porcelain tooth patent which
 had been granted me in July, 1915, but
 which a large dental company was seeking to wrest from me. The pat
 ent authorities had delayed action be- cause of the fact that I resided in an enemy country.
 told him, Furthermore, that I had arranged with Dr. Haselden to look af- ter my practice while I was away and that had great confidence in him be- cause he had made fine reputation for himself professionally. Incidentally. he was an amateur champion tennis player. and very popular man so- cially.
 On the 3Sth I received letter from the court chamberlain stating that the president of police had made 1t kno VII to the Kaiser that had applied for a pass to America and demanding an ex- planation as to why had told the Kaiser that had planned to go to Copenhagen and had not mentioned America.
 I at once replied that it was indeed
 my intention. as had told the Kaiser,
 to go to Copenhagen. but that had applied for the pass to America Le- 1 cause I wanted to be in a position 70 go there if my patent affairs demanded | ing would be done to interfere with the pass which had been promised me i for. the :0th.
 Nevertheless the 3oth came around
 anu the pass didn't, and the boat which
 sailed from Copenhagen on December 2.
 which had planned to take. sailed with out me
 Again the weary weeks followed each
 other without the slightest intimation rom anyone that I would ever be all l lowed to leave. Indeed, I had fully made
 up my mind that the authorities had decided to keep me in Berlin for reasons of their own and that nothing could do
 could mend the situation, when. early
 in January. received the joyous tidings l that could leave January 21-2a left on
 January 2z, and as far as I have since beer able to ascertain I was the last American male to leave Germany with the consent of the officials.
 That afternoon, when I landed in Den-
 mark. was happier than had ever been
 in my life, and heaved deep high ot