Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-31

amused me instead of wounding me.
1t made me proud to know that the
power of my country and the prin-
ciples for which it was fighting were
causing great concern to the Ger
man leaders while the German pa
pers, to allay public anxiety, were
bellttling our strength!
Whenever the sun shone for the
Kaiser, he grew so optimistic that he
failed to pay the slightest attention
to the clouds gathering on the hori-
zon. After the Italian collapse. for
instance, he was so enthusiastic
| about his military success in that
arena that he failed to realize that
America was slowly but surely forg-
ing the thunderbolt that was to
strike him down.
Now how foolish it was for your
President to bring your country into
this war;" he said. Americans will
now see. when it is too late, what
fools they made of themselves when
they elected a professor for Presi-
dent. NOW AMERICA MUST PAY
| THE BILLS!" In this remark and
| others of the same import the Kai-
ser's expectation of being able to
exact an enormous indemnity as
part of his peace terms was clearly
| indicated, and he felt that America,
having profited the most and suf-
| fered the least of any of the bellig-
erent powers, would be in the best
position to fill his depleted Golfers.
The last time 1 saw the Kaiser
when he mentioned the President
was in the fall of 1917, shortly after
Wilson had replied to the Pope's
peace proposal.
Wilson is an idealist and an
| idealist can accomplish nothing!"
was his comment. He went into
at the peace table, but he will never
set it. l shall prevent it!'
OF Wilson's peace notes, which
! were issued before America went
into the war, the Kaiser remarked:
Il think l am right, the others think
they're right, America has all the
money. If Wilson really wants
peace, let him pay the bills and take
care of the indemnities, and the war
will be over! 1t is very simple"
| There was no man of modern
times whom the Kaiser seemed to
admire so much, before the war, as
eX-President Roosevelt. The Kaiserr
was convinced that Roosevelt had
l.preVented war with Japan by send
! ing the American fleet around the
world and showing that it was fit.
| This brilliant stroke of statesman
ship, as the Kaiser termed it. was
a topic that he referred to on several
| occasions. 1t was a forceful DEM
| onStration that was very much after
his own heart.
What | admire about Mr.. Roose-
'elt most" he said, lis the fact that
| ne has the greatest moral courage of
! any man 1 ever knew" The fact
that Mr.. Roosevelt had given Ger
many's fleet twenry-four hours no.
tice to steam from Venezuelan
waters didn't serve to lessen the
kaiser's admiration for him.
1 heard him shower praise on
| Roosevelt many times and L haven't
| the slightest doubt that he was quite
sincere.
After the war, however, when
| Roosevelt showed very plainly that
no natter what nice things the
Kaiser might have thought and said
of him, he certainly didn't recipro-
cate the feeling, the Kaiser was very
much disappointed.
I'm terribly disappointed in Mr..
Roosevelt he declared. After the
way my wife and l entertained him
when he was here as our guest, for
him to take the stand he has is very
ungentlemanly. 1 gave a great re-
view for him-the greatest honor
could bestow upon him, and thing
which had never been done for a
private citizen. He was not presi-
dent then, you know. L used to ad-
mire him very much, but now
think the man has gone crazy and
lost his mind. 1 never thought he
would turn against us like that" He
did not seem to realize that a patri-
otic American owed allegiance to his
own country.
ITO Be Continued.)