Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-08
CHAPTER Ix-contInued.

Bulsarsans are wonderful fighters" he
confessed 10 me shortly after the war
began. They're out-of-door people
and they have the strength and STAN
ina which fighters require. II they
keep on the way they're going they'll
be In Constantinople In a week Con.
found those Turks We furnished
ihe@ guns and ammunition and
trainea their officers. but II they won't
nghf we can't make them. We've done
our best"
The defeat OF the Turks lessened
their ysiue 10 the kaiser as an ally
and he Immediately put into effect
measure for increasing the German
stnndieg army FROM 10000 to 100000
--ts resteSe the balance OF power. they
said. For this purpose a "wehrbei-
frae.r or Increased armament tax was
levied on capital and. incidentally.
VAS informed that ! would have 90
pay my share. The idea Of paying a
tax TO upbuld the German army.
Which was already so powerful that 4
a mcnaced the peace Of the world. |
did not appeal TO me at all and |
spoke TO Ambassador Gerard about st.
lie advised me 70 pay Il under protest,
agreeing with me TINT there was no
reason why an American should be
required 10 contribute 90 the German
war budget. However ] had 10 pay II.
The German Efforts AZ colonization.
which were more or less OF a failure
because The Germans refused to IN
habit the German possessions. and the
measures adopted 20 conquer the com
inercial markets Of the world were an
Important part OF the program OF world
domination which Germany planned ,
for herself. and Il Is not unlikely that
n she bad confined her efforts along t,
those lines she might have progressed +,
further along her chosen path than she
has advanced by bathing the world In
blood
II have nearly 70.O00.0O0 people,"
the kaiser said TO me on one occasion. =
~and We shall have 10 find room for
them somewhere When we became ;,
IN empire England had her hands on !,
nearly everything Now we must =
hrhf 70 get ours. That Is why am :
seyelepsng our world markets. just as !.
four country secured Hawaii and the =,
as stepping stones to the r,
MARKETS OF the far east. as l under 1,
rand Il. That's why I developed the !,
sonderfui city OF KiaoCbau" :,
Ills plans In this connection were m
hanged somewhat apparently by the se
developments Of the present war. for
49, ftuf a hS
.eruans would not emgrate 70 the vi
inlted States any more. g,
NO more American emigration for 10
5 after the war" he said. MY m
s~.pla win settle Ia the balkans ag-f er
eyeiop and control that worisrrul tr,
ountry. have been down there and tn
know II is marvellous Rand FOR our ey
pc
The kaiser's v'sion Of the part he sa
ould take ~ the reconstruction OF
fickeu Europe was indicated by n a
ssaark he made to me In 1915 when fai
was visiting him az the army head sp
aarsers az Pleas. wa
eHere ! am nearly sixty years OF on
&C." he soliloqulzed. "and must re- he
ma the whole OF EuropeI" els
Although the kaiser SO freely admit. inf
q his designs on the world at large. tbs
; WIS impatient Of any expansion tbs
! the part of other nations. He often n,n
'0ke OF Enxland's grabbing" pro- ore
- ify and viewed with suspicion our the
inexatson OF Hawaii and the Philip fro
ues ard cur development OF Cuba y
irr the Spanish-Amerlean war. lie the
,fessed 10 see IN our new policy a nos
irving after world power which was Pen
consistent with the principles upon Tor
sich our government was founded. the
He objected 10 our Interference In Mr..
exscon Affairs. although. as was dis str,
,Sed by the Zimmerman note to Won fac
.khardf he was making every effort per
have Mexico interfere with ours. iitt,
'slyhat right has President Wilson for
attempt TO dictate the internal poll wa.
= OF MexicoY" he asked. "why not 1
them fight their battles out alouefH VIII
Abiding 70 Americas threat 10 en- -
: the present war. he asked: "What resi-
nj has America to insist upon the y
,nroe doctrine Of America ana then su
x In European affalrsg Let her rec sor
nize also a Monroe doctrine OF Du- sor
pc and keep her hands out Of this and
aflictl" L
There Is no doubt that the kaiser the
agined that the great afhy and navy a c,
had hniit up would enable him TO prot
rry out his ambitious program with ami
I effective resistance. desi
The one power he nosf feared hus y,
t which he professed the utmost con clail
upt was England. He had an idea self
AZ England would never dare TO OIL
sasure swords with Germany and paid
" he could provoke a war when the goin
perfume moment came without much the
AZ OF Engiand's intervention. Unit
In 1911, when the international stu exec
on over the Moroccan affair was or Il
acute as result of Ger W
Inys having sent a gunboat to Aga- Cru;