The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-10-17
CHAPTER viii.
The kalser,s Confidence Of Victory.

About twelve years ago attended
the German military maneuvers at
Llegnitz, in Sllesia, having been in
vited by some journalistic friends Of
mine to accompany them in the motor
allowed the press. The military repre-
sentatives of England. France, Amer
leu and other countries were there
with the kaiser's staff to witness the
display of Germany's military power.
Apparently they were very much i'm
pressed, for I heard afterwards that
one of the French officers who had
been present had written n book In
which he said: with such an army.
Germany could annex France In six
monthsI"
happened to mention this fact to
the kaiser shortly afterwards and his
significant comment was:
"Six monthsl I should hope so. II
wouldn't take that longl"
The confident belief that when "Der
Tng"-"the day"-finally arrived, Ger
many would crush her enemies and &C
complish her object within few
months at the outside was held not
only by the kaiser but by the people
generally and their conduct when the
war broke out clearly disclosed II.
When Germnny's man power was
mobilized. no one In Germany believed
II would be very long before they
would oil be back and every effort was
made to make their few weeks OF &C
tive service as little irksome as pos
sible. "Liebesgaben," gifts OF love,
consisting Of clothing and food Of
every description, were forwarded to
them by their relatives and friends In
the most lavish manner. although, OF
course, mt that time the German COM
missnry was able to satisfy all the SOL
dlcrs requirements.
One of my patients told me that she
had sent seventeen hundred pounds Of
sausages to one regiment within a
week, and when asked her why she
had been SO generous she replied that
her chauffeur was n member Of the
regiment
The extent to which the country's
resources were squandered In those
early months Is evidenced by the fact
| that the soldiers had such an excess
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tnnt 'ney useu nn'iy VI 'ne Nn.'''u :"
uc'es US en'pieevs u"u eos".s ~. t az.
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nht tne .iine imsa, eomo ".eu Wv
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VINO were passing reihhrh' oon NJ
those ohcers sittihg tnere urihans
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work was coinpie'eu nou."s u.s.. w.
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night on plans which our urin,eS n.e
now carrying out ~ IN ouf ''H'o "
rest.
the resistance that rrahce wou'u DC
apie 10 put UP was a'"ays No'y ns"''y
estimated ana IL the interVeh'ion ~
England was Ut aii ,nheh ih.o .ons'u
erauoh' the cohpar".Veiy sna'i a'm'
she couid pace IN .he he'u Mas
ghrded ls Dut orop III 'ne pueh N, YIN
pared win the weh-.rniheu "o'.naA
horde that was reauy 70 SWEEP ae a Use
the border. HOW eou,a Ensian noa o $3.50
men cope win Won MUCK oVo,Voo VI
the hasuiy mooii,heo rrencn a'm'es ~
sist the thoroughiy prepareu' equ'ppoa
ana weii-disciphned 'erinan Warriors.
IL reahy not 10 DC wohueteu =.
that the uerihahs nrhiy uehe.eu IN.
they wouid Drihg the ali'es 70 u,e,.
knees within' Comparatively rev
weeks ana that the congueI'hs ue,
man armies wouiu Ceiepi",1 ou
day. september :, IN raris. "na. al
tuahy happeneo is' y, e'u's., ~ We,
known mere " .cqulie iee'a', w a.,
know TIM. inc "efn'ans "e.e ny. 80
absolute isno'a M u .ne .h'a ~ uu,