The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-09-19

! height had an interview with the kali
/ ser which will ever remain one of the
most vivid in my memory.
IL was about three-thirty one Sunday
morning when was aroused by maid
who, in an awe-strlcken tone Of voice,
announced that the Neue Palais, the
kaiser's palace at Potsdam, was on the
phone. I 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 an hour or
so.
] got up at once and packed my In
struments, and at six-thirty the car, a
big gray Mercedes limousine, arrived.
Besides the chauffeur there was an
outrider carrying the bugle whose dis
tlnctivc notes only the kaiser may use.
While the Shell room and other state
rooms were accessible to visitors be-
fore the war, no one vas 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 door opening on the left and
up wide staircase to the kaiser's
garderobe, or dressing room.
There found breakfast ready for
me. II consisted Of renl coffee, real
white bread, butter. marmalade, sugar.
cream and cold meats. IL was the first
food OF the kind had eaten In some
time and practically no one In Ger
many outside the royal family and the
junkers was any better of than In
that respect.
While was breakfasting, the kaiser
was dressing. His valet entered sew
eral times, noticed, to take out arti-
Giles of clothing from the massive
wardrobes which lined the room. had
Just completed my meal when 1 re-
celved word that my patient was ready
to receive me.
As / entered the kalser's bedroom
/ he was standing In the center Of the
room, fully attlred In IN army gray
uniform. but without his sword. He
looked more haggard than had ever
seen him, except once In 1915. 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 seem to be In the best of
humor' but greeted me cordially enough
and shook hands.
''In all my life, Davis" he said. ~
have never suffered so much pain"
l expressed my sorrow and started
to improvise a dental chair out OF an
upholstered armchair on which I
placed some pillows and. as the kaiser
sat down, he laughlngly remarked:
Look here, Davis. you've got to do
something for me. can't fight the
whole world. you know. and have a
toothache"
When was through and his pain
was relieved. his spirits seemed to re-
vive appreciably, and he explained why
II was he was so anxious to have his
tooth trouble removed as quickly as
possible.
II must go down to Italy. Davis"
he said. ito see what my noble troops
have accomplished. My gracious,
what We have done to them down
therel Our offensive at Riga was just
a feint. We had advertised our In
tended offensive In Italy so thoroughly
that the Italians thought we couldn't
possibly intend to carry II through.
For three months II was common talk
In Germany. you remember. that the
great offensive would start In October.
md so the Italians believed II was all
blum and when we advanced on Riga
they were sure Of II. They thought we
were so occupied there that we could
pay no attention 10 them, and so we
caught them napplngl"
The kaiser's face fairly beamed as
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
taln-tops aud gathering mountains OF
ammunition and supplies and food and
hospital supplies In the valleys below,
In preparation for their twelfth lsonzo
offensive.
1--WE let them go. ahead and waited
patiently for the right moment. They
thought that their contemplated Often
sive must inevitably bring our weaker
neighbor to her knees and force her to
make separate peace!" BY "our
weaker neighbor" the kaiser, of course.
referred 10 Austria. and how accurate
was his information regarding Italy's
expectations and how easily they
might have been realized We're subse-
quently revealed by the publication Of
that famous letter from Kaiser Kari
to Prince Sextus.