Evening star., 1918-07-27
Defends U-Boa 0urages
and Calls Belgium Foolish
, for Resisting His Armies.
AHUNS" NOT AGREEABLE
=, WORD TO RULERS EARS
Germans Good Takers and Kaiser
Likes to Get Something for
Nothing.
BY ARTHUR n. DAVIS. d. d. s.
Copyright 1918, By Tho Mcclure Newspaps'
Syndicate.)

(CopyrfEht 191S, By The Mcclure NeWspapeI
Syndicate.)
CHAPTER VI
The Kaiser Defends German War
Methods.
The kaiser was always very care
full about everything which might
affect his health. and even after the
war started, when his attention was
naturally occupied by many pressing
problems. he did not neglect his
teeth. but came to mo as regularly
as he had always done
OF this was very glad, because it
gave mo an opportunity to draw the
kaiser out on many Of the interesting
questions which the war suggested
and which I found him always ready
to discuss Perhaps tho fact that
was an American led the kaiser to
{ greater lengths in his justification OF
German war methods and measures
Fthan he might otherwise have
sthought necessary.
First Visit After War Started.
Tho first time saw the kaiser after
vhe.war started was about August 10.
1914 Between IL and IL o'clock the
night before 1 had been notified by tele-
phone that the kaiser would like me to
attend him at the Berlin Palace the fol-
lowing morning at o'clock 1t was the
firsr time in my relations with the kaiser
that had been asked to treat him out
side Of my office. but from that time on
/ attended him at number OF dinerent
places-wherever the demands of the
war happened to take him. On TINS
particular occasion. he was about to
make his first visit to the front and
wanted his teeth examined before he
went
Explicit Instructions were given me
as to the particular door and court
of the palace I should enter, and evi-
of my coming, for I was rapidly con-
Quoted into a room on the ground
floor.
had been in the room but a few
moments, when the door opened and,
without any previous encouragement.
the kaiser entered unattended He
was wearing the new field-gray Ger
man uniform, in which I then saw
him for the first time in my life He
wore no sword
Good morning. Davis" he said;
..these are very serious times, aren't
they?" He seemed more sober than I
had ever before seen him.
Are the rooms here suitable for
you? he asked. IF there is anything
you wish you have only to ring the
bell"
The room was rather dark. but
told him that it would answer the
purpose very nicely.
The work I had to do for him was
nothing of a serious character and did
not occupy more than" twenty min
nj Nv .f - or OF NV Tn
give me any assistance I might need,
but left the room when I was through;
Charged Belgians With Atrocities.
Have you been reading in the
, papers, Davis" the kaiser asked when
we were alone, -tl1ow our soldiers have
: been treated by the Belgians?''
I said I had not had chance to
read the papers that morning.
well. you must certainly read them.
They've been gouging out the eyes Of
our wounded and mutilating my men
horribly. They call it modern. civilized
. warfare That's savagery. 1 hope your
President is taking notice Of these afro
, Cities
OF course, was in no position to
contradict the kaisers assertions, as I
was not In possession of any of the
facts, but l learned afterward that
four American newspaper correspond
ents had secured Germany from one end
of the country to the other in an effort
to run down these reports They left
no rumor uninvestigated. no matter how
far they had to travel to verify it.
When they had finally exhausted every
clue and followed every lead they had
not found single case to justify the
charge the kaiser had made against the
Belgians and which, of course. the in
spired German press continued to report
from day to day.
The object of these lies was to justify
the outrages which the Germans were
committing in their plan to terrorize the
overrunning. According to reports, the
activities Of franc-tireurs in the occu-
pied territories were met by the Ger
mans with, the most barbaric punish
ments, cruqffxion and similar atroci-
ties being very common Undoubtedly
the kaiser was aware of what his SOL
diers were doing, and to defend their
conduct he lent a ready ear to the un-
founded charges made against the Bel
CLANS.
which I intend sending to your Pres
ident regarding the use of dum-dum
bullets by the. Belgians and French %
the kaiser went on. I'VE have ample
proof to establish this charge not only
in tho character Of the wounds suf-
shape Of unused cartridges which We
found in the captured forts"
Strangely enough the kaiser scnt
on his protest to President Wilson
about the same day that President
Poincare forwarded a similar protest
based upon the use Of dum-dum bull
lets by tho Germans.
Kaiser ON the Belgian Issue.
Regarding the violation Of Belgi-
umB neutrality, the kaiser was able
to offer no reasonable argument. The
fact that he was willing to pay Bel
mics to go through that country was
apparently sufficient Justification in
his eyes for taking by force what
Belgium refused to sell.
How foolish of Belgium to have
resisted usr' he declared, in this con-
us walk through. we would have paid
for ything-everythingi Not a
hair Of their heads would have been
touched and Belgium would be in
tho Same happy financial condition
that Luxembourg r..
At q subsequent interview. we re-
fsrred to Belgium again. and the
the neutrality q China when she sent
troops through Chinese territory to
seize Haochau
1T is al light for the allies to do
these thfngs." he- comment sarcasti-
cally. but when Germany does them
nation The hypocritesi Why we
found papers In Brussels which
showed eoncl,psively that England
and Belgium had a secret agreement
by which in the event Of war with
Germany England was to be permit
ted to occupy Belgium! View got
those papers in Berlin We could
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