The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-06

where I Assped 10 tcta them az tAa
earliest possible raonsent and Acccas
paRy them haGse. | did not resisA ths
Idea at their going xeross the oe~&E
Without nae.
That was In May. 1917. Weeks
passed while oar spgAisatioa was xcans
frem enc ocsciai 10 another. lying. psr
hsps for days 1T ttaae uEder . pile ii
other apglleatiaas Of similar csaar'
aefrr or awaiting the Investigation es
our personal Histories. and 10 wss no'
Until the cad If June that We received
sny word regarding II. Tina ws
learned that n had teea tleaied.
This was my fEst intimatiea that W
mixhs have ditsieusty In getting eat o,
Germany.
A day or swu iasrr the ksis~s essie<l
on me- professionally aud told him ei
our plight. hoping that be woali tutsr'
cvsi@ for us. II Was the eaiy favor Of q
personal character had ever asked O.
him.
NY ch!ld Ia aiiias. your majesty
Mid. and I feel that she needs q
change Of climate. I applied to the
kommandantar fer leave for my wife
and chiid 10 20 TO Monsreux. bat have
just heard that II has been refasedl' T.
Davis. I with see what I can DO Ia
the matter" he replied reassaringiy,
and ~ he was leavinx my Once hs
turned to me and said In the prwsencs
81 his two AdlutGnts fsckArssiHg THAT
matter you spoke Ut. iesvs It to ms
ana wifi see wssAs / cxa dor. ,'.,.;,-
The kaiser's Influence would readily
solve our problem. ] thought. and
was very much relieved. Two days
later. however. | received q lestei
from Count Won Moiste. one of the ksi'
ser's adjutants. stating that the kal'
ser had spoken to him regarding the
Switzerland project. but, under the
circumstances. II was out Of the Qac~
ton. II. however. my chiid's ccndit!on
were such ~ to mako change Of ell
mate really necessary. he added. the
kaiser suggested that q trip to the
Austrian Tyrol might perhaps Be ar
ranged. as the climate there was Just
as good ~ thst Of Switzerland. but b.
fore permission would Be granted fos
that trip II would be necessary 10 oh
tain a certificate from the district DOC
tor stating that II was necessary.
AZ the food situation In Austria was
Jus, as bad rs II wss Ia Germany. II
not worse. that idea didn't appeal to
me a, all. and went immediately To
the konlmsndantur and explained the
situation 10 them.
When they saw Count won Moltke's
letter tho ct1cer In charge threw up
his hands ..- ..
That, anal" he declared That
cpnes from d higher authority han
ours, II Ii useless 20 pursue the INST
ter aAy further. We received com
tnunieaticn from his majesty regard.
Ing your case. but the matter Was isst
entirely to our discretion, II was not
4 command. only request fron his
majesty. A command. Of course, would
have been different"
Then applied for pass for my
wife. child and myself TO g. ~ Amer
lea. They pointed out at the kamman.
dan,ur that a. my wite's application
10 leave Berlin preceded rnine, 4 vas
possible she would be allowed Ia leave
before me- told the otilcrr that that
would suit me admirably, as wanted
the pass for Mira Davis and the child
granted at the earliest possible mo
rnens regardless OF what action might
be txkvn'er rsy c~n xrr7'txffhs. 80 ''''
Again there followed q long period
Of aaxiaas waiting while the German
red tape slowly unwound. hu, eventu'
ally, In September. We rereised wor.1
tina, Mrs Davis and the child might
leave Berlin for Copenhagen between
October 10 and L. Thsy lief, on the
tenth.
A day or TIVE later eurnmencesi the
German offensive sxainst Riga, On the
Baltic. Wgihin three or four days the
Germans captured successfully the
Oesel. Rgna, Ohro and Neon islands
In the Gult Of Riga and then carried
their invasion 10 the mainland Their
apparent objective wss r.sregrsd and
ea October 10 the Russians sanounced
that the seat ~ the government would
he renewed from retrogrsG to Mos
Cow,
These suecssses % the Battle failed
20 overcome tne aggression In Germany
caused hy the sertous Internal sstga,
ton IN Austria at This peripi. MUM
ten factories were Aesng wrecked by
and war-weary strikers
and the pspulses vas besnS sho, dowa
Ia crest numbers in the food rfots
which developed In various parts az
AGssrts. Not since the war began had
toe outlook ss~a SO 6iscouraginx fer
the Germans
Then. ca October a .ats as taiars