Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-11-07

In them. No matter what nation you
might be fighting, your enemy would
always be able to recognize you at q
distance. before you could identity
him, because the warships of all other
nations look very much alike at dis
lance.
"They soy these coming towers are
armed" he went on. "but you would
never get close enough to your enemy
to use such small guns. Again, II one
of those masts were hit 1t would send
q shower Of steel about the heads Of
the men on board. and would not only
put many OF them out of action. but
g ould be In the way. Suppose, too.
the mast were struck down and hung
over the side? 1t would drag through
the water, and would not only serious
iy impede the vessel, but 1t would
cause the ship to list and expose q
larger area on one side than would be
safe. No. Davis, your fighting masts,
as ! have said. might answer frst-rate
for serving tea, but don't think much
Of them for active service"
But II the kaiser saw much In
American ways and customs to con-
denim, he likewise saw much to com.
mend. and. before the war, he was
liberal in his praise Of many Of our
qualities and achievements.
He was very much interested, for
Instance. In the experiments and dis
coveries of Luther Burbank. To make
Germany seif-supporting as far az
food resources were concerned was one
Of his dearest ambitions. He realized
that In the event Of q world war his
sople would probably suffer more
from lack Of food than they would
from hostile bullets. and he was hoping
that he would be able to obviate that
condition before his country was put
to the test. He was constantly preach.
Ing simplifled diet and the conserva.
ton of food reserves. and he had great
hopes that much could be done In
scientific way to help solve general
food problems. When attending din.
ners given him by his officers, his
wishes respecting simple menus were
always carefully followed.
The kaiser enjoyed American hu-
NOR. He was very fond of Mark
Twain, and ne followed one or two of
the American monthlles and weeklies
more or less regularly. He told me
that, one evening while In his sitting
room In the Berlin palace. reading
something III an American magazine,
he ran across a story which caused
him to laugh so much and so LOUD that
the ladies Of the court, who heard him
In an adjacent room, came running in
with their knitting to see what the
matter was.
The kaiser had little respect for our
architecture. He thought our sky
scrapers, of which he had seen Illus
trations. were hideous.
"How terrible to desecrate the land.
scape with such tall buildings" he
commented. 9They hurt the eye. How
can people live In them?"
I explained that most of the build.
tngs to which he referred were Office
buildings, but that we did have four
teen and fifteen.story apartment houses
and hotels, and even higher ones, In
which the upper floors were used for
living purposes just the same as the
lower ones. He couldn't believe It
possible that people would consent to
live so far above the groOnd, and from
his own aversion to visit a place that
was even one story above the ground
floor, I rather got the idea that he was
afraid of height. Under the building
laws prevailing In Germany no build
ing Of more than 1--WE stories may be
erected.
Perhaps the quality that he envied
most In US was our inventive genius.
When Orville Wright was flying at
Tempelhofer Field. In Berlin. In the
early days Of aviation, the kaiser
could not restrain his admiration.
n wish I could encourage my people
to come great inventors, such a.
An lea has produced" he declared,
father hopelessly. II admire your
wonderful inventive genius"
The kaiser objected very much 10 tho
fact that many Of the foreign opera
singers were attracted to New Yoek
by reason Of the fabulous sums paid
them ct the Metropolitan opera house
Despite the fact that the kaiser &C.
eused Us Of Spending our money too
lavishly. he repeatedly charged. tho
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