Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-10-04

X, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the sue
Is cessor TO the Austrian throne, wa
Is murdered. the kniser not only recog
D. nized his morganatic wife. who wa
Is only a countess. but went out Of hi
y way to show her Difference. He place.
n her at his right at all state functions
o which she attended. To bring Austria
q and Germany closer together. he wal
y willing to waive one of his deep-rootet
j preJudlces.
o The significance OF the kaiser's
a many visits to Italy. his presentation
OF statue TO Stockholm. his yachting
: excursions In Scandinavian waters
2 his flrtations with Turkey from his
! castle on the Island OF Corfu, and sim.
liar acts OF ingratiation, becomes quite
} apparent In the face OF more recent
} developments, but his efforts to curry
! favor with America during all the
| years Of peace which preceded the war
were so much more elaborate that they
J deserve more than passing mention.
No more subtle piece Of propaganda
was ever conceived than the kaiser's
plan OF exchanging professors between
|
through the establishment of the
Roosevelt and Harvard chairs at the
University OF Berlin and corresponding
chairs nt Harvard and other American
univerndes. Ostensibly the purpose of
| the project was to foster goodwill be-
tween the two nations. Actually. 1t
was intended to Germanize Americans
to such an extent that their co-opera-
tlon might be relied upon in the event
OF war for which Germany was sed-
ulously preparing.
IL was believed that the exchange of
professors would accomplish the Ger
man purpose In two ways: not only
could the professors the kaiser sent to
America be depended upon to SOW Ger
man seed In American soil. but the |
American professors who were sent to |
Berlin. 1t was hoped, could be so in |
oculated with the German viewpoint |
that when they returned to their ma
tive land they would disseminate it |
among their associates and students.
Some time before the kaiser con-
celved the scheme of the Exchange
Professors. he sent his brother. PRINCE
Henry. to this country to draw the
two nations closer together and to in
still In the heart OF every child born
In America of German parents an
abiding love for the fatherland.
Just before the war broke out, he
here with the same object
He told me of his project and asked
me to which part OF the United States
thought he ought to send the prince.
"rhat depends, your majesty" / re-
piled. "upon the object of the visit.
II the purpose Is to meet American
society. 1 would recommend such
places as Newport in summer and
Palm Beach In winter. TO come in
contact with our statesmen and diplo-
mats. Washington would naturally be
the most likely place to visit"
The kaiser thanked me for the in-
but did not enter into fur
Their details as to the object he had .
In mind or which son he had planned
TO send across.
II was to curry favor with America
that the kaiser had his yacht Meteor
built in our shipyards. and II is n fact
that more American women were pre-
sentcd at the German court than those
,f any other nation.
When he presented a statue OF
frederick the Great to this country.
IN McKinley's administration, it Gre
tied great stir In congress. What
.ould be less appropriate. Il was ar
rued. than the statue of monarch In Il
he capital OF republlc7 The statue ?
vas not set up in Mekinley's adminis-
bur Roosevelt accepted Ii In l
he interest of diplomacy and had 1t
,rected In front OF the Army building. II
Seeing that his gift had had just the
effect 10 that intended. the Il
,aiser reprimanded his ambassador
or not having interpreted American
entiment more accurately.
A few days after the death OF King
Edward. Roosevelt arrived In Berlin. u
Despite the fact that all Europe was
n mourning. the kaiser arranged the
nost elaborate military dress review
yer given 10 honor OF private citizen IL
o celebrate Rocsevelt's visit. The re-
lew was heldin the large military n
near Berlin. More than $
10000 soldiers passed in review be- q
ore the kaiser and his stan and their
IGNORED guest n
How far the kaiser would have gone n
n his attentions to Roosevelt had he y
lot been in mourning 1t is impossible 7
o say. but l don't believe he would u
ave left anything undone to show his n
dmIration for the American express Is
dent and TO curry favor with this q
ountry.
But Roosevelt vas not the only ~
american to whom the kaiser made u
ventures. He was constantly inviting
american millionaires to pay him e.
visits at klel or wherever 81
Use he happened to be. Is
He sat for n portrait bv an Ameri- tl