American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-10-18

"when their great offensive was wIruIn
a week Of being launched we broke
through their lines on a slope 5000
feet high. covered with snow, where
they couldn't bring up their reserves
or new guns, and we surrounded
them
I'VE took practically everything they
possessed-fOOd enough 10 feed our
entire army without calling upon our
own supplies at all. Never before had
our armies seen such an accumulation
OF ammunition. / must certainly go
down to see 1t.
I'VE cut on their northern retreat
and. as they swung their army to the
south. we captured 10000 OF them up
10 their knees In the rice fields. One
Of the great mistakes they made was
In carrying their civilian refugees with
them-clOgging their narrow roads and
impeding the retreat Of their soldiers.
We had taken possession OF their most
productive regions. and their retreat
was through territory which yielded
them nothing. Just think OF that re-
treating army thrown upon the already
Impoverished inhabitants OF that sec
ton. Why. they'll starve to DEATH
Everywhere we went we found
their big guns abandoned. In one
small village we came upon a gun dec
GRATED with flowers and surmounted
with a portrait OF Emperor Franz Jo-
sef. II had been put there by the Ital-
ian inhabitants OF the village to show
their happiness at being released at
last from the yoke Of the intolerable
italian lawyer government How ter
rfbly the Italians must have treated
theml Italy will never get over this
defeat. This was real help from God
Now. we've got the allies !" and he
struck his left hand with his right with
great force to emphasize his apparent
conviction that the turning point In
the var had been reached with Italy's
collapse.
That the kaiser now regarded him
self and his armies as invinclble l felt.
and | feared that the success I'm Italy
would be followed at the first favora-
BILE opportunity by "A gigantic offensive
IN the western front.
Indeed. on Il subsequent occasion,
when he called at my Office for further
treatment. and again referred to the
Italian triumph. he remarked: III our
armies could capture 3O0, 900 Italians
and those 100000 might just as well DO
dead MS fur "a Italy Is commemorative
can do the same thing against our
enemies on the west :"
This was one OF the interviews / was
so anxious TO report to the representa-
tlves OF the American intelligence de-
partment at our legation In Copen-
hngen and. later on. when | finally ar
rived In that city. l related II I'm great
detail to them. remained in Copen-
hagen eleven days and during the
greater part OF that time l was being
interviewed by one or another OF the
representatives Of our intelligence de-
partment. Exactly two months later.
on March u. the western offensive
broke out as | had feared.
called at POtsdam a day o. two la
ter 10 attend the kaiser again. and
found him still In the same triumphant
mood, and so anxious was he to get
TO Italy that he called ut my Of
flee three times that week to enable
me 10 complete my work on his affect
ed tooth.
On November 20 the kaiser called at
my Office for what proved to be his
last sitting. | had received word on
the 10th that my pass for America had
been granted and that l could leave
ON the Both. and l accordingly told the
kaiser that Il was my intention to leave
for Copenhagen on that day.
l explained that / was completely
run down-ond | certainly looked it.
and that It was necessary for me to
get To Copenhagen anyway. so that l
could get In touch with America re-
garding IA porcelain tooth patent which
had been granted to me In July, 1918, |
which Il large dental company was
seeking "a wrest from me. The patent
authorities had delayed action because
az the fact that | resided In IN enemy
country.
On the 2Sth | received IA letter from
the court chamberlain stating that the
president Of police had made 1t known
10 the kaiser that had applied for a
20 America and demanding an ex-
PLANTATION ms TO why I had told the kali
that | had planned 10 20 70 Copen-
hagen and had not mentioned Amer
| at once replied that Il was indeed
my intention. as | had told the kaiser.
TO 40 10 Copenhagen. but that l had
applied for the pass TO America be-
cause wanted to be In Il position TO
20 there II my patent affairs demand
Il and | expressed the hope hat
nothing would be done 20 interfere
the pass which had been prom
Iscd me FOR the 3Oth.
Nevertheless. the 30th came around
and the pass didn't. and the boat which