Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-11-07

destroy England's sea power. This il
Americas great opportunity to domi
nate the western hemisphere, and you
president must see his chance to tax,
Canada and Mexicop
AS the war progressed and reports
reached the kaiser of our increased
shipments of munitions to the allies
the .kaiser's Impotence with Wilson be
came more difficult to repress, anC
there was hardly an interview 1 had
with him in which he did not give
vent to his feelings in that connec
ton.
My officers are becoming so in
censed at Americas attitude" he told
me, 1T will be impossible for me to
restrain them much longer"
And when, on another occasion, he
accused Mr.. Wilson of discriminating
against Germany, he made the re-
mark: wilson's in the hands of the
Wall street GROUP"
But, perhaps, the most bitter de-
nunciation l ever heard him make Of
Wilson was shortly after we entered
the war. / had been summoned to
the great army headquarters to see
him, and when he entered the room
he appeared to be in a towering rage
Indeed, his condition was so apparent
that the kaiSerin, who was also pres
ent, sought to excuse him with the
explanation that he had been very
much upset and had been sleeping
very poorly, and she asked me to treat
him gently and tried to soothe him
at the same time, but he told her to
leave the room and resented her show
ing Inc that she petted him.
We said little while 1 was at work,
but when l was through and was pre-
paripg to leave, the kaiser stepped
toward me and said:
Davis, Wilson is a real scoundrel J"
My face flushed, suppose, at this
insult to our president, and my re-
sentiment was so apparent that the
kaiser Immediately patted me on my
right shoulder and apologized.
81 beg your pardon, Davis" he de-
clared, in quieter voice. 81 know
you're an American and 1 beg your
pardon for hurting your feelings, but
if you only knew, you would realize
what a scoundrel your president is.
When it comes to throat-cutting, VIII
son should have his cut firsti"
Whenever the sun shone for the
kaiser he grew so optimistic that he
failed to pay the slightest attention to
the clouds gathering on the horizon.
After the Italian collapse, for instance,
he was so enthusiastic about his mill
tary success in that arena that he
failed to realize that America was
slowly but surely forging the thunder
bolt that was to strike him down.
snow how foolish it was for your |
president to bring your country into /
this WARP he said. Americans will |
now see, when it is too late, what fools |
they made of themselves when they |
elected professor for president. Now |
America must pay the bills" In this
remark and others of the same import
the kaiser's expectation of being able
to exact an enormous indemnity as
pert of his peace terms was clearly in
Gicated, and he felt that America, hav-
ing profited the most and suffered the
least of any of the belligerent powers,
would be in the best position to fill his
depleted Golfers.
The last time / saw the kaiser when
he mentioned the president was in the
fall of 1917, shortly after Wilson had
replied to the popes peace proposal.
"Wilson is an idealist, and an ideal
list can accomplish nothingp was his
comment "He went into the war that
he might have a seat at the peace table
but he will never get it. 1 shall pre-
vent it'll"
OF Wilson's peace notes, which were
issued before America went into the
war, the kaiser remarked: II think l
am right, the others think they're right.
America has all the money. If Wilson
really wants peace, let him pay the
bills and take care of the indemnities
and the war will be over! 1t is very
simple"
There was no man of modern times
whom the kaiser seemed to admire so
much, before the war, as ex-PresideLt
The kaiser was convinced
that Roosevelt had prevented war with
Japan by sending the American fleet
around the world and showing that it
V as fit. This brilliant stroke of states
as the kaiser termed it, was
d topic that he referred to on several
occasions. 1t was forceful demonstra- {
ton that was very much after his own
heart.
"What admire about Mr.. Roosevelt
most" he said, SIS the fact that he has
the greatest moral courage of any man '
[ ever knewl" The fact that Mr.. {
had given Germany's fleet
.wenty-four hours notice to steam I
from Venezuelan waters didn't serve t
to lessen the kaiser's admiration for l
him. 1
I heard him shower praise on
Roosevelt many times and l haven't 4
he slightest doubt that he was quite L
sincere.
After the war started, when Roose- I
yelt showed very plainly that no mat t