Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-24
(Continued)

| NSOubhuSuI
| When Kiau-Chau fell he again
criticised the United States for not
having stopped Japan.
How can your President allow
Japan to increase in power at the
Z expense of white race?" he asked,
| Indignantly Now China is lost to
the world forever. America is the
one power that could have prevent
ed it, but now Japan has got her
fingers on China and she is lost to
us forever"
After we were in the war. the
Kaiser expressed to me his opinion
that our object in taking this step
was four-fold:
First" he said, Wilson wants to
save the money you nave loaned to
the Allies. Second, he wants to have
a seat at the peace-table. Third, he
wants to give your army and navy
little practical experience-unfortu-
nately at our expense. And fourth,
and principally. he wants to prepare
| for the war with Japan which he
knows is inevitable. The Japanese
are the ones which your country
must look upon as it's real enemies"
A German officer of high standing
told me just before 1 left Berlin that
America had made the great mis-
and supplies to Russia. via Japan,
because Japan had just retained the
finely-made American articles and
| had dumped on Russia a lot of good
for-nothing material of her own in
their stead. my advice to Amer
ica," he declared, 'is to cut the
throat of every Japanese in America
and get rid of the internal danger"
He did not suggest cutting the
throats of all the undesirable Ger
mans who were in America. and
who had already demonstrated that
they were far more dangerous than
the Japanese had ever been.
Whether or not the Kaiser and
the Germans generally really be-
lieved that America was in danger
of attack from Japan or that there
was bound to be a titanic conflict be-
tween the white and yellow races
for the domination of the world. 1
don't know. but 1 have often heard
that for many years the Japanese
army has been trained by German
officers and, as 1 have previously
mentioned, vast amounts of ammu-
milton and guns were furnished
them.
Undoubtedly the profit the Ger
man munitionsmakers made on their
contracts with Japan was an impor-
tant consideration, but the pro babil-
ity is tha- the principal object of
Germany's conduct in this connec-
ton was to be in a position to watch
military developments in Japan.
What better measure could be con-
ceived for gauging prospective en-
emy's strength than by assisting in
hts developments? What a splendid
opportunity it afforded for posting
| CO oh Tot
tary information against tNe day
when it might prove of the utmost
value to Germany!
In another chapter have referred
to the excuse the Kaiser gave for
having supplied munitions to the
Russians in the Japanese Russian
war when I urged that that was a
parallel to our course in supplying
munitions to the Allies-which so
embittered the Kaiser and the Ger
mans generally against u.s. when
we helped Russia against Japan we
were helping white race against
the yellow race-don't ever forget
that-don't ever forget that!'
Along the same lines he fire.
quently condemned the English and
the Allies generally for having ac-
cepted the assistance. of Japan in
the present war. The idea that a
white nation could ally itself with
a yellow or was little short of alb
horrent to him, according to the
way he spoke.
And yet in the face of all the
Kaiser had said and done in the
years gone by to warn the world
against the menace of the yellow
races and despite the horror he had
expressed at the thought of any
white nation allying itself with a yell
low one, on January 8. 1917, before
we had declared war against Ger
many, before we had even broken
off diplomatic relations. the German
Foreign Secretary, Zimmerman,
who was simply tool in the Kais-
er's hands, sent to Herr Won Eek
hardt. the German Minister to Mex
leo, through Count Won Bernstorff.
what is undoubtedly one of the most
infamous notes which ever emanated
from the foreign office of a first
class power. Fortunately our gov
ernment was able to intercept II
and brand forever the perfidy of
which the Kaiser was capable,
: So eloquent is that note of the
: hypocrisy of the Kaiser that I can
not do better than reprint 1t here,
, that 1t may be read in connection
{ with the Kaiser's repeated express
sions on the subject of re yellow
+, Peril"
, The note runs:
|. "On February 1 we intend to be-
/ gin submarine warfare unrestricted.
: In spite of this 1t is our intention
81 to endeavor to keep neutral the
United States of America. II this