Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-09-20

and Germany closer together, ne was
willing TO waive one Of his deep-rooted
prejudices.
The significance of the kaiser's
many visits to Italy, his presentation
OF statue to Stockholm, his yachting
excursions in scandinavian waters,
his flirtations 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
deserve more than passing mention.
No more subtle piece of propaganda
was ever conceived than the kaiser's
plan Of exchanging professors between
the United States and Germany
through the establishment of the
Roosevelt and Harvard chairs at the
University of Berlin and corresponding
chairs at Harvard and other American
universities. 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-
ton might be relied upon in the event
Of war for which Germany was sed-
ulously preparing.
It 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, it was hoped. could be so in
oculated with the German viewpoint
that when they returned to their ma
tive land they would disseminate 1t
among their associates and students.
Some time before the kaiser con-
ceived 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
was planning to send one OF his sons
here with the same object
He told me Of his project and asked
me to which part of the United States
I thought he ought to send the prince.
''That depends, your majesty" re-
piled, upon the object Of the visit.
II the purpose is to meet American
society, I would recommend such
faces as Newport In summer and
t'>lm Beach in winter. To GENE in
contact with our statesmen and diplo-
mats. Washington would naturally be
the most likely place to visit" -
The kaiser thanked me for the III
formation 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.
1t was to curry favor with America
that the kaiser had his yacht Meteor
built in our shipyards, and 1t Is fact
that more American women were pre-
scented at the German court than those
of any other nation.
When he presented statue o.
Frederick the Great to this country
in McKinleys administration, it ere
ated great stir In congress. VIVA
could be less appropriate, 1t was ar
gued, than the statue Of monarch II
the capital Of a republic? The statue
was not set up in McKinley's admins
tration, but Roosevelt accepted 1t IL
the interest Of diplomacy and had
erected in front of the Army building
Seeing that his gift had had just tn
opposite effect to that intended, tn
kaiser reprimanded his ambassado
for not having interpreted American
sentiment more accurately.
A few days after the death Of Kin
Edward, Roosevelt arrived in Berlir
Despite the fact that all Europe wa
In mourning, the kaiser arranged tn
most elaborate military dress reviev
ever given In honor of a private citize
to celebrate Roosevelt's visit. The RI
view was held In the large militar
reservation near Berlin. More tina
100000 soldiers passed in review b.
fore the kaiser and his staff and thei
honored guest.
How far the kaiser would have gon
In his attentions to Roosevelt had
not been in mourning 1t Is impossibl
to say, but / don't believe he woul
have left anything undone to show hi
admiration for the American ex-pre
ident and to curry favor with TIL
country.
But Roosevelt was not the onl
American to whom the kaiser mad
overtures. He was constantly invitir
American millionaires to pay hi
yachting visits at KEEL or wherev.
else he happened to be.
|, He sat for portrait by an Amer
! can painter, which was exhibited viii
, large collection of other Americs
works under the kaiser's auspices.
There was nothing that the kais,
did not do In his efforts to ingratia
!, himself with this country In the hol
, that he would reap his reward wht
the great war he was anticipate
!, eventually hroke out.
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