The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-12

ravorewItn America during IN M
years of peace which preceded the war
were 10 much more elaborate that they
deserve more than passing mention.
No more subtle piece Of propaganda
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~Beriin 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, It
intended to Germanize Americans
to such an extent that their co-operar
ton might be relied upon In the event
of war for which Germany was ssd-
ulOusly preparing.
It was believed that the exchange Of
professors would accomplish the Gel.
man purpose In two ways: not only
could the professors the kaiser sent tol
America be depended upon to SOW GEL.
man seed in American coil but the
American professors who were ssnt to
Berlin, It was hoped. could be 20 In
oculated with tho German viewpoint
that when they returned 70 their nH-
i've land they would disseminate &
among their associates and studentA
Some time before the kaiser con
celved tho scheme Of the Exchange
p~rofessors, tho sent his brother, Prince
Henry, to this country to draw the
two nations closer together and 10 In
still In the heart Of every child born
In America Of German parents In
abiding love for the fatherland
Just before the war broke out he
was planning 70 send ono 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.
Il the purpose IL to meet American
society, I would recommend such
places AZ Newport In summer ana
Palm Beach In winter. To come in
contact with our statesmen and diplo-
mats, Washington would naturally b
the most likely place to visit" {
The kaiser thanked me for the IN.
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.
It was to curry favor with America
that the kaiser had his yacht Meteor
built In our shipyards, and It Is a fact
that more American women pre-
scented at the German court than those
Of any other nation.
When he presented q statue Of
Frederick the Great to this country,
in McKlnley's administration, it Gre
ated a great stir In congress. What
could be less appropriate, 1t was az.
gued, than the statue Of a monarch In
the capital Of a republic? The statue
vas not set up In McKinley's admins
tration, but Roosevelt accepted It in
the interest Of diplomacy and had it
erected in front Of the Army building.
Seeing that his gift had had just the
opposite effect to that intended, the
kaiser reprimanded his ambassador
for not having interpreted American
sentiment more accurately.
A few days after the death Of King
Edward, Roosevelt arrived in Berlin.
Despite the fact that all Europe was
In mourning, the kaiser arranged the
most elaborate military dress review
ever given In honor Of q private citizen
to celebrate Roosevelt's visit. The re-
view was held In the large military
reservation near Berlin. More than
100000 soldiers passed in review be-
fore the kaiser and his staff and their
honored guest.
How far the kaiser would have gone
In his attentions to Roosevelt had he
not been in mourning 1t is impossible
to say, but I don't believe he would
have left anything undone to show his
admiration for the American express
ident and to curry favor with this
country.
But Roosevelt was not the only
American to whom the kaiser made
overtures. He was constantly inviting
American millionaires to pay him
yachting visits at Klel or wherever
else he happened to be.
He sat for a portrait by an Amerf-
can painter, which was exhibited with
4 large collection Of other American
works under the kaiser's auspices.
There was nothing that the kaiser
did not do In his efforts to ingratiate
himself with this country In the hope
that he would reap his reward when
the great wal he was anticipating
eventually broke ont
Taken individually, these various In
cidents seem trivial enough, but /
have every reason to know, that the
kaiser attached considerable impor-
lance to them. / know that there was
q good deal Of chagrin In the trades
he delivered to me against America for
her part in supplying munitions to the
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