The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-12-20


hasassff siEA tAsl 4sssry III th~ Nm,
thas Ae wDaad riap his sewMrd vAsd
| NE great war ~ ~&s 1nsA<arltlns
sFsmsnAiiy hFcks ask
Tsksn irdavhsr.iis. th4.ss v~sssns b
cidxats ,s~eEH trasaal sneaGh. sms
hsyr esrsy rwAsga 10 know lhss ih4
kxaansr attasAea rarsaAxrshaa iEnsxar
tance 10 tAssa, tAcw that thers waa
d COED deal Ut ,:Aagrsia " tAs skrxaal
he feliv@s~i ss' nas sxainss Anssrtcz I'm
| hef part In ,sugfsysng szunastSns 10 thu
| ailiss--eAagria nj the thouxAt tlAas sh4
seed be bad sown In Ansrses hae
failed to hfsag forsA better fruit.
@Aea ~e fasily sntsr~t tho war and
he realized that ali hls cartfalty eur.
sursi plans cf pears had awaited him
naught. he eoald nos rcstrsia HIS bin
teraSSs nax coaesai his disapssaanf.
meet
-AD my eEorss 10 sAsaw rny TREAD.
ship for Aiasgtca-sxchangtng prusee
sors With ycur colleges, seaasnx tay
brother Ia sour eoaasry. aii-~all God
| E5tsaiax r. hs exclaimed. elsxussediy,
after ws had snssrsa me war.
On another eccssaoa lie showed syWu
mere clearly bow far America had fNl.
len short Of hls sxpsetntioas:
whit has become of tAass raeh
Ansercans who used 10 visis nse with
their yachts at kis. and cemss 10 my
entertainments 10 Beriirr b. asked.
sarcassicaiiy. wow that we Aavv
England involved. why assnr thsy
utilizing the opportunity to serve and
TO make their cwa eoaatry sre&tf Do
they thisk ! put myself out to enter.
ITALIA tkesn bec1tasa I loved thafnf
ana disgnsfed with the whole Aagio-
Saxon racei"
The kaiser couldn't uadervsand why
the united States did not seize both
Canada and Mexico. Apparently. frvHn
the WY he talked frum time TO time,
II he had been sitslnx In the Waite
House be would have grabbed the en-
tire Western Hemisphere.
That the kaiser followed AmertSan
politics very closely. especially after
the war broas oai. was VERY iRxtrtxi.
The fact that there WAS great Ger.
man-Amer.can sS.s In this coantry
was not overlooked In rotsdaia, and
Aasrsass the xttxasswSs dspasy ne RAISER
imagined tina, be could exert coaslder-
able influence In our elections Through
his euissarsss In this counfry.
returned TO Berlin late In October
Of that year. Within q day or two
after my arrival received a telephone
messass fron tho Rsirhskanaier Won
Be,hmanu-Hollwag 10 the eject that
the kaiser had sent him word Of my
return and that he would like uas to
call ut his palace either THAI noon or
ut four p N.
WINS A@13ANA aAth u WY t&iA@ sNpsA
Ia the corner of which was business.
like locking aa;-sopfed desk. but which
IVES otherwise deliberately furnished
The relchskRnxler. a tall, broadshoul-
dercd. handsome specimen of man.
came over 10 tae and. putting his arm
In mine. walked nla 10 seat beside
the desk He asked me what i would
stnake. and upou my taking n cigar
cite, be did likewise.
'"rhc knlscrs been telling me doe
tor" he said. "of your recent visit to
America. and would like to ask you
few questions"
I said tina. WINS always glad TO talk
OF America, Indeed. | was particular
iy glad Of the opportunity to speak
with the prime raaiuistcr ~ Germany at
thai. TING. -.... ... .....-,......, il.
Then followed u bewildering wucces-
ssca 81 questions, the purpose az
which was not at all clear TO me. We
had a peculiar conversation~-haf In
German. half In English The reichs-
kantler aid not speak English partic-
uiafly well.
"iiow are things In Amerfcaf" he
asked, ibid you have any oppcrtu.
nifty to gauge the political sttuationf
Who do you think will he the next
presidents DO you think that Aneri-
cans are opposed 10 peace hecans"
tina; would end their chance TO make
nsunrr cas .of the xaxi Are your
people 80 fnerccnary that thry would
Ike to see the war prolonged for the
sake Of the money they can make out
Of IN"
NO, your excellenry," | replied.
you are quite wrong II you imagine
that my ccautrymcn would Ike to pro
loug the war for the sake Of war
rroHts THAT Ia very far from being
the case. On the contrary. the eoan-
try at large La anxious for peace"
"Don't forget your people are max
Ing a lot OF ranGey out OF this war"
the rslcassan1ler persisted. They
are becoming very rich They viii
scan have all the gold ln the world.
Putting an end to the wsr woaif 20
great extent end American opyortnni-
ties for making rsuuey 90 this snOr~
nous scale"
That may be all true" I replied.
"bu, fortunately my cognryrsoa thiak
rrrtSr~ Of fha hiPsxsErw Of rseara a.h