The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-24


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srtuse hEasem ard rM@a tAesm, seine.
stnaes hf wugEa4 h~ sszssasasaswa ,EMtsAsss
20 fssses wtsh ssaRsfssps FesScas wAs
wsre there 10 ase hsHa hzs Ne waa
nsver saae aaosa than ieA raaassss NJ
tinae.
l did ,sos think As .eaSea sxrerssusa.
uEsy weah He sssrasA tn be VERY urea
and ~ hal VERY little IN say-~aa as&esg
an izdsesraan thar he was net exactly
nursssl.
wAsn say werk FAR the saeraGag wxs
over and his valet. wAn had assisted
nse. had beea surased, tho kaiser
saaed MI mse for asesaeat ar TIVE ara
shsn. spruTrs Of nothlng. burst cut
wsta the rather resanrk able asreaar~~
sseax: ~fAs mAn Shs hroaxhs this
estsstrcshs un Ehe worfas tsavsa
shsaid be strung ap by the ne<s- and
thar man IA nat I. al The weird ssesns
~ thiakt Ths ,xar ef RUSSIA and tia
king III Enssaa4 wA~n they ~ess at
the sedding ef my guests
NJ nsy ewn hcase. saiad yea, aud my
hsood rAtaiises-~hstcnvd this plct
against ING. T'lcy were eayioaA OF
ray power. bet they viii naw learn
what that pcsrcr La
In the same breath almost he mage
the inceasisssa, reraxrk: -ksngIana
win nsyer be able to raise an nsgsrseas
sFmyI 1t tuck Germany one haaaevd
years to accomplish what abe has
danes -
SoRe tinse after thss, enc III the higs
rcss merchants To Berlin tend me that
be had heard ON the stock exchange
that the kaiser had made thr r~aark
thai tho King and exAr hAd hAieAsa
she plot lagaias, hisn. and AS had
repeated 'Shs kaiser's staiemaent 10 no
cnes realised that he, must have Told
the same thing 10 oihers II tlls ver~
sion II the starting Of tho wnr was put
into circulRtioa with the Idea us ab-
solving the kaiser. II esrtainiy didn't
carry Conviction even srnoas the tler
mans themselves The merchant whs
spoke tn sps ahou; II, at any rate. mads
fun ot TIE idea, and never heard the
pola, seriously raised By snyone rass
Of Influence.
Before left the kaiser that maur
iAs hr spoke II the Anglo. freneh loan
which had been fioaied In America
and cnnienhed ns severely for cousa-
teaahtins II. When ttrae htaN fist.
Germany had also Goa,cd loan In
America. he replied '"nut ours Was
only Sl0,tnts0, While theirs Is $500.
o0nuo I" 70 which naturally rejoined
tina, the size of the loan could GER
,aihly nv, affect the question % cur
neutrality IN floating II.
He criticized our bankers who han
died the Loan and when ! asked him II
no had ever scen the number IL Ger
man names that appeared on the list
~ BANKERS who were interested tn II.
he said he hHdn't read tine hist, bp, he
Was quite sure there was cue bank 10
New York which wouldn't touch II.
THAT bank wouldn't touch anything
TINT would he detrimental 90 Ger
nany'" he added.
Several man,hs later ! wBs called
10 fiess again aud was shown to the
SHINE reon had visited on the former
occasion. When The kaiser entered he
stood efec' with his hands 10 his side,
clicked bis hee-3 Together ard salutcd
me as soldier salrtcs superior Off
Ger. smiling "a he did 30 and | knew
be Was In COED humor
Nevertheless be had hut little 10 say.
His criticism Of Mr.. Wilson oa this or
caaon ! have recorded elscw here IN
+tissss~ f-agps e@".@ .@ er
In June 81 1917. after the great army
headquarters he'd been removed IN
Iemturg v d lIohe, and krtnsnach
tive ncighboriag sillHgrs) was called
there to see the katsrrin, end three
weeks later went there again to tcs
the kaiser. n1tiersi Mt the station the
kaisFy's private train composed Of five
dark green cars uron each ~ which
was rainly marked the Imperial, caa,
of arms, Tho cara had special foidiua
steps
Two rooms we're assigned 10 mo or
nhe of tho upper n"ors Of the palace
and my r9eais consisted ~ itrF same
Kind ~ food as had always had beN
fore the war. although the lanEer sra.
deullc Was raging slaonghoui the c1an
try II vRs almost worth lbe tip fot
ffs Tss,r ~ tie ss-sasa ,&.s.s.e. --..,
Aftef had treated the aalscr la the
rNGrniug west 10 my Fyrr'as. ~ knew
4, wuH,a he three O'Clock tetnfr ha
wnuA be ready far me egaia H. pcvet
allowed anything ;o interfere ggth kls
after aHgrr uap,
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