The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10

/ ton ean asAH th%fa anything
~And while England In slowly ibid.
Ing up her Insignificant army" the
kaiser wens on, -she will see America =
Davy and merchant marine eoastsasIy
growing and the dollar replacing the
| pound as the unit Of the aorid's
fnaaee. No. Davis. England will soofi
be- sie4 Of the war and will hook with
fear upon Americas growing power y
The Preach army, too, was generally
bellttiei. and the Russians were hs.
llsyed to be Absolutely negligible. The
| Frvnrh army was so poorly equipped,
II was pointed cut. that the oflcers
| had 10 gU 10 the ssuid In ratsnt.lcather
boots, and on the Russian ,rvfas. eaiy
the Asss line men had guns, the others
| bsing armsd wt,h clubs
| Eventually, efseers aHtl soldiers IT.
turning from the western froag On fur
Tough or passing through the country
| eta route from one front 10 the other
brought the report u he defeat before
! Paris soldiers who participated III
| thai disastrous retreat wrote from the
| new trenches 10 their friends aud rel
a.tves telling Of the terrible expert
| rpces they had undergone. when they
went for days with nothiag to eat ha,
raw potatoes and turnips which they
picked from the fields
When these reports finally spread
through Germany tbs people began 60
realize that their generals In the west
| seye uor .sewt,as with Tho xs.rss &ncress
that tea Hlndeghurs had had III the
east, ag.t ken llIa3sahelEy2 Nsegtas ths
| Idol ot the people immediately. "A fact
that was very dlstss,et9i TO the high
command
The kaisers dislike Of Won Hinden.
burg Was Of iona standing He had
mover forgiven that general for tho mis-.
take hr nude during military rsaneus'
ers In peace time when by brilliant
stroke 1T strategy he had succeeded Ia
capturing the kaisers forers. Including
the kaiser and hts whole staff.
have referred In a previous chapter
81 the kasSeys uuhouRded confidence
after the Italian collapse in 1917
"Sow, we've got the alIIes'" be ex-
claimed, With an air u coaclusiveness
which emphasized tho optimism he
displayed
- After the capture Of RaumsnIa, he
exhibited similar degree " exuita.
ton. He believed that In that achieve
neut be bad successfully solved the
food probIem--the one cloud which
constantly darkencd the kaiser's hor3'
Eon.
"Naw the allies will never succeed IN
starving u.s. he said 20 me Ia my Of
Ecc shortly after the RouaauIan drive,
With Roumania Ia our pockets aud
~SsEt,a alreaIy ours, their wonderful
agricultural possibilities will supply
cur food needs and foil our enemies
Efforts to starse us, Indeed, they had
better look out for themselves. Don't
forget W. have s1ouopoly en- the
potash mines 81 this world. Without
proper fertilization, American crops
VIII so on decreasing ani decreasing
and they went &c, any potash until wo
Get ready to Lex them have Il
The ritt';;;77s ~ ihe 2eppelins from a
military standpoint was undoubtedly n
great disappointment to the German
people at large, who had c'untcd So
much upon them 10 hTtaz disaster 10
England bat II cgunot be said that the
kaiser shared their chasrtn. on the
contrary. have reason e. believe that
he neyrr expected very mach from that
ARA II his military fnrcr except as II
maht he useful 10 tccrorse the civil
porilat,oa .s
A dry or tive after 2eppelans death.
in 1917. pa;!ea; 81 mine. Il lady. hap
pen,d in remark that It was too bad
that the count had rot lived 80 see the
triumph II bis Invention. and whea !
saw the kaiser shortly afterwards ]
repeated her remark to $40 what be
wegld say,
i ana convinced that the coant lived
loas enea@a IL see all that tac Yep
pslins were capable az accomplishing,
was hss at,ly e,ttu@eui Il recalled The
snSwcr be had given me some years
ettorc when beth 1eppeJias and air
planes were In their infancy and bad
asked him which heli THE greater
prualsse. We do not know, Tine
aloae will tell" was his reply.
The last tine caayerSsrd with the
kaiser Was oa November III 12l7. w
10 that time we had sent ever ic2an
trNoops. according 10 tEe fi1uvvS ~tseh
have since been revealed ~ Secretary
EAker. Ac,,o-iias ~ Ihe katsssTs la
formation. however. Ne had only ia
nnl navn In France at that time aud
be was of the eyjaloH that we woG'd
aeser hsvs many a2ore,
America IL having fNc ti1se try.
tnS IL raise az a,ng." be declared
Sat.r!cally Il bear that ifso mgtlat~i
TIE ether day Ia New York aai re-
fused To sct oa q tgGogYert. and o
tnwn Ia TIE NnttaweS; 1slfo>sd F.a
c4qa.ty II ctt4zeas e. SH@EaSa t,@sl
T., f1s.ad 70 re- S;cs 4; Sis We a. ~
ting eSta5leas .rte.G7&Goh &2,sl al
conditions Ia America.
SAcgt.y t%s3ee n. : hal C,1se the rav-
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