The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-03-20
CHAPTER v.
The Kaiser Defends German War
Methods.

The Kaiser Defends German War
Methods.
The kaiser was always very careful
nbout everything which might affect
his health. and ever after the war
started, when his attention was natu-
rally occupied by many pressing prob
lens, he did not neglect his teeth, but
came to M as regularly as he had al
ways done.
or this l was very glad, because II
gave me an opportunity to draw the
kaiser out on many OF the interesting
questions which the war suggested
and which l found him always ready
% discuss. Perhaps the fact that |
was an American led the kaiser to
greater lengths in his justification Of
German war methods and measures
than he might otherwise have thought
necessary.
The first time I saw the kaiser after
the war started was about August 10,
1914. Between eleven and twelve
o'clock the night before, I had been
notified by telephone that the kaiser
would like me to attend him at the
Berlin palace the following morning
at nine o'clock. He was about to make
his first visit to the front and wanted
his teeth examined before he went,
The work / had to do for him was
nothing Of a serious character and did
not occupy more than twenty minutes.
One Of his Wallets stood by TO give mi
any assistance I might need. but left
kka -.z-. --Aa. n ,-,, tAr1
"Have you been reading In the pa
pers, Davis" the kaiser asked when we
were alone, "how our soldiers have
been treated by the Belgians?"
l said I had not had a chance to
read the papers that morning"
well, you must certainly read them.
They've been gouglng out the eyes of
our wounded and mutilatlng my men
horribly They call IL modern, civil
lized warfare. That's s~avageryl I
hope your president is taking notice
Of these atrocities"
OF course I was In no position TO
contradict the kaiser's assertions, as
/ was not In possession of any of the
facts, but I learned afterward that
four American newspaper correspond
ents had secured Germany from one
end of the country to the other in an
effort to run down these reports. They
left no m unlnvestigated, no mat
ter how far they had to travel &c YER
ify II. When they had finally exhaust
ed every clue and followed every lead
they had not found a single case to
Justify the charge the kaiser had made
against the Belgians and which, OF
course, the inspired German press con
tinued to report from day to day.
The object of these lies was to JUS
tify the outrages which the Germans
were committing in their plan to ter
rorlze the inhabitants OF the countries
they were ov%errunning. According TO
reports the activities OF franc-tireurs
10 the occupied territories were met
by the Germans with the most bar.
baric punishmeEts, crucIfxion and
similar atrocities being very common.
Undoubtedly the kaiser was aware OF
what his soldiers were doing, and to
defend their conduct he lent a ready
ear to the uDeounded charges made
against the Belgians.
II have already framed a message
which I intend sending to your presl.
dent regarding the use OF dumdum
bullets by the Belgians and French
the kaiser went on. I'VE have ample
proof 70 establish this charge not only
In the character OF the wounds suffered
by my soldiers but In the shape OF I'm
mead aGNtrfA0no which Nua found In fhf
captured forts"
Strangely enough, the kaiser sen
on his protest to President Wilson
nbGt the same day that Presiden
Polncare forwarded a similar protes
based upon the use OF dumdum bullet.
by the Germans.
Regarding the violation OF Belgium
neutrality, the kaiser was able to Of
Ger no reasonable argument. The fac
that he was willing TO pay Belgium 10
permission to allow his armies TO g
through that country was apparent,
sufficient justification In his eyes 70
taking by force what Belgium refuse
to sell.
"How foolish Of Belgium 10 have r.
sisted usl" he declared, In this cor
nection. "Had they consented to le
us walk through we would have pal
for evsrything-everything! Not
hair Of their heads would have bee
touched and Belgium today would b
In the same happy financial condltio
that Luxembourg Is"
At a subsequent interview we r
ferred TO Belgium again. and the ka
ser alleged that Japan had violate
the neutrality of China when she SCI
troops through Chinese territory
seize Kiao-Chau.
1T Ia all right for the allies to I
these things" ne commented sarca
tIcarly. hut when Germany does the
England rises up In righteous indi
nation. The hypocrites! Why, v
found pagers in Brussels whit
showed conciusively that England al
Belgium had q secret agreement
which In the event Of war with O.
many England mi 10 be permitted