The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-17

hght u asis aEsCng themselves. IL ls
their affair. Aot bio r. Germany had
nanny tlnanriai Interests In M~xftc and
locked with ilsfavar aps9a any Esoye
ne Eads In that airectlos.
whea. however. the war La Eur0Iss
started tae kaiser pasde every encrs
( to have America talk In intesnatiaaas
affairs proyiayd ss fought gu her side.
When saw him iast after the war
started BIO said ws ought to seiAe the
opportunity 10 anaex Canada and
isMexieo.
\ "Caat your president ere the ven
/ dfyful opportunity now tor cornhiH-
ins. with as and crushing EngiaDdr
be asked With cur feet 0n oEa~ side
| and Americas 90 the ether VIZ cnnld
DESTROY Engiand's SEA power. THIS Is
Americas great Opportunity ts dorni'
nate the western hemisphere, aud your
president muss sse his chance 10 take
CanEaa and Mexico"
As the war progressed and reports
| reached the kaiser az cur Increased
! shipments Of munitions to the allies.
the kaisers impotence with Wilson be.
| came more dlfticait 10 repress. and
there WAS hardly an Interview had
with nim In which he did bot give
veat to bis fesi:nsS Ia that cunnec'
ton.
My officers are becoming SO 10.
ceased at Americas attitude" he told
me. III will be impossible for the TO
restrain them much longer"
Ant whsn. On another ogeasaaa, be
accused Mr., Wilson al discriminating
against Germany, be made the re-
mark Wilson's ia the hands Of the
Wall sstFest grqqp ...,, ,.,..,... ~.
But, perhaps. the most bitter de-
nunciatloa | ever heard hin make Of
Wilson was shortly after we catered
the war. | had been summoned 70
the great army headquarters TO see
him. and when he entered the room
he appeared to be 10 towering rage,
Indeed, his condition YVES 10 apparent
that the kaiserin. who was also pres-
ent. sought to excuse him with the
explanation that he had been very
much upset aud had been sleeping
very poorly. and ste asked me 10 urat
him gently and tried to soothe him
a, the same time. bu, he told her 10
leave the roMa rnd resented her show.
Ing ,ns that she pctted him.
W. said ll.tls while was nj work,
but when l was through and was pre-
parirg to leave, the kaiser stepped
toward me and said
Davis, Wilson Is real scnundrri !"
Ny face flushed. ! suppose, at this
insul, to our president. snd my ~
ssnimen, wns 80 apparent that ths
kaiser Immediately patted the on my
right shoulder and apologiaeti
Il beg your pardon. Davis" he de-
clared, In q quIeter Voice. Il know
you're an American and ! beg your
pardon for hurting your feelings. but
II yen only knew, you would rcattsr
what seoundrei your president ia.
when u comes to thrnat.cu,tiGg. VIII
san should have bis cut first 90
Whenever the sun shone for the
kaiser he grew 50 optimistic that he
failed 10 pay The slightest attention to
tho clouds gathering on the horizon.
After the Italian collapse, for instance,
he was 10 enthusiastic about hts mill.
tary success Ia that arena that be
failed 70 realize that America was
slowly but surely forging the thunder
bolt that was 10 strike him down
Now how foolish II was for your
president TO bring your country into
this war." he said Americans will
now ere. when /; IL too late, what fools
they made VI themselves when they
elected a professor far president, New
America must pay ths htsss r" In this'I
re,nark and others Of the same import
the kalser's expectation OF being able
to exact an enormous Indemnity as
prrt OF his peace terms vas clearly 10
e.lca,es,. ard he fell tina, America. har
Ing proflsed the most and suffered the
least OF Any Of the beliigereut powers,
would he In the best position TO all his
depleted golfers,
The las, time saw the kaiser when
he mentioned the president was In tbs
fall Of lql7. shortly after Wtssan had
replied to the popc's peace proposal.
wilson Ii an !dealiss. and an Ideal
Is, can accomplish nothing" was his
comment. "He went into the war tina,
he might have sect At the peace table
but he will never Sc, It, shall pre-
v~nt L.
az wilson's peace notes, which were
issued before America wet -lsto the
war. the KAISER reuaarked Il think l
I'm right. the others ,hlnk they're right
Anaesics has all the uaoae3 II Wllsca
really wants psacv. lot him ray ~the
bills aud rake care Of the Gadssanlttes
and the war VIII be ever, I; Is vsry
simple"
There was 10 man II modern tines
y saas the kaiser seemed 10 ADMIRE 80
q aSh. before the war, IS sxl'ressaSs
Roosevelt. The Kaiser was caa virceSi !
sa&, Roosevelt had Yreveatei wzr vita
-s2ar by segttaS The Anegtcaa aeei
around the world &ai sAc1tng that 1t
,aS III. This brilliant stroke ~ states
5uansaip IS tie kaiser sevTges, X. vas