The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-04-10

During the course Of my work ons
OF his private secretaries came In re-.
pentedly with kilograms and messages
for the kaiser, and he would usually
excuse himself and rcad them. Some
times he would be summoned outside
10 consult with important persons who
were there to see him, but he was
never gone more than ten minutes at a
time.
l did not think he looked exception.
ally well. He seemed TO be very tired
and he had very little to say-in itself
an indication that he was not exactly
normal.
When my work for the morning was
over and his valet, who had assisted
me, had been excused. the kaiser
gazed at me for n moment or two and
then, apropos OF nothing, burst out
with the rather remarkable announce.
ment: 1.-THE man who brought this
catastrophe on the world, Davis.
should be strung up by the neck, and
that man Is not I. as the world seems
to think! The car of Russia and the
king OF England, when they were ut
the wedding OF my daughter-guests
ut my house. mind you. and my
blood relativcs-hatched this plot
against me. They were envlous Of
my power, but they will now learn
what that power U.s."
In the same breath almost he made
the inconsistent remark England
will never be able to raise an efficient
army; IL took Germany one hundred
years to accomplish what she has
done!"
Some time after this, one of the big
gest merchants In Berlin told me that
he had heard on the stock exchange
that the kaiser had made the remark
that the king and czar had Matched
the plot against him, and as / had
repeated the l%aiser's statement to no
one, l realized that he must have told
the same thing to others. If this yer.
sion OF the starting Of the war was put
Into circulation with the idea Of ab.
solving the kaiser. IL certainly didn't
carry conviction even among the Ger
mans themselves. The merchant who
spoke to me about II, at any rate, made
iuh vi NV iu'u, anu 4 utNfI utNIu the
point seriously raised by anyone else
Of influence.
Before ] left the kaiser that morn.
Lag he spoke OF the Anglo-French loan
which had been floatcd in America
and condemned us severely for coun-
%tenancing 1t. When / told hin. that
Germany had also foated n loan In
Amarian ha rnr.ltal ssnpt n.r ..a
only S~10.O00.000, while theirs Is $780,
O00,OOO!' to which I naturally rejoined
that the size OF the Joan could Ger.
tainly not affect the qrestion Of GU:
neutrality in floating 1t.
He criticized our bankers who han.
died the loan, md when | asked him II
he had ever seen the number OF Ger
Of bankers who were interested In 1t.
he said he hadn't read the list, but he
was quite sure there was one bank In
New York which wouldn't touch 1t.
"That bank wouldn't touch anything
that would be detrimental to Ger.
many !" he added.
Several months later I was called
to Pless again and was shown TO the
same room ! had visited on the former
occasion. When the kaiser entered he
stood erect, with his hands To his side.
clicked his heels together and salutcd
me as n soldier salutcs n superior OH.
GER, smiling as he did so, ana | knew
he was In good humor.
Nevertheless he had but little TO say.
His criticism OF Mr.. Wilson on this oC.
casion ! have recorded elsewhere n
these pages.
In June of 1917, after the great army
headquarters had been removed 10
Homburg V. d. Hohc. and K~rcnznnell
1.-TWO n%eighboring vlllages) ! was called
there to see the kniserln. nnd three
weeks later I went there again to see
the kaiser. ] noticed nj the station the
kalser's private train composed Of five
dalk green cars upon each or which
was plainly marked the imperial coat
Of rms. The cars had special folding
steps.
Two rooms were assigned to me on
n of the upper floors of the palace
and my meals consisted Of the same
kind of food ms had always had be.
fore the war. although the hunger cpl.
demlc was raging throughout the cCun.
thy. II was almost worth the trip for
the sake Of the meals alone.
After ] had treated the kniSer in the
morning I went to my rooms, rs | knew
II would be three o'clock before he
would be ready for me again lie ncvrI
allowed anything To interfere with his
after-dinncr nap.
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