The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-03-20
The Kaiser as | Knew Him
for Fourteen Years
~S
BY ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. 8.
tcopyrlrht, hons. BIZ the mcclure Newspaper syndlcate)

Some of the arguments the kaiser
raised in his discussions with me re-
garding the war were so weak and
u~ntenable that one might well doubt
his sincerity in urging them, but /
shall give them for what they are
worth.
"They refer to us as the Huns !" the
kaiser observed bitterly. "If your
people could see what the Russians
have done In the Buliowina and east
ern Prussia they would know then
who are the real Huns. They de-
stroyed everything they could lay
their hands on. In one OF my shoot
ing lodges which the Cossacks entered
they even Knocked out the teeth OF the
boars' heads which hung on the walls
With knives they cut out the owe Of
my chairs. They had special fire
bombs which they threw on peaceful
villages. These bombs had been con-
structed In peace times and were de-
signed solely for plllage and destruc-
ton.
INSTEAD OF treating their soldiers
as prisoners Of war we should have
strung them up By the n~eck-every
one of them!"
Several prominent Poles, who were
patients of mine and whose fine es-
tates in Poland were looted and de-
molished, told me positively that the
destruction and dep%redations were
committed entirely by German troops.
The Russians had occupied the houses
when they were In possession of that
section of the country, but 1t was not
until they were driven out by the Ger
mans that the acts OF vandalism were
committed and they had convincing
evidence that in every case the Ger
man soldiers and not the Russians
were responsible.
The outrages committed by the Ger
mans in their treatment Of prisoners
Of war will probably never be known
in their entirety. We do know that
they executed Captain Fryatt, the
commander Of q British merchant yes
sci, who was captured after lie had
rammed a German U-boat. I don't
know to what extent the kniser was
directly responsible for that dastardly
crime, but from what he said regard
ing the capture Of another British cap
tain, the commander of the Baralong,
II was quite evident that he was in
entire sympathy with acts Of that
character.
A German C.boat had sunk n Brit
ish vessel upon which were some OF
the relatives OF the crew OF the Bara-
long. The crew of this U-boat was
subsequently captured by the Bara-
long, and according TO reports in Ger
many they were harshly treated. Then
It was reported that the Baralong had
been captured and that her captain
and the crew would be summarlly
dealt with.
II hear we have captured the cap
tain Of the Baralong," the kaiser de-
clared to me at that time. IF We can
prove that he's the man we'll fix him !"
The manner In which the kaiser
spoke left no doubt In my mind that
the dlrest punishment would be meted
out to the unfortunate British captain.
Booty Is undoubtedly a legitimate
; Incident Of war, but IL Is legitimate
only as an incident. Otherwise booty
becomes loot. In any event, when In
: vading troops seize private property 1t
/ IL customary to pay for 1t. That the
> Germans were good takers but poor
3 payers Is revealed by two incidents
which the kaiser narrated TO me, and
! the keen enjoyment he derived from
them car be fully understood only by
. tIx-, v,k. Iva,V, H.n, y,,,.A Al. Hnt.a-
appreciates getting something for
I nothing.
n "Roumanla wanted our gold for food
products" he told nc. "Thcy demand
ed pure gold and they set enormous
s prices on their wares; but We needed
what they had to sell and we were
ready to pay even the outrageous
prices they demanded. And her they
t foolishly declared war against US ant
n we got it all for nothing When
spoke TO Hindenburg about the con
y templated campaign against Rouma
,r MIA he said, This will be n very Inter
ID esting campaign 1t was. We got al
we wanted and didn't have TO pay
e. penny for IT,"
D. The kaiser beamed all W. as h
ct contemplated the results Of RouLla
ID MAS entry in the war.
a When the German troops entere,
N T%arnapol, Russia, at a later time the
De captured vast quantities OF American
IN made hospital supplies.
1--WE were Just figuring what TIL
e. seizure amounted 10, and my arm
III doctors were struttlng around as
ed they owned the world" declared tn
mt kaiser, "when one OF my officers wa
to approached by a group OF long haired
greasy Jews, who claimed hat thes
do supplies belonged to them. They ar
Is our private property We bought thel
IN and we should be compensated II 20
Ig- seize them they ~contended. did 20
We pay for themf' my oisesr asked. N,
ch we didn't pay for them, but we ga,
nd our notes. they replied. Then sal
BY my officers, when you take up tho'
sr- notes wen pay for these stores;
to the meanwhile we'll tust take then