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

ever knSw@ The fact that Mr.
Roosevelt hsd gsv~a tierS3asfs See,
| rwrrry'fssar heHss' nesfce To @sarz
frcn ysneeseisn waters aidnt sxgss
10 lessen the ka!ser's aaEasratsan fas
HIM.
| / beard him shower praises oa
Roosevelt many timss and haveny
th~ slightest doubt tAag he was yusfs
| sancere.
After the war started, wh1a naose-
yest Showed very plainly that no Eaat,
ter what nies thinss the kaiser mstht
have thought and said cf him. be e~r.
tainly sitdut recspsoeais the feelsnx.
the kaiser was very tnach disappointed
''rm terribly disxpyosntea In MFR.
Roosevelt" be- declared after the
way thy wife and ! entertained Alsa
when he was hare 90 our guest. far
him to take the stand he bias Ia very
uassntfeEaaniy. I gave q gres. revisw
Ter hitHF--,he greatest hanor could ~.
stow upon hlm and thing which had
never seea deae fer retestr estieea.
He Was not pFrslden, then. yo1 knnw.
| aSsd ~ admlre him very mach. bas
| Row | think the man has gone crazy
and lost hts mind never thought he
would frra against Us like shatg' Hi
did rot seeEa 10 realise that Il patriotic
| American owed allegiance 10 his own
coGatry.
In 1919 | asked hisa whether he had
heart that Mr. Ford was On his way
over from America la chartered ship
with delegation.
"wha, Peace FcraY~ hs tnanfrwd 81
told the kaiser wha, ] had read al
the ford expedition,
: How can yuuf country allow a mas
hike" thai sa IN 4fNss tksasa.~ss ssac wi a
has played no part la the politics Of his
own country aud is entirely ignorant
| Of international asya!rs--a snan who, |
understand. was formerly In the hi,
cycle business and knows very little
outside of business snastersf
Il haven't the slightest doubt Mr..
Fard b. q great business man" the
kaiser went on. land ain sure he
means all right. but what a mistake
u II 20 allow q man ~ ignoran, Of
world affairs to do a ridiculous thing
like th1s,"
! told the kaiser that II had been
suggested In some cf the American
papers that II Ford rcaliy wanted TO
end the war. all he bad to do was to
pay Germany sioo.un.np and buy
Belgium back.
'One hundred million dollars" the
kaiser repeated. and then after me
meats reflection. ms though he had
been turning over some figures In his
mind. "So, Davis. 1t will cost much
more than that to Get Belgium back y
II occurred 10 me that II the kaiser
really meant what he said on that oc-
caaen. all his talk shou; peace with
out annexation" was obviously a myth
and that the oaly hor~ ~ Helgium's
redemption .lay In the military defeat
.af Prussia. Snhse2 w III ,ass e,s',slaassts
amply ecnfrmed THAI view,
In the winter OF 1915, we were talk
ing Of the sentiment 10 America and
the Conversation turned to Won Berns-
tori.
Won BernstorE has been doing very
good work In -FOUR country" the kaiser
commented.
well. your majesty" replied, 1T In
said In America that II he had NOT been
such q clever diplomat he would long
sSo hare been compelled TO leave"
Prem nil I hear the kaiser said.
he hasn't had a very easy time OF II.
The American press 80 n whole has
been consptcuously anti German. a.
though understand that one Of your
newspaper publishers has been friend.
ly to ns, Mr Hearst. for Instance, has
helped our cause very much In yodr
country. He has been telling the truth
about affairs, which In more than most
Of the ether papers have been doGnS'"
Just before the king of Greece stail-
Gated. the kaiser referred To the att.
tude 81 the American press again.
THE way tie American newspapers
and the press Of the allied Countries
generally are presenting the Crscian
s4tnsaoa 10 the world IL absolutely
false and Disgrace r be declared, bit
terry. They are enisreiy taisrepre.
Scnting the facts Mr.. Hearst Ia the
only one. N far ss can nna. who has
revealed the real conditions and told
the truth Rhou. them Ny, I wonder
what the people have TO say aew that
Mr.. Hearst has Eaany exposed the
whole thingi- II Was only a shorS
time afterwards that the King ahiicat-
81 ahd rsveaied rnnistakahly which
papers had correctly interpreted the
trend Of Grsctan politics.
The kaiser spoke Ia me many tines
about the writings Of William Baysrd
Hale.
Have yec he~a following Hates ar
ficlcsy he inquired WHIST be Il
writing ahcus the war In excellent and
Ia REALLY the best material Published
He vosoeS say senstIaeats exactiy, and
" weaid be- well fcr every America 10
follow thss writer's ~a-k~
hsd 10 cossfess TIA. there vas e.e
American nj least 49, was rot naly
Tot sasiewiaS Hsles ~rlti1Ea, bot hAa
aever heard ~ tbs ~rlts-. and the