The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10

forrnattaa he referred ca. In nsarts
every case. II appeared. thc k&sser's tn.
fassAaESx were Gssasmling hlG,
Beta before and after we catered
the war tie KAISER was thoroughly eoa-
ysnesd that We could play eriiy nozaa.
sani part In II ~ far 40 Eaan pawer
was concerned and his assurance Oh
that point undoubtedly accounted far
his desiAaa TO carry through his sue
marine pruyram svea thoagA II re.
suited In hrnging 1s iato tho war.
"Da you realise how raaEy tens a
shipping IL takes to ship . single sod
diery' be asked me ga oae eecaslaa.
l confessed my lguorane- On that
point.
We'll. II tales six tons to the man I
To seaa ever as army uf ba.ou met,.
therefore, yoar country woasd require
,,,exnsp ruas cf shipping In addition
10 the tonnage required for regular
,rattic. Where Is 1, coming from. VITA
my submarines sinking the atilsst yvs-
sels faster than they can ever be re-
piAeeas My u.heais are dosing won.
dersM WORK and ~c arr prepared 10
take care Of ell the sroaps Aiavrsca
ney try 10 land in France"
How foolish for America On havn
come into the var" be- weat On. III
she could succeed la lanalng a real
army In France. what good would II
doi America can SEES how easy II was
for the 10 break through and TO cap
ture $4,000 Of the Italians, aud they
npst realize bhAt can break through
on the western front and do the same
thing there. II America had kept out
IL the war she would have gene On
making Gatold profits aud Nfseu pracE
sraa &sseSy sase@M.ra, .sha- Xeals. hasa
hean In NEST enylahie posltioa
among the nations az the world As II
is. Mllsoa VIII never have seat at
the peace table II can help IL. and
now America shsE have 10 pay all the
costs Of the war !" Evidently he itnag-
lned that his triumph would be sa
complete tina, there would be no peace
table, bat that the wRrrsas nations
would be compelled 10 accept the
terms he offered them. In which eveat,
knowing The magaanlnitty Of the Ger.
imam makeup. should say she world
at large would have to be content with
very little,
How the kaiser feels new that the
failure 1T the T.boats ta intercept
AmcrIcan troop ships mus, be palm
fully appareat to him aud America
has SO overwhelmingly overcome the
shortage Of shipping, don't know, hui
IL is mere than probable tina, for sonic
time to come the real situation viii, q,
any rate be successfully concealed
from the German people. know ;hsi
the failure III the Ihaa, csmpaign WIS
unknown to the Germans up to the
time len Brrsln--~sn January. 1918
While the kaiser and tho Germans
felt ca2i.de-ai that We would
never be- able 10 send many men
across. they prutcs~ed to feel little
concern eyea X ve did.
According tn so.pe Of the German 81
ncers with whom ! spoke, even II We
landed @,uU,Vn meu ia France IL
would not be enough 10 break The
deadlock. as the Germans were taking
similar number VI trained troops
from the Russian front. The at,y
mcnace Of American participation tn
tha war lay In the possibility that We
nigh, aGi considerably 10 the allied
ajr strength, Man power al0nr, ihey
coatea3tl. would 1eye, hc sufficient 10
help the allies marh. but uverw htimlng
superiority IN the mir might occasion
the Germans sosae annoyance,
The kaiser hlr~%lt hHr' but peer
opiulen ot the fighting qualities of the
4ssrqt.etssf e.s,@yleg say s4aE AS Tsas,lsIa war
requirements are concerned.
'srhe American soldier would pos
sihly give A good account nf himself
In open aghdng." he Declared. shut he
Is not huili TOR the kind Of warfare be
will encounter In France, lie lacks
the stolid!sy 10 endure Bfe 10 the
trenches He is too high straag end
couldn't stand the inactive life which
ia sGca an Important part ~ modern
warsarc, Besides be lacks discipline
aad trained officers"