Republican farmer., 1919-01-24
KAISER WAS A
 STUPID FELLOW
He Talked to His Dentist With Supreme Ignorance
 of Facts That Faced Him

Pursuing the world old search for a personal devil the biggest audience that ever attended a United church Forum came last night to hear Dr. Arthur N. Davis describe his personal intercourse with the Kaiser, upon whom he had from time to time, as the Hohenzollern dentist, inflicted as much torture as the rules of civilized dentistry permit.
 This quantity was less than satis- flying to Samuel c. Shaw, president of The Forum, who suggested, in his pithy introduction, that Dr. Davis might have saved the world much trouble by being somewhat more careless.
 Dr. Davis, smooth faced, moder- ately tall, rather nervous, carefully but not too carefully dressed, pleaded a contrary custom. A German, he said, even Q Hoheuzollern, Is as safe in the chair Of an American dentist as anybody else.
 The evening was most exciting, all the more that Dr. Davis confined his narrative to anecdotes and personal experiences with the Kaiser and some | of his friends, to the neglect of his subject of title, which had to do with 1 the future of Germany under social | ism.
 Dr. Davis spoke clearly, with ade- l quate emphasis, and sometimes with dramatic unction. He used both ! hands freely. His voice carried l H,J many had assembled, who were un- able to enter the body of the church. 1 In all his long intercourse with pr. Davis the Kaiser never said but one intelligent thing. Looking out upon the estate of the Prince of Pless, over vast lawns, crystal lakes with swim ming swans, and flowers as far as the eye could see, his imperial majesty said: "Is 1t not beautifui?" It was. Dr. Davis vouehed for it.
 Upon an occasion the Kaiser said: Your president Is a scoundrel. He must have his throat cut first"
 His imperial majesty, suffering no doubt with toothache, or with dental fear, spoke of the miserable little British army, of the inability Vof America to enter the war. The Ger man army had been trained for a hundred years. It could not be dupli- cated elsewhere iii a short time. If America came in, my U-boats" would sink her ships.
 As defeat came nearer the Kaiser thought those responsible for the wal should be Strung up.' Every man his own tribunal
 nit fI1 c+n Hr1l1 the minds Of nations, as 1t does the minds of individuals. Here was Ger many, modern, filled with industrial ism and all the complex tools of in- tensive civilization, at the mercy ot a mediocre person with withered arm. and a set of medieval notions o1 a most dangerous sort.
 The kaiser's notion of the world was infantile. His concept of mill tary power dated to the time of Ma poleon. It had never occurred to hin that modern arms gave certain neV powers to the defensive.
 He wandered about. getting his teeti filled, babbling, like a child at a pic nic, unconscious of realities. Tn crown prince, more juvenile, was mori human My soldiers are standin, knee deep in water" How do yol like the cut of my coat" A littl fellow, strutting on a big stage, fl the presence of little people, witt the exception of the American dentist who watched him with amused ant pitying eyes.
 The Socialists were on hand. ask ing questions, sometimes in defianc' , of their own philisophy. Liebknech was the bone of contention. Why hat American newspapers praised him when he defied the Kaiser, and de nounced him when he led rebellion Lebknecht'was overrated, said Den , list Davis. He was less in German, , than he was made to seem in Amer , ica-
 Had Liebknesht answered, he woult have said, Economic deterninism. '
 ''When the interest of America call
 ed for defiance to the Kaiser, tn newspapers praised me. When Amer , ican interest feared rioting in Ger many and strange doings in the world II was cried down."