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Show THE PAYSONIAN. PAYSON, UTAH WOMAN WORKS 15 H0URS A DAY Marvelous Story of Womans Change from Weakness to Strength by Taking Druggists Advice. (Copyright, I18, by the McClure Newspaper CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER VII. 5 The Japanese. According to the talk of the German diplomats before the war the expectation was that Japans power would be used against America at the first opportunity. Whether the object of this campaign was to stir up trouble between Japan and America or only to awaken this country to a sense of the danger which the Gerniuns professed to believe threatened her I dont know. I do know, however, that prospect of a Japnnese-Amerieawar seemed to worry the Germans considerably more than It worries us. The day England declared wur against Germany, August 5, 1014, the Prince von Pless culled to see me professionally. "There will be two wars fought, he said, oracularly. "The present one, by which we shall gain control of the continent of Europe forever, and then u war with the yellow races, In which we shall probably have your country to assist us That this opinion was more or less general In Germany may account for the fact that from the time war was declared until August 23, 1914, when Japan declared war agnlnst Germany, the Japanese residents In Berlin were made the subject of the most sickening attentions. It was reported that Japan was going to attack Itussla, and the Germuns could not do enough to show their newly horn admiration for the yellow race which they had hitherto so deeply despised. The Japs were carried through the streets on the shoulders of the populace and kissed and cheered wherever they appeared In public. And then Japan declared war against Germany ! Instantly there was a wild demonstration In the streets of Berlin, which would have resulted most disastrously for the Japs who had so recently been hulled as friends but for the astonishing fact that every single Jap had succeeded In getting away from Berlin before the news of Japans entry Into the war became generally known. In the absence of Japanese npon which to vent their spleen, the Germans did everything they could to make life miserable for those who resembled Japs. The few Chinese who were there were terribly treated either because they were taken for Japs or because they were of the same race. The Siamese minister. Prince Traldos, who was one of my patients, told rue that when his wife and children went out on the streets the crowds followed them and Jeered, referring to the Japanese as monkeys and using other opprobrious epithets. They even went so fur as to spit In Princess Traldos' face, and the minister finally decided to send her and the children to Switzerland, ulthough he himself remained at his post I saw the kaiser shortly after the Japanese declaration of war, and he was very bitter against the United States because of that development "What Is your president thinking of to allow a yellow race to attack a white race ! Now the Japanese are atand America could tacking Klau-Chahave prevented It. A11 that America had to do was to raise a finger and Japan would Save known enough to keep her place ! He spoke In this strain on several subsequent occasions. When Klau-Cha- u fell he again criticized the United States for not having stopped Japan. "How can your president allow Japan to Increase In power at the expense of a white race? he asked, Indignantly. "Now China Is lost to the world forever. America Is the one power that could have prevented It, but now Japan has got her fingers on China and she Is lost to us forever After we were In the war, the kaiser expressed to me his opinion that our object In taking this step was fourn 1 1 fold: "First, he said, Wilson wants to save the money you have loaned to the allies. Second, he wants to have a seat at the peace table. Third, he wants to give your army and navy a little practical experience unfortunately, at our expense. And fourth, and principally, he wants to prepure for the war with Japan which he knows Is Inevitable. The Japanese are the ones which your country must look npon as Its real enemies. A German officer of high standing told me Just before I left Berlin that America had made the great mistake of sending ammunition, guns and supplies to Russia, via Japan, because Japan had just retained the finely made American articles and had dumped on Russia a lot of material of her own In their place. My advice to America, he declared, Is to cut the throat of every Japanese In America and get rid of the Internal danger. lie did not suggest cutting the throats of all the undesirable Germans who were In America and who had alreudy demonstrated that they were far more dangerous than the Japanese had ever been. The Kaiser's Confidence of Victory. About twelve years ago I attended the German military maneuvers at l.iegnitz, in Silesia, having been invited by some journalistic friends of mine to accompany them in the motor allowed the press. The military representatives of Englund, France, America and other countries were there with the kaisers staff to witness the display of Germanys military power. Apparently they were very much Impressed, for I heard afterwards that one of the French officers who hud been present had written a book in which he said: With such an army, Germany could annex France in six months ! I happened to mention this fact to the kaiser shortly afterwards and his significant comment was: Six months! I should hope so. It wouldn't take that long! The confident belief that when Der the day Tug finally arrived, Germany would crush her enemies and accomplish her object within a few months at the outside was held not only by the kaiser but by the people generally and their conduct when the war broke out dearly disclosed It. When Germanys nmn power was mobilized, no one in Germany believed It would be very long before they would all be back and every effort was made to make their few weeks of active service as little irksome as possible. "Liebesgnben, gifts of love, consisting of clothing and food of every description, were forwarded to them by their relatives and friends in the most lavish manner, although, of course, at that time the German commissary was able to satisfy all the soldiers requirements. One of my patients told me that she hail sent seventeen hundred pounds of sausages to one regiment within a week, and when I asked her. why she had been so generous she replied that her chauffeur was a member of the regiment I The extent to which the countrys resources were squandered in those early months Is evidenced by the fact that the soldiers had such un excess of woolen wearing apparel that they used many of the knitted articles as earpieces and covers for their horses. No one had the slightest Idea that the time might come when the whole nation would be clothed in pa-pe- rl At this late day it can hardly be necessary to establish how thoroughly prepared the Germans were for the war, but an Incident which occurred in the early days of the conflict may not be out of place to show the and confident attitude which all the Germans assumed. Two officers sitting at a table In an cafe shortly after the war began overheard one of several ladles who were passing remark: Look at those officers sitting there drinking. Why are they not at the front fighting? Cae of the officers got up and, Our approaching the ladles, said: work was completed months ago. We worked from early morning till late at night on plans which our armies are now carrying out It Is our time to self-satisfi- rest The resistance that France would be able to put up was always very lightly estimated, and If the intervention of Englund was at all taken Into consideration, the comparatively small army she could place In the field was regarded as but a drop In the bucket comd German pared with the horde that was ready to sweep across the border. IIow could England's 80,000 men cope with Von Kluck's 500, (XX) or the hastily mobilized French armies resist the thoroughly prepared, equipped and German warriors? It Is really not to be wondered at thut the Germans firmly believed that they would bring the allies to their knees within a comparatively few weeks and that the conquering German armies would celebrate Sedan day, September 2, In Farls. What actually happened Is, of course, too well knowu here to require recital, but I know that the Germans were kept In absolute Ignorance of the marvelous resistance the allies were able to put up in those critical days of August and September, 1914, and to this day the majority of Germans have not heard of the battle of the Marne I Just after the English passed their conscription law I was called to see the kaiser at the great army headquarters, which at that time were at Iless. Although the war had then lasted two or three times as long as the Germans had expected, the kaiser masked the depression he must have felt by putting on a bold front. llow foolish for England to start She conscription now, he declared. thinks she can accomplish in a few months what It has taken Germany a hundred years to attain. Annies and officers cannot be developed over night. We have never stopped preparing since the days of Frederick the Great Yes, your majesty, but the Northern slates in our Civil war put In conscription two years after the beginning of the war, I suggested. But just look how long your war well-traine- 1 Syndicate.) lasted, the kaiser replied quickly. This war wont last that long. The allies will feel what the power of Germany Is long before English conscri-tiocan avail them anything! And while England is slowly building up her insignificant army, the kaiser went on, she will see Americas navy and merchant marine constantly growing anil the dollar replacing the pound us the unit of the world's finance. No, Davis, Englund will soon be sick of the war and will look with fear upon Americas growing power! The French urtny, too, was generally belittled, and the Russians were believed to be absolutely negligible. The French army was so poorly equipped, it was pointed out, that the officers had to go to the field in patent-leathe- r hoots, and on the Russian front, only men had guns, the others the first-lin- e being armed with clubs! Eventually, officers and soldiers returning from the western front on furlough or passing through the countrj en route from one front to the other brought the report of the defeat before Iaris. Soldiers who participated In that disastrous retreat wrote from the new trenches to their friends and relatives telling of the terrible experiences they had undergone, when they went for days with nothing to eat but raw potatoes and turnips which they picked from the fields. When these reports finally spread through Germany the people began to realize that their generals In the west were not meeting with the same success that Von lllndcnburg had had in the east and Von Uindenburg became the idol of the people Immediately, a fact that was very distasteful to the high command. The kaisers dislike of Von Hinden-bur- g was of long standing. He hud never forgiven that general for the mistake he made during military maneuvers In peuce time when by a brilliant stroke of strategy he had succeeded in capturing the kaisers forces, including the kaiser and his whole staff I have referred In a previous chapter to the kaisers unbounded confidence after the Italian collapse in 1917. he exNow, weve got the allies! claimed, with an air of conclusiveness which emphasized the optimism he ' displayed. After the capture of Roumania, he exhibited a similar degree of exultation. He believed that in that achievement he had successfully solved the food problem the one cloud which constantly darkened the kaiser's horin 1 zon. Now the allies will never succeed In starving us, he said to me In my office shortly after the Roumanian drive. With Roumania in our pockets and Servla already ours, their wonderful agricultural possibilities will supply our food needs and foil our enemies efforts to starve us. Indeed, they had better look out for themselves. Dont forget we have a monopoly on the potash mines of the world. Without proper fertilization, American crops will go on decreasing and decreasing and they wont get any potash until we get ready to let them have it The failure of the Zeppelins from a military standpoint was undoubtedly a great disappointment to the German people at large, who had counted so much upon them to bring disaster to England, but it cannot be said that the kulser shared their chagrin. On the contrary, I have reason to believe that he never expected very much from that arm of his military force except as it might be useful to terrorize the civil population. A day or two after Zeppelins death, In 1917, a patient of mine, a lady, happened to remark that It was too bad that the count had not lived to see the triumph of his invention, and when I saw the kulser shortly afterwards I repeated her remark to see what he would say. I am convinced that the count lived long enough to see all that the Zeppelins were capable of accomplishing, was Ids only comment. It recalled the answer he had given me some years before when both Zeppelins and airplanes were in their infancy and I had asked him which held the greater We do not know. Time promise. alone will tell, was his reply. The last time I conversed with the kulser was on November 2G, 1917. Up to that time we Lad sent over 109,000 troops, according to the figures which have since been revealed by Secretary Baker. According to the kaisers in0 formation, however, we had only men in.Frutice at that time and lie wus of the opinion thut we would never have muny more. America Is having a fine time trying to raise an army, he declared satirically. I hear that 1,600 mutinied the other day In New York and refused to get on a transport, uud a town In the Northwest composed principally of citizens of Swedish blood refused to regster at all We are getting excellent information about all conditions In America. Shortly before this had come the revelations from Washington of the Intrigue of Count von Luxburg, the German minister to Argentina, and I knew where the kaiser was getting the in 1 30,-00- 1 formation he referred to. In nearly every case, It appeared, the kaisers informants were misleading him. Both before and after we entered the war the kaiser wus thoroughly convinced thut we could play only a nominal purt in it so fur as man power was concerned and his assurance on that point undoubtedly accounted for his decision to carry through his submarine program even though it resulted in bringing us into the war. Do you realize how many tons of shipping it takes to ship a single soldier? he asked me on one occasion. I confessed my Ignorance on that point. Well, it takes six tons to the man ! To send over an army of 5(X),(XX) men, therefore, your country would require o, 01X1,000 tons of shipping In uddition to the tonnage required for regular traffic. Where is it coming from, with my submarines sinking the allied vessels faster than they can ever be reare doing wonplaced? My derful work and we are prepared to take care of all the troops America may try to land in France. How foolish for America to have come into the war, he went on. If she could succeed in landing a real army In France, what good would It do? America can see how easy It was for me to break through and to cap-tui- e 300,000 of the Italians, and they must realize that I can break through on the western front and do the same thing there. If America had kept out of the war she would have gone on making untold profits and when peace was finally declared she would have been in a most enviable position among the nations of the world. As It is, Wilson will never have a seat at the peace table If I can help it, and now America shall have to pay all the costs of the war Evidently he imagined that his triumph would be so complete that there would be no peace table, but that the warring nations would be compelled to accept' the terms he offered them. In which event, knowing the magnanimity of the German make-up- , I should say the world at large would have to be content with very little. now the kaiser feels now that the to Intercept failure of the American troop ships must be painfully apparent to him, and America has so overwhelmingly overcome the shortage of shipping, I don't know, but it is more than probable that for some time to come the real situation will, at any rate, be successfully concealed from the German people. I know that the failure of the campaign was unknown to the Germans up to the time I left BerUn In January, 1918. While the kaiser and the Germans generally felt confident that we would never be able to send many men across, they professed to feel little concern even If we did. According to some of the German officers with whom I spoke, even if we landed 2,000,000 men In France it would not be enough to break the deadlock, as the Germans were taking a similar number of trained troops from the Russian front.' The only menace of American participation in the war lay in the possibility that we might add considerably to the allied air strength. Man power alone, they contended, would neve be sufficient to help the allies much, but overwhelming' superiority in the air might occasion the Germans some annoyance. The kaiser himself had but a poor opinion of the fighting qualities of the American soldier so far as modern war requirements are concerned. The American soldier would possibly give a good account of himself in open fighting, he declared, but he Is not built for the kind of warfare he will encounter In France. He lacks the stolidity to endure life In the g and trenches, lie is too couldn't stand the Inactive life which Is such an Important part of modern warfare. Besides, he lacks discipline 1 high-strun- and trained officers. CHAPTER IX. The Kaiser's Plan forWerld Dominion. The history of modern Germany is, perhaps, in itself sufficient indication of the underlying plan of the Teuton war barons to control the whole of Europe and, eventually, the world. The program has been slowly unfolding itself since the time of Frederick the Great and the present generation is now witnessing whut was intended to he ihe climax. There can be no doubt that if Germany hnd succeeded in her efforts to gain control of the major part of Europe she would have soon looked toward the western hemisphere and the east. This program Is fairly Indicated by the course of events as history lays them bare, but I have the actual word of the kaiser to substantiate it. At one of his visits to me shortly after the beginning of the war we were discussing Englands participation in it What hypocrites the English are! the kaiser exclaimed. They had always treated me so well when I visited them I never believed they would have come into this war. They always acted as if they liked me. My mother was English, you know. I always thought the world was big enough for three of us and we could keep it for ourselves that Germany could control the continent of Europe, England, through her vast possessions and fleet, could control the Mediterranean and the far east, and America could dominate the western hemisphere How long it would have been before Germany would have tried to wrest dominion from England can readily he imagined, and with the whole of Europe and the far east under her thumb America would undoubtedly have proved too tempting a morsel for the kaisers or his descendants rapacious maw to have resisted. He said that he believed that the world was big enough for three; he didnt say it was too big for one. What was really in his mind, however, is Indicated by a passage in an address he made some twenty-fiv- e years ago, In which, as Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis has pointed out, he used these words: From my childhood I have been under the Influence of five 'men Alexander, Julius Cuesar, Theodorlc II, Napoleon and Frederick the Great. These five men dreamed their dream of a world empire : they failed. I am dreaming my dream of a world empire, but I shall succeed ! The kaisers plan to dominate Europe Included the control of Turkey, and he made every effort to strengthen that country so that she might be a valuable ally in the war to come. When Italy took Tripoli from Turkey before the Balkan war I mentioned to the kaiser how opportunely Italy had acted, but the kaiser dismissed my remark with an exclamation of displeasure, realizing, of course, that Turkeys loss was in a sense his own since he had planned to make Turkey his vassal. To that end he had sent German officers to train the Turkish army and had supplied them with guns and munitions. With an eye to the future, too, he had constructed the great Bagdad railway. When the Balkan war broke out in 1912 the kaiser had great confidence that the Germairained Turkish army would acquit itself creditably and that In the outcome of that conflict his European program would make considerable progress. He told me that he had a map of the war area placed In his motor and that with pegs he followed the fortunes of the fighting armies while he was traveling. I suffered from a disPern, Ind. placement with backache and dragging down pains so badly that at times 1 1 could not be on my feet and it did not seem as though. I could stand it I several doctors told me nothing but an operation would do me any (TO BE CONTINUED.) RUSSIAS RICH TIMBER LANDS Systematic Exportation Would Have a Great Effect on the Markets of the World. An article in a current magazine by J. Sack presents statistics on Russias forest resources as a means of paying the billions of dollars due to home and foreign creditors. The astonishing statement is made by this writer that Russia, including Siberia, has 1,125,000,000 acres of timber which Is 63 per cent as much as the whole world possessed. This resource is being set aside by Russian economists as a fund to pay the countrys debts. The effect on Americas business should be duly considered, observes Hardwood Record in discussing the article. Except oak, it continues, which is generally known in the market as the Japanese oak, it is not probable that much Russian timber will reach the United. States ; hut it will compete with American lumber in other markets, notably those of western Europe, and perhaps those of eastern Asia, western South America and the Pacihe Islands. To that extent, says Hardwood Record, "our lumber business may be hurt by the flood of forest products from Russia. In normal times Germany received 48 per cent ot its lumber imports from Russia, and Englands per cent of timber imports from that source was nearly as large. 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