Show o 0 THE KAISER AS I KNEW NE HIM FOR fOURTEEN Y YEARS RS o I i Highest All-Highest Opposed Plan for Peace and Disarmament Because He Held That War ar Was If Proof of Nations Nation's Virility and Essential to Progress Covets Territory Terri Tern tory For Increasing German Population BY ARTHUR N. N D DAVIS VIS DDS Copyright f 1018 1918 by bT the McClure Sj CHAPTER X CONTINUED War the Gato Gate to Glory I I T THE PHE HE kaisers kaiser's plan to dominate Europe included the control of Turkey and an lie he made manc every cry effort to strengthen that country so 60 that she might be a I valuable ally in the thc war to come I When Ital Italy took Tripoli from Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- I key before the Balkan war I mentioned Tur-I Tur to the kaiser how opportunely Italy had acted but the kaiser dismissed m my remark with an exclamation o of displeasure realizing of that Turkeys Turkey's loss was In In Ina a sen sense e hi his own since he had planned to make Turkey his vassal To that end he had sent German German o of officers to train the Turkish army and had supplied them with guns and mu mu- With an art eye cye to the future too he lie had constructed the time great grent Bagdad Bagdad Bag Bag- dad d railway When the Balkan war broke out In 1912 the tho kaiser kC had great rea t confidence that the trained German-trained Turkish army would acquit itself creditably and that In tho the outcome of or that conflict his European program would mako make considerable considerable con con- progress pro Ho lie told me that ho he had a map of or tho the war wal area placed In his motor and that with pegs peps he followed the fortunes of or the fighting armies ho he was traveling The Tho Turk Turkish sh defeats were naturally natural a great reat disappointment to him hini Turks Turku Disappoint These TheBe Montenegrins and ond nul Bulgarians arians are arc wonderful fighters ho he confessed to me shortly after time the war began besan door of People coPIe and they have the strength lh and stamina stam stam- I inn ina which fighters require If the they keep on the wn way they're there going they'll bo be In Constantinople in a week Confound Confound Confound Con Con- found those Turks We e furnished them guns uns and ammunition trained their officers but If It they wont won't fight tight we cant can't make them Weve We've done our I best Tho The defeat of the Turks lessened their value to the kaiser as an nl ally and he Immediately put into effect a 0 measure for increasing the German standing army from to to to restore the balance balanco of power the they said For this purpose a a. trag tras- or Increased armament tax was levied on capital capitol and find Incidentally I Iwas Iwas was Informed that I would have hayo to pay my share The Idea of ot paying pa a ft tax to the tho German army which was already so ao powerful that it menaced menaced men men- aced tho the peace pence of ot the tho world did not appeal to me at all and ond I spoke to Ambassador Gerard about it lIe He ad advised advised advised ad- ad me mae to pa pay It under r protest agreeing agreeing agree ree ing Ins with mo rime that there thero was no reason reason rea rca son why nn an American should be re required required re- re to to contribute to the German war budget However I had to pay It IL The Gorman German efforts at nt colonization which were wera more or less of a failure because this the he Germans refused to In Inhabit Inhabit inhabit In- In habit the German possessions and the measures adopted to conquer the commercial commercial com corn mercial markets of tho the world were an important part of the program of or world domination which she nho had laid out for tor herself and It is not unlikely that If It she had confined her efforts along those lines she he might have progressed 1 1 n fh th th n She he nef I nci 1 a VDU j. j r nn world In has advanced b by bathing the tho blood Hungers for Territory I have havo nearly people the kaiser said to me on on one oc occasion occasion occa occa- aslon a- a sion slon when w wo we were talking ot or ex expansIon expansion ex- ex and we shall shaH have to find room for them somewhere when we wo became an empire England had hall her hands on near nearly everything Now oW we ours That Is la wh why Iam Iani I must fight to get world markets market developing dJ our im ani secured Hawaii country Just ns as your our and the Philippines as stepping stories stones I to tho markets of tho the far east as I understand It That's why I developed the wonderful elt city of or His plans In this connection were b the changed somewhat apparently by developments development of the present war for ho he told mo nio that when It was W over the Germans would not emigrate to the United States an any moreNo moreNo moreNo more No more American emigration for forUs forlie forus us lie after the war he said cald My 1 peo- peo Pic plc will settle in tho the Balkans and de develop de- de elop and control that wonderful countr country I have havo been down there and ond ondI andI marvelous land hand for tor our I know kno It Is a a. pu purposes poses The Thc kaisers kaiser's vision of the part he would take In the reconstruction of ot stricken Europe was Indica Indicated led h by a remark ho he made to me Inc In 1916 when I Iwas Iwas was him at the army headquarter headquarters head head- quarters quarter at Pless Eur Europe lt Hope to Here I am nearly 60 years cars of age ase he and must rebuild the whole of ot Europ Europe Although h the kaiser leaber BO so freely freeh admitted admitted ad admitted ad- ad his Iris designs on om the world at atlar lar large c. c ho was impatient o of any expansion 51 sion on on the tho part of our nations nl He lie often spoke of England's grabbing propensity and viewed with suspicion our annexation of Hawaii and the tho Philippines s and our development of Cuba after the tho Spanish-American Spanish war Ho He professed to see CO In our new now policy world which a a. striving after power was inconsistent with tho the principles u upon on M which our government o was founded He lie objected to our interference In Mexican affairs although as was disclosed die dis closed by tho the Zimmermann note nolo to toon Von on Eckhardt lie he was making every effort to havo have Mexico Int Interfere with ours What right has President Wilson to attempt to dictate tho the Internal policies pal pol ides of ot Mexico ho he allow them thorn to fight light their battles out alone alono Monroe Doctrine for Europe Alluding to Americas America's threat to en enter enter enter en- en ter tho present war var he askel What hat right has America to Insist upon the Monroe doctrine of America and anel then then- mix In European affairs Let her recognize recognize recognize rec rec- also a n Monroe doctrine of or Jo Europe Europe Eu Eu- u- u rope and arid keep her hands out of or this conflict There Is no doubt that the kaiser Imagined that the tIme great arm army and nn navy he had built up would enable him to carr carry out his ambitious program without effective resistance The one power he most feared reared but for lor which he professed the tho utmost contempt was England He lie had an Idea that England En land would never dare to measure swords with Germany and that he could provoke a war when the opportune moment came without much i fear feor of England's Intervention In 1911 when the International situation situation situation sit sit- over the Moroccan affair was particularly acute as a result of or Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's having sent ent a gunboat to Aga- Aga dir to demonstrate that she Bhe was serIous serious serious seri serI- ous In her demands the tho kaiser had great hopes that war with Franco France Franco night might thus be bo precipitated and he heW W was 9 confident that England Would keep out of ot it Thought ED England Would Shun Shon nr England would be afraid to go to towar towar to toWar war with ue us he told me at the time for tor or fear of or losing Eg Egypt pt India and Ireland Any nation would think twice before fighting 01 my armies but England particularly because she would n not o dare to the loss of ot her hern I nd tj hown Had Austria shown any ony disposition to support Germany at this Juncture the European war would have b been en started In 1911 Instead of ot 1914 1 but bat Km- Km Franz Josef Jose was evidently op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed to the tho kaisers kaiser's plan at that time and und the tho conflict was When tho the opportunity camo came again In I 1914 the k kaiser was still BUH confident that l England would not Intervene a a fact which has been clearly revealed In the recent disclosures of or Prince sky tho the last German ambassador to England I When hen the kaisers kaiser's ambitious project to dominate tho the world Is considered his consistent opposition to the universal uni uni- versa versal disarmament proposals Is easily understood Without a superior arm army and nC navy his whole plan would have havo to bo be abandoned and his dream of or world-wide world dominion would be shat shat- On one occasion when we were discussing discussing dis die cussing the Carnegie peace efforts the kaiser disclosed ver very positively Just where he ho stood on the proposition Belles Believes CM War Wr nr IN Is l Look at nt the history of the tho nations of or the tho world ho lie declared Tho The only nations which have havo progressed and become become be- be come como groat great have havo been warring nations Those which havo have not boon been ambitious and gono gone to war havo amounted to nothing Shortly after Wilson had pointed the tho way to peace In Europe Europa In one of his notes to all tho the belligerent powers tho the kaiser called to see me mo professionally and we discussed that latest phase of or orthe the tho situation The Tho way to peace now seems perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- clear I ventured On Only your our majesty's Increasing ever arm and navy stand In the tho wa way If It Germany will wilt give Ive up t ther her armament it seems wo we would so soon n have havo peace That Is out of the question for lor Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many replied tho the kaiser decisively We 0 have havo no mountains mountain like hike the P Pyrenees Pyre Pyre- re I nees to protect us Wo We e have havo tho the open plains of Russia Russin with their vast hordes endangering us No we shall remain armed to the teeth forever To be bo continued tomorrow a. a |