The Duke Times (Duke, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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Mid. oracularly. The pmtti oae, by
which ■» shall gala qpatrri of the
ttnrat of Europe forever. aad then a
war with the yellow ran* la which
we shall probably have year coon try
to aaalst aar
That thla opinloa waa more or laaa
ganersl la Germsny nay eceouot for
tho fart that frota tho time war waa
declared aatll August 23. 1914. wbja
Japaa declared war against Oonaaay.
tho Japaoeao rerideats la Bortla wora
mado tho aobjoet of tho Boat sicken-
lac attentions. It waa raportod that
Japaa waa going to atuefc Rossis. aad
tho Oermaaa could not do enough to
ahow their newly bora admiration for
tho yellow race which they had hither-
to so deeply despised. The Japa were
carried through the streets on the
shoulders of tho popalace aad klaaed
and cheered wherever they appeared
la public.
» And then Jfcpan declared war against
Germany t Instantly there was a wild
demonstration la tho streets of Berlin,
which would have resulted most disas-
trously tor tho Japa who had so recent-
ly been hailed as friends but for the
astonishing fact that every single Jap
had succeeded la getting away from
Berlin before tho news of Japan'a en-
try Into tho war became generally
known.
In tho aboenca at Japanese upon
which to vent their spleen, the Ger-
mans did everything they could to
make life miserable for tbose who re-
sembled Japa. Tho tew Chinese who
were there were terribly treated either
because they were taken for Japs or
because they were of the same race.
The Siameae minister. Prince Traldoo,
who was one of my patients, told me
that when his wife and children went
out on the streets the crowds followed
them and Jeered, referring to the Jap-
anese as monkeys and using other op-
probrious epithets. They even went
so far as to spit In Princess Traldos'
face; and the minister finally decided
to aend her and the children to Switzer-
land, although he himself remained at
his post
I saw the kaiser shortly after the
Japaneao declaration of wast and be
waa very bitter against the United
Btates because of that development
"What la your president thinking of
to allow a yellow race to attack a
white rare! Now the Japaneae are at-
tacking Elaa-Chau, and America cofald
have preveated It All that America
had to do was to raise a finger aad
Japaa would have known enough ts
keep her place V
He spoke in this strain on several
subsequent occasions.
When Kisu-Chau fell he again crit-
icized the United Statea for not having
■topped Japan.
"How can your president allow
Japan to Increase in power at the ex-
pense of a white racer* he asked. In-
dignantly. "Now China la lost to the
world fosever. America la the one
power that could have prevented it
but now Japaa haa got her flagera on
China aad ahe is lost to us forever I'
After we were la the war, the halser
expressed to me his opinion that out
object la taking this step waa four-
fold
-First" ho said, "Wilson wants to
save the atoaey you have loaned to the
allies. Second, he waats to have a
ssat at the peace table: Third, he
wants to give your army aad navy a
little practical experience—*nfortu-
aateiy. a* our fipenao. Aad fourth,
and principally, ha wanta to prepare
for the war with Japaa which ho
knows Is laevttable. Tho Japanese are
•try
-Six months! I shoald hope an. It
wouldn't take that loagr
Tho
Teg"—"the day-—dually arrived, Oer-
compUsh her object wlthla a taw
moatha at the outstde was hold aot
only by the kaiser bat by tho people
generally aad their conduct whoa tho
war broke oat dearly disclosed It
Wbea Osrmany'a man power was
mobilised, no one la Oonaaay believed
It would be very long before they
would all bo back and every effort was
mads to make their few weeka of ac-
tive service aa little Irksome aa poo-
slble. "Llebeogabea," glfte of love,
consisting of clothing nnd food of
every description, were forwarded to
them by their relatives and frisods la
the moot lavish manner, although, of
course, at that time the German com-
missary waa able to satisfy all the sol-
diers' requirements.
One of my patients told me that she-
had Bent aeventeen hundred pounds of
sauasges to one regiment within
week, and when I asked her why she
had been so generous she replied that
her chauffeur was a member at the
regiment I
The extent to which the country's
resources were squandered in those
early months Is evidenced by tho fact
that the soldiers had such sn excess
at lll-flttlng woolen wearing apparel
that they used many of the knitted ar-
ticles aa earpieces and covers for their
horses. No one had the slightest Idea
that the time might come when the
whole nation would bo clothed in pa-
perl
At this late day It can hardly bo
neceaaary to eatabllah .how thoroughly
prepared tho Germans were for the
war, but an Incident which occurred In
the early days of the conflict may not
be out of place to ahow the self-satis-
fled snd confident attitude which all
the Germana assumed.
Two officers sitting at a table In an
out-of-door cafe ahortly after the war
began overheard one of several ladles
who were passing remark: "Look at
thoae officers sitting there drinking.
Why are they not at the front fight-
ing?" Oae at tho officers got up and.
approaching the ladlea,' aaid: "Our
work w*s completed months ago. We
worked from early morning till late at
night on plans which our armlea are
now carrying out It If our time to
bslag anasd with dabs I
Kveataally,
turning from tho wsstsra float aa far*
lough or paaalag through tho asaatry
ea route from oae fraat to the ether
brought tho report at tho defeat before
Carta. Soldiers who partfdpatsd la
I dlaaatroas retreat wrote tram tho
' treecbeo to
atlvea telling at the terrible ezport-
ences they had undergoes wbea they
weet tor daya With nothing to sat but
raw potatoes aad turalpa which they
picked from the fields.
The reefstance that France would be
able to put up was always very lightly
estimated, and If the Intervention of
England was at all taken Into consid-
eration, tho comparatively small army
she could place In the field waa re-
garded arbut a Stop In the bucket com-
pared with the welljtrained German
horde that waa ready to sweep across
the border. How could England's 80,000
men cope with Von Kluck's 500,000 or
tho hastily mobilised French armies re-
sist the thoroughly prepared, equipped
and well-dladplined German warriors?
It la really not to. be wondered at
that the Germans firmly believed that
they would bring the allies to their
kneee within a comparatively few
weeks and that the conquering Ger-
man armies would celebrate Sedan
day. September 2. In Paris. What ac-
tually happened 1% of course, too well
known hero to require recital, but
know that the Germans were kept la
aboolato Ignorance at the marvelous
reMstaace the allies were able to put
up la thoae critical daya at Aagaat and
September, 1914. aad to this day the
majority of Genaaaa have aot heard
of the battle of the Mantel
j est after the English paaasd ti
conscription law 1 waa called to sea
a* the groat army hoadqaar-
ten, which at that Ubm were at Pleea.
Wbea tbeas reports finally sprt
through Germany the people began to
realise that their generals la the west
were not meeting with tho aameeacceaa
that Von Hlndenburg had had la the
east aad Ton Hlndenburg becasaa the
Idol of tho people Immediately, a fact
that waa very distasteful to the high
command.
The kalaer's dislike of Voa Hlnden-
burg waa of long standing. He bad
never forgiven that general for the mis-
take ho made during military maneuv-
era la peace time when by a brilliant
atroke of strategy be had succeeded In
capturing the kalaer's forces, Including
the kaiser and his whole staff!
I have referred la a previous chapter
to the kaiser's unbounded confidence
sfter tho Itallsn collapse la 1917.
-Now. we've got the allies P ha ex-
claimed. with an air of coocluslveoeea
which emphasised tho optimism he
displayed.
After the capture of Boamanla. he
exhibited a similar degree of exulta-
tion. Ha believed that In that achieve-
ment be had successfully solved the
food problem—tho one 'cloud which
constantly darkened tho kalaer's hori-
aeta fester thaa they eaa evar ha i»
My U-beats are delag
derfal work aad wa are praparsd to
car* at all the troopo Imsrira
may try to laad la Fraaca.'
"Bow foolish for America te have
come lata the war." be weet ea. "If
la taiwMag a real
amy la Franc* what good weald It
dal America caa aea how easy It was
tor me to break throagh aad to cap-
tare 800400 of the Italians, and they
must realise that I caa break throagh
on the western froat aad do tho
thing there. If America had kept aat
of the war ahe would have goae oa
making an told profits and
faNow the alllea will never succeed In
starving us," he said to me in my of-
fice shortly after the Roumanian drive.
"With Boumanla In our pockets and
Servla already ours, their wonderful
agricultural possibilities will supply
our food needs snd foil our enemies^
efforts to starve.us. Indeed, they had
better look out- for themselves. Dont
forget wa have a monopoly on the
potash mines of the world. Wlthoat
proper fertilization, American crops
will go on decreasing and decreasing
and they won't get any potash until wa
get ready to let them have it!"
The failure of-the Zeppelins from a
military standpoint was undoubtedly a
great disappointment to the German
peopld at large, who bad counted so
much upon them to bring disaster to
England, but it cannot be said that the
kaiser shared their chagrin. On the
contrary, I have reason to believe that
be never expected very much from that
arm of bis military force except as It
might be useful to terrorize the civil
population.
A day or two after Zeppelin's death,
in 1917, a patient of mine, a lady, hap-i
pened 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 kaiser 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 Zep-
pelins were capable of accomplishing,"
was his only comment It recalled the
answer he had given me some year*
before when both Zeppelins and alr-
planes were In their infancy and I had
aaked him which held the greater
promise. "We do not know. TIsm
aloae will toll." was his reply.
The last time I convened with the
kaiaer was oa November 26, 1917. Up
to that time we had sent over 100,009
troops, according to the figures which
have aiace beea revealed iy Secretary
Baker. According to the kaiser's la-
foratatioa. however, we had only 30.-
000 saea la Fraaca at that time aad
waa finally dsclared aba would have
la a moat enviable posltioa
among the natloas of the world. Aa It
Is. Wilson will never have a aeat at
the peace table If I caa help It, and
now America shall have to pay all the
costs of the war I" Evidently be Imag-
ined that his triumph would be so
complete that there would be no peace
table, but that the warring nations
would bo compelled to accept the
terms he offered them, ltf which event
knowing the magnanimity of the Ger-
man make-up, I should say the world
at large would have to be content with
very little.
How the kaiser feels now that the
failure of the U-boats to Intercept
American troop ships must be pain-
fully appareat to him, aad America
has so overwhelmlagly overcome the
shortage of shipping, I don't know, but
It Is more than probable that tor some
time to come tho real situatioo will, at
any rate, be successfully concealed
from the German people. I know that
the failure of the U-boat campaign was
unknown to the Germans up to the
time I left Berlin—in January, 10ia
While the kaiser and tho Germans
generally felt confident that we would
never be able to send many men
across, they professed to fed little
concern even If we did.
According to some of the German of-
ficers with whom I spoke, even If we
landed 2,000,000 mea la France It
would not be enough to break the
deadlock, as tho Germans were taking
similar number of trained troops
from the Russian front The only
menace of American participation In
tho war lay In the possibility that we
might add considerably to the allied
air strength, lfaa power aloa^ they
contended, would never be sufficient to
help the allies much, but overwhelming
superiority In the air might occasion
the Germana some annoyance.
The kaiser himself had but a poor
opinion of the fighting qualities of the
American soldier so for as modern war
requirements are concerned.
"The American soldier would pos-
sibly 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 enddre life In the
trenches, lie Is too high-strung and
couldn't stand the inactive life which
is such sn Important part of modern
warfare. Besides, he lacks discipline
and trained officers."
tor three r he Mat say
was loo big fer
What was tarty la Ma
aver, la ladles tsd by a passage la aa
address b* ands soa
years ag* la which, as ■**. Dr.Jle»
oil Dwtght Hlllls has pdatsd oat. he
asd thsae words:
-From my childhood I have
dor the inflaeace of five mea Alaias-
dor. J all as Oaeear, Theodoric IL Ka-
poleoa aad Frederick tho Groat Thoae
idr dream at a
they failed. I am
dreaailag my dream at a world empire^
bat I shall saccesd I"
Tho kslssr's plaa to dominate Eu-
rope ladaded tho control of Turkey,
aad he made every effort to strengtbea
that country ao that she might be a
vslusble ally la the war to cooml
Whoa Italy took Tripoli from Tai*
key before the Balkaa war I men*
tioned to the kaiser how opportunely
Italy bad acted, bat tho kaiser dis-
missed my remark with an exclama-
tion of displeasure, realising, of
course, that Turkey's loss wss In a
sense his own since ho had planned to
msko Turkey his vassal.
To that ead he had seat German of-
ficers to train tho Turkish army aad
had supplied them with guns snd mu-
nitions. With an eye to tho future,
too, be had constructed the great Bag-
dad railway. (
Wbea the Balkan war broke oat ti
1912 the ksiser had great confidence
that the German-trained Tbrklsh army
would acquit itself creditably and
that la the outcome of that conflict his
European program would make consid-
erable progreaa. He told me that ha
had a map of tho war area placed In
his motor snd that with pegs ho fol-
lowed the fortunes at the fighting
armies while ho was traveling.
If fer aa ether reasoa. the calling
of a caafersac* la Jastified by tha
tact that tha govornmeat of Qaoeaa
land has made ear ddlberatkma riaa.
tor roaad the welfare of tho retained
soldier*. aad has lavltod as to apply
tho roeoaicea of tho towa planner to
the problem of making tboee who hava
foaght far oar* Uvea aad liberties hap-
pier than J bey could poaalbly bo under
the old coadltlona. We eagerly re-
spond to thla lavttatloa aad I hop*
that oat of oar drilberatloos may coom^
practical and helpful scbemoo that
will assist the returned ooldieft—Sir
Sam Hugbea.
apsa as Its nal
A Om
CHAPTER IX.
Tha Kaissr*s Plan for World Dominion.
The history of modern Germany la,
perhaps, in itself safiteleot Indication
of the underlying plaa of the Teuton
war bo roas to cootroi tho whole at
Europe and, eventually, the world. Tho
program has beea slowly aafoldtag tt-
aslf since tho time of Frederick Iks
Great and the preoeat generation la
now witnessing what waa latsndi
ha the Hi mat
V
Tho kaieor had little regard
.for President Wilson from tho
time tho tatter waa elected for
tho first time. "A real scoun-
drel" was the way ho character-
ised the president en one occa-
sion. Tho kalssr admired Roooo-
volt very much, but was greatly
disappointed ait tho etand taken
by tha former president after
tha war started. What tho kals-
sr thought of Wlleon, Roosevelt
Henry Ford, and other Amori-
ta dlodoood In the next In-
etaliment of Doctor DavieP story.
Horn
I eons
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(TO BE
continu;
HP.)
RUSSIA'S RICH TIMBER LANDS
fiystsmatlc exportation Would Hava a
Great Effect on the Markets
of tho World.
An article In a current magazine by
A. J. Sack presents statistics oa Rus-
sia's forest resources as s means of
paying the billions of dollars duo to
home and foreign creditors.
The sstonlshlng statement Is msde
by this writer that Biisals, Including
PLAN THE WAR GARDEN NOW
Mar* Food Than Ever Before Should
Bo Haloed by Amateur Growers
This Year.
Tho ending of the war has placed
additional obligations on the Amercan
people. Wo have not only our friend*
the allieo to feed, but our former ene-
mies must also be kept from starva-
tion.
The larger part of the people of tha
evacuated regions are destitute; they
must have food and this country is
the only plsce It msy be bed in suf-
ficient quantities. This mesns that
we will be asked to get slong with less
meats, tats, grains snd sugsr and
make up the difference with things we
can grow In our own gardens. Th»
home gardens of America must bo re-
lied upon for a larger proportion of
our living than ever before.
Potatoes, beets, carrots, peas, corn
snd tomatoes are among the most Im-
portant garden crops from a food
standpoint. Radishes, lettuce, onions,
cncujnbers, turnips, squash', cabbage*
cauliflower, spinach, parsnips, egg-
plants, peppers, eta, sdd to the va-
riety.
Potatoes, peas, beets snd carrot*
can be planted almost as soon as tho
frost Is out at the ground, snd then
can be followed by the more tender
crops ss soon as the ground has be-
come reasonably warm.
When there Is sufficient room an
asparagus bed should be planted, also
rhubarb and the small fruits, particu-
larly raspberries.
Larger grounds afford room for
grapes, blackberries, currants, goose- -
berries, strawberries and possibly a
few apples, peacjjes, pears, dierrien
snd plums—and the children especial-
ly enjoy and thrive on plenty of fresb
fruit
Preventing Qracks In Pavements.
At a recent meeting of the American
Society for Municipal Improvements
held at Buffalo, an Interesting paper
was read on frost-proof foundations
Siberia, has 14*5.000000 acreo of tlm- j for hard-surfaced pavements, In which
ber which Is OS per cent aa mach aa It was suggested that tho sub-grade
the whole world poastsscd. This re-
source Is bring set aside by Ramies
ecoaomlsts as a fund to pay the coua-
try's debts.
The effect sn America'* baelasss
shoald bo duly considered, obeervue
Hardwood Record la dlecasEag tha ar-
ticle. Except oak. it coatlnoea, which
la generally kaowa la the smrket aa
should be laid with a course of hollow
tile of say four-inch height overlaid
with a foundation of two to four
■ncbeo of concrete. On this, tho pav-
ing material may be laid. Tho til*
acts as a non-conductor of heat pre-
venting the frost from peoetratlag to
the sub-grade and also acts as a drain
for molstum Should frost reach th*
tha Jspaneoo oak. It la aot probable sub-grade, the tils win break under
that much Basslan timber will reach tha pressor* aad to Insure Its break-
tha United Statao; hat It wm eempeta tag, tho tfle amy be scared at tha boh-
with lamriraa Imahsr la etbsr mar- tom, Tha owriylag coacreta. wtB
t at weatora Earopo, bridge the breaks la the 1
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