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OfTOIIKIt IT, 101ft. CROOK OOCXTT JOURNAL AMERICAN PARADE SWINGS THROUGH LONDON ooooooooo TI BIG I Bill Open for Business. Baled Hay and Grain for Sale WOOD A SPECIALTY Telephone Black 951 ROBERT BROWNING PRINEVILLE, - . . ... . OREGON The Kaiser as I Knew Kim for Fourteen Years By ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. S. Mv.V ' 'f'"" , V-'-f 7J vrrrrf -w' 'ea.,-s WIiou Hrlulu rfndied the and of the rainbow and found American troops really pouring through her ports to France, by ten and hundred of thousand., bar b rt welled up within her and a welcome they will long remember waa the portion of the arriving Americans. , Above Is ihown an American regiment marching through London In parade. Murk your enthualaim In tholr pannage to the front In your aulmcrlptlon to the Fourth Lltx'rty Loan. Be sure and attend the Inter-State Fair Oct. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. ' SHIPP & PERRY DEALERS IN Lumber, Moulding, Shingles Doors, Windows, Paints Oils, Glass, Lime and Cement PRINEVILLE, OREGON Just Arrived m A (elected line of new up-to-date trimmed velvet hats, are being shown this week for the first time, also a few good looking velours. Mrs. R. M. Lafler City Transfer & Express Jap Ireland, Prop. Auto Delivery to all Parts of the City and Vicinity ' Phone me for quick service at Hugh Lakin's Red 951 VOOOOOO ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (Copyrlfbt, 11. r th. McClure Nwspapr Syndicate.) ed' pure gold and ,thy act enortnoua prlcea on thnlr warea; but we needed what they tun to mI1 and we were ready to pay even the outrageous prlcea they demanded. And then they fooltahly declared war agulnat ua and we got It all for nothing! When 1 apoke to Hlndenburg about the con templated campaign agalnxt Kouma nla he aald, Thla will be a very Inter eating campulgn. It waa. We got all we wanted and didn't have to pay a penny for It." ' i The kalaer beamed all over ai be contemplated the resulta of Roumu nla'a entry In the war. When the German troop entered Tarimpol, Rumila, at a later time they captured vast quantltlea of American made hospital aupplle. , "We were Jtiat figuring whut thin aelzure amounted to, and my army doctor were strutting around aa If they owned the world," declared the kaiser, "when one of my officer waa approached by group of long-haired, greasy Jewa, who claimed that these supplies belonged to them. They are our private property ; we bought them and we should be compensated if you seize them, they contended. 'Did you pay for them7' my officer asked. 'No, we didn't pay for them, but we gave our notes,' they replied. Then, aald my officers, 'when you take up those note we'll puy for these stores; In the mennwhlle we'll Just take them.' We secured bandage, serums every thing, In fact, that we needed so very the role of the'f'rliioe o? feice" 3"ur Ing the period of preparation; It wa possible to overplay the part He ao frequently referred to the fuct that hy4 sole purpose In maintaining a large army and navy wa to maintain peace that the war lord of Germany began to fear that perhaps be might mean It ' The murder of the Arehduke Fran Ferdinand, the successor to the Aua trlan throne, and hi wife by a Ser bian on June 29, 1014, gnve Germany 'he excuse for which she had been waiting so long to start a European conflagration and found Austria ai anxious for war a her ally. Hut even had Emperor Franz Joseph shown reluctance to plunge his nation Into war and bod Austria refused to chastise 8erbla for the murder of the Archduke I donht very much whether the kaiser would have allowed that event to have gone unavenged. It touched him In one of hi most vulnerable spots. The sanctity of roy alty Is one of his most cherished Idea. He felt sponsor for the monarchies of the world, as we feel sponsor foi the democracies. A thrust at a thron wa a atab at the kaiser heart, and with or without the co-operation ol Austria I firmly believe be would havi gone to any lengths to hove avenged the crime of Sarajevo. It 1 true that the kaiser sent a message to the czar of Russia in which he pointed out that Austria ought to be allowed to chastise Serbia without Interference from the othei noiu- ' .European powers, remarking, "Wi 'D5 '" princes must hold together," but thew I did not know at that time that the I can De no donbt tnat eH wag ,erj German army lacked medical aui-plles, j tuT from tne 0Ut(,0Ilie dearesf to bU but luter I sow paper bandages in use. h(,art If ndeeL the punishment oJ I have prevlomtly referred to the Serbia lad been accomprished with- kolser" defense of the use of Zeppe- jout war the kaiser would have been a Una against Paris, London and other nonmilltary cities. He claimed that it waa proper to make war on civITIuns, because Englund was endeavoring to starve Germany. On one occasion I pointed out to him that In 18T0 the German had besieged Pari and bad atarved Us population. 'The case are entirely different," be answered hastily. "Then we were besieging a city and the civilian pop ulation had plenty of opportunity to evacuate It before the siege began. England Is besieging a whole nation and trying to starve my women and children, who have nothing to do with war." I couldn't belp thinking of the "whole nations" which had been ab solutely crushed under the kaiser's heel of Belgium, Set-vla and Poland. The kaiser never admitted that the destruction of the Lusltanla was a re sult of special Instructions from him to the U-boat commander, but In dis cussing the general subject of subma rine warfare he asked: j "What right have Americans to take passage on these vessels, anyway? If ' they came onto the battlefield they would not expect us to stop firing, would they? Why should they expect any greater protection when they en ter the war zone at sen? "Don't ever forget," he went on, "a bullet from a pistol would be enough to sink one of our U-boats. How can we stop and board vessels we encoun ter to ascertain whether they are neu tral and not carrying contraband? If what appears to be a neutral should In fact prove to be a belligerent, or If a belligerent should heave to In re sponse to the command of one of our submarines, how could we saely send a boarding party over when a rifle shot from the vessel In question would send us to the bottom? Obviously If America persists In sending munitions to the allies, there Is but one thing ' for us to do sink the vessels." j When I suggested that while the w mw m, v wmjwi In reac or im War Fully equipped I i bo ml culture mid scieuiificdopftrhiieufft. Sneci.il If training iu Commerce, Journal. hiii. Architecture. Lriw, Medicine II IVoohlna.I.IUniry Work, MiihIc, HoiihpIioI1 Artn, 1'liyHlrnl Training and Fine Arts, A Military Selene In rhnrtte nl A inn-Iran and IlrUinh officer. Drill, lerture and Held work jp all up-ln-dnte, baaed on eaperirnce tn present war. Complete ayalem ol trenches, bridgea, etc Htudenta recommended for Com mini Ions. Olfirinl tfovernmrnt II, O. T. C Tuition FHKR. I.ihrnry ol NO.tMM) volumra. Dormllorlra lor men and women. TmK.L Kxpeime Joweial, much opportunity tor wnrklnd one') way. 1 Write ItedlNtrar. ICnftene. Oregon, for lllimlruted booklet. B jfTZl i.j-tSWTH',.- i rcmi tnost disappointed mtin, and If Russia had failed to mobilize her troops, which gave Owinany a pretext foi crossing the Russian border, I haven't the slightest doubt that Germany would have prodded Russia Into war, anyway, knowing that France would follow. "Der Tag" (the day) had come for which Germany bad been planning and plotting, and nothing on earth could now Interfere with the ex ecution of the program. How firmly the kaiser was wedded to the dynastic idea and how deeply be abhorred the spirit of democracy was revealed throughout the whole course of bis life, and In his conversa tions with me be frequently gave ex pression to views which disclosed how thoroughly He believed in the "divine right of kings." I saw him shortly after Wilson's election In 1912. . . "What will America ever accomplish with a professor at its head?" he asked, sneerlngly. "Davis, your coun try will never be truly great until it becomes a monarchy !" On another occasion he sneered at conditions In England. "Look at England today," he re marked. "She Is ruled by Lloyd George, a socialist! Why, England is virtually a republic. as bad as France! What's become of the king of Eng land? One never hears of him any morel Why -doesn't be assert him self?" The tone of disgust with which he gave vent to these sentiments was more significant, perhaps, than the words used might imply. "Your president Is trying to over throw me and my family from the throne of Germany by his notes," he commented bitterly, when I saw him shortly after the publication of the president's reply to the pope, "but he little understands how loyal are my people and now futile his efforts will- prove. They held meetings recently all over the empire, In every city and village, and showed their allegiance vulnerability of the , submarine un- ' to me In no uncertain way, and your doubtedly lessened Its value in con nection with the right of search which belligerents have under International law, still the law ought to be ob served, the kaiser Interrupted me has tily with the remark : International law! There is n such thing as international law any more 1" president received the' answer from my people that he deserved!"- I won dered whether the kaiser was unaware of the fact that all these meetings had been Inspired by the government and their useful agent, the press, or whether he was once again making use-of his histrionic ability. Although Germany Is regarded as t thf .,inn f irsB lies the ' the cradle of socialism, to the kaiser answer to all the questlons-whlch have was a cancer which was slowly eat arlsen in connection with the conduct 8 away the foundations of his em of the war. If the Germans recog- Pire and he viewed Its progress with nlod tin Intornntlnnnl Inw but were.le "res' misgivings. guided solely by their ideas of expedi ency and the demands of "kultur," , then the whole course of the war be came perfectly clear. The use of poi sonous gas, the destruction of unfor tified . towns, the desecration of churches, the attacks on hospitals and ( Red Cross units, the countless atroci-, ties committed against civilians and Before the war he steadfastly re fused to re'celve a deputation of so cialists and never once gave an audi ence to the leaders of the socialist party In the relchstag, although the beads of committees of all the other political parties were at times re ceived in conference. While the relchstae was little more prisoners of war require no other ex- grQwth and ,ncreaslng p6ower of the plnnatlon. ... qnelnllstle nnrtv. which wns constantly No such thing as international law. . . f ' nfo onl,,rt any morel ' I t h i.mnreil unit nn rtnnht- had a great deal to do with the militarists' anxiety not to postpone the 'war too long. After mobilization wns ordered, CHAPTER VI. Democracy's Worst Enemy. The great military machine which ! the kaiser had bul It tip ,dur ng the first sonle-hat, and from 26 years of his reign o' fte purpose lQ of maintaining peace" was constantly , p crQwd itching for war There, was a feeling d among the militarists that while it , nQ We ,wns all riebt for ibe kaiser to assume , ftU G , , . - ; (To be continued) JAT H. DOBBIN. President HENRT U CORBETT. Vice-Pre. J. C. AINS WORTH, Vice-Pre. E. F. ROT, Treaurer 8. C. SPENCER, Secretary E. W. RUMBLE, Gen. Mgr. Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Co. Incorporated ' Advances Made on Wool - Loans on sheep WE BUY NO WOOL DIRECTORS Jay H. Dobbin Henry L. Corbett 0. C. Holt R. N. Stanfield J. C. Alniworth W. P. Dickey E. W. Ramble North Portland Oregon Summons all the forces and resources of the Republic to the defense of Freedom THE OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE which the United States authorities have ranked as one of the fifteen distinguished institutions of the country for excellence in military training, has responded to the call. The College is distinguished not only for iu military instruction, but Distinguished also for Its strong industrial courses for men and for women: In Agriculture, Commerce, EngiDccrint. Forwtry Home Economic. Mining, Pharmacy, and Vocational Education. Its wholesome, purposeful student life. Iu democratic college spirit. Iu successful graduates. , Students enrolled last year, 3453; stars on iu service flags, 1258, over forty percent representing officers. . College open September 23, 1918 For cataloa, new IU -trated Booklet, and other information write to the Resiatrar, Corrallia, Oregon Just Received a New Shipment of Lowney's Chocolates With smooth, velvety coatings and centers surprising and delightful. " Just Right to Eat " One-Jialf Pound to Five Pound Boxes D. P. Adamson & Co. Druggists STOP LOOK LISTEN The Hamilton Barn is the place to put your horses, where they will be fed. Horses and cattle sold by private sale or auction. Heavy truck hauling. Grain and Baled Hay for sale. Leave orders with J. E. CAMPBELL Phone Black 21