CROOK COUNTY JOCRXAL
KOVKMIIICR 7. 101S
The Kaiser as I Knew Him
for Fourteen Years
By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. S.
tCopyrlaM, MU, y the McClure Nswipapcr Syndicate
Baker. According to the Satser't It ; EW VrtuessTug TOial was" TutenaVa lb
formation, however, we had only 30,-j De tne climax.
000 men la France at that time and ! There can be no doubt that If Ger-
be was of the opinion that we would
never have many more.
"America la having a fine time try
ing to raise an army," he declared
satirically. "I hear that 1,600 mutinied
the other day in New York and re-j
fused to get on transport, and a
town In the Northwest composed prln-'
cipally of citizens of Swedish blood
refused to reg'Kter at all 1 We are get- i
ting excellent Information about all
conditions In Amerca.'
Shortly before this had come the rev
elations from Washington of the In
trigue of Count von Luxburg, the Ger-
tuau minister to Argentina, and I knew
where the kaiser was getting the in
formation he referred to. In nearly
every case. It appeared, the kaiser' In
formants were misleading him.
Both before and after we entered
the war the kaiser was thoroughly con
vinced that we could play only a nom
inal part In It so far as man power
was concerned and his assurance on
that point undoubtedly accounted for
bis decision to carry through his sub
marine program even though It re
sulted In bringing us Into the war.
"Do you realize how many tons of
shipping It takes to ship a single sol
dier!" be 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 500,000 men,
therefore, your country would require
a.000,000 tons of shipping in addition
to the tonnage required for regular
traffic. Whore Is It coming from, with
my submarines sinking the allied ves
sels faster than they can ever be re
placed! My U-boats are doing won
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
he could succeed in landing a real
army In France, what good would it
doT America can see how easy It was
for me to break through and to cap
ture 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 sent at
the peace table if I can help it, and
now America shall have to pay all the
costs of the war !" Evidently he imag
ined 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 Ger
man make-up, I should say the world
t large would have to be content with
-very little.
How the kaiser feels now that the
rfallure of the U-boats to Intercept
.American troop ships must be pain-
fully apparent to him, and America
bas 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 TJ-boat campaign was lowed the fortunes of the fighting
unknown to the Germans up to the armies while he was traveling.
-time I left Berlin In January, 1918. ' The Turkish defeats were naturally
While the kaiser and the Germans a great disappointment to him.
generally felt confident that we would "These Montenegrins, 8erblans and
never be able to send many men Bulgarians are wonderful fighters," he
across, they professed to feel little confessed to me, shortly after the war
concern even if we did. began. . "They're out-of-door people
According to some of the German of- and they have the strength and stam
flcers with whom I spoke, even if we Ina which fighters require. If they
landed 2,000,000 men in France it keep on the way they're going they'll
would not be enough to break the ' be in Constantinople In a week 1 Con
deadlock, as the Germans were taking found those Turks! We furnished
a similar number of trained troops them guns and ammunition and
from the Russian front The only trained their officers, but if they won't
menace of American participation in fight we ean't make them. We've done
the war lay In the possibility that we our best I"
might add considerably to the allied ; The defeat of the Turks lessened
air strength. Man power alone, they their value to the kaiser as an ally
contended, would neve; be sufficient to and he immediately put Into effect a
help the allies much, but overwhelming measure for increasing the German
superiority in the air might occasion standing army from t50,000 to 900,000
the Germans some annoyance. I to restore, the balance of power, they
The kaiser himself had but a poor ala. For tnlg purpose a "Wehrbei
oplnlon of the fighting qualities of the trag," or Increased armament tax, was
American soldier so far as modern war ; levied on capital and. Incidentally, I
requirements are concerned. . j wag informed that I would have to
"The American soldier would po pay my share. The Idea of paying a
ibly give a good account of himself tax to upbuild the German army,
In open fighting," he declared, "but he which was alrer.dy so powerful that
la not built for the kind of warfare he t menaced the pi-ace of the world,
WlU encounter in France. He lacks did not appeal to me at all and I
the stolidity to endure life In the spoke to Ambassador Gerard about it
trenches. He Is too high-strung and He advised me to pay it under protest
wouldn't stand the inactive life which agreeing with me that there was no
ia such an important part of modern reason why an American should be
warfare. Besides, he lacks discipline reaulred to contribute to the German
And trained officers." ,
CHAPTER IX,
The Kaiser's Plan for World Dominion,
ine msiurjr ul muuem
perhaps, In Itself, sufficient indication
of the underlying plan of the Teuton
war barons to control the whole 1 o
Europe and, eventually, the world. The
program has been slowly unfolding lb-
self since the time of Frederick tht
jEreiat'and the present generation la
many had eucceeded In her efforts t
rlD control of the major part of Eu-
I .1 - 1 1 1-
she would have soon looked
toward the western hemisphere and
the east
This program la fairly Indicated by
the course of events as history lnyt
them bare, but I have the actual word
of the kaiser to substantiate it
At one of his visits to me shortlj
after the beginning of the war we wen
discussing England's participation In
it
"What hypocrites the English arel
the kaiser exclaimed.
"They ' had always treated me so
well when I visited them I never be
lieved they would have come into thlt
war. They always acted as if they
liked me. My mother was Bngltsh,
you know. I always thought the
world was big enough for three of ua
and we could keep it for ourselves
that Germany could control the conti
nent of Europe. England, through her
vast possessions and fleet could com
trot the Mediterranean and the fur
east, and America could dominate tht
western hemisphere!"
How long it would have been before
Germany would have tried to wrest
dominion from Englaud can readily be
imngitiod. and with the whole of Eu
rope and the far east under her thumb
America would undoubtedly have
proved too tempting a morsel for the
kaiser's or his descendants' rapacious
maw to have resisted. He said that
he believnd that the world was "big
enough for three;" he didn't saj it
was too b'g for one.
What was really in his minci, bow
ever, is Indicated by a passage in an
address he made some twenty-five
years ago. In which, as Rev. Dr. New
ell Dwight Hillis has pointed out he
used these words:
"From my childhood I have been un
der the influence of five men Alexan-!
der, Julius Caesar, Theodoric II. Na
poleon 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 1"
The kaiser's plan to dominate Eu
rope Included the control of Turkey,
and he made every effort to strengthen
that country so that she might be
valuable ally In the war to come.
When Italy took Tripoli from Tur
key before the . Balkan war I men
tioned to the kaiser how opportunely
Italy bad acted, but the kaiser dis
missed my remark with an exclama
tion of displeasure, realizing, of
course, that Tmkey'e loss was in a
sense his own since he had planned to
make Turkey his vassal.
To that end he had sent German of
ficers to train the Turkish army and
had supplied them with guns and mu
nitions. With an eye to the future,
too, he had constructed the great Bag
dad railway.
When the Balkan war broke out in
1912 the kaiser had great confidence
that the German-trained Turkish arm
would acquit Itself creditably and
that in the outcome of that conflict his
European program would make cor-ld-
erable progress. He told me that he
bad a map of the war area placed in
his motor and that with pegs he fol-
war budget However. I had to nsv it
The German efforts at colonization,
which were more or less of a failure
because the Germnnn refnneri in In.
nabIt tne Gennan p0ggeSgions, and the
measures adopted to conquer the com-
merclBi markets of the world were an
,mportant part of program of worid
domlaation whlcn Germany panned
for nergelf an(j lt lg not unukei, that
w gne nad confine(j ner efforts along
nave nj-Q-essfid
. (To oe continued)
FRENCH TURN
GERMAN FLANK
Enemy Armies Forced to Begin
New Retreat Between the
Oise and Aisne.
Paris. Germany"! armies have be
gun a new retreat this time between
the Olse and the Alsne. General De
beny's first army. In the fare of stub
born resistance and repeated counter
attacks, haa succeeded In swinging on
Its right flank so that It fares east.
It has reached Guise and the Quia
Marie road, driving the enemy before
it Genera! rjebeny ia now In a posi
tion to push rapidly along the upper
Olse valley toward Hlraon and Ver
vlne through a level country devoid
of streams. The first result of his
progress la to force the enemy, ex
hausted by fruitless counter attacks
against the tenth and fifth French
armies, to begin a backward move
ment which Is eventually bound to
extend to the front before Rethel. This
will open to the fourth army a double
passage of the Alsne and Ardennes
canal.
General Debeny'a success was won
by sheer hard fighting. The impor
tance the enemy attached to stopping
this passage up the Oise may be
gathered from the fact that the Ger
mans threw in three fresh divisions,
which, however, were knocked out
AMERICANS CAPTURE
20,00OJN MONTH
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun. In Its first major opera
tion against the Germans, considering
the clearing out of the St MlhJel sa
lient as a local affair, the American
army In a few days less than a month
has liberated more than 45 villages
and advanced to an average depth of
10 miles, freeing 165 square miles of
territory. In the offensive the Amer
icans have captured more than 20.000
prisoners.
The Americans attacked on a front
of 20 miles from the Argonne to the
Meuse, and the advancehas been made
In the face of almost insurmountable
difficulties, due particularly to the na
ture of the ground, which la covered
with hills, deep ravines and woods.
- The advance has been particularly
difficult because the Germans have
stubbornly resisted every foot of the
way and have used more than 33 di
visions on the 20-mlle front
In addition to the prisoners. Gen
eral Pershing's men have taken more
than 137 guns of large caliber, numer
ous machine guns and anti-tank guns,
a great store of ammunition and much
war material. Including locomotives
and railway cars.
Since September 28 the Americans
have fired more than 2,500,000 shells,
the number at times reatTiftg as high
as 150,000 daily. The guns used in
cluded a great number of heavy ones
and also some captured from the
enemy.
American aviators and anti-aircraft
guns In the period since September 27
have brought down 230 enemy ma
chines and 23 enemy balloons.
FRENCH ADVANCE 5 MILES
Important Gains Reported In Sector
Between Oise and Serre.
Paris. On the 40-mlle front be
tween the Olse and the Alsne the
French maintain their pressure, and
on the left have made Important gains,
according to the war office. They
have captured four villages between
the Oise and the Serre and along the
Serre have penetrated the enemy posi
tions. Between Sissone and Chateau Por
clon on October 25 and 26 the French
took more than 2450 prisoners.
A marked advance by the French
troops in the sector between the Olse
and Serre rivers is recorded In the
communication.
Numerous villages have been cap
tured and at certain points the ad
vance amounted to about five miles.
U. S. Points to Be Met 8ays 8olf.
Amsterdam. Dr. Solf, the German
foreign secretary, speaking In the
relchstag, said: "As for Alsace-Lorraine,
it is clear that as they were
expressly mentioned among President
Wilson's 14 points, we agree to regu
lation of these questions, Having ac
cepted Wilson's program as a basis
for peace, we will loyally fulfill the
program in all directions and at all
points."
Roumania Entered by French Patrols.
Paris. French patrols have crossed
the Danube river and entered Rou
mania near Palanka, defeated German
detachments and taken prisoners, says
the official report from the war office.
Reported Ludendorff Has Resigned.
Copenhagen. General Ludendorff,
first quartermaster-general of the Ger
man army, has resigned.
GENERAL FAYOLLE
rap
General Fayolle, commander of tht
French troops which drove the Ger
mans out of the 8t Gobaln forest and
Laon.
D. S. USES BIGGEST
CANNON IN FRANCE
Washington. Details of the achieve
ment of the navy department In mak
ing available for use on the western
front of great 16-Inch naval guns,
which press dispatches have reported
to be hammering the German railway
centers back of the Olse-Serre front,
were made public by Secretary Dan
iels. The naval guns which have been
In operation since September 16, are
manned and operated by officers and
men of the United States navy, under
the command of Rear Admiral Plun
kett, ex-director of the office of gun
nery exercises and engineering per
formance.
The guns are of 50 caliber, 66 feet
long, weigh about 100 tons without
their carriages, and are said to throw
a heavier projectile and have a great
er muzzle velocity than any weapon
ever placed on a mobile land mount
Ing. The weight of the explosive used
with each projectile la many times
greater than that used In the freak
German long range guns, and In point
of their destructive force they are In
comparable. The organization to man one gun re
quires an entire train, Including the
gun car Itself, ammunition cars, a
crane car, and construction, sand, tim
ber, kitchen, fuel, workshop, berthing
and staff radio cars.
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR
On the westers front the British,
French and Americans have continued
to make further gains against the Ger
mans; in the Italian theater both the
British and Italians have scored suc
cesses, while, la Aslatlo Turkey the
British have captured Aleppo, in Syria,
and are driving ahead on both banks
of the Tigris, In Mesopotamia.
The French armies fighting on the
40-mlle front between the Oise and
Alsnaj rivers are keeping up their of
fensive and have made additional
gains, taking several villages and com
pelling the enemy to fall back at va
rious points. In the region soutlleast
of Valenciennes, around Le Quesnoy,
the Germans yhave delivered violent
counter attacks against the British.
Their efforts to throw back Field Mar
shal Halg's men from the positions
they hold were unsuccessful.
The Americans have begun the sec
ond month of their operations in the
region of Verdun by keeping up their
attacks against the Germans from the
Meuse to the wooded country north of
Grand Pre. Progress has been made,
notwithstanding strong opposition of
German machine guns from behTnd the
natural fortifications which abound
through this district
American airmen are continuing
their bombing operations behind the
lines, their latest effort In this respect
having been made against the territory
around Brlquenay, north of Grand Pre,
In which 140 airplanes took part, 60 of
them being bombing machines.
Monster Plane Captured by Americans.
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun. Americans captured an
immense German armored battle plane
north of Brleulles. The machine was
Intact but the pilot and gunners es
caped. ...
Italians Make Successful Assault
Rome. In the successful assaults
against the Austrians along the Plave
and west of , that river, the Italians
have captured more than 2000 prison
ers In 24 hours, the war office an
nounced. Italian Troops Are on Way to Siberia.
Pekln. An Italian contingent, 600
strong, has started for Siberia.
OREGON NEWS NOTES '
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flF HFNFRA INTFRFT'
Ul ULllunnL lllll.ni.ul
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
The city of St Helens will build a
municipal dork.
Portland banks made a new record
Friday, when clearings totaled 113,
160.218. The annual meeting of the Oregon
Butter and Chees.inakers' association
will be held In Portland December 11
11. Thomas R. Paxton, city editor of
the linker Morning Democrat, Ul- J at
linker of pneumonia, following luflu
euta. A wind Horn at Hood River look
a large part of the valley's unpicked
applet, estimated at 20 per cent of the
mllllon-box crop, k
Henry F. Glnsser, a young fanner
living three miles north of Lebanon,
committed suicide at his home by
shooting himself with a rifle.
The new 76-foot concrete bridge at
Tygh valley haa been completed and
will be ready for trafflo aa soon as
the approaches to the bridge are com
pleted. John A. Muldrtck, a well-known
Grant county capitalist, passed away
at bit home In Canyon CIry of pneu
monia, following an attack of Influ
enza. ,
December 26 to 28 are the dates act
for the annual meeting of the Oregon
State Tom-hen' association In Port
land. An attendance of between 1200
and 1500 persons Is expected.
Fraternity activities, with the eg
cepllon of meetings of a purely busi
ness character, will be suspended at
the Oregon Agricultural college on ac
count of a ruling by the war depart
ment. A committee of the Oregon Dairy
council has reported that there has
been a decrease of 62.0(10 dairy cows
In Oregon since January 1, 1918. , Thin
report la bawd upon a census of milk
cows September 1.
Lady -bugs will be collected by forest
service men and freed In wheat fields
of Oregon, according to District For
ester Cecil. This decision follows a
plea made by wheat growers who last
year lost heavily through aphides.
The federal administration has ad
vised that the Oregon public service
commission raise rates for the Sump-
ter Valley railroad, thus providing
funds with which to pay the Increased
wages demanded by the striking em
ployes. Multnomah county has been denied
permission by the public service com
mission to construct a crossing at
grade over the O-W. R. a N. tracka at
Osborn avenue. In Portland, the com
mission holding the crossing too haz
ardous. ' '
Through efforts of the business men
of Albany and Salem and the Portland
chamber of commerce development bu
reau, steps are being taken to organ
ize an Oregon chamber of commerce,
composed of all the state's commercial
organizations.
An order has been received from
army headquarters at San Francisco
requiring dally nose and throat spray
treatment for employes In the ship
yards and sawmills of North Bend aa
a means of checking the spread of
Spanish Influenza.
Since December 10, 1916, 137 wooden
ships have been launched In Oregon
yards and those at Vancouver, Wash.,
which are In the territory, having a
capacity of 493,300 tons, according to
a statement compiled by the Portland
chamber of commerce.
Mrs. Laura A. Beck, of Portland, a
widow, 66 years of age, Is the oldest
student enrolled In the University of
Oregon at Eugene this year. She de
clares she does not believe In years,
and just to prove It she haa begun
working toward a degree In the uni
versity. With a mayor, five councllmcn,
treasurer, recorder and two water
commissioners to be elected November
5 at Rainier, so little Interest has been
taken that nominating petitions have
been filed for only three candidates,
one each for recorder, treasurer and
councilman.
School teachers are entitled to their
pay for the time the schools are closed
during the Influenza epidemic, Super
intendent Churchill says, basing his
statement on an opinion of Attorney
Qeneral Crawford In 1906, when simi
lar conditions arose during a scarlet
fever epidemic.
Farmers planning to use ground
lime should apply it as early aa pos
sible, to get the full benefit of Its ac
tion on next season's crops, advises
Dean A. B. Cordley, chairman of the
state board. Unless the lime is put
Dn before the ground becomes too soft
this fall it may not be possible to ap
ply It until well Into next spring. Early
arders are necessary to keep the state
lime plant running. Money for oper
ating expenses must come from lime
tales, and lack of bunker facilities
makes It necessary that sales keep up
with the manufacture. ,
JTfSrirs
bnld at the Ice Palace arena. Twentieth
"", Mr"h" ,,rw,,' Nov.-n.ber mv
according to an announcement made
by Secretary A. II. Ua. of the state
fir"
Eugene wholesale houses dealing la
grains and grain products canceled all
orders placed with the Albert Brothers
Milling company of Portland, for un
delivered - quantities of cereals and
other products, aa a result of tht ar
rest of Henry Albert, president of the
company, on espionage charges.
As one of the features of the forth
coming united war work campaign
I 16,000 or more grammar and high
tchool students of Oregon will be en
rolled as victory girls and victory boys,
pledging and soiu-ltlng funds and do
ing what they ran for the good or tht
big brothers called to fight for liberty.
Charles 11. Oreen, United Slates wool
administrator and distributor, hat val
ued a lot of close to 1,500,000 pounds
of northwestern wools In Portland
warehouses and within tht next few
dayt will pass upon about 700.000
pounds more. This will have some
4.000.000 pounds of the 1918 cllp'tllll
to be valued.
An Increased number of students at
the slate school for the blind makes
more room necessary, according to tht
biennial report of Mrs. May Moorea,
superintendent, to the slate board ol
control. Attendance at the Institution
lust year was 33. For Uils year 46
pupils are already enrolled and mort
are to b received later.
Through a deal Involving betweeo
185.000 and 1100,000, Klmer 1). Palna
of Eugene, became the sole owner and
manager of the F.ugene and Spring
field flouring mills of the Kugne Mill
A Elevator company. Mr. Palnn, whe
has been a half owner In the rnmpany.
took over the Interest of Charles 8
Williams, also of Eugene.
Five fatal accidents out of a total
of 515 Industrial casualties were re
ported to the state acrid, nt coiiiml
tlon fur the week ending October 24
They tre: W. II. Davy, llrookinga
lumbering; Albert Patterson, Portland,
fuel company: John H. Fr'-iburg, Port
land, shipbuilding: Charli-s L. Knnpp,
Portland, shipbuilding; James Wilson,
Aatorla. paper mill.
The highest wages awarde d to street
railway employes anywhere In tht
United States were awarded by the
war labor board to the employes ol
the Portland Hallway, Light a Power
company. The new scale for motor
men and conductors Is 46 cents per
hour for the first three mouths; 48
cents for the next gilnn months, and
60 cents per hour thereafter.
Senator McNary has made an ex
tended argument before the senate fi
nance committee In support of the
petition of Oregon loganberry growers
for a reduction In the proposed Inter
nal revenue tax on loganberry juice.
Tbe bill as passed by the bouse pro
vides a tax of 20 per cent of the value,
which, It Is asserted and Is agreed by
the Food administration, would ruin
the Industry.
In a letter to R. H. Alshton, regional
director for the railroad administra
tion, Public Service Commissioner
Corey asks relief for minor roads In
the matter of Interchange of cart, urg
ing that Mr. Alshton take the matter
up with the larger roads. Mr, Corey
reports considerable complaint against
the order of the director-general abol
ishing the 24-hour free switching time
allowed the minor roads,
Declaring that he is the rightful
owner of a large tract of timber held
by the defendants on the lower Slue
law river and valuable property In
Portland, N. B. Hotter has filed suit
In the circuit court at Eugene asking
that the property be sold and proceeds
to thextcnt of 8121,476 be turned over
to him. The defendants In the case
are the Mapleton Timber company, tbe
Astorla-Warrenton Land company, the
Stuart Ferguson Timber company,
Josephine B. Ferguson, executrix of
tbe estate of E. Z. Ferguson, and John
ion Porter.
Delving about In Coos river to re
move obstructions which might Inter
fere with seining, Frank and Levi
Smith encountered the flange of a
propclloe and upon attempting to raise
the affair were obliged to bring Into
service additional lifting machinery.
When raised the propellor proved to
be the one lost from the lightship, ten
der General Wright, which was setting
harbor lights at the spot 30 years ago.
The wheel weighs nearly two tons and
Is brass, It represents a valuable find
for Messrs. Smith, since they have
already been offered $2000 for lt.
The heavily Interested chrome pro
ducers of southern Oregon and north
ern California met In Grants Pass last
week and organized the Oregon
Chrome Producers' association, which
Is expected to affiliate with the Pacific
Coast Chrome Producers' association,
organized In San Francisco recently.
The meeting was brought about by
the fact that there Is no market for -the
sale of chrome. People have been '
Induced to develop bodies of chrome
n the theory that the production "
vould be paid for at prices prevailing
ho past summer and owing to the !
fact that there Is no market hundreds
ot patriotic producers have been un-
M te get back the money Invested.