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The Signal, 1918-10-17, Page 6i Tniteso+t, (ler 17, 1.31 • „se” • eisi ftmake nae eve 'EWE SIGNAL GODERICH, ONTARIO 1 Linger ie 1 Hats Take def the trimming when soiled and dip up and doyen in a bowl folio( 1.us suds—rich. copious, creamy. Never rub. Pres» out the water. Rinse carefullyand stretch to t dry. Your fab(- cs will he fresh. stem and sheer as when new. The Luc way mesn• econ- omy in fine Il, nga - - it wa.hes them splendidly. leers •iOTHEaS LIUITED. Tses•t• e Tian _ .ue many people ata praise God from ehnn► all hks®u►gs flow. and then paced to waste them. STOWE'S THE RED BARN, SOUTH STREET FOR 'BUS, LIVERY AND HACK SERVICE titter orc-(t all trains. Pa" n- gei,. salted for in any part of the gnaw for outgoing trains ou 0. T. R. or C. P. R. rI ourpt attention to all Orders or telephoue calls. Sood hones First-class rip H. R. STOWE Icl!Orme 51 ti,ieces•rortoT. M. Miele NOTICE Owing to the scarcity of Coal, and the fact that sales have, of necessity, to he made in very small quantities, we have found •t absolutely necessary to anake a rule that , ALL COAL BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY Mac`.Ewan Estate • rTK as as I Knew Him For Fourteen Years s-- APCITIOR N. DAVID. D. D. s. (rear -Wit. INt by she Mc(lues NawWa- •er egynat•ata (Continued from last Meek) CHAPTER IV. Amerloa Disappoints Kaiser. The kaiser ascended lbw throne in 1885. For tde•ty six years his reign MAR unmarred by ■ single war, al- though twice during that period, once la 11104 and again la 1911, he nearly succeeded to precipitating a conflict. Sul.sepueut developments have brought out clearly enough that daring all these years of peace, the kaiser -was only awaiting the opportune mo- ment to bring oft war. Germany'• preparation consisted not merely 111 building up her army and navy and developing a military Nplrit In her people. but to trying to estab- lish friendships abroad where they would du the most good in the event of a world war. The German military prepnratlon was more or less obvious. The kaher was always Its warmest advocate sud frankly admitted that It wee his Inten- tion t,r retrials •rn,od to the teeth, ni- though he protested to me many tinges that his sole object was to maintain the peace of the world. in 1911, for Instance, i war to The Hague when Carnegie delivered a speech at the opeping of the Pence estate. In the course of which he de- clared that the kaiser was a stum- bling -block In the way of world peace. When i got back to Berlin I mention- ed the fact to the kaiser, hoplug to draw him out. "Yen, i know exactly what Carnegie maid nt The Hague." he replied rather testily, "and I don't Ilke the way he spoke at all. He referred to me as the 'war lord' and said I was standing In the way of world peace. Let him look at my- record of twenty -Ave penceful years on the theonel No, the surest means to maintain the peace of the world Is my big army and navy! Other nations will think twice before going to war with mil" The fact that he had previously accepted 5,000,000 marks from Carnegie for the furtherance of universal peace didn't seem to occur to him. And the world at large learned more or less of German intrigue and propa- ganda since the war. but It la net gen- tly known that the same wort of was going on even more actively peace. Countless measures, ultle and Insidious char - to lull Into a settee of ons she Intended o Inspire fear c� ar nations utrt+l L. B. TAPE 1'Ir� duffer ,Syewing Machine Agent. has taken over the agency of the Glterational Harvester Company en Hamilton Street and will handle Loth linen Fara[ Machinery and Singer Sewing Machines A frit share of the Imlrhc pat- ronage will he appreciated. 1hI In time of the mos Neter, were tak false security the d eventually to attack an in or command the reel which she hoped would remain or might even be Induced to Giro --its„, their lot with hers In the event of war. In this phase of Germany'• prepara- tion for war, the kaiser took a leading part. It Is a tact, for Instances, that prae- tleelly every officer In the Chilean army Is a Gernnn, end the tattier has spared no pains to foster the friend- ship of the South Amerlean republics, commercially and dip! tically. One of the South American minis- ters told me of an ex-preaideut of Peru who had visited Berlin. This Peruvian haul previously wished Lon- don and Paris and haul received little or no official attention In either of those capitals. For reasons hest known In himself, the kaiser decided to cater to this gentleman. and accord- ingly arrange) nu •udience. In the discussion which took plait* when they met, the knitter displayed ouch n remarkable acquaintance wltfa Peruvian nffeirs and the fatally Ms - tory and politicnI career of his vWt,r Chet the Routh American was Mumma. When he returned home he carded with ttlm a most exaited idea of the ail -pervading wl,down of the (kenos. emperor. To what extent the Indeer had 'spent the mldnlght oil preparlag for this l•tervlew 1 have no knowledge, hut knowing the Importance he placed upon making • favorable Impression at all times 1 have a mental picture of his delving deeply Int, South Asaerl- can lore to preparation for hie guest. There in nothing dearer to the tattier than cant, and social distinction. liar - gnostic marriages were naturally ab- horrent to him. Nevertheless. before Archduke Franz Ferdinand. the nee- ecssor to the Austrian throne, esu murdered. the kaiser set only rated - nixed his morganatic wife. who was only • eouatean, but went out of his way to show her deference. He placed her at lata right •t all •tai• reactions which she •tteadsel. To bring Austria •nd Germany closer together. he wan willing to waive one of his deep-rooted prejudice*. • The •Ignifleonce of the kaiser'$ many visits to Italy, hie preseatmttae of a statue to Stteckbelm, hU wielding exeeraloaa In Se•adlnavlan esters, his flirtatious with Turkey MN luta retitle on the Inland of Colla. and dm - liar acts of Ingratiating', becomes elite ■ pp•reat 1n the face of more recent develotwueeta, but his effort* to curry favor with Amerirs durlug all the years of peace which preceded the war were Mg much more elaborate That they deserve ururr thaw parrdug Lutetium. No more sablle piece of propaganda was ever conceived than the kalsee's plan of earhaugl•g professors between the United Stales atxl Germany through the ewtabllstiuteut of the Roosevelt mid Harvard chairs at the University of ilerths sad corresponding chairs at Harvard and other Atoerleau welverulties. tlrteusiMy the purpose of the project was to foster guild -will be- tween the two nations. Actually. 1t was Intended to Germanise Amerlcaas to such ■u (-cleat that their co -opera - Goa might be relied upou in the event of war fur which Germany was eed- uiuusly preparlug. 11 wns believed that the exchange of professore would acvompllsh the Ger- man purpose in two ways: not truly could the professors the kaiser sent t• America be depended upon to sow life- time' seed In American soil, but the American protewrurs who were sent to Kerlin. it was hoped, could be so in- oeulatcd wllk the German viewpoint that when they returned to their na- tive land they would dlsurminate It • moult their as'sm•latee and students. Some time before the kaiser con- ceived the scheme of the Exchange Professions, he mut his brother, Prinee Henry, to tide country to draw the Iwo nations closer together nod to In- et111 to the heart of every child born In America of German parents an abiding love for the fatherland. Just before the war broke out, he was planning to send one of hls sons here with the came object He told toe of hie project and asked toe to which part of the United States 1 thought lie ought to send the prince. "That depend•, your majesty," I re- plied. "upon the object of the visit It the purteme In to meet American society, 1 would recommend such places as Newport In summer and Palen Bench Its winter. To come to contact with our mtatesmeu and diplo- carats. Waahington would naturally be the uu..t likely place to vbdL" The kaiser thanked me for the in- formation but did not enter Into fur- ther urther details an to the object he had In mind or which son he had planned to send across. It w.0 to curry favor with America that the kaiser lied his yacht Meteor inuilt in our rehlpysrda, and it la a fact that more Ameri,sn women were pre- sented at the German court than those of any other nation. When he pruu,•nted a statue of Frederick the Great to Mx country, In McKinley's admintstrsti,m. It ere- nted • great stir in congress. Whnt could b. less appropriate, It was ar- gued, than the stales of a monarch 1n the capital of a republic? The steno wire not set up In M(•Klnley'e adminis- tration. but Roosevelt accepted It In the Interest of dip/miser and had It erected In front of the Arwy'buildtng. Seeing that him gift had hnd just the opposite effect to that Intended, the kaiser reprimanded hie ambassador for not having Interpreted American sentiment more accurirtely. A few Saye after the death of King Edward, Itarsevelt arrived In Berlin. Despite the fart tint all )' i1rope was In mourning. the kahler arranged the most elaborate mllltary dress review ever given In honor of a private citizen to celebrate Roosevelt', visitThe re- view was held In the large military reservation near Berlls. More than 100.000 soldiers passed In review he - fore the kaiser and his staff and their taonored guest. How far the kaiser would have gone In his attentlone to Roosevelt had he not been in mourning It Is linpoaslble to way, but I don't believe be would have left anything undone to .how h1• admiration for the American ex-prea- Ideet cad to curry favor with this country. Rut Roosevelt was not the only American to whoa the kaiser made overtures. He was constantly Inviting American millionaires to pay him yachting visits at Kiel or wh else he happened to be. He sat for ■ portrait by •n Ameri- can pointer, which was exhibited with • large collection of other American works under the keleer'a auepleea. There was nothing that the kaiser Aid not do la hie efforts to Ingratiate himself with thin country lu the hope that he would reap hie reward when the great war he was anticipating eventually broke out. Takeo Individually, these various in- cidenta seem trivial enough. but I hdve every reason to know that the kaiser attached conulderahle impor- tance to them. i know that there ase e good deal of rhagrin In the Unlike be delivered to me against America for her part In r„tppiying munition* to the • Idles--rhagrtn at the thought that the seed he had sown In America had felled to bring forth better fruit. When we Anally entered the war and he realized that all tile carefully nur- tured plane of years had availed him naught, he could sot restrain his bit- terness nor (-once& hie dleappolnt• meet. "All my efforts to show my friend- ship for Americo --exchanging proles- sere with your cnllfgrs, sending my brother In your eouuiry, all—all for nothing!" he exclaimed, disgustedly. after we had entered the war. Os acether orraaioe he showed even more Nearly haw far America had fal- len chert of his expfetatlona: "Whet has become of those rlrh Americans who used to ',halt me with their yachts at KIN and mune to my entertainrae•nte In Perlin!" he asked, sarcastically. "New that we have England Involved. why aren't they ageusias the opportunity to Nerve and to, make their own /oeatry groat / Do Because Canada has put her hand to the plow and will not turn back:- -our country is in the war on the side of liberty and justice and will stay in it till complete victory is won and the unspeakable Hun is smashed and beaten to the ground; —a nation at war must make tre- mendous expenditures in cash to keep up her armies and supply them with munitions, food and clothing; —Canada must finance many mil- lions of dollars of export trade in food, munitions and supplies which Britain and our allies must have on credit; —for these purposes Canada must borrow hundreds of millions of dollars— And, this money must be borrowcd from the people of Canada:— Therefore, Canada will presently come to her people for a new Victory Loan to carry on. Canadians will loan the money by again buying Victory Bonds. The national safety, the national honor and the national well-being require that each and every Canadian shall do his duty by lending to the nation every cent he can spare for this purpose. fssbed by Canada's Victory Loan Committee in e—Operation with the Minister of Finance ' of the Dominion of Canada t i put myseH out to enter- beeanee i loved them/ I ed with the whole Anglo- I" kdlser couldn't uoderutand why the United States did not mese both Canada and Mexico. Apparently. frons the way be talked from time to time, If he had been sitting to the WIIt. Hawse he would have grabbed thus en- tire Western Hemlepbere. That the kaiser followed Americas polities very eloaely, especially after the war broke mut, was very natural. The fact that there was • great Ove- scan-Aasesicon vote is this country was net overlooked In Potadmat, and 1 haven't the slightest pubt the ketone imag1ted that ha could Inert consider- able tenseness la onr .M,etions tbrengb kis emissaries to thea country. 1 returned to Berne !atm 1s October of that epee. Wltblu a day or two after my arrival 1 received • telephone meaaage from the Rdthekas ler von Eetbmua-Hellweg to Wm *feet that the kaiser bed spot Wm wend of my return sad that h. wmuld She me te roll at hie palace ether tact sees or at tour p. m. 1 wee ushered late a very tuna roam In Gm meteor of which ems a ldsfaems- Ilke looking flat topped desk. but which was otherwise elaberltehy tdrtatabM. the relcdaansler, • tall, broad -shoul- dered, handsome specimen of a man, come over to me and. putting Ale arm In mise. walked me to a seat beside the desk. He 'eked me what I would smoke, and upon my taking a cigar- ette, he did likewise. 'The helper's been telling me, doc- tor," ontor," he mid. 'lit your recent visit to America, and I would Ilk* to auk you • few questions." 1 said that 1 waft always glad to talk of Americo. Indeed, i was particular- ly articularly glad of the opportnnity to speak with the prime minister of Germany at that time. Then followed • bewildering access - doe of queatlofa, the purpose of which was not at all clear to me. We h ad a peculiar ronversaUan—half Is German, half M Caglleh. The relehs- kaaaler did set speak teeth partic- ularly •rtlaularly well. "How are things In Americo?" he w aked. "Did yon leve any epportO- talty to gauge the polltleal situation? Whe do you think will bot the mid president/ Do yea think that Ameri- cana are opposed to peace bermes* that would end their chant* to mate money out of the wart Are your people en mereenary that they would like to ace the war prolonged for the sake of the money they con make out of lir "No, your excellency." I replied, "PM are quits wrong 1f you Imagine that my countrymen would like to pro- long the war for the sake of war profits. That Is very far from being the rase, On the contrary, the coon - try at large 1s anxious for peace." "Don't forget you people are mak- ing a lot of money out of this war." the reichskanxler persisted "They ave becoming very rich. They will soon have all the gold In the world. Potting an end to the war would to a great extent end American opportuni- ties for making money on this enor- mous •vale_" 'That may be allI replied, "Tot forttmately my cotes ryas• tblst more of the blessings of peace and liberty than they do of war and profits, and the sooner peace ran be brought shoat on a baste which will have some assurance of permanency the bet- ter we will Ilk* IL" "Wilson has the greatest oppnrtw- nity ever presented to a man to make bis name Immortal—by bringing shoot Pears In the world,' b* weft en. "We feel now that he Is net our friend, but friendly to the allies. but nevertheless his may be able to ape that If this war Is prolonged Inuletlnitely It will mean the destruction of all the nations la - volved la it Do you think there b any posstblltty of America asterism the warn (Continued next week.!