THE KAISER AS I KNEW HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. S. (Copyright, lilt, by the McClore Newspaper Syndicate) (Continued) When, a few months later, the abdication of the Czar was followed by the abdication of King Constan tino of Greece, the Kaiser sustained another blow which hurt him more than the defeat of one of his armies would have done. "They are trying to force their rot ten form of democratic government on Greece." he declared, fiercely. "The way they have treated my poor sister, the Queen of Greece, is a shame and a disgrace. They talk about our invasion of Belgium, but their actions in Greece,are infinitely worse. I have studied the English people for twenty-five years, and they always try to cover their acts with religion and the talk of benefits to civilization and humanity, but, hypocrites that they are, they con tinue to grab all they can get their hands on just the same!" The fact that Greece had a treaty with Servia which required her to take up arms if Servia were attacked and that she had failed to meet her obligations in that respect was natur ally of no significance to the Kaiser, to whom treaties were but scraps of paper. The keynote of the Kaiser's mili tary program lay n the fact that he realized that it was necessary for him to win in order to hold his throne. I feel quite sure that if the Allies were willing to concede to Germany all the territory she has conquered—Belgium, Servia, Poland, Rumania, Russia and part of France, and restore all her colonies, upon condition that the Kaiser step down from the throne, he would reject the proposition without a moment's hes itation. I "Your country would like to make a republic out of Germany," he com mented. "a republic like France, per haps. going down and down all the time---a country ruled by lawyers!" And he mentioned half a dozen of the great French statesmen who were members of the legal profes sion "It's a sad thing for a country when it gets into the hands of law yers. France and Italy are already controlled by them, and Americ< and England are rapidly following their example!" The. Kaiser regao-ded the German people as his own property to do with as he liked. When I referred ' to the "German people" in conversa tion. he would delicately correct me by referring in his reply to "my people." When, for instance. I said on one occasion. "I understand, your Majesty, that the German people are a#*?JL 11! You Pay Less For Better Quality at pi] JLjL MILLER & KADES |GNBBFFLB • Bzß $3 j A Saturday Special | A- WONDERFUL VALUE IN A j|j I High-Grade Steel Bed J 19 85 1 rrjli I j Mattress • gjjj g jg la ES C 3 This bed is all steel tubing made plain and substantial rrg SB —enameled white. fe=j The spring which we offer with this bed is all steel B2 g3 and a good one. 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To displace him in fa vor of a republican form of gov ernment, to substitute a ruler elect ed by the people for a monarch designated by God was in his opinion the basest sort of sacrilege, and the unfortunate part of it all was that the majority of his people coincided with him. They preferred to be ruled by a hand of iron rather than to rule themselves. Some day they may be awakened to the blessings of self government, but up to the present time they have not shown the slight est indication that they would pre fer to rule than be ruled, and be cause they submit so willingly to the Kaiser's domination he has become obsessed with the idea that the rest of the world should follow suit. CHAPTER VITT The Yellow Peril I cannot recall when I first heard of the "Yellow Peril." ' I know I asked what it meant and was told that it referred to the vast hordes of Chinese and Japanese who some day. if properly trained and armed, would prove a great menace to the white races, especially in Europe, which they might try to overrun as the Turks had done in bygone centuries. After 1 went to Germany I heard constantly of the "Yellow Peril" from influential persons and read much about it in the newspapers and magazines, and I wondered why we had not paid more attention to it in America. The fact that a great military power like Germany was talking about this menace gave me the idea that possibly there was a great deal in it. latter I learned that the phrase "Yellow Peril" was originated by the Kaiser. Indeed, it was frequently pointed out that Germany was mak ing a big mistake in sending Ger man officers to train the Japanese army and permitting the German ammunition factories, especially the Krupp works, not only to sell them guns and ammunition, hut to show them how to manufacture munitions themselves, in view of the fact that the Kaiser was constantly alluding to the menace of the yellow races. After the war started and the Jap anese entered it against Germany, influential Germans did not hesitate to t< 11 me that it served them right. "Aft.-r we helped to develop the Jap anese army and navy, they have now turned against us," tjiey complained. "It serves us right for being so fool ish as to teach them the 'tricks of the trade.' " According to the talk of the Ger man diplomats before the war, the expectation was that Japan's power would be used against America at the first opportunity. Whether the object of this campaign was to stir up trouble between Japan and Amer ica or only to awaken this country to a sense of the danger which the Germans professed to believe threat ened her, I don't know. I do know, however that the prospect of a Jap anese-AroeiJean war seemed to worry the Germans considerably more than i' worries uc. From time to time, the Kaiser spoke to me along these lines. In 1905. shortly after the treaty of Portsmouth was consummated be tween Russia and Japan .through President Roosevelt putting an end to the Russian-Japanese war. I saw the Kaiser and he professed to be very much pleased with the results achieved. "You should be very proud of your chief. Davis," he said, "for bringing about peace between Russia and Japan. That was really a wonderful achievement and, for the time being at any rate, effectually put an end to Japanese aspirations." The fact that the Japanese them selves seemed very dissatisfied with the easy terms exacted from Russia, which was evidenced by rots of rather serious dimensions in the streets of Tokio and other Japanese cities, ' evidently signified to the Kaiser that Japan had been diplo matically beaten by the treaty, al though victorious in the field. The revolution which followed in Russia showed the precarious condition of that country and brought about the establishment of the Duma. Loiter on. after our fleet had made its epcch-making trip around the world in I'9oB, the Kaiser again al luded tc the Japanese peril. "Davis." he said, "I want to con gratulate you and your country on the magnificent performance of your fleet in its trip around the world. It reached Magdalena Bay on the west coast after going around the Horn without a mishap—not one ship had to go back for repair. It "was really a marvelous performance and you may well be proud." "The newspapers at home, your Majesty," I replied, "are belittling our fleet and talking about the ar morplate being too thin, especially below the water line, so that when a ship rocked it exposed a weak spot below the surface." - "Rot!" he exclaimed. "Those ships are all right and their performance proved it. We all have ships ten years old which are weak below the waterline, but your latest models are as good as any in the world. I am sure. "If those vessels had shown any serious weakness, Davis," he went on. "it would have been a serious matter at this time whqn your country is having a dispute with Japan over the California school question, but your chief has warded oft a war with Japan. He staved off the 'Yellow Peril'—a peril which I have long recognized. In fact, it was I who originated the phrase' Yellow Peril.' " "Yes, your Majesty," I answered, "I have already heard that your Ma jesty originated the phrase." "Your President is a wise nan and he knew the danger, too. Sending the fleet around the world was a brilliant stroke of statesmanship. I know that Roosevelt thereby pre vented a war with Japan." The Kaiser was so positive on this point that I thought at the time he was probably in possession of infor mation which warranted that con clusion, and later I heard rumors that Berlin bankers had been sound ed on the possibility of floating a Japanese loan in Germany, and that German diplomats had been also consulted. I was led to believe by others as well as the Kaiser that we had been skating on very thin ice. "By throwing the Japanese children out of your schools," they said. "Cal ifornia has done about as much as she could to provoke a war with Japan. It is quite proper for your country to enforce her rights, but you mustn't make the mistake of voting against a big army and navy." The Kaiser expressed the utmost distrust of the Japanese on a num ber of different occasions. "Why, Davis." he exclaimed, "these Japanese I hear, are naturally and instinctively dishonest. Their own people cannot trust them. My men who come back from Japan tell me that Chinese clerks are employed in Japanese banks and business houses because they cannot trust their own men.'V Whatever may have been the Kaiser's personal opinion about the shortcomings of the Japanese char acter, no one in Germany doubted the depth of Japanese patriotism. In fact, while the Germans pride them selves on their deep-rooted love for the Fatherland, they yield the palm for patriotism to Japan. It is a com mon saying among them that Jap anese patriotism must be placed first. German second. English third. American patriotism is not mention ed. Perhaps it is because the Ger mans believe the Japanese to possess such intense love of country that they fear so much the menace of Japanese hostility. This fear of Japan was held throughout all ranks In Germany. It was common talk in the streets, It was given frequent expression bv German statesmen and the Kaiser himself openly admitted it. Every chancellor in Germany de clared that his great problem was to prevent the Kaiser from making remarks which afterwards came hack and required embarrassing de nials and explanations. I heard of some American Congressmen who were received in audience by the Kaiser while traveling through Ber lin and to whom the Kaiser spoke freely of the "Yellow Peril." When they returned to America some of them repeated the Kaiser s utter ances and they got intj the local papers. The news finally reached the Japanese Ambassador in Berlin and Try My Breakfast BERRIES OR FRUIT V ON A DISH OF POST lIS TOASTIES E3 DCUCIOUS . FLAKES &AIUUBBURG TELEGRAPH he promptly demanded an explana tion from Prince von Beulow. the Chancellor at that time. It Is said that the Prince, as Chancellors be fore and since have done, attempt ed to settle the difficulty by denying its occurrence. "Why, the Kaiser wasn't referring to the 'Yellow Peril' at all," he is reported to have said. "He was alluding to the yellow fever and its prevalence among workers in the Panama Canal zone!" The day England declared war against Germany. August 5, 1914, the Prince von Pless called to see me professionally. "There will be two wars fought," he said, oracularly. "The present one. by which we shall gain control of the continent of Europe forever, and then a war with the vellow races, in which we shalf . probably have your country to assist us!" That this opinion was more or less general in Germany may account for the fact that from the time war was declared until August 23, 1914, when Japan declared war against Ger many. the Japanese residents in Ber lin were made the subject of the most sickening attentions. It was reported that Japan was going to at tack Russia, and the Germans could not do enough to show their newly born admiration for the yellow race which they had hitherto so deeply despised. The Japs were carried through the streets on the shoulders of the populace and kissed and cheered wherever they appeared in public. And then Japan declared war against Germany! Instantly there I was a wild demonstration in the streets of Berlin, which would have resulted most disastrously for the Japs who had so recently been hail ed as friends but for the astonish ing fact that every single Jap had succeeded :n getting away from Ber lin before the news of Japan's entry into the war became generally known. The Japanese ambassador in Berlin had been given ample time by the home government in which to arrange for the departure of his countrymen when the moment came. A few who failed to get away at once were detained at the border and interned, but the great majority of them got across easily enough, as in the early days of the war it was not difficult to secure the necessary' credentials. I know that even as late as the spring of 1915, when I was nervous and overworked, I pro cured a pass through our embassy and went to Geneva, Switzerland, for ten days. Outside of having to' an swer a few questions on the border, both going and coming, there was no difficulty. In the absence of Japanese upon which to .vent their spleen, the Ger mans did everything they could to make life miserable for those who resembled Japs. The few Chinese who were there were terribly treat ed either because they were taken for Japs or because they were of the same race. The Siamese min ister. Prince Traidos, 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 Japanese as monkeys and using other opprobrious epithets. They even went so far as to spit in Princess Traidos' face, and the minister finally decided to send her and the children to Switzerland, although he himself remained at post. I saw the Kaiser shortly after the Japanese declaration of war, and he was very bitter against the United States because of that development. "What is your President thinking of to allow a yellow race to attack a white race: Now the Japanese are attacking Kiau-Chau, and America could have prevented it. All that America had to do was to raise a finger and Japan would have known enough to keep her place!" He spoke in this strain on several subsequent occasions. (To Be Continued. Mother Learns Son Died Heroic Death in Battle How William Gorner, 1916 Penn street, Harrisburg, met a hero's death from a Hun grenade, is graphically and pathetically told in a letter to his sorrowing mother from Captain Truman Smith, of the company in which Gorner was a member. The letter he speaks of must have been written just before Gorner went into action for it was not sealed. Cap tain Smith wrote as follows: "Dear Mrs. Gorner: "I have hardly the heart to send the enclosed letter to you but I found it to-day among the mail to be cen sored. It must have been written by your son a week ago, but he was ordered to the front and prevented it being sent. "Your son had the honoc of be ing the first man of my company to give his life-for his country and civi lization. He gave all he had, with a courageous and faithful spirit and the sacrifice he made is a blow, fearful and terrible, not only to you but to each officer and man in this company. Your grief and sorrow, my words cannot avail, but I can assure you that your son's death was a glorious one and you may well be proud of him. "He was killed by a German rifle grenade, and I can assure you there was no suffering and death was in stantaneous. We could not carry his body back to the rear, so heavy Was the German fire, and so burled him upon a hilltop of France, not 100 yards from the German lines. After the war I hope we may bring his body back to America. Let us who remain fight on to victory in the cause for which your son gave his life. "I wish to convey to you and his family my personal heartfelt sym pathy and the condolence of Company A, the 4th Regiment of United States Infantry. "Very sincerely, "TRUMAN SMITH. "Capt. Inf. Commanding Co. A." Famine Prevails in Russian Cities Washington. Food and living conditidns in Moscow and Petro grad are pitiful, according to a let ter received here by the Y. W, C. A. War Work Council from Miss Eliz abeth Boies, who was sent to Rus sia to establish girls' clubs. "People in Moscow and- Petrograd ars forced to live in one-room apart ments, and are Selling their furni ture in order to buy food." writes Miss-Boies, and adds that the pres ent government has taken over all available quarters, compelling the owners to exist in one or two crowd ed rooms while the rest of the house is occupied by soldiers or people connecte'd with the new government. Many civilians have been forced to leave owing to the congestion. "Our chief diet is kasha and veal." continues the letter. "Pota toes are getting scarce, but milk and butter can be bought and spring vegetables are coming. We nearly expired over a 'cheap' soup that some one's mother wrote to suggest to us as a food possibility—a can of tomatoes, oatmeal, peppers and a few other things, any one of them a luxury* * Eleven Colored Men Are Sent to Camp Draft Board No. 2 and 3 of the city, and the Steelton County Board, sent eleven colored men to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va„ this morning. They were: Board No. 3.—John W. Wilson. Tomorrow, Saturday, We Launch the Opening Selling OF OUR IMMENSE NEW FALL STOCK OF SWEATERS FOR MEN, VVOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS All the Popular Styles, Weaves and Colors Represented We certainly prepared abundantly for the fall sweater season. We could jfK -J easily see that the demand would be greuter than ever and we knew by the ir W way prices were moving upward thut we should buy heuvlly and protect \ our customers to the limit against any unnecessary excess prices. You reap '• I T/ these benefits to-morrow, the opening day of the fnll sweater season. Buy J Vh now. Save now. And choose from the full assortments. /\ JJWv Scores of Styles in The Best to Be Had in fsh\ 1 WOMEN'S SWEATERS MEN'S SWEATERS //'. \\f/ jj&A. New fall Coat Sweaters In all Men's and Boys Sweaters all / i". l/yf IM\ \ new and exclusive shades and pop- new light, medium and extra A I ' l) -..111 M \. s> ,\ ular styles—an extra large assort- heavy weight; navy, maroon, grav, / /V / ■ilH-F? V \ ment to select from. brown, garnet and black 1 'V 111 7/7 ) $3.98 to $16.981 $1.69 to $9.981 V^r! A Big Shipment of CHILDREN'S FALL rfl p* S * SLIP-OVER SWEATERS—Sizes 24, 26 and MK I o \\\ j i""" i yifei FIRST FLOOR i- 1 Twenty-five Satin Dresses GO ON SALE TOMORROW, SATURDAY Including Values Up to $15.00. Take Your Pick of the Entire Lot at Wc arc sorry the lot Is limited. Come in the morning and get the first elioicc. New models for afternoon and street wear— for women and misses—and the eolors arc black and Copenhagen only. Of course that is why we are selling them at this price. If we had all shades and a full assortment they would go for full price. White Wash Skirts Silk Poplin Skirts Choice of all the better grade White Skirts—Gab- Twenty-fi\ e Silk Poplin ardine, Linen and Pique. Skirts —Black and Navy— Values (f* C% A£? 24 to 30 (t% **% f\ f \V^ : .bt Consists of HThis Lot Consists of Silk Fiber Hose Mercerized Hose Lisle top. double sole and j dn^fj es 'J ft , I ®' H C l riz f d „ H ° s , e ' high spliced heel; black and sll ® htl3 f colors Sale orice /*• a I inipeifect, black ind colors f colors, bale price, | sjzeB tQ 1Q ga P 9 P rice - Pair WC CMl® PM COnS u ° f fl 300 Pairs Full Fashioned Silk Fiber Hose j Thread Silk Hose Lisle top, double sole and 9 Silk hose, double sole and high spliced heel; in black. <1 high spliced heel, with slight white and colors; sizes 8H 1 imperfections; in black and to 10. Sale price, Qll* II white; sizes 814 to *1 in Pair [| 10< gale pHce pai ,.Pl .IH FIRST FLOOR AT K4IFM4VS Four Big Lots of Waist Specials The Cream of the Season's New Styles Waists Waists Waists Waists ut at at 94c 's!; y 7 t51.64 $2.74 Voile waists voile waists Jap Silk Crepede in clever new with rxcep- Waists, in Chine Waists models, with tionally /ine flesh, white in the choicest smart collars trimming; big and all the models of the and cuffs. lot. leading shades season. FIRST FLOOR —I Vacuum Cleaners I Electric Iron and SWEEPER COMBINED F^Elec s7.so value; fully *>f QC tric l ron w "h all attach . . , , U>4<"3 monts; fully guar- d0 QC guaranteed; special anteed; special 90. nD Gas Hot Plates Garden Hose~ Two- ' Burner 20-foot piece hentern. COUplingß for SPIXTAL. .. $1.491 ' $3.69 I ol "SIS" "AOCARPPn. ™CH | lon ia 1 Rag Muslin Pil- 36-inch wide 5-ft. Porch Rugs; good low Cases, 42x Rag Carpet; Gates Col big size; well 36 hemmed. d quality; 'apsible, well made; special, ready for use; 6 . made and $8.95 apeclal .. .85c g P ec ' al -> d - 49< -'| finished. #Bc BALL MASON FRUIT JARS Complete With Tops and Gums Pint Bize, dozen. . 85c Caps, porcelain lined, doz. 25c Quart size, dozen 75c Jar Gums, dozen 5o Philadelphia: Thomas C. Clark, Brooklyn;' James Moore, 1109 State: Charles Stinney, 1496 North Seventh, and Francis J. Williams, 1232 Bailey, Board No. 2 will send Theodore Leed. 665 Briggs street. Steelton Board —Elijah Green, 115 Locust: Jesse Bridge*. 220 Bailey; George Wallace Jones, 82 Furnace; Charles Little, 71 Locust; Alexander STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES SATURDAY 9 P. M. '-c Kire>\'< STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES SATURDAY 9 P. M. AUGUST 23, 1918 w. Stephens. 146 Adams; James Dog gett. 45 Locust; Klah Bell, 126 Ridge, all of Stealton. Selectives from the entire state who leave to-day number 359. TO INSTRUCT DRAFTEES The selectives to go to Camp Lee from City Board No. 1 and the Pax = .VT k tl Start the Boy to School Well Dressed—Outfit Him Here —and while you arc gottlnj; him clothes that arc going to make hint look good alongside other boys, economize by buying; his clothes at Kaufman's. . Boys' School Suits $4.95 7 to 17 years. Splendid Mixed f.l\ Cheviot Suits, the new Norfolk '\ W\ Trench model. iOnt V~l Boys' Corduroy Suits ErfflfL $5.95 f 7 to 17 years. No increase in the I price for these good, strong, drab 'n' —~*"l shade Corduroy Suits. New Nor- If n \ a "•folk Trench model. Belt all around. rj rX \ \ Boys' Norfolk Suits V $6.95 f 1 7 to 17 years. New Norfolk Trench models, slashed pockets, belt ■- j rol all around. At a price tnat is a real Xy bargain. Little Boys' School Suits ,44 40 Sizes 4to 8 years. Made in two shades of fir Corduroy; straight pants. Military Trench models, slashed pockets; button to the neck. Just the good, serv iceable kind for the little chap.' BOYS' ODD PANTS FOR SCHOOL WEAR Pants.° dd . SI .00 E ° dd $1.19 Six to 17 years; made of ; Six to 17 years; neat mixed neat cheviot; all seams taped; !> cheviots; well made; cut full; cut full. taped seams. Mens and Young Men's $0 CA PALM BEACH SUITS . . . pO.DU BUY NOW FOR LABOR DAY AND BE READY These are way above the average Palm Beach Suits you see advertised all over. Seeing is believing. Genuine cold water shrunk Palm Beach Suits. Serviceable. eo4l summer suits. You will rtnd in this lot values up to $13.50 and all sizes. Men's and Young Men's - $lO QEJ Suits, Values to $20.00 at P 1 New Trench models, slashed pockets, Military back and conser vative models. The materials are Homespuns, Cheviots. Uassi meres and Silk Mixed Worsteds. Haudsomely trimmed and per fect fitting. Four Men's Furnishing Specials SPLENDID SATURDAY VALUES Men's Hose Men's Union Suits 39c 69c Men's Fiber Silk Hose Men's White Rib Union black and colors slight- Suits: ankle or three-quar ly imperfect. ter length; short sleeves. Men's Suspenders WORK ° ark Blu<; 23c SHIRTS 95C Men's Good Web Suspend- Wm-'k'shlru g ,„ , gather ends; cast-off f£fc hl gJt It FIRST FI.OOR f AT KAUFMAN'S V AT KAUFMAN'S \ Over 200 Excellent New T n* f House and Porch J™ Bl ? ots of DRESSES Children sDresses in all Sizes and Patterns S P ecial For Saturday Saturday Sale, One Lot at One Lot at $2.45 $1 69 $1 95 We want to Impress very X • X •mob strongly upon you that these dresses are all full cut Ages 3to I Ages