THE KAISER AS I KNEW HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS By ARTHUR X. DAVIS. D. D. S. (Copyright. 1!)18, by the MoClnif Xewsp;ner SytuUcate) (Continued.) • Although the Kaiser so freely ad mitted his designs on the world at large, he was impatient of any ex pansion on the part of our nations. He often spoke of England's "grab bing" propensity and viewed with suspicion our annexation of Hawaii and the Philippines and our develop ment of Cuba after the Spanish- American \ytr. He professed to see In our new policy a striving after "world power which was inconsistent with the principles upon which our government was founded. He objected to our interference In Mexican affairs, although, as was disclosed by the Zimmermann note to von Eckhardt, he was making every effort to have Mexico interfere ■with ours. "What right has President Wil son to attempt to dictate the inter nal policies of Mexico?" he asked. "Why not let them tight their bat tles out alone?" Alluding to America's threat to enter the present ,war, he asked: "What right has America to insist upon the Monroe Doctrine of Amer ica and then mix In European af fairs. Let her recognize also a Monroe Doctrine of Europe and keep her hands out of this conflict!" There is no doubt that the Kaiser imagined that the great army and navy he had built up would enable him to carry out his ambitious pro gram without effective resistance. The one power he most feared but for which he professed the utmost contempt was England. He had an Idea that England would never dare to measure swords with Germany and that he could provoke a war iVhen the opportune moment came without much fear of England's in tervention In 1911, when the international situation over the Moroccan affair was i articularly acute as a result of Germany's having sent a gunboat to Agadir to demonstrate that she was serious in her demands, the Kaiser had great hopes that wai with Krance might thus be precipt- I tated and he was confident that Eng- ! land would keep out of it. "England would be afraid to go to war with us," he told me at the time, "for fear of losing Egypt. In dia and Ireland. Any nation would think twice before fighting by arm- : ies. but England particularly be cause she would not dare to risk the ! loss of her overseas colonies." Had Austria shown any disposi tion to support Germany at this j juncture, the European war would j have been started in 1911 instead or 1914. but Emperor Franz Josef was evidently opposed to the Kaiser's plan' at that time and the conflict was postponed. When the opportunity came again in 1!'1( the Kaiser was still confi dent that England would not inter vene—a fact which has been clearly < revealed in the recent disclosures of , Prince Lichnowsky the last Ger- j man ambassador to England. Wher. the Kaiser's ambitious proj ect to dominate the world is consid ered his consistent opposition to the universal disarmament proposals is easily understood. Without a su perior army and navy, his whole plan would have to be abandoned and his 1 dream of worldwide dominion would be shattered. On one occasion when we were discus.-ing the Carnegie Peace ef lorts, the Kaiser disclosed very posi tively just where he stood on the proposition. 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"That is out of the question to- Germany," replied the Kaiser, de cisivelv. "We have no mountain like the Pyrenees to protect us. W have the open plains of Russia will, their vast hordes endangering us No: we shall remain armed to the teeth forever!" CHAPTER XI Prince Von Plcss One of my most distinguished pa tients in Germany was Euerst < Prince) von Pless. Although he occupied no position of state, he was so close to the Kaiser and enjoyed his confidence to such a supreme degree that I always regarded what he told me as more or less an echo of the Kaiser's own sentiments. In deed it so frequently happened, when the visit of one of them fol lowed shortly after the other had been to see me. that they gave ex pression to the same views in al most the same terms, that 1 had concrete evidence of their intimate ■association. _ Besides being a confidante of the Kaiser, the Prince was one of the most influential men .in Germany. Next to Fuerst von Heckel-Donners ntarck, he was probably Germany's largest land owner, his possessions including large coal mines and big estates upon which were two of the tiriest castles in Germany. For these reasons, I feel that it may be valuable to record some of the things von Pless told mc from time to time, but which might otherwise be out of place in these pages. The Prince's wife was the daugh ter of Mrs. Cornwallis-West. She was one of the most beautiful wom en in England and quite the most beautiful who had ever come to Germany. It was the Prirtcess who first came to me as a patient—early in 1909. Shortly afterwards I received a long distance telephone message from the Prince to the effect that he in tended calling on me at my office the following afternoon, whifch was a Saturday. 1 had previously arranged to go out of town for the weekend to participate in a golf match at Leip zig. and I asked the Prince whether he could not arrange to see me the following Monday instead. He said that that would be quite satisfac tory. Later in the day, however, dur ing my absence, he called up again and left word that he would be at thy office Saturday afternoon as he had originally intended, and as it was impossible for me to get in touch with him again. I had to give up the plans I had made and re main in town to receive him. Naturally, when he arrived I was not prepared to be particularly cor dial to hint. f I had pictured him a typical German aristocrat whose selfishness never allows for the-con venience of others, and I didn't care very much whether I made a favor able impression upon him or not, although the Princess had shown herself to be such a charming indi vidual I did not wish to offend her after she had advised the Prince to visit me. When the Prince arrived, my ill humor and preconceived ideas as to the type of man he was disappeared simultaneously. I found hint to be a tall blonde, broad-shouldered man of about 48. more English than German in appearance, his slightly drooping moustache contrasting conspicuously with the upturned ap pendages favored by most of the German aristocrats and others who aped the Kaiser. This Prince was every inch a sportsman—another point in which he differed widely from the general run of the German nobility. He was permanently lame as a result of having been thrown from a horse while hunting. In his actions and conversation, he was one of the most democratic Germans I have ever known. In the years which followed, during which he visited me regularly for professional attention. I always felt perfectly free to air my views and to answer the sentiments expi essett by the Prince without the slightest restraint, and he never resented my attitude. While I ha