1 i J Corn Belt Churches flio Methodist church Is planning .'if i vigorous campaign to establish ?uuu community churches undr ! leadership of sp-daily trained pnslot in vivrloiiH pat ( s of the "corn belt" conn try. 'i.'Ui-t has been found iiieeeury on tiu fjunt of the r.ipdly changing pop. -oJatloti In tliocJ"iirinliig joinmunlttes, aevJoiiliiiK to the it-port of a special tummlttoe, li-il by Dr. (J. V. hluini, of tJimilui, which recently completed mi wtonslvc survey of country church conditions In these sections. The Methodist church Is about 8l cr cent rural, aiut It it the intention of the Missionary Cenrenury eotumlv ion, umlor whose iitisplues the survey vriiK nttidc, to make the churches in rmal communities center of social activity as well as of religious wot ship Mevoral such Institutions have been opened In other pints of the count r) hiuI ate proving very successful Swift & Co. Defense Answering charges preferred by the Federal Trade Commission, Svvift A U, wuose advertising appears cle wu re in tit Is piper, put up a strong argi'tnetit 111 dcfeiisa. We ipinie out iti 1 1 ,is a sample: I ho commission Mays Mm' Ihepielo ii' pnitlt, of nite-quiii tor of a cent pei put id on beef Hiuntiuls to ?f a ton as outlined to only 'J5 emits pr tun prof t ' ii c al As a inntt,r of fiict an aw ra eiptHllty tult of huf is worth" a! wt c -ule at. present about flot), where. ai s in of anthracite coal at thlewu tff l v irtli only about $7. Cntnpiue a i i "n Ht on a IH'O s.i;o with a S.'i cent j tollt on a $7 sulu The beef pivf. it is .i ily about 1 tf lr cent coat pr-ir. It o i .') ,' per c j ,' 'I i Ir'- Smli. . rx ML-.I ov . ' , i i lers- ' vi ,i j f s- !t a t i'.u Vnu' .i(, ,0J iu lau" ji.nt i. iv ,o j In I Co J) W.iij -.t an i appail supKruteiy, v'hlle e.i.ii i l'i -r-1 In catloU or ton lot "' In Every Time Stress at 1 lilllenlty for over uipetv w-ir Tii i.nt lin ('ontpini.in liaa loo.l ly t'tc 'itiilly. It has eheered and on eiCMintged and cnlertuiuod -delight el ill.lnformitig all. and nmldnt,' liOinc llfeatiil loyal sotitiment the ideal o' ill I I'or lll!) tlie pablisior Intend to tnalie the paper worth more to family life than ever before. The splendid Mei'ul? alone are events In next year's reading in the family life. Ildndreds -I'ltthoTlK'oilos ami Arilclni bygioar fiintilliutnis.'aiid a Hteatly Htreiim of helpful u ess in everything from the solid and set ions to the happy humor (or which Tlie Companion is famed. In these days the whole family needs The Cunpanioti, ami it Is still only S'2 00 a year for .VJ splendid issues Uoul mis draco Richmond'.", great erlal, Anno Kxoter, 10 chapters, be ginning December U Thu following spoclrl olfou is undo to now subserlbeis: 1 Tlie Youth's Companion fi'.' issues of nun. ' V All the lemaining weekly issues of UMS. '.) The Companion Home Caleuilur for Ul'.i. All the above for only S2 00, or you may in-dudc, 1, MuCall'o M,i,'tiziuc V! fashion tumihi.1'1. All for only S2,no The two inagnv.iuoi may be sent to sepa rate utdieses if desired. 1 ilU YOUTH'S COMPANION' v'ii'ra mwualth Ave. A. St. l'aul St., h . t ai, Mass. . . iVisOiiptioiis rceclvil at th.s Weaker and Wiser t. .- . ..ftett Uhhi; U said tba'. ''men are lti i .ng weaker and wiser," mid thci e , r,i ,i iciieuit for tliu statement. In i!, i clinpUtr of UbhosIs we iuivo the m i i i'f many men who livud ttnui' Via i yeRff., or about twenty times xi l" t as tlie average person lives "-o'. li is tlioiofore safe to 8iy tint ai n tin n had twenty times as much tun. f.ireo a thwy have now, and were invti hicgur. Tin- lu-ilhtend of On, king of ll'i-hau was u tie uuhlus long, or aiaiui llfu- n lee and four luelies. (See Unit 11:11) .1-mii down in David's time, after the hl ol tu-tii hud but U greatly ediortun ii, i' h doubt'osi a coru'stiotuliiig i.e. a. size mid .slieiigtli, (inlnuii i s eiitdtb and a imu in heichth. V . I . ii leu (MUt Hii'i Keren llllMJs uauwl 1"T:1). Thhb chu t. i. . . but whut : 'i ar bec-ml: ' f( Aftt tlwy lt ,',?'iiil i .'tH'H years Hgg, tbo (..'.iphct suli) Unit at U certun time ' dull i tin o Hint do, nti I . - litti shttli I'e ilreseli.', One ' ( 'i I , ears a 'i th-r(twere na rat.- "a s- (.i,i no ti,ins iHitfiililc steamship '.. l'eu HI ls4il, s I'Jtig l.Ollls 1 1. ii , wiis afrnid to hoard a train ! .iv. three yen is tno the (Dlophuiui Wus imkiiiiu-n, now 'iii,(XMl,Otl0 nnjKMijjes an -lutdaily in ilUhcuiiutry. buvciity jttufi ago uat;les were unknown; but Ji v ihey eoiineei all tho largo ports of the world. Tho your 17l) saw the Unl clictni) railway, 1HUI tlie Ih-hi witelrss telegraph, and 11JC1 tho tlit aeiop'atie A uiessnjfe can no v complete the clrc'e i1 Uiglot'O while w btcakfast Alen il fi oin Route to Loudon while wo do a ihi.v's work, A hundred tiious and warriors traverse, tho Ul.iutlc in aicU In and out of New" York Cty ko 200,000 people every day. Tlie automobile, which was u great ctirlosl- ty twenty years ago, N now the car-. tlurof millions of pi uplij dully. ' Men haic come to .Imfy sclent' and j Its lielilewuiilllti Inst l Ot seeing ill these if i cat dewlopuii' i's it d licet t n -; lllinent of Dinlel's vi-'ils The gio d runiiiug to iiimI fin unit lueicise of kliowlolge, together witu the fulfil-' inuiit of other prophec!"", indicite thnt Uiu time to wlueh Daniel resrretl is, lirilV, "tli" time, of tlte end " (See Diinlel I-': I) there are very few prophecies yit. to i.' fiiiiineu net ire we I'Hicii 'ho time tneiitloned in Dan iel l'i: I and llcvehitlouMMO-l'J Tliftu ant solemn times, times when the judgements of (Sod -ue bringing hoiiiu men to their semes, times whori moil nrc (It elding their own destiny for eternity; thu time when the nations ate angry and (lod'.s wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged (see Uevelatlon 11:1) the time when tlte go-pel of the king tlottl is to be pr.nushod in all the ivn'M for a witness unto all uiitiiu'" (a u uutthew si 11) "Who shall be able so stand 1" (Uovelftlou CiM'i ) For an answer to this all important question, read the Kith Ps'ilin. mill the .'Ird ami Hit verses of the SI ill I'miIiii; also Ieleslnstes l'-hlb, 11, and Uevelatlon 'J.': II. ICven while wo become weaker phy sleirlly, let tis ilulurinliio to become rtiscr spiritually. llespeetffllv, Wi:.Ki:h.v. Wi.hijii Protect the Girls "Ilystuim over the hoy in Uhukl luis alway been dplaynl. Rightly so, hut may them now bo developed as well gome hy.nei!a for the women and gills belonging to the second tinny, also 1,600,000 stioug, who ate making the munitions, the hats, the hoots, the suits, the blankets, that arc keeping thu first tinny at the front." ' This plea Mm. Joseph Stronc, fit. Paul, vice chairman of the Central Y. W. C. A. Department, made to the. Nebraska Y. V. C. A. campaign coni nfUop when mcctnij with them-ic- !, of ll.,l,n "n I' sottf '':it'' " :!.' i'd ' .' ' .a .. . c .' j " rsiy ' &k.C '-.-p l.'.m an aut .ido. Docs nnioti ever think to go tut to tin factory when, the eight hours of nervous worl: arc done, and take for a- spin the girl viho has been uakhig fhella or other war esgentials i'orlilm?M To the attention these workers s-hould lcccivo and the part the Y. W. C. A. iu its war woil; irogmm plays ,ti supplying it, Mrs. Strongo devoted most of her talk. Danger to the girl lies, she says, in the fact that many of the: i, and included are thousands of farm girls, are entering industry for the first time and are being thrown in open contact with men. Some arc taking men's positions and show a tendency to regard the change ilippantly. In most of thu work there is the nervous attain that the demand for accuracy and speed creates. "The government," she reminded, "has put fo itself the task of main taining the morale and setting at a higher standaid the molality of the man it has called to arms. Just as inipoitant," she claimed," is that the same work be done among the women Ailing their places or entering war in dustiies. Realizing tiie fact, the gov ernment has commandeered the Y. V. C. A. to accomplish it. And the Y. Y C. A. has followed the girl into het new industrial life, provided proper place for her to live, proper food foi her to oat, tlie right sort of recreation after the grind and attain of the day's work, and even advised in the choice of her clothing. It is doing the sanu for the colored gill as for the white sflrl, and not only to increase oflV ioncy v.liich in hint insures greatet output, but to keep apace tho ideal., of the "second army" with that of the army on the llring lino that is nmklng. .Vifc world a fit place to livo ifi. "For what matter," Mm. .tiunw -aid in climax, "that we beat tlte Ger man annios, if we lose our own gii'ltt? f feel so sltongly on this point," she idded, "that I boliovo it tho duty of every woman not actually engaged lr. war work to look after the wclfato of tho-o who arc." Musical Expression In Children. A writer says : "The greater part of chlhlrcn'a tlmo M spi-nt In elahnrnto Inipersonntlon ami mrUe-bellevo, nud tho ejillru basis of their education Is acquired through this directly assimi lative faculty." This applied most forcibly to musk and Rives to those who have tho care of children almost unlimited. opportunity for developing musical expression. World's Kctt t Places.' Th J'tthoyn desert, h'tween partd V.) 10 and 0. lnvtii Id r- I !! tVe leiltfst Tilocfl lntle WMlH, bllt Tlviiff- rlmd, ill ;'d dt v lit Tud'n, Is oveic: 'httir. In "imtri r rpi''i. ' Is snld ' ,-..' ' .' .. tlliovo 1. d . i .n 'IihI R. L McBride REAL ESTATE LOANS INSURANCE Olll'o Over Trlne's llaidwaro CLOUD. :;:; :.( j ;:;:! ::-:i i;:l SI The Kaiser as I Knew Him For Fourteen Years m ARTHUR N. DAVIS. D. D. S. (Copyright, 1918, by the McClurc Newspa per .Syndicate..) "Knghind expects to starve my women and children to death," he de clared to tne early lu the war lojig before we In (tcrninny hud begun to feel the slightest effect of tlte dimin ishing fund supply, "hut our Zeppelins will give their women and children u tasle of war, loo. Confound (hem: They sit on their Island and try to starve us; we will give them a taste of what war I!" This was the man whose various nets of consideration towards me, whose tnlcn.s nud personal charms hud made such a fuvorafilu Impression upon me I How ttlvlnl and Inconse quential they nil seemed nowl Clear ly, they were all a part of the role he had been phtyluc for years. While he was outwardly displaying all the ear marks of n g title character, he wa inwardly plotting to dominate the world. For twenty-flvc jenrs he main tained the peace of Humpe, he fre quently boasted. He maintained peace Just long enough to complete Ids final jireriratlom for the rlcireth'st war tint' wo ci'" ' tgi ' ' And v"l pv' i'r.ly enough, ova ..'ter ae 'mi" hrd " i I ni rut in low true to.'ni . .u lull! Mi';".- ".! . . ., , -. t ..., .i ,ife,.,i....ji ? .... .i hate (bought were torcign to hi P.-- turo, his presence always had a most remarkable effect upon me. " I have u vivid mental iuiprcpsf hi lihn now as I write. He Is stai.dlnf 11 the cenfer of my room, drawn up to in full height, his sliouhlus thrown back his left hand upn tho hilt of hi sword and hi.-, right entphii dzlng hlv remarks, pruteiilng in the umst earn est manner that It was not he who v:i responsible for the war and all It horrors, but that It had come unof the world despite nil he hud tlniiu tf prevent It. Ills ready, woll-chosei words entrance me. 1 feel that till mtiii must he tc!liti' mi.' the tt'dth aiU I am really to believe that before nil stands the most unjustly judged mitt' in the world. And then lie Minl.o! my hnnd lit fare well and Is driven away, and as I ga.i" nt the spot when- he stood, there cotnes before my eyes the desolation of Del Khun, the tragedy of the I.usltnnlu, tin despoliation of France and I'oland. tin destruction "of women and chlhlicn in Loudon and Paris and u thousand nni' one other atrocious deeds which belli the kaiser's fair words, and I rcalisu that I have been talking to the worlds most llnlshed actor and have slii!pl been hew li cited by the power of ln. personal ii.tignctlsin. CHAPTER IV. America Diccppolnta Kaiser. The kaiser ascended the throne In ISSS. For twenty-six years his relcn was tiiiiuatred by a single war, id though twice diirlit': that period, mm In llHVi and ngalu lu 1011. he neurij Siicvcded In pive, .(.illng a Ciutll '. Kuhseuui'nt ilcu'lopincnts lit i hi'oii.'.'ht out ileucly eno tJi that tin.. . all thisii years; of p .; e, thu he; i wm.-. .nt,v av, alt lug 'he opportune ic Went ti, l.rlng on war. Ofim.ia..'a prejiuii.ibiu cottjl&ted led nuivly in bulldui,; up her army n. nay hsxi itrJptii3 a jnllitary s'.:.. iu her people,-but iu trying to cm ,'i I'.sh frlcnOshtiyii ttiroi'd phere fl j would do the Liost g-wd in'tlic i it of vrid wav. 1Uv (Xcmwa military prepar ' ,-'- i.a.rc nr I. f,.iiu;s. Tho -lu '.iw.iji. K-i .t iidvoceii frankly ndtnlltcd thnt It was his Inftu tlon to remain tinned to tho teeth, id though ho protested to me many tlm-s that his solo object was to nuiiutu n tho pence of the world. In llilll, for Instance, I was In The Ilaguo when Carueglo dollvered a npeech ,at tho opening of the l'c.i o palace, hi tho course of which ho -dared that the kaiser wn u btr i-hllng-block In the wuy i.f world p .. . When I got back to Kerlln,I ineiiii i 04. the fact to the ht.Iscr, 1iojlI n ': o druv j. .a cuv. "Yet, i fcnow exactly v. hat Oftro i 8tid nt The llagMfr," he ie,lled nv i twrtlly, "uti'i I Uon't- like tho wpj ' u pt t aP. Tie riferreil to roe H a wr lunViikn said I was ramUt n the way of woihl pijflce, Ll Wm 1 't ut my iHtcoi'd ot twpnh'-fl,o j,'c;v 1 ft B D yeftrs on the throne I No, the si f mqtttis to innlnt.dn the peiico nt i world Is my hi ; unai'funJ ntivy 1 Ot' r natloutj will think twice hefovo g to war with us!" Tho fact that he 1 d previously accepted 0,000,000 nun .s from Carnegie 'for tlio'furtherance of universal peace didn't seem to on in to him. i Ami tho world at largo learned na :o or less of Gerui'in Intrigue uml pri i iganUa since the war, hut It Is not y i orally Known that the stimo' son of thing ts gthi'-uii evm more ttcth ',ax In time of pctce" Countless nicasu , of tho most subtlo and Insidious tl r- WMImMMMIiaiWV-UMa"H's. NEBRASKA, OHIEP miwiwiiiijiiMmMJn !' ter, wofi tulten to lull Into n 'scime of iitNo efuiMy the nations Hhe Intended eventually to nllnHc uml toluspltefcar ill of conituiuid tlie rcsticri of nations hlcli nlic hoped ,oull l'ltitaltt neutral or might even lie induced to throw in their lot with lie-H In the event of war. In this phusu of tipvnntny'.s iircpnrti lion for war, the Itnlner took u leading part. It Is a fact, for Instance, that prac tically every olllccr In the Chilean army Is n (ierinnn, and the kaiser has spared no pains' to foster the friend ship of the South American republics, conunerclally and One of the Sot ters told me of1 diplomatically. th American minis- .'rin ex-nresldunt of Peru who had ybited llcrlln. This Peruvian had previously visited Lon don tint! Paris nhfY had received little or no olltelal attention hi cither of those capitals. For reasons best known to himself, the kaiser decided to cater to this gentleman, nud, accord ingly arranged an audience. In the discussion which took place when they met, the kaiser displayed such a reinjirkitble uc(ualntanco with Peruvian affairs and the family his tory and pnllllcal career of his visitor that the Kouth American was stunned. When be return."! home he carried wllh him n most exalted Idea of the ill-pervading wlsiUun of the Cicrmttn emperor. To what extent the kaiser had spent the midnight oil preparing for this Interview I have no knowledge, but knowing the l'.npir(iiuce he plan it upon making a favorable impression .it ulj times I have n mental picture ot Ids delving deeply Into South Ameri can lore in prostration for his guest. There is nothing dearer to the kaiser than caste and sordid distinction. Mor .'it untie lunrrhigcH were naturally ab horrent to him. Kt vert hel ess, hefou Archduke Frum: Ferdinand, the sue lessor to tho Auntrluu throne, was, murdered, tho kulier nol only recog nized his morganatic wife, who wtu only a countcssi, but went out of his way to show her -5 ' i. lie pi- ' her nt hls.iigH v r,ll vnto funcMnsJ WlllcH -iv ... ., .. '-tu lulOi; AUs.1 and u.mIiuui. . &' .' i..,ettier, i.. n-i v. itllfi to wa., .' "i his ilTp-rc-'iui pviMtullces. Tho signifleanra of tho. kalseKs many visits to Italy, his presentation of. a bttttuc to Stockholm, his yachting xcurslons Iu Jjcandlnavlan wnterr. ills lllrtalluits with Turkey from hi castle on the Island of Corfu, and sim ilar acts' of lugratiatlon, becomes quite . pparent in tl o 1 ice of more recent developments, bill 'tis efforts to euro tavor with Ameth.t during' nil tin .ears of peace which preceded the wm were so much iu nv elaborate that thej deserve more than pushing mention. No more subtle piece of propaganda waa. ever conceived thtin the kaiser's plan of I'xchuimlug professors between ho United States and Germany through the establishment of the Roosevelt .and Harvard chairs at the University of I'.erlln tTnd corresponding chain ,.t L'nr...l t.nd other America: universities. Ostensibly thu purpose ot the project was to foster good-will be tween the two nations. Actually, It was intended to (lerinanlze Amerlcanr to such an extent that their co-opera-tlon might be relied upon hi the event of war for which tleriminy was sed ulously preparing. It was believed that the exchange ot profes.-'urs would accomplish the' tier until purpose In two ways: not oulj could the professors the knlrer sent t America be depended upon to sow tier man seed iu American soil, but the American ptofcsMirs who were sent to Herlln, It was hoped, could be so in oculatid wltlt the Cerman viewpoint thnt when they teiurned to their na tive laud they Would disseminate it tinning t licit' associates and students. Soil., .into In lore the kaiser con ceived the scheme of the F: hung' Profes.-ors, he sent his brother, Prince Ileiir.t, to this lonntry lu draw the two ititiionK closer together and to In still iu ihe heari of every child born in America of U rman uircnts" an .'Qtiiding love for t;n fatherlaud. .lti-r' before th w;ir hroke out, lu was piai.nlng to s. mi one of his sont here wlrh tho Btim'' 'HJect , He toltl WO of l.i :Uct mii as!:ttl tae to hlcll fart ti the. United State: 'X'thMi.r'it Jwonuht 10 send tKiTprJncp '"intii uepouii , j i -ii p luujcsif, i re piled, "upon th ".iject of the !sU If t!i 'iiirpnsc I ,o vieet An - !:it s'ocii.y, i woiiUi ij'O.::;.: ..': s;;ci places as Newport In r.unimer and Palm Ileach In winter. To come In contact with pur statesmen and diplo mats, Washington would naturally lie the most likely place to visit." The lKiIser thanked nte for the In formation but did not enter Into fur-. titer details ns to the object ho had iu mind or which .son he had planned to send across. It was to curry favor wllh America (hat tho kalsor had his yacht Meteor hu'ui In uwflldpyin'tis, and jt Is a tact ihiit id lire American v.'onien'vcre pre sented nl the Genu iu court, than those cfnny other nation. ''When he nretu(p(l a Btatuo of JjVeJerl.k tho Oiv.it U) tills country, in Mckinley's ndniiniptrutlon, It ere- . (feed a great atir la .congress. Vllat could he lo8 appropriate, It was ar gued, than the statue of n monarch in the cui tni.(ft i"uhllc? 'ilv Btatuo was nol tot tip' In JTeIImV.vV "dmlnlB tratlon, hut ltoo.soolt uccepf'-d It In tho Interest of diplomacy and had It erected in front of tho Army building. Seeing that his-gift had had Just the opposite effect to that Intended, the knitter reprimanded his nmhassndor for nol having interpreted Amerjcan sontlnwMit more accurately. A few days after tho death of King Kdward, Roosevelt arrived hi Uerlin Despite tho fact that all Ktlropo was In mourning, tho kaiser nrranged the mnst elaborate military dress review ever given In honor of n private citizen to cob brute Rnn-cveH's, visit. The re view was held hi the large military reservation near lierlln. More than 300,000 tint tilers pasod In review he fore the kuNer and his stuff and their honored guest. How far the kaiser would have gone In his attentions to Roosevelt hud ho not been In mourning It Is Impossible to say, but I don't bellevo he would have left anything undone to show his admiration for the American ex-president and to curry favor with this country. . Hut Roosevelt was not the only American to whom the knlser made overtures. He was constantly Inviting Amerlcnn millionaires to pay Iiltn yachting visits tit Kiel or wherevei else ho happened to he. Ho sat for a portrait by an Ameri can painter, which was exhibited with a large collection of other American works under the kaiser's auspices. There was nothing that the kaiser did not do In his efforts to Ingratiate himself with this country In the hope that he would reap his reward when tho great war he was anticipating eventually broke out. Taken Individually, these various in cidents seem trivial enough, but I have every reason to know that the kaiser at Inched coiilderuhle Impor tance to them. I know lliit there wu it good deal of eh:-"riu In the tirades he delivered finite -t Inst America foi her part In supplying munitions to tiro allies chagrin at the thought that the seed he had sown tt America had failed to bring forth better fruit. When we finally e.iiired tlte war and ho realized that all his carefully mu ltireel plans of years hud availed hjm naught, ho could not restrain his bit terness, nor cone enl Ids til.-uppoint-incur. 'All my efforts to show my friend- . ship for America exchanging pfofes- sors with your coPcges, sending my 1 :v titer m ,v;n:i n'j u ,.cd, ui.ifc.ujlci.iy, - - - ,j even .' 'ticrlca had fal- ) "' clearly how ..-.. -!",rt cf 1 i-r v . ".-.:: .v: "What has become of those rich Americans who used to vU-lt .tue with their yachts n Kiel and come to my entertainments in Berlin 7" he asked, sarcastically. "Now Hint we have Imgland involve.d. v. iiv aren't they utilizing the oppriiunlty to serve and to liiu'.e Hair own 'iiiiiitty great? Do they think I puf my-elf out to enter tain them because I loved them? I am disgusted with the whole Anglo Saxon race I" The I;aser couldn't, understand why the United .States did not seize both Canada and Mexico. Apparently, from the way he talked frettn time to time, If ho had been kitting in the White House he would hnve grabbed the en tire Western Hemisphere. That the kaiser foljowed American politics very closely, especially after the war broke out, was very natural. The fact that there was a great Cler-lnan-Aiiieiican vote In this country was not overlooked In Potsdam, and I haven't tho slightest dyuht the kaiser Jinaglned that ho could 'exert consider able influence In our elections through his emissaries hi this country. I returned to Berlin Into in October of- that year. Within a day or two after my ariival I recehed a telephone y message from the Relchskanzler von P.ethniann-Ilollweg to the ellecl that the kaiser hud sent hlw word of my return nud that he would like,, me to call at his palace either that noun or at four p. m. I was ushered Into u very large room In the corner of which was a business like looking Jlat-tojijicd desk, but which was otherwise elaborately furnished. The relchskanzler, a tall, broad-shouldered, handsome specimen of a man, came over to mo and, putting his arm In mine, walked me .to a seat beside the desk. He asked me whin 1 would smoke, and-upon my taking a c;;,nir etto, ho did likewise. "The kaiser's been telling lfie, doc tor," he stdil "of jour-ivieut vKt to America, and I woml like to ask you a few mtcstlons." 1,'f'aJii that I wit's always clad to tall: of Amorlcu. Indeed, I' v.'s particular ty glad of the opportunity to spcalf with the prime mlnistcV oi'Germany nt lhal ttnie, Then followed a bn.P U-ring niccos- .don of questions, t 'e purpose o. which was not nt all clear to me. Wo, had a peculiar cnuvemitlon half In, tiuriuau. half In- English. The relchs kanzler dhl not speak English partic ularly well. "How are things In America?" ho tiskctl. "Did you havo any opportu nity to gauge the political situation? Who eio you think will he tho nest president? Do you thl-ik that Ameri cans tire opposed to ponce because that vould o.id the'r ,hnu,o to mak" money out of the war? Arc 'your people flo mercenary that they would llko to see the war prolonged for tho nuke of the money they can make out ot. in "No, your excellency,"- I replied, "you arc epjlto wrong If you Imagine that my countrymen would llko to pro long the war for the suku of war- lirolltB. That Is very far from being tho case. X3n tho contrary, tho coun try at largo Is anxious for peace." "Don't forget your pefoplo are mak ing a lot of money out of this war,". tho relchskanzler persisted. "They nro becoming very rich. They will soon have all tho gold In tho world. Putting an end to tho war woujd to a great extent end American opportuni ties for' making money on this enor mous scale." "That may ho all true," I replied, "hut fortunately my countrymen think morn of tho blessings of jieaco and icoftft3T.mMigrargwgn!M vfwtmama liberty than they do or war and profits, nud tho sooner peace can be brought about on n basis which will have, some asuratiee of permanency the bet ter wo will like It." "Wtison litis the grenlcl opporttt-' nity ever presented to u iiuiu to niako his untno Immortal by bringing about pence In the world," he went on. "Wo feel now that he Is not our friend, but friendly to tlte allies, but nevertheless he may bo able to see thnt If this war Is prolonged Indefinitely It will mean the destruction of all the nntlons In volved hi It. Do you think thero Is any possibility of America entering the war?" "That, of course, will depend, your excellency," I answered, "upon devel opments. Idon't believe my country Is anxious to light, hut I'm quite sure that nothing In the world will keep us out of It If our rights as u neutral nation are not respected." "Wo certainly don't like tho way Hughes, has been talking on the slump," declared the relchskanzlcr. "Dhl you hear any of his speeches or any of Wilson's?" I said I hud had no opportunity to hear any of the campaign speeches, hut that I had followed them In the newspapers. "Well, elid you gather from what you read that tho American people want to see peace In Europe or do they want the war to go on so they can continue to make fortunes out of It?" Again I rcpl! ' th.il I was cerlnlu our country would n :cr ! 'influenced by such sordid considerate:. :. $ were htip'led In the rcichsktitiKler's question, hut that If the right kind of peace pould he brottidit about the wholo country would eagerly embrace H. The subject of the U-boat campaign was never mentioned and It was not until several months later when the snlmviriiu. wnvf.n-i i ini-im! nimtii m. ,.,...., -,..i1o limn ev..i- (tint i realiz-d tint the who1? W'no.-e of i ipt , t, .r - v .. . t.' -- 'n if they cotilth, wit'liotit tolling me their Ittten lions, who was the cauCMnte, Hugltes or WHon, who would, ho lettt dan- -nit"' 1"'itt if vore Anifiiean vs n.t wer- st.u i.i ihf i'uli.;..;s sttl) marine c; . 'palgn th.y word tlu . con tcmplatln ;. The eleetl n was drawing c!o,o; It was necessnfry to nollfy Von Uents torlT of Potsdam's iireference; the kai ser believed that peihupB he "held the th elding ballot In his liiind hi the shape of the Oenuau-Ainerlcan vole iitul he didn't know how to cast It. IP-nee tho eagerness with which lliey Interrogated me upon my return from the "front." The Interview with the relchskanzler and the fact that It was instigated by the kaiser indicated to me that Amer ica occupied a most important place In the kaiser's plans. When, n few months later, we declared war against Germany however, all tho kaiser's planning and plotting of years col lapsed. Tho edltlce he had been so confidently erecting came crashing to the ground because It was built upon a false foundation. How elementary was his expectation that his efforts to win the friendship of the United States In time of peace could avail him anything in the face of his bar baric methods of making war I CHAPTER V. ' The Kalccr Defends German War Methods. The kaiser was always very careful about everything which might affect his health, ami oven after the war startetl, when his attention was natu rally occupied by many pressing prob lems, he did not neglect Ills teeth, hut came to me as regularly no he had al ways done. Of this I wn . very glad, because i: gave me an oj portunlty to draw thu kaiser out on ' v of the interesting ipiCRlInus wiiti the war suggested nud which I foi ml him tilwuys ready to discuss. I'ei'uips the fact that I waa an American Jed the kaiser t- greater l ngths In his justltlcallon ' Gerninn war methods and monsuiv i than he might otherwise havo thought necessary. x Tho first tlmo I r.w tho kaiser after the war started was about August 30, I0M. Between elevon and twelve o'clock the nl'-'ht before. I had been untitled by ti'ephoie Unit tho knlsor would like me to attend him at the lierlln palace the following morning nt nine enlock. lie wns about to mako his first visit to the front and wanted his teeth examined before ho went. The work I had to do for him was nothing of n serious characler nud did not occupy more thnn twenty minutes. One of bis valets stood by to give mo nny. assistance I might need, but left the room when I was through. "Have you been rending In the pa pers, Dnvlfc," the kaiser asked when wo wro :.' r "ho, .v:r soldiers havo been treated by tho B Ightns?" I said 1 had not had a chanco to read tho pupern that inornlug," "Well, you must certainly read them. They've been gouging out tho oyes of our wounded and mutilating my men horribly I They eull It modern, civi lized wuifarc. That's savngfiryl. I hope your president la taking notice of the.-e atrocities." To bu continuod. Doing One's Best Work. To do one's best work and bo one's best self Involves tho quiet but final acceptance of such tools as havo been put Into one's linnds and such' mate rials as Ho about one. To bo happy and useful and to contrlbuto to tho Joy of Hfo ono must toko up tho work at hand nnd do It ns best ho may, without envy, Jealousy, or strife. Tho Outlook. t " 11 e, X, fffctJV "JT " X" -saw ar-- - - If -r Tssr-iwrtwsr3KWWEr,