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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
3
A reminiscence from 1918 recounts intimate impressions of the Kaiser across fourteen years, offering personal reflections on leadership, character, and the arc of his rule, drawn from contemporaneous observations and historical context.
The narrator, a U.S. dentist in Berlin, details his wartime ties to the Kaiser, early hopes for safe departure under a nine month treaty, and his ultimate decision to leave with his wife and child amid food shortages and shifting fronts. He recalls meetings, Prisoner-like bureaucracy, and a pivotal 1916 1917 arc of interviews that shaped his choice to return to America.
Preface by Arthur C. N. Davis, D. D. S., recounts a 14 year patient relationship with the Kaiser and the shift from professional ethics to patriotic duty. Davis explains that wartime urgency and professional leaders’ urging justified sharing insights into the Kaiser’s ambitions and plans for civilization’s sake.
In May 117 I sought leave from the kommandantur to move my wife and child to Montrouxe on Lake Geneva Switzerland to join them and return home. Weeks passed as applications shuffled through officials, with delays and denials before late June bringing any word that our request had been denied.
A description of Packers pricing claims shows that the service is so efficient that customers hardly notice it. It asserts you pay packers only a fraction of a cent above actual cost for each pound of meat consumed, implying minimal profit margins for the service.
The Kaiser appeared both courteous and democratic in private, yet egotistical and impatient with opposition. War uncovered his true color, showing harsher, autocratic traits underlying the polished exterior. The author notes the 1914 view would have misrepresented him. CONT FED NEST WEEK.
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