THE KAISER AND MR WILSON.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 November 1918, Page 5

THE KAISER AND MR WILSON.

The chief among the phblic men in the Kaiser’s black book and the one for whom he reserved most of his childish denunciations, according to Dr. Davis, his American dentist, was Mr. Wilson. Dr. Davis, writing in the New York World, declared that the Kaiser, in a towering rage, characterised Mr Wilson, as a a "demagogue/' and the "idealist who can accomplish nothing." "What does a professor know about international politics and diplomatic affairs?" demanded the Kaiser of Davis, when he 2|eard of Mr Wilson’s election. Shortly after the commencement of the war the Emperor urged that the opportunity was ripe for the United States to seize Mexico and Canada. "Cannot your President see the wonderful opportunity now for combining with us and crushing England? With our fleet on one sidle and America’s on the other, we could destroy England’s seapower, This is America’s great opportunity to dominate the Western Hemisphere. But what can you expect of a professor and a demagogue?” After the Italian retreat the monarch, in his jubilant mood, exclaimed: "Now, when it is too late, you will see how foolish Wilson was to bring his country into the war. The Americans will see when too late what fools they made themselves when they elected a professor. Now America must pay the bills." Previous to the war, the Kaiser often expressed great admiration for Mr. Eoosevelt, but after the war when f Mr, Eoosevelt, showed clearly that he did not reciprocate the feeling, the ruler was forced to confess: "I am ■very disappointed in Roosevelt."