PERSONALITY OF THE KAISER AND SOMETHING OF THE KING BUSINESS To the American mind the Kaiser is the personification of Germany. He is the arch enemy upon whom the world places the responsibility for this most terrible of all wars. I have sat face to face with him in the palace at Berlin where, as the personal representative and envoy of the President of the United States, I had the honor of expressing the viewpoint of a great nation. I have seen him in the field as the commanding general of mighty forces, but I also have ...
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PERSONALITY OF THE KAISER AND SOMETHING OF THE KING BUSINESS To the American mind the Kaiser is the personification of Germany. He is the arch enemy upon whom the world places the responsibility for this most terrible of all wars. I have sat face to face with him in the palace at Berlin where, as the personal representative and envoy of the President of the United States, I had the honor of expressing the viewpoint of a great nation. I have seen him in the field as the commanding general of mighty forces, but I also have seen him in the neutral countries through which I passed on my return home and in my own beloved land-in the evidence of intrigue and plotting which this militaristic monarch has begotten and which is to-day "the Thing," as President Wilson calls it, which has brought the American people face to face with kaiserism in the greatest conflict of all history. What manner of man is he? What is his character? How much was he responsible for what has happened-how much his General Staff? What of the Crown Prince and what of the neutral peoples and their rulers whom Germany has intimidated and would fain subjugate if it suited her purpose? These are the questions I shall attempt to answer out of my experiences in Germany and my contacts with the rulers of other countries in my journeys to and from Berlin and Washington. To illustrate the craft of the Kaiser, I believe I can perform no better service to Americans than to reveal an incident which has not hitherto been published. It occurred at the New Year's reception of 1914 when the Ambassadors of all the foreign countries represented at the German court, were ranged in a large room at the Palace. They stood about six feet apart in the order of their residence in Berlin. The Kaiser and his aides entered the room, and the Emperor spoke a few minutes to each envoy. He tarried longest with the Turkish Ambassador and myself, thereby arousing the curiosity of the other diplomats who suspected that the Kaiser did more than merely exchange the greetings of the season. He did. What the German Emperor said to me interests every American because it shows his subtlety of purpose. The Kaiser talked at length to me about what he called Japan's designs on the United States. He warned me that Mexico was full of Japanese spies and an army of Japanese colonels. He also spoke about France, saying that he had made every effort to make up with France, that he had extended his hand to that country but that the French had refused to meet his overtures, that he was through and would not try again to heal the breach between France and Germany! All this was in 1914, six months before the outbreak of the European War. Little did I know then what the purpose was back of that conversation, but it is clear now that the Emperor wished to have the government of the United States persuaded through me that he was really trying to keep Europe at peace and that the responsibility for what was going to happen would be on France. The German is so skilful at intrigue that he seeks even in advance of an expected offensive to lay the foundation for self-justification....
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The Bargain Basement The author was Ambassador to the German Imperial Court, here he gives his views and perceptions of events and politics during the years to the First World war, including chapters on Who sank the Lusitania. The spine cover is detaching on both sides, there are marks on the boards, the text seems clean and unmarked. In general a useful reading copy only. UL-XXXXXX. 324pp illustrations.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in red cloth. In red cloth with black; B&W illustrations (all present); illustrated end papers. Some foxing, quite heavy in places; owner's name dated 1918 on front pastedown; spine faded & a little spotted, with wear at head & foot; front board a little faded.
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Good. Book Octavo, hardcover, good plus in red boards with gilt lettering. No dj. First edition. Inside boards and endpapers show prison stamps and money certificates and prison paper money and Kaiser's visiting card; frontis photo of the Kaiser and Von Treutler-1910, and 14 more b/w illustrations. 380 pp.
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Fair. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback First Printing George Doran Co., 1918. Publisher's device on title page. Hardcover Book in Fair Condition. The author was Ambassador to the German Imperial Court when he wrote this chronicle of the build up to and in the midst of World War I. He chronicles activities and personality of Kaiser Wilhelm, the background of the times, events, politics, etc., leading to WW I. Interesting period photos, including frontis. showing the Kaiser and Von Treutler accompanied by dachshunds in the Norwegian town of Odde in 1910. Also reproductions of documents of great interest and miscellany such as postage stamps and paper money used in prison camps, the Kaiser's visiting card, page of Maximilian Harden's "Die Zukunft, " commemorative medals and programs. In publisher's original full red cloth with debossed gilt titles on front and spine. Worn, generally clean with a line on front lower left corner, indentation on fore edge, spine sunned, cloth at spine head cracked; corners/edges rubbed, upper front corner lightly scuffed. Inner hinge partially cracked. Sewn binding is tight and solid. All pages intact. Frontispiece: b/w illustration of the Kaiser and Von Treutler-1910, and 14 more b/w illustrations. Reproductions of German paper money and stamps on paste down, and of the Visiting Cards of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince on the endpapers. Formerowner tasteful bookplate and name on paste-down. Fore edge and bottom edge rough cut. Smudge on p 17 otherwise pages very clean, no markings of any kind. Binding is very worn, but Internals are in good condition. Very readable book. 380 pages. 6 x 8.5 inches. George H Doran Company, New York, 1918.
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New York, George H. Doran Company [c1918]
Published:
01/1918
Language:
English
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16810274466
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Good. Size: 7x5x0; Presumed first ed., by the "Late Ambassador to the German Imperial Court; " dewckle edges; 380 p., immaculate and unmarked anywhere--paper mildly age-toned but very strong; interesting period photos, including frontis. showing the Kaiser and Von Treutler accomapnied by dachsunds in the Norwegian town of Odde in 1910. Also reproductions of documents of great interest and miscellany such as postage stamps and paper money used in prison camps, the Kaiser's visiting card, page of Maximilian Harden's "Die Zukunft, " commemorative medals and programs. Binding tight; in absence of d.j. crimson boards with still clear gilt lettering are somewhat bumped on corners, sunned on spine, some rubbing at crown of spine panel. Valuable primary source with many insights.