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absent. I found him quite responsive to my ideas concerning a sympathetic un-
derstanding between Great Britain, Germany and the United States. We discussed
every phase of the present European situation.
We lunched in the famous "Shell Hall". The table was crescent shaped
and was beautifully decorated. Gerard and I were seated directly opposite the
Imperial party. On my right was the Minister for War, General von Falkenheyn,
the man to my left was some General from Saxony, but I did not catch his name.
The Emperor talked across the table with our party, mostly with General von Fal-
kenheyn. I had a very satisfactory talk with von Falkenheyn along the lines I
followed with Zimmermann. The food was delicious and not long, perhaps, fifty
minutes.
The Imperial party then went into one of the large <sic>reseption</sic> rooms adjoining
the Shell Hall, and I was presented to the Empress. We talked some eight or ten
minutes. She spoke of Corfu, of the dryness of the season there and how glad she
was to be back in Germany and to see the beauty of the spring, of the hawthorn etc.
She inquired about my trip to Germany, and then we talked of the late sea dis-
aster, the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
A moment later the Emperor sent for Gerard and me. Zimmermann went with
us. The Kaiser was on the terrace. Zimmermann and Gerard fell back and the
Kaiser and I talked alone. The conversation was very animated, both of us
talking at one another in quick succession. I did not observe any of the rules
governing conversations with royalty, but talked naturally as I would to any gen-
tleman. At first he told me of the fine discipline army training gave to Ger-
man citizens; how valuable it was to them in after life, both from a physical view
point and in their later avocations. He cited many examples that had come under
his observation.
He spoke of the meager salaries the officers and men received and extolled
this feature. I broke in here and said that we had made patriotism mercenary
by our ridiculous pension system. He, too, thought it very bad. I told him
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absent. I found him quite responsive to my ideas concerning a sympathetic un-
derstanding between Great Britain, Germany and the United States. We discussed
every phase of the present European situation.
We lunched in the famous "Shell Hall". The table was crescent shaped
and was beautifully decorated. Gerard and I were seated directly opposite the
Imperial party. On my right was the Minister for War, General von Falkenheyn,
the man to my left was some General from Saxony, but I did not catch his name.
The Emperor talked across the table with our party, mostly with General von Fal-
kenheyn. I had a very satisfactory talk with von Falkenheyn along the lines I
followed with Zimmermann. The food was delicious and not long, perhaps, fifty
minutes.
The Imperial party then went into one of the large |
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