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“To be sure, Your Majesty But three fronts? Even Gerht on three fronts simultaneously…”
“America”
“As you say, Your Majesty America”
It finally dawned on the kaiser “Allies!”
“Allies, Your Majesty The movies can defe
at Gerainst one another We will show propaganda movies that depict Germans and the immense German-American minority as America’s friends and the British, French, and Russians as her eneine a land, their enemy”
The kaiser had looked at hiht into this, haven’t you? This didn’t just pop into your mind”
“Yes, Your Majesty I have thought of little else for a long ti, not her end”
Kaiser Wilhel arm around Semmler’s shoulders
“Do it,” he said “Take whatever you need”
“I need the Army, the diplomatic corps, the banks, and the steamship lines”
“All will serve you”
Se eye for a person’s nature and desires Instead of responding with a soldierly salute, he extended a strong man’s hand They clasped hard and stared each other in the face “I swear a sacred oath: I will not let you down, Your Majesty”
But the kaiser was faest they rejoin the other guns at the hunt since the rain was slackening, the kaiser’s face took on a drea prescience, “Wouldn’t it be fine if movies made music?”
“Music, Your Majesty?”