Morris tribune., 1883-02-01
THE EMPEROR'S ACTIVITY.
How He Sat Horse for Hours at the
Last Review


Last Review.
A letter from Nuremburg, of late
date, telling of the imperial review held
at Riesa, between Chemnits and Berlin,
in the fall, says:
The emperor. with his family and
suite, and the king Or saxony and suite,
together with representatives Of the roy
al families of England, Austria, Russia
and Italy, were present, when the inn
mense throng beheld the stalwart form
of an old man, with white hair and white
whiskers, riding toward the head of the
line, controlling with one hand proud
and spirited black horse, and grasping
his sword with the other; giving orders
to his aids and making suggestions to his
generals; moving about with the activity
of a man of 20, and displaying not only
wonderful tact in the management ofthe
soldiers, but admirable horsemanship
and coolne ss,-when the thousands rec
ognizcd the well-known face and form
of the well-beloved emperor of Germany
at the age of IS, doing all this, the en-
thusiasm 5egan to border on the insane.
For four long hours the emperor sat
in his saddle, directing the troops here,
correcting them there, and watching
their movements with keen eye every
where. At his age-and but few attain
his age at all-ordinary men are either
buried in or are sinking into second
childhood. "sans sight, sans teeth, sans
everything" but there were few more
active men on the parade field than VIII
liam was that day.
The enthusiasm with which his son,
"Unser Fritz" was received was only a
triae less hearty than that which greet
ed the aged emperor. Fritz" is, him
self an old man in years now, and a
grandfather, but as young looking
grandfather as ever beheld., He is.
like his father, a tall, well-built, muscu-
lar, soldier-like man, with a pleasant,
even benevolent face, and bright and
cheerful eye. He rode by his father during
the day, and the two made handsome
picture as they galloped over the plain.
The enthusiastic cheering broke out
afresh when the daughter of Queen Vic
toria, the crown princess of Germany,
mounted upon white horse, rode by at
the head and in command of detach
lment of troops. She is AZ years Of age,
a grandmother, and as full Of life as
girl of Is. In every review held during
the autumn she took an active part, be-
ing in the saddle at Breslau with her i'm.
perial father-jn-law for over five hours
She has the bearing of a princess, and nc
matter how'll may shock my democratic
American readers, must say there j;
something in the appearance of the i'm
,perial family Of Germany-I don't pre-
dend to know or to say what .itis-which
raises them above the level of ordinary
people. Ia -.
- 1t is sheer nonsense to say that the
people of Germany are not pleased with
the present order of things. Why, il
was only three months ago that the
workingmen of Dresden gave the en-
peror one of the grandest oVations he
ever had. They took the horses from
his carriage, shouldered the vehicle and
bore it through the streets, while SOC, 900
people yelled and cheered for William
until exhaustion compelled them. to keep
quiet. This was in the capital city of the
kingdom which, in -thewl,ast,s ha been
less friendly than anyaof the Sothers stQ
Prussia, and where evidence ofdislovaltv
would be most likely to appear, ifany dis
loyalty existed. When the workingmen,
SO called, are satisfied in any country,
with any form ofgoyernme1t,T whatriofe
could be asked? - = ~ So = A-'~