Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
INTERVIEWED THE EMPEROR.


His Personal Appearance and His PHI
losophy-Respects to His Critics.
A young Englishman sends the following
to the Pail Mall Budget:
I was walking the other day in the ''Gru-
newald" at Charlottenburg when it suddenly
began to fain. The small pine trees af-
forded poor shelter, and had already rec
onciled myself to getting wet through when
I noticed a small shed. entered and
lighted pipe. Suddenly I heard hasty
steps, and minute later young man en-
tered in the greenish-gray uniform Of the
German foresters. He did not seem agree
ably surprised at seeing me, but bowed po-
litely, and sat down not far off Presently
he took pipe, and searched his pockets in
vain for match. 1 offered him mine, and
he, lighting his pipe, said in fluent English
without the slightest trace of foreign ac-
cent:
''Oh, you are English?"
"And so are you," 1 replied.
'Oh, nov' He laughed and seemed
amused.
"Well, it is wonderful how the Germans
acquire languages!" exclaimed.
"There is such difference between our
schools and yours"
"Yes, there is. You mean to say we don't
learn anything, and you learn everything.
But prefer our schools, nevertheless"
"May ask why?"
because we educate the character in our
public schools and you don't Two little
nephews of mine are in o German school,
Gymnasium as you call it Poor little
beggars; they are kept like slaves"
"Oh, not quite" he demonstrated.
III :.t. II IL, IS ! xIo
German schools seem to be to keep the boys
in dependence while We try to make them
independent
The young forester kept silence. After
while he said: "There is going to be
change"
"You mean on account of that young man
the Emperor"
eyes, on account of that young man the
Emperor" He put singular stress on
these words
well, he tries to do his best" said I.
"He is plucky young fellow, and 1 take
great interest in his doings."
"a good many people do, but they only
do it to criticise him."
'That does not matter. Certainly he has
his faults Some writer saws every child is
born with two horns, and he must wear them
of before he becomes reasonable"
"And has he still his horns?"
ITO certain extent. In spite of that he
is q wonderful man. Don't you think so?"
II do not know"
'Just imagine what he has done. When
he came to the throne he was devoted fol-
lower OF Bismarck, until he saw that Bis
marck was nothing but an old tyrant. And
then be sent him home, and tried to intro
duce retorms-reforms in every branch of
public life. He introduced reforms in the
pnhn in al 10
ture-"
'.And therefore they call him unsteadyp
$50 he is. He wants to do too much all
at once. He thinks he knows everything
better than any one else"
"Oh, no, he does not think sol''
''At least, people say"
81 am afraid people say good deal. I
think the Emperor would be glad if they
left him alone"
''But that is only possible if he resigns"
"Resigns?" asked the young man, as If
the very idea Mortified him.
every statesman is naturally subject to
criticism, and he must get used to that, too.
I should advise the Emperor to read En-
glish papers as much as possible"
"Why?"
TN them he would hear a good deal of
untruth about him, but also good deal of
truth"
"Quite so. He reads them''
''They say he got wild the other day over
Punch"
The young fellow laughed. "You mean
that poem about Struwwelpeter? should
say the Emperor can stand things like
thatl'
''If he can't at present, he will by-and-by
I have no doubt he will turn out a great
mamie has energy, and if he only ac-
quires little modesty he is sure to sue
ceed. That is to say"
The young man looked at me attentively:
"Well?"
"-If his health don't prevent him!''
My companion suddenly rose. ''Thank
you," he said. "for your kind opinion.
With Gods help will do the best for my
people. am the German Emperor my
self" He took my hand and gave it a
hearty shake. 'If you happen to sneak
with your countrymen about me, tell them
! like their straightforwardness. Leben
Sic wohl'"
He put his gun on his back and walked
off, When I recovered my establishment I
saw him walking on the road, upright as q
pine tree.