Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-11

10 very SeluOHH dL the pdldce III Dciih
for more than a week at a time. He
Is sort of human cyclone He moves
with great rapidity and violence and
does not always give premonitions OF
his approach. Sometimes the officials
Of the court receive notice at 10 o'clock
at night that their imperial master
will start for the other end of the EN-
pire at o'clock in the morning, and
n the meantime they have to do a
hearty lot of hustling to get things
ready A special train must be ar
ranged for and lie on a side track at
Potsdam station. The persons who ere
selected to attend His Majesty are to
De found and notified, and sometimes
It. is necessary for a messenger to
search all night for them. The Of
icials at his place Of destination are
sometimes warned and sometimes not.
So restless and sudden an emperor
is a very disagreeable person to work
FOR, but William ii does not consider
The convenience and the pleasure of
other people when an idea enters his
mind. Those who have demonstrated
but his mother and old Prince Bis
marck ever dared to do so, have been
Informed that he is a soldier, that the
men who attend him are soldiers, and
that soldiers duty is to be always
ready for marching orders at any hour
of the day or night.
At the same time the Emperor often
CHI Il a
feelings and the pleasure of other peo-
pie. heard an incident a day or two
ago concerning his courtesy to Lieu
tenant Niblack, the naval attache of
the American Embassy. The latter
officially invited to witness a review of
the German fleet in the Baltic shortly
after his arrival in Berlin. where he
was an entire stranger. He presented
himself on board the imperial yacht
according to the terms Of his invita-
ton, and was courteously received by
the German naval officers, but, having
no acquaintance on board, there was
nothing for him to do but to take a
place in the background and wait. An
hour or 50 after the vessel started out
to sea the Emperor noticed a quiet, un-
assuming officer in the uniform of the
United States navy standing alone on
the deck He inquired his name and
Immediately went to him, introduced
himself as one gentleman to another in
private life, and engaged in converse
ton. Then he took Niblack's arm and
paced the deck for an hour with him,
ccnversing as Familiarity as if they had
been old friends. At the conclusion
o. their walk ne presented the lieuten-
ant to the officers Of the ship and other
members Of the party and eventually
gave instructions that he should re-
ceive special attention, for from that
time on the American did not have a
moment 70 himself
Since this accidental meeting the
Kaiser has made Lieutenant Niblack
his friend, and frequently invites him
to the palace, where he discusses naval
matters with him with the greatest
informality.
The Emperor has always been par
ticularly attentive to members of the
American embassy. There is a popu-
lar impression that he is not over
friendly to the United States, because
there are so many of his former sub
jects among our population, and par
ticularly because he has lost thousands
of young men from the army by emil
grafton. But this cannot be true, If one
may Judge from his treatment Of the
official representatives of the United
States who have lived in Berlin.
When the Kaiser was a schoolboy at
Potsdam he had young American boy
for a classmate, with whom he became
very intimate, and the intimacy con-
tinued after he assembled the throne
until few months ago. This young
American was employed by a syndi.
cate Of interests in the United States
to use his influence with the German
government to secure modification of
the restrictions which embarrassed
them in doing business in Berlin and
other cities of the Empire. From the
Americans point of view ii was en-
tirely proper for him to do anything
to promote the interests of his fellow
countrymen in Germany, and also to
accept fee for his services. From the
EmperOr's point or view IL was an I'M
pertinence for any friend who was adj
mitted to his presence on familiar
terms to accept compensation for the
use of his influence. In some way or
other he learned of the arrangement.
ard when his American schoolmate ar
rived at the palace he found the door
shut in his face. Nor has ii ever been
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Emperor recognize him when they
meet. This is construed as an evidence
Of tho ovaIted cr.-.c1 which William
II. holds of HIS imperial power and re-
sponsibility. He allows no man to pre-
sumo upon his acquaintance for busi-
ness purposes.
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