The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-29
EMPEROR WILLIAM SIZED UP
Makes Fool Speeches When Drunk.
Not Because Insane

New York, Jan. ga contributor 10 the
Evening Post, writing from Berlin, says:
An American friend asked me the other
day what the actual feeling of the Ger
man people towards the emperor was and
towards such talk as was INDUCED in
when Prince Henry took his departure
in Kiel. had met my friend Inter den
Linden, and. of course, ii is not wise TO
answer such questions in so lively a
thoroughfare. even in English. There are
many members of the secret police in Ber-
lin who understand English. and, for that
matter, many other languages. quite well.
So. on my advice we retired TO a quieter
place. and there 1 gave him his informa-
ton. 1t actually took the shape Of
"privatissimum." for il is not an easy
question to answer. and above all cannot
be intelligently and fully replied 20 with
out taking a number Of circumstances
into account which at first blush seem
hardly TO belong TO the matter. / NAV
premise my statements with the remark
that l am in a somewhat better condition
10 furnish reliable information on the in
teresting point than most correspondents
here as my duties bring me in constant
contact with persons in a position 20
know the real facts.
/ think. in fact. / cannot dc better than
reproduce my conversation that DAY.
Is the emperor liked or disliked By the
people? was one OF the first questions.
The answer, said. involves the question
what you mean by the people" II yea
mean the lower classes the rabble. the
unthinking mob. answer most emphat-
icaily. they dislike him. nay. hate him
| especially the socialistic denizens OF the
towns and cities. The rural laborers know
little 70 the emperor and care less Popu-
larity such as William /. and Frederick
/ enjoyed. is certainly not the present en-
peror's. but Il is quite within the bounds
| of possibility that he may acquire il one
/ Of these days. Now. as to the large mid
/ die class in Germany. Il IS true that the
/ overwhelming majority Of them also dis
1 IKE the emperor but in a different way.
! They disapprove Of his bomhastlc style Of
| oratory. Of his heartless way OF discharK-
| ing Bismarck % his craving for display.
! Of his lack al afability with the common
herd Of his ceaseiess travelling. OF his
/ vainrlo-y "a wholly un-Gernan charac-
/ :eristicl. q his want % constancy in his
I personal relations. Of the lack OF a steady
policy in state matters. 81 hts lavishness
T in his personal expendi;Bres-these all b.
/ ing traits foreign 20 the German eharac-
! ter-and. lastly. of his strong autocratie
/ lezrings.
TIE last would. IN other countries with
| q longer past Of coustituuonalisrn- b. the
most dangerous Of the emVeror's defects.
! p-oba biy: but in this country. where par
I lanentArisrn is an importation. which ~
/ 10 means has "a yet taken that deep root
/ which L has n England. France q even
italy. the zutocrzsic tendencies u The sr1-
u.ror figure not nearly 50 prominently N
I The PEOPLES eyes a. one might mink For
what IS here called --tas Fnousrrhic pri1-
/ hargflyhz-diyi ninEc!ple'e; staoi - eta
7ls~ is rooted very deep II Ire heart %
ire nation zs whole. TIE Socialists are
/ re only exception. al the r@st % TIRE r.
.sor say aws-ssIths. ar. intensely rzor-
archie. II THAI respect the Franco-fis--
ran var has beer Observation-Disclosures
ran VA has had 4 curious eject Tp 20
+ nat tine there vas a steadily Erowins
{ -t,r,ter % Germans IN every part % -,
rcurtrv. who aimed 81 ire Ks; place ~
he snoIlshrzent % asozarcGlsrz- Fifty
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cans ~ cozrfrt5oa <As large en5uSh -
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