The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-01

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Il y one great source Of n.
ort power that hs know, No.
not merely all his brother so,,ss
but every man Of olnoial import.s
his own country. There is no,
ince In Germany with which Ia
familiar, and his memory for -.
and faces ID so great that for ~
see man once Is to know him N.
Of his life. In this knowled,s y.
country he surpasses any Of hi, -
cessors on the Prussian throne a.,
Of his contemporary sovereign, =
safe TO any that Queen Victoria :.
less Of Great Britain than her s.s
son know of his country, and
case Of Austria ond Russia II !, ,a
ly true. This II not such a ,,;s
matter a. Il might appear.
In spite Of much evidence to N.
trary the emperor is not tyran,
has he manifested q desire 10 -
power for the mere purpose ., =.
ing other people unoomfortabl.
takes q positive delight In heari,.
good things said or done BY 9th
He does not fail to read what /.
against him.
When the late William W,.
Phelps was the American repre,.,,
tive in Berlin, mark Twain"
pened to be An town. Mr.. Phelo
ing informed me that he had tak.,
steps to let the emperor know o, a,
OF course pointed out to our min
ter what I knew to be the case-,l.N
the German emperor knew byb
the works Of our great humoris. !,
would bo most happy of an opn,
tunity to talk with him. Mr.. phsl,
however, persisted in thinking that
was not his businessto do anythivj
the matter, seeing that Mr.. Glenn,
was not present in any official cam
ity. Next day I was leaving
America, but that evening I had
opportunity of telling the emp.r
that Mark Twain was In town. NJ
moment he heard this he clapped n
hands at the good news, and called.
to his wife, who was at the other n
of the room: "Auguste, Angus,
here is good news! What do you thiplI J
Mark Twain Is in town." and theab
eagerly inquired about him. But whs
he learned that Mr.. Phelps had M
seen fit to arrange meeting q, oss|
he frowned in a significant manns|
OF course Mark Twain was imnwI
ately invited to meet the empero, /
luncheon, and both enjoyed the NEE
Ing.
It would be, / think, within N
mark to say that in the last ten y.,u|
the emperor has conversed at lengi
with every eminent American or Es,|
lishman who has passed through Da|
lin. ] have never heard Of such NEE.
ing but that the visitor has bed
strongly impressed by his impeni|
hosts specialized knowledge In VI
midst Of the rush Of festivities at Kid
In 1895, the emperor found time todins
on board the flagship New York oik
American squadron. Her captain aA
me afterward that their imperial hOs
stayed until two o'clock in the morn
ing, and during his stay extractedtpa
them ev>ry manner Of informatio,
He closed his visit by testing the q
pacity of the crew for manning Aa
and putting out fires at the shortS
possible notice. When Mahan pub
lished his first book on the "Inaus,a
Of Sea Power" the emperor at ona
read it, and sent him O cordial tdk
gram acknowledging the indebtedDs
of himself and his officers for thsH
sons taught therein. I have no doas
| that the strenuous efforts now beng
made 10 strengthen the German nig
have received great encourages
| from the study of this American voi
Personal government can be esdl
abused, but 1t is distinctly ad~'s
geous for state so dependent upOnI1
military prestige as Germany Fol
century at least the foreign rts
tions of Russia and Germany hr
been modified, even controlled, byu
occasional personal conference ofn
two sovcreigns Immediately inteFss
ed. With the Russian czar the emri
or can speak distinctly and witha
fear Of his words being nullified by ca
crosses or parliaments. He a
achieved alone, by few words WI
the czar, important concessions
China which will lead to other conce
sions more important still. fhecOa
arrange his relations with Engai
through his grandmother alone, lbs
no doubt he would once more regs'
kmself as bound up with English
terests. As it Is. he is bound 10
misunderstood; for personal go'ei
ment In England disappeared aia
with the head OF Charles I. Twoyss
ago I published my history OF n
German Struggle for Liberty WIZ
was regarded by the German conse'
tive papers as IN impious attack up
monarchy in general and the emp
or's ancestors In particular. II v
nothing Of the kind, but merely