The evening times., 1898-11-28
FRENCH RIDICULE
OF THE KAISER'S TRIP
His Majesty Lampooned by a
Paris Journal.
THE PAPER C0NFISCATED
A Humorous Account Of the Holy
Land Excursion.
THE PAPER CONFISCATED
Styling the Emperor a Germanic st
Peter and Depicting His Visit to
fhe SuIfan's Harem.

Paris, Nov. 2S-The Herald's European
edition publishes the following:
His German majesty's personally con-
Quoted by Cook crusade has furnished
lie Petit Journal Pour Rire with an
amusing topic for its current edition.
The devoted Williams tour, or. as it
calls il. Fifteen Days in Turkey, Pales-
tine, Jerusalem and the Holy Land,
treats the matter so sauoily that 1t is re-
ported tnat the number has been sup
pressed, at the request of the German am
bassador.
This confiscation has created a hubbub
in the press The Libre Parole says IT
is disgusting TO see the government
trembling before the injunctions of Count
Munster, when the German newspapers
do not miss an opportunity of insulting
France and the army in caricatuTes which
are reproduced in the Dreyfusst jour
mails. The Figaro declares there is no
truth IN the rumor. Still, one cannot
get copy for love or money. In fact,
there was probably order given for
its seizure. but the storm of protest made
the government realize its mistake, and
rescind the order.
Ia reality the number is not so outra-
geous. His Encyclopaedisness Is shown on
the cover as a sort OF Germanic st. Peter,
with his head encirclsd gsith halo, one
hand raised in sign Of benediction and
the other holding a dynamite shell Ac-
! oording To the writer no matter what the
! Emperor does he puts on an appropriate
/ costume, even when he bathes in tie
! Jordan. He starts for Berlin wearing
~. Of H.. e1a
tors, with Cooks interpreters cap. ard
! gees about Venice dressed as a captain OF
/ gondoliers, 50 as 10 pass unobseryed.
When he meets the Sultan he has dis
/ guised himself as a lieutenant in the ma
Wy of Andoyia, little Pyrenean repub-
/ lie, and he breaches in the desert in the
/ frcck coat of a clergyman Of the Reform
! ed Church. He visits the Sutans ha EN-
! wearing the uniform of lieutenant colo
! mel of the Euuuchs, and goes hunting as
a Tyrolean.
The Petit Journal pour Rire gives ex-
/ tracts from the Empero-'s note book sup
posedly stolen. According To these i'm
pressions he was disappointed at not be-
ing able to walk on the Sea of GaIi.ee.
but is determined TO try again in Berlin
when the frost sets in. He was annoyed
because he could only make an ascension
in a balloon, and bitterly reproaches Cook
for not providing the multitude to listen
TO his sermon in the plain He finds the
Sultans idea Of always keeping his navy
in the harbor good way Of avoiding ac-
cidenus at sea He writes a Dormitiou
march for the padisha, which contains 4
sly quotations from Mendelssohn's Wed
ding March" evidently alluding to his
union with Turkey, while snatches from
Faust" ''Parsifal." THE Prophet and
make this page OF music gem or bur
lesque art.
He visits the harem. and here pages Of
his notebook become feverishiy nc 5herent.
He reviews the army and complains OF
lack OF organization. but notes with sat
( isfaction that the generals all speak Ger
man without the slightest accent He
remarks that the uniform of each regi-
ment i not uniform at all, as one man
wears q European costume another
Turkish trousers and q third none of any
kind He draws a sketch of his guard
Of honor that il one of the funniest in
the number, and leaves for Jerusalem
( taking away a number of presents. among
them being hair from the Prophets beard
a dozen Turkish bath subscription tick
cts and a bone from Mahome;'s horse.
William is seen giving the signal for the
train TO start. rowing gondola and en-
bracing Cmberto, whom he leaves as
quickly possible, knowing him to be
short of money; having his Hessian boots
pulled off by the Sultan at the door of
st. Sophia, reviewing the monks in their
monastic habit, and disgusted to find that
friars do not live up TO their reputation
for good cheer; visiting the harem where
he is shown bowling low before the Ewes
who dwell there; going up in a balloon,
| bathing in the Jordan, preaching in the
desert, dodging photographers and enter
ing Jerusalem on an ass.
All the incidents Of his journey, in fact,
are trayestied with talent that makes
the burlesque seem truth. His allegorical
picture Of Lohengrin going to receive the
kiss of Mahomet is also included in this
number which was stopped, only to be
set going again perhaps, because William
of Germany does not appreciate wit. If
he does not the satire of the last picture
the man and the orchestra of the Euro
pean concert-will be lost upon him.
1t shows the Emperor drawing
sketch with his toes, while a sheaf of
hands, radiating from his, are playing
Tyre, holding a speaking trumpet, gestcu-
lating in oratory, flourishing a Bible a
sword. and cross, a revolver, a holy
water sprinkler, a whip, the scales of
justice and frying pan. All the time a
regiment in the background is doing a
goose step In other words he does il all