The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-15

" = Wilhelm III SE2fteE uni
form. His Inusiache point
ed towards. heaven with even mere i'm
pertinenca than usual. and exclaimed:
Doesn't he lock Ike blonae Msshis-
toahelss? -
The little woman at my side grasped my
arm COW 4isiSeiy. ARD. looking around IN
fear. said:
You must not say things like thati IL
any one mad heard you"t
To be sure. had spoken IN English and
there was no nea- *, bat II was some
moments before my oou1aauion ceased 10
be apprehers;ye. for the little. old lady
with the Startled eyes was he wife Of
Wilhelm I.iehknech;. the SOCIALIST, and
her terror was not an empty enc.
Both the English ard the slang were TN
derstood by a hystander. who Immediately
called a policeman.
When ore remembers that there are 1t
present nearly e,GHe persons imprisoned for
lcse majesty, /, Is not hard 10 understand
the careful! uttegarCes before the ever
present portraits Of William. and II leaves
room fer many conjcctures as - the real
opinions Of those who are looking.
But Mrs. L!eokneeAt Gid not need 20 re-
call the experiences az American girls 20
sustain her exhortation. She could relate
the adventures Of her own husband, and
Add a little Of the story Of her own priva-
tons II SIZE wished 10 emphasize the me-
diaeval consirgint on free speech IN the
great German empire.
Meeting With Liehkneeht.
When ] went up to the office Of the vor-
waerts. the leading Socialist paper in Ger
many. I expected 20 see an sntagonistic
individual with penetrating eyes and
careless nerktie. for ] knew that i.ieh-
knecht always had stood at the head OF his
party, and the popular American idea II
IL German Socialstic party Is expressed
by red flag. scsaggly whiskers. and the
words Down with law and orier,'
But the old man. with a conrentionally
cut gray beard. had most benevolent eyes
and a most courteous manner as he LETT
his editorial work 10 meet an unknown
visitor. determined mouth was nearly
hidden, but the broad high forehead. SUI
mounted by rather unruly gray hair. and
the large Roman nose made the face q
strong one.
He passed through an outer Office where
long line Of men and women awaited their
turn to see the Vorwaerts attornev--his
counsel Is free to those who seek it-and
II was "a II some saint OF the Catholic
church had appeared among his devotees
They bowed instinctlsely. ana watched him
SO the length of the room with looks If
real regard-and yet he knew none OF them
personally.
He is 3 years old. ard rather bent with
his years Of writing and study, bur he is
g.
poseful persons. Every morning unless Il
rains. he and his wife. not much his junior.
so 10 Grunewald. a great pine forest just
outside Of Berlin. and spend three or four
hours walking Then II Is that IL seems
impossible 10 believe that the kaiser IL
mora afraid of him than of the whole
British government. He seems like man
grown old In communion with nature for
he notices each flower and bird song IL
n tar. and III
reservediy 10 the spirit Of forest life until
| he reaches a garden at the end OF his
walk. where he orders milk or hnttermtlk
| and draws out a huge bundle OF newspap.
| ers In German. English, French and I,al-
| ian He reads these more or less care
/ fully. and the next morning there t. a
| leading article. serious and learned or
| scintillating with sarcastic comments on
| home or foreign policies.
Always Simple and Uuassumjux.
Whether walking with his wife and
daughter or making a rousing speech in
the reichstae. his manner Is simple and uu-
assuming. The power Of concentration In
evident in all his work, and explains the
grasp which he has of economic and social
questions; and his healthful mode OF iv-
ing. his teTperance~for he uses neither
liquor nor sobacco-expiatn his v!gor and
energy.
Last year Idebknecht spent four month";
IN prison In the outskirts Of Berlin for
forgetting TO conceal the truth" as he
expressed II, ana he Ia often OF a for
setfHi turn az mind he may spend more
months In the same cherries place
His biography would be a history of
socialism In Germany. and that history
cannot longer he overlooked by the stu
dents Of politics. for the party now num-
bers membership IF 2,f2.po and has
hfty-six deputies In the reichs'ag.
Long Struggle for Liberties.
AZ student he read the writings ~ 8.
SIMON aud was so aroused tina: h. decides.
| to come 70 the hopeful Western continent
! whese there were democracy and progress.
/ But On his way 20 a seaport he met 4 man
! VINO persuaded him to eo 70 the Swiss re-
! 2ubaIc. There he studied law-hix family
/ included government officials and was Of
| good position-and then left to go 10 Paris
! in Is4s.
| The sympathetic outbreak in his own
country called him back, and after Its fail