The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
KAISER rs POSTMASTER.
PRESIDED AT THE INITIATION OFF
HES SON INTO STUDENTS
CORPS BORUSsIA
WILHELM ENTIRELY AT HOME
Drank as Much Beer and Made as
Much Noise as Any Register
Ing Youth Among
Them All.

LONDON. April 27-All accounts agree
that Emperor William thoroughly enjoys
himself at Bonn and, among the SUI
dents of his old corps, he became a stu
dent again. The emperor wore the
white cap and across his breast the bla *
and white ribbon of the Borussia corps.
His majesty himself took command at
the symposium. issued orders in a firm
tone and led off the so-called saiaman-
ders the thunderoas rattling of beer
mugs on the table, when the leading toast
was proposed. He also Joined heartily
with loud voice In singing students
songs. bringing down the fat of his
rapier in the orthodox fashion with a
crash on the table at the end of each
verse. The proceedings reached eli
max when his majesty called fer that
grandeSt of German student songs,
''Landesvater" C'Father of the Coun-
try).'' One Of the verses in which the
students swear to live or die for king
and country, each man crosses his rapier
with that of the man opposite him and
caps are taken off and spitted on the ra-
pier points. the crown prince crossed ra-
piers with the aged Won Loew, himself
an old Borussier
TOAST TO THE PRINCE
At another part of the proceedings, at
which the emperor with great pleasure
WdS Gaining up lie lOF1n6f corps SIuU6nIS,
some, of aged men, SO that their health
might be drunk in the order Of the years
they studied. the emperor called for a
salamander for blind old lawyer, Herr
Luff, father of the dramatist, Joseph
Luf, who usually under his majesty S
directions produces a new historical
drama at Wiesbaden, illustrating the
achievements of the house OF Hohenzol-
lern. Later, Joined by the students, he
IA ell no
nickname of the youngest student. The
emperor laughed heartily. and. clapping
the crown prince on the shoulder, said:
"Hoerst du das? Err meint dich" (Do
you understand that? He means YOU'D
There was another humorous incident
when one Of the veterans in reply to the
toast to the men Of his year, drank to the
canal bill and expressed the hope that the
old fellows of Berlin might at last real
lie that the canal must be built The
emperor lay back in his chair and laugh
ed loud and long.
SURPRISED THE CADETS
An interesting story Is told of a sur
prise night visit paid by Emperor William
to the training ship Charlotte, while al
Kiel.
The ship was anchored in mid-ocean,
when the guard espted the emperor's
pinnacle approaching and, moment
later the emperor was on deck, much to
the surprise of the observation-disclosures
captain. His majesty then began a
rigorous inspection of the ship. In the
dornnitory he was astoniShed to find the
cadets asleep under the glare OF electric
lights.
81 scarcely believe they are asleep un-
der such a light" said the emperor.
''They are tired after their days wo-k.'
replied the captain '"Fhey would SLEEP
anywhere
The emperor was still skept cal. shoob
sleeping cadet soundly and awoke
him.
49," said his majesty, ''you steep as
we'll here as at homer
The cadet, recognizing his questioner
promptly replied
Better your majesty
The emperor was much gratified at tbs
answer he received and returned to his
own ship. delighted with his experiment
TOAST TO SAXE-WEIMAR
At Eisenach, at a banquet at the cas-
tie this evening, Emperor William, re-
spending to a toast to his health, pro
posed by the Grand Duke Wilhelm Err
dissolubly uniting the house of Hohen-
zollern and Weimar, said:
stSa xe- Weimar has had a great share
in the development of the empire, fol
in the fearful period when the father
land lay PROSTATE the great spirits o.
Weimar saved us by inspiring in thu
people the spirit that prepared new
fatherland. Your royal highness Is thu
trustees Of great pallad UNI, palladium
of science, palladium Of ideas, in which
the German fatherland, German poetry
and German strength Is 80 rich. Now
(raising his glass;, I drink not only tt
federal prince, but also to the protector O.
traditions. whom we have to thank fol
our intellectual weaHh--his royal high.
ness, the grand duke. hurrah, hurrah
hurrahu'