The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-10
GERMAN EMPEROR
IS IMPRESSED

AT the great autumn parade, when the
garrison of Berlin marched past the
Kaiser on the field of Tempelhof, few
years ago, Mr.. Stevens (who lately
died at Mafeking), had a good oppor-
tunity to study William the Second
Here is a pen-picture of the German
emperor as he appeared on his way to
the review:
A man of middle size, sitting con-
STRANGELY and bolt upright dead, yell
low skin, hard penciled brows, a
straight, masterful nose, lips jammed
close down together under a dark mus
tache pointing straight upward to the
whites of his eyes A face at once re-
pulsive and pathetic, so harsh and stony
was it, SO grimly solemn A face in
which no Individual feature was very
dark, but which altogether was as black
as thunder. He raised his gloved hand
in a stiff, mechanical salute, and turned
his head impassively from left to right !;
but there was no courtesy in the salute,
no light in the eye, no smile on the
tight mouth for his loyal subjects. He
looked like a man without JOY, without
love, without pity, without hope He
looked like man who had never laugh
ed, like man who could never sleep.
A man might wear such face who
felt himself turning slowly into ice He
was gone again, and the crowd was
flooding the street behind him. ZACH, :"
sighed an old lady in Grape. pity that
he always looks so cross SO different
from our dear, dear old Kaiser" And
| saw more than one gray head shake
as, she spoke, not angrily, but with a
kind and even touching regret But all
the Older men were not quite so sparing
in their condemnation. The young-I
am speaking now only of the well-to-do
are often ecstatic in their admiration:
he is a German through and through,
they will tell you; he means to make
Germany the only nation on earth, they
tell you, though they do not tell You
how. Even their elders will own that
he is rousing speaker He hits the
nail on the head; his speeches thrill US
all through when we read them in the
newspapers" Then, perhaps, they will
tell you an anecdote of his readiness.
One day, as he rode through by-street,
he came upon score of socialistic work.
men. Eighteen took off their caps re-
luctantly, two remained covered. Where
on the Kaiser rode straight up and
saluted them until their caps came off
for shame, if not for loyalty. That was
well and kingly done
But that was almost the only action
which Mr.. Stevens heard of him which
| might win his peoples personal love:
The young may admire and trust in
| him, but he is not the beloved sovereign
his grandfather was-not even what his
father was The old Kaiser came to his
study window every morning of his life
! to greet his people; the present Kaiser
i began by shutting gate of the royal
palace that had always stood open II
was small thing, but it was noticed
The old Kaiser and Unser Fritz had a
smile and CHEEKY word for the meanest
OF their subjects; this Kaiser has some
times machine-made salute, and always
scowl. He seems to despise his
| people, and even the Germans dislike
| too obvious show of scorn, even in a
Kaiser. What has he done? His father
and grandfather had done great things
for Germany; this man has talked much
and done nothing. Perhaps, even more
than the simple courtesy of the old
| Kaiser, the Germans loved his simple
tastes. They are homely people and they
loved to think that their emperor was
homely like thenn-observe that they
hardly ever speak of him but as the
present Kaiser and the implied com
parison is telling-is all for luxury, dis
play, extravaganza. His income-all
paid by the light-soiled kingdom OF
Prussia; Germany as an empire contrib
utes nothing-is the enormous sum Of
100000 marks, or S3,75o.ooo; yet he
IS said to be deep in debt. And at each
new piece OF ostentation people shake
their heads, and have already begun tc
ask who pays.
| In the evening of that day, Mr.. Stee-