The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03

M. W,aldeck- Rousseau, the premier, TO
carry out her wishes.
La Presidente" has determined that
as far as she can help it, the "bon
pere Loubet" shall not run any risks.
Since the shooting at Buffalo the Elysee
private police force has been more than
doubled. If the President goes out
shooting at Rambouillet at least half
of the party" is made up of secret
service police, who load and fill like
the rest of the hunters; but the game
for which they are watching, keen
eyed, is the kind that perches in a tree
with ready gun, hoping for a shot
at the head of the state.
My informant gave me some curious
details about the devices that have re-
Gently been introduced in Berlin to safe
guard the Kaiser in view of the recru-
descence of anarchistic attempts. Will
helm. true to his genius for dabbling
a little in every trade, has elaborated
in his own imperial brain-box a whole
series of precautions. He conceived one
day the not unplausible idea that of all
Would-be assassins a regicidally dis
posed soldier would have the best
chance of gratifying his taste for roy
al blood. So the Kaiser has planned to
introduce shortly a trained secret SER
vice man into every battalion of the
hPCAldd IAOOpS. II Will De MS DUTY 10
be always on the alert both in bar
racks and in the field, in the one case
keeping tabs on the mems conversa-
tons, habits, ideas, reading and asso-
clates, and Immediately reporting any
suspicious character. In the field he
VIII serve as an ordinary secret police
man, watching for the leveling of a
rifle at the royal person. These soldier
Police will be recruited from the young
err members of the Kaiser's sworn de-
tective bodyguard, which is the most
carefully organized agency of personal
protection that any sovereign has at
his heels. The new measure is render
ed all the more judicious in Germany
by the fact that the rigorous discipline
OF the army has reused a spirit of re-
belHon and has already led to several
cases of the murder of officers by their
men.
The present Gear, though popularity
supposed to be the most constantly
menaced of monarchs, is PERHAPS one
OF the most Indifferent to the precau-
tlonary measures taken in his interest.
HIS extraordinary personal careless
ness is due to an absolute conviction
that he is fore-doomed and to a quasi
oriental fatalism, which leads to the
peace bringing feeling that no steps
he can devise will turn aside the muir
Gerous arm. He goes his way, grave
under the shadow of the coming death.
but without finching from what he re-
CARDS as the inevitable. He knows, of
course. that the authorities of his court
surround him with an elaborate system
OF police protection. He does not pro-
test; 1T is their business: but he does
rot interest himself in the matter at
all The only notice he takes of the
cfllclals detailed to look after him con-
sists in keeping them as far from his
eyes as possible. He tries to forget
There is trouble in store for the indis-
Greet Official who fuses" In the i'm
perlal presence. That is the only ex-
ceptlon to be made to the statement
lnat the Car is absolutely the gentlest
soul that now sits on a throne. II has
been sad that he is gravely courteous
to everybody except to those whose
mission 1t is to protect his life at the
constant risk of their own. An anarch-
ISL with his pocket full of bombs would
apparently be greeted with more kind
ress py Nicholas than a secret service
agent leaping roughly to the rescue.
another monarch who does not seem
to care is King Edward of England His
easy-golng way of loaflng around HON.
nurs, drinking the water at the Spas
IKE any equity everyday citizen shock
cd his encourage. The waters NAV cure
the liver, but nothing ap-
parently will ever cure his
calm assurance that nobody will
ever want to do him harm. In his
case 1t is not the fatalism of Nicholas
that produces this happy condition. If
is sheer content with himself and with
the world, leading him to laugh at the
very ldea OF danger. Queen Alexandra
is said to share the Kings perfect
peace of mind in this respect. AS far
as the anarchist trouble is concerned
tney are as undisturbed as any subur
panlte could be among his rose trees
IL Is given as fact that on most DAVIS
the King and Queen of England 90
ABOUT without even being tracked by
one or two secret service men, such as
the least of the little German crowne6
heads has in his train.
They are probably as safe as anv
OF the others. all the same" said my
ponce othcer friend. Everything that
can be done has been proved useless
time and again. And perhaps ths
best thing is to take just ordinary
precautions and leave the rest to fate.
That way. at least, you avoid exciting
the vanity OF these light-heade6
bloody minded criminals land that is "a
chance in your favor. King Edward Sc
cures his peace that way. The Gear
on other principles. arrives at the same
plan, and the same result. The Kaiser
would never get there. II all depends
upon mans personal temperament
However the occupants of the seats
OF the mighty may regard the matter.
there is no doubt that the success OF
Czolgosz's attack has increased the
peril OF every potentate in Europe
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