The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-10

II Il Not wfe to Jab a King in the
Ribs o. Laugh at Him.

London
1t was awkward for the Cars conhden-
tial adviser. Baron Enidoff, a month ago,
that he had not a quicker control over his
features. for a laugh at the wrong mo-
ment lost him his high position and R12, 900
a year.
While the royal suite was at Compiegne,
soon after the arrival, the Car was tired
and a little irritable, by the effects of the
long journey. While going through the big
library that was part of the great apart
ments prepared for him, he slipped on a
wolfskin mat that lay on the highly pol
ished floor. made a wild attempt to save
himself and clutched at one Of his attend
ants.
He nearly brought himself and his stand
by 10 the ground. but he just managed to
avoid a fall The spectacle was rather
ludicrous, especially in such a stately per-
sonage; and when the rather irritated mon
arch turned round, he found his favorite
Enidof indulging in a grin Of amusement,
which he could not suppress.
The Car. who detests levity on state oc-
c%asions, spoke very sharply in an under
tone 10 the culprt, who, next day, was dis
missed and relegated to an assistant secre-
and wherein he never sees the Car at all.
Although wealthy and of the Oldest no.
bility, the baron dared not refuse the minor
service. His former stipend was s12.00 a
year.
But the Kaiser. on the whole, is the most
dangerous person to laugh at or before.
anu lAlOAG IMAM OlC DCISOH mas UOH6 lot
himself in this way. So did the unfortunate
Cough Milbanke find 1.-THE clever, but
BLUM Scottish colonial administrator 1t
was he who used 10 command the Sultan
Abou Din's troops and manage the Arabian
finances.
The Kaiser took him up, four years ago.
as a guest, with a view 10 making use Of
him in the new expansion policy of the
German empire, and had decided to give
him a fine position in the East, to guard
German interests In China. at a princely
enumeration, of course. The Kaiser sees
TO these things himself and anybody who
becomes one of his right-hand men is pretty
well set up for life.
At one of the audiences given at Potsdam,
Milbanke was giving the Emperor the ben
EFT OF his experience and receiving his or
ders. when the Kaiser made a rather abb
surd suggestion as 10 Eastern diplomacy,
proposing TO win the confidence OF the Jap
anese and Kurile islanders with presents.
Milbanke. bursting into a guffaw, asked
the Kaiser If he thought the Japanese were
Congo niggers, who could be bought over
fint-lock gun? The Kaiser froze at once.
wished Milbanke good night and never re-
opened relations with him.
The moral is. when you are chatting with
a King. don't forget he is a King. and dig
him in the ribs. A still more amusing case
of this kind was the mistake OF another
who was. next 10 McLeavy Brown. OF
Corea. the most famous OF wandering Gov
ernors. Scotland. by. the way. supplies so
per cent. OF the worlds pioneer administra-
tors. as we'll as its engineers.)
McVea was dealing with that pleasant.
but touchy monarch. the King OF Portugal.
who had proposed 10 put the rather shaky
government OF the Cape Verde islands into
his hands. TO set things going. and pull the
finances together. This would have been a
big step. and meant some 5000 a year TO
the famous adventurer: but he had too
much OF what ScOtsmen are supposed 10
lack-sense OF humor. AT anyrate. IL was
the ruin OF the finest prospect he ever had
The King became a little excited and Irri-
table at the various cOmmon-sense obiec-
lions that McNea. knowing what he was
talking about. opposed 10 some OF the mon
arch's plans. and though the King speaks
admirable English as a rule. when excited
II becomes a very odd mixture indeed. This
finally. so worked on McVea's feeling thai
he smiled audibly. with the result that he
was promptly ordered away. and the Cane
Nerdes still lack a Scottish Governor ~
look after their affairs.
II was a very different and much mora
dangerous trouble thai Hackett Joice the
great ironmaster, got into through laugh
ing at the wrong moment. and nearly cost
him his life. This happened during the forg-
ers and grinders strike at Sheffield. when
fifteen thousand men were out OF work. and
great misery and starvation resulted. five
or six years ago.
Joice was the spokesman OF the congress