The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-07
THE KAISER
At BONN

LONDON, April 27-Ali accounts
agree that Emperor william thorough
ly enjoyed himself at Bonn. and among
the students Of his old corps. he be-
came "A student Again. Tho Emperor
wore the white cap, and across his
breast. the black and white ribbon Of
the Borussla corps. His Majesty him
self took command at the symposium,
issued orders In firm tone and led on
the so-called salamanders, the thun-
derous rafting Of beer mugs on the
table when the leading toast was pro-
posed. He also Joined heartily. with a
loud voice, in singing students songs,
bringing down the fiat of his rapier, In
the orthodox fashion, with a crash on
the table at the end of each verse The
proceedings reached n climax when
His Majesty called for that grandest
of German student songs, "Landesvat-
err" ("Father of His Country.'O At one
of the verses, in which 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 rapier
points, the youthful Crown Prince
crossed rapiers with the aged General
Won Loeb himself an old Bourussir.
At another part of the proceedings,
in which the Emperor with great pleas
ure was calling up the former corps
students some of them aged men, so
that their health might be drunk in the
order of the years they studied, the En-
peror called for a salamandar for a
blind old lawyer, Herr Lauff, father of
the dramatist. Josef Lauff, who, an
nually, under his Majestys directions,
produces a new historical drama at
Wiesbaden, illustrating the achieve
ments of the House of Hohenzollern.
Later, Joined by the students, he called
out "our youngest fox" the slang nick
name of the youngest student. The
Emperor laughed heartily, and, clap
ping the Crown Prince on the shoulder,
said: "Hoerst du rasZer meint dir?"
CDo you understand that he means
you?'O There was another humorous
incident when one of the veterans in
replying to the toast to the men of his
year, drank to the canal bill and eX-
pressed the hope that the old fellows
OF Berlin might at last realize that the
canal must be built. The Emperor lay
back in his chair and laughed loud and
long.
An interesting story is told of sur
prise night visit paid by Emperor Will
liam to the training ship Charlotte,
while at Kiel. The ship was anchored
in midstream when the guard espied
the Emperors pinnace approaching,
and a moment later, the Emperor was
on deck, much to the surprise of the
hastily awakened captain. His Maj
esty then began a rigorous inspection
of the ship. In the dormitory he was
astonished to find~the cadets asleep I'M
der the glare of electric lights.
IT scarcely believe they are asleep
under such a light"
"They are tired after their days
work" replied the captain. "They
would sleep anywhere"
The Emperor was still skeptical, shook
a sleeping cadet soundly and awoke
him.
$50" said His Majesty, you sleep as
we'll here as at homer"
The cadet, recognizing his questioner,
promptly replied: Better Your Maj
esty."
The Emperor was much gratified at
the answer, and returned to his own
ship, delighted with his experiment