The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-15

l than by spending time in a machine | shop or drawing plans for public inn provements.
 From the very beginning he looked | upon government as one does on the
 management of a big business, He has, with that end in view, made the men who are deservedly prominent in 1 their callings his associates To-day
 he may invite some notable electrician to dine with him and tomorrow at l luncheon @ prominent bank director
 may be his guevst. The next day it | may be the manager of a factory or the
 superintendent of chemical concern,
 From one or the other of them he may
 go to a meeting of shipbuilders. Wher-
 ever he goes he asks questions, absorbs
 information, and it matters not how
 busy the men are with whom he is
 brought in contact. he is never less ac-
 tive than they. The kaiser feels him.
 self responsible for the reports of his
 subordinates in the large business con-
 cern, If I may call it so, with which his
 name is connected, and always has 1 his fifty-four million stockholders in mind. In all large concerns it is the
 custom of the heads to give to relatives places of honor and value Relatives
 are usually reliable, faithful and trust worthy When, Napoleon l made his
 brothers rulers he did not prefer them 1 because he thought they were compe-
 tent, but because he could count upon
 them to do his bidding
 In the early history of Germany there
 are many instances where son rose | ca+J ,,thn htant l fought for the possession of the royal
 office. But there is no such romance in
 the Germany of to-day. Kaiser Will
 helm has no more loyal subject in his
 realm than Prince Henry Although
 one rarely finds brot so unlike each
 other, still both bear the unmistakable
 marks of their origin Wilhelm shows | the mothers ideas of modern govern
 ment and the fathers stately pride.
 Prince Henry, who resembles his fath-
 CT, inherited from him his natural tal- 1 ents and those qualities which made 1 him beloved by the people and recog-
 nized as a gentleman and from his
 English mother he has the keen percep-. | ton which fitted him so well for his
 sailor calling.
 I1lIlCP I1ellIg NdS dlNdfS ptl LNNNlS willing to concede to his older brother
 the prior right as to knowledge also. l Tn his family the law of homage and
 respect for the kaiser reigns before which all must bow. This feeling is so
 strong that it prevents Prince Henry | from occupying the kaiser's apartments | on board the royal yacht.
 | Despite his advanced business ideas l Wilhelm II has much of the mystic in ! his nature, and he seems to desire to i impress upon all people that his ideas are inspired and that opposition to his
 wish be the detail ever so small, is
 nothing short of blasphemy And peo-
 pie who know this quality ask, IS
 such conduct proof of deep religion or shrewd politics."
 I need not attempt to describe to
 Americans this type of modern creative
 genius who takes interest in the small
 est detail and who really believes that
 nothing can succeed if not fashioned
 after his will. l am sure that this same
 type exists in other lands. Would not 1 such a man do all in his power to de- monstrate to his people that his will and his plans are unshaken and cor rect? The German is simple, unosten- tatious, energetic and inclined to trust him who shows the most confidence In himself Did not the Purtans, the progentors of Americas S and Englands
 great men, believe in the divine sane ton for their action? What would
 Cromwells deeds have been without the expression of the sentiments which prompted them? Who knows but Will helm II dreads to cross a certain line,
 fearing that beyond given point a ruler might be too modern. Our firm is
 not yet The German empire limited li
 ability company" The title Deutsch
 CT Kaiser is still better sounding title than "director-general"
 Germany still has aspirations beyond | becoming a national trust company, and I was glad to hear from the repre- sentatives of the American press and 1 at Harvard that America sympathizes
 with Germany in the development of l the arts and sciences for the benefit of all mankind.
 We are happy to have a man at the head of our people who Is enthusiastic with us in that direction. We are proud Ol the IdCJ Illdl He NUlhS III tit field of science, paints, writes poetry, composes and publishes music. The example of the conspicuous men of our time, of Pasteur Darwin and Wagner,
 shows that neither the scientific re-
 search nor the difficult technical pre- cludes the leaning toward the religious spirit. It seems that in Wilhelm II the practical battles with the ideal for su-
 premacy and in determining his course he follows what he looks upon as his sacred duty. No one can dispute the wisdom of Wilhelm's idea that Germa- nv is not a company of individuals working separately, but one homegene-
 ous body. The ventures of the German bank in the Levent and the triumphs of German products at the Paris eXposi-
 ton are among the results of this poli- cy. A country which is unable to exist
 on its own products, that must depend on export and import, needs an organi- zation such as ours
 But for this policy Wilhelm has three enemies, the selfish agrarian, the ideal of the socialist and the justitiable pride of the artist