The evening times., 1902-06-12

The German Emperor is statesman
of great and varied abilities No one
can mark without wonder and admira-
tlon his pride of life, his tireless pow
ers,'' his energy, his Imagination, and,
above all, the ingenuity and resource
with which. when he has decided upon
policy, he carries it out. Nothing is
toe great or too small to be attempted
by him if he thinks it will work to the
realization of any project he has set be-
fore him. His eye is always on the OBJ
1ect, and he thinks no detail unworthy
OF his eager. even anxious, consider
alton. But though We cannot but admire
these really great qualities. We cannot
fail to notice mental limitations which
often tend 20 spell his best-laid plans
We say mental limitations, but per-
haps the phrase is not quite fair, for
the limitations we mean might more ac-
cUrateIy be described as limitations due
to his position and education rather than
20 any lack of brafn-power. Where we
notiee these limitations most strongly,
a7d where they are most striking and
most interesting. is in the German En-
peror's dealings with the United States.
Il is clear that he has never yet arrived
al proper understanding of the Ameri-
can people He is most sincerely anx-
ious 20 win their respect and regard
and lot merely from any polite or SELF.
ish reasons. He no doubt admires them
very greatly. Probably in his heart OF
hearts be believes that the future of the
world belongs in equal parts to the
United States and to the German world
power. and he would like for the good OF
both states to arrive at an agreement
X bich would, he thinks, be usefu! and
beneficial to both. We mean that he has
no desire TO trick or take in the Unit
ed States, or to get them to sacrifice any
interests which he thinks they can rea-
sonably hold to be essential to their
weffare His attitude, in fact, is that of
the business man who says: There is
plenty of room for both our firms, and
when I say I desire to make things easy
for you I am not trying to bamboozIe
you, but mean genuine and honest CO.
operation
It is in his attempts to carry out this
object. an object in itself eminently
sound, reasonable, and legitimate, that
the Emperor shows his limitations To
win the confidence and respect of
nation, as of man, the essential thing
is TO understand that nation-and the
true nation, and the nation as whole,
and not merely the most prominent and
obvious portion of the nation We can
realize how completely the Emperor
mfsibdges the American people by OBJ
serving the means he takes to win their
| confidence and respect. He began his
| friendly campaign some years ago by
reminding America of how many mil
| liors of men who had once been MS sub
| tects or the subjects Of his predeees-
sors dwelt in the United States, and
| how great a tie of amity this consti
| tuted. This winter he sent his brother,
| Prince Henry, on an official visit TO the
United States. and he heaped upon the
American President and the American
| people all those little and intimate
civiIitfes by which Continental mon
arehs set such immense store in which
| in their minds denote more than almost
ianything else the desire TO be specially
friendIy-for example. something more
than merely courteous. Again, the En-
peror has presented a statue Of Fred
erick the Great TO the United States in
order to remind the Americans of the
interest which tie King Of Prussia took
| in the foundation of the Republic. and Of
the fact that his sympathies in the War
of independence were entirely on their
side. Now, all these acts and many
other signs of favor-ever-to- to-be-re-
membered- with gratitude exhibitions of
| imperial eondescension and generous
goodwill. as all loyal Germans would
honestly account them-though so sin
| eerely intended, have failed to touch the
American people. The Americans were
not so sman-minded as to be annoyed
by the laundering reference TO the great
body of German voters in the States. but
all the same 1t Jared little, or rather,
did not strike the right note.
What all Americans instinctiveIy in
| sist on is the homogeneity of their peo-
| pie They have always. and very right
/ ly, determined to turn their faces away