Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-02-11

1ASA WIZ are uduhSltAS d1tSI lOuk VI
eight years stay in the White House
such as Senator Marcus A. Hanna-are
hesitating on the bank of the Rubicon.
The indications are that they have loi,
tered too long already, as delegates are
beginning to be instructed for Colonel
Roosevelt He seems to have infused
somewhat of his own strenuosity into
his followers.
Congratulations.
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany cele-
brated the forty fifth anniversary of
his birth the other day. The dispatches
inform us that large numbers of the
most eminent persons in his empire
called to pay their respects and to ex-
tend congratulations, while a vast con-
course assembled about the palace to
show their interest in the event.
A man does not have to be a mon
archist in order to admire manly quail
tiles in enperors, kings and potentates
and the Hohenzollerns are the manifest
royalties in Europe OF course over
here we are all in favor of electing our
presidents, and the chances are that
we always will be, but even among
hereditary rulers a plain American
whether Democrat. Republican or Pop
ulist, may have his choice.
Kaiser Wilhelm is growing in popu
larity both at home and abroad. Sensi
bic persons everywhere have ceased to
speak of him as 'the young war lord
and have ceased to regard him as SUCH
He is no longer considered menace to
the peace of Europe. On the other hand.
while he maintains the strongest, if not
the largest, army in the world, he is
beginning to be looked upon as one of
the conservators of the peace of the
world
That he takes an intense interest in
everything tending to promote the well
fare of the fatherland is known of all
men. He encourages by every means
in his power the growing trade of Ger
many and is building up his realm in
every possible manner. He is a Ia
borious kaiser. He perhaps works as
hard as any citizen of his empire. In
deed. the Hohenzollerns have always
worked indefatigably. Frederick the
Great labored more hours out of the
twenty four than any other man of his
time. The sons of the kaisers in their
capacity of kings of Prussia are COM
PEELED to learn trades just as are the
sons of other Prussians-not that they
are expected to follow those trades
when grown up, but to develop their
bodies, to set a good example and to be
able, should necessity arise, to earn
their living by carrying on those
trades, for the Germans in general and
the Hohenzollerns in particular are en-
inently practical folks, realize that
this is a changeable world and propose
to be ready for any fate There is no
prospect that Kaiser Wilhelm will be
dethroned and driven into exile, but
should that happen, and should he be
hustled out of his empire without a
dollar or change of linen, as was poor
old Dom Pedro of Brazil, he could earn
his living by working at his trade. and
no doubt that is precisely what he
would do instead of living on charity,
as so many exiled royalties have done
and are doing. After all is said that
can be said about the kaiser being an
autocrat, the fact remains that the Ho-
henzollern are not drones but that
they consider themselves as not only
rulers, but also as the chief servants
of their people. The present German
empire is one of the wonders Of mod
ern times. Any man of intelligence
can trace every rapid step by which it
has grown from the smallest begin
nings to the first place among Euro
pean nations in comparatively short
space Of time. If the kaiser lives long
and continues to grow at the present
rate, future historians will rank him
with his mighty ancestors. the great
elector and with Frederick the Great.
Whether he would be a successful sol
der remains to be seen-indeed. may
lever be known-but peace hath her
victories no less renowned than war.
and the kaiser is doing his utmost to
make the fatherland supreme in com
merce and in trade, in science and in
art
Whatever his virtues or his raults he
holds the center of the stage among
old world potentates.