Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
KAISER ON HIS VACATION
French Y0chtsman Tells How William
II. Looks Now.

French YUchtsmnn Tells How william
II, Looks Now.
NJ. CASTOR Mcnicr of Parie. while cruis-
ing the Norway cohst in his steam
yacht Ariane, the vessel on which Will
liam II. met NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau four
years ago. CHANGED to run across the
Kaiser again a few days after the birth of
his first grandchild. There was a news
paper man on board and he supplies the
Paris Temps with personal impressions of
the Kaiser and with scraps of the CONVEX
sation.
The Kaiser asked NJ. Mcnier to call on
him and at once returned the visit,
Dressed as a yuchtsman with white cap
and shoes, with no other marks of rank
than tho four stripes of gold braid on the
sleeve of his dark blue REFER, he advan-
ces smiling. his hand outsprcad. He
shakes hands with those presented to him
with perfectly British vigor. TIL CONVEX
sation is In a familiar and easy tone: 1t is
only at long intervals that the pronuncia-
ton of n word or a foreign turn to a
phrase bctrays the speakers nationality,
for William II. knows French thoroughly,
although he prefers not to use the slang
of the boulevard.
HE spoke IN high terms OF Waldeck-
Rousseau and inquired about his last
hours and the cruel disease that carried
him off. Yes. yes, l konw.' said the Kali
ser sadly. that IS the disease OF which my
family dies He aeded: I shall never for
get the look Of my father trying to read
In the eyes OF those who were near him
how far his disease had progressed. We
have founded an institution at Frankfort
for the study or this scourge. One Of our
professors thinks that he has discovered
n serum
'The talk turned to Eastern politics. The
German sovereign hal been watching for
a long time the laborious efforts of the
Japanese. I had spoken of 1t 20 the Car
and likewise Of the wonderful information
system which the japanese had spread
from one end Of the world to the other.
When we meet one we cannot really tell
whether we have before us a merchant. a
mechanic or an Officer in disguise. l ave
heard tell that in a barber shop freduented
by military attaches he man who used
the razor on their faces was a Colonel or
the japanese General staff And growing
more excited, we shall sec in the end, in
Asia and elsewhere. h this nrsttriumph
Of the yellow man over the whites may
cost. ..* For the moment matters are
all right with England. Eut the
Orientals have more than one trick in re-
serve. Thus they have aust opened, ac-
cording to treaty. a commercial town on
the Yalu; only they have taken care to
build a bridge between the two banks,
which prevents vessels from going
up the river And he laughed
~lemphasizing his remarks by swapping his
thumb and forefnger.
~ watched him while he talked. He is
of middle height, we'll set mp, his mar turn
: ing pretty gray Cbetter gray mar IMAM
none at all he had said good naturcdly)'
Youthful in appearance and manner ms
, face rather fiat with prominent cheek
bones. n well cut nose, magnificent t'eth
lin a rather German mouth, whose laugh
+ ter is more boisterous than graceful. Inc
lmouth is shaded by a turned up mustache
l not, however, thick. bristling INTO sp'k'
I points, such ms appears In some PORTRAITS
/ and has become the characteristic cohVeh'
tional mark of the Caricaturlst, lhls Is u
f peaceful blond mustache, turned up Gool
naturally. n mustache on its vacation
I = His eye is remarkable. blush gray
n rather hard, the pupil always IN motion
an eye that speaks, listens notes. re
g members.
Il Ills WnOlc LOdN, 1bT llhN w 80 -
constant motion. always under stean' co
Operating with his speech. commenting Oh
: his words; the eye questions, his head ap
G proves, mis- hand punctuates, only ms lei
e arm, motionlcss, never leaves ms p'lt U
the pocket of his coat. VINO KNOWS II
concluded, perhaps before ten years hav
" rouc by we may see a Japanese fleet ID
the Mediterranean, and It will, be a novel
l. ty to hear the opinions of the Emperor o
d the Rising Sun expressed on western
# questions
e The Frenchmon were invited to Dime
Is on board the hamburg and the Two Lao
d les of the party may boast OF having sd
& on either side of tie Kaiser. inc Jourha
e list gives a few more scraps OF the i>als
It er's talk. After Inner the company shr'h
y cd on the bridge and the KAISER SCENE
ir even more unreserved. He expanded IN
l. Viking saying, He who is master of tn
70 sea is master of the land but the lemp
= does not undertake to repeat his words
1t Later he had occasion to ailude 10 n
IS mother and the reporter was struck b
y, the simplicity with which ne begaf
a Mamma used to say to me-" He foun
m out that the reporter had sluo'eo AT II
or university and exchanged a few wore
with him.. Then you studied al boAh
he said to me in German. Did you kno
Prof. Carl SellT lie was my teacher' n
n was mine, too. An, good, good old Ca
" Sell. with his spectacles, his round nos
Il and his fat belly and he followed ms u
"a with many hurried "reminiscences OF Il
Va student days"
II the Baby 1. Cutting Teeth