Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

for the collapse of the chancel-
~ Tor Of the empire, Prince Won
Il - Buelow, who sustained an apo
plectic stroke in the reichstag
on April : and is now broken in health and
spirits, as well as for the fate of two or
three other German cabinet ministers who
were unable to cope with the enormous
tasks imposed upon them. For example,
the German secretary OF state for foreign
affairs, Baron Richthofen. died from a
paralytic stroke at a comparatively early
age at the beg inning Of this year and Prus-
sia has lost her most efficient administra-
tor by the premature death OF Gen. Budde
minister OF railways.
The statement that the kaiser Is re-
sponsible for the collapse of his leading
political advisers neither contains nor in
fers a reprOach on his imperial majesty.
The fact is the kaiser is a man of such
ineXhaustible energy and untiring in
dustry that he is simply incapable of I'M
derstanding the inability of men of
weaker constitutions to perform an equal
amount OF physical and mental labor day
after day as he himself gets through
The activity OF the German emperor is
extraordinary and must be understood in
order 10 realize how difficult IL is for his
ministers to keep pace with him. The
Kaiser is the biggest hustler OF the CEN
fury. and no smart American can show
anything Ike a similar record. The organ
lzerS OF the gigantic American trusts
whose activity is strenuous enough are
luxurious iders IN comparison with the
mercurlal monarch who controls the COM
pick affairs Of the mighty German empire
with its GoOO1 600 or inhabitants
The kaiser rises at o'clock in the morn
Ing and he goes to bed al l clock at night
his regular hours OF sleep during the night
being thus reduced TO four. During his
long day OF twenty hours there naturally
occure intervals of leisure. These inter
walls the kaiser utilizes in order to obtain
suatches Of sleep wherewith TO recuperate
his energy and to enable him TO maintain
his strenuous life OF unbroken activity. He
possesses the happy faculty. of being able
70 fall asleep anywhere and at any time
II he throws himself in full uniform on a
sofa he can be sound asleep within sixty
seconds, and This quite unusual ability to
exploit even the shortest intervals OF mac
uVity FOR the beneficial purpose OF obtain
ing rest mas contributed more than any
thing else to the kaisers success as cham
pion hustler of the world. Without these
intervals OF repose snatched from his null
IltCoinous pursuits ii would be impossible
for him 70 keep hustIing day after day and
year after year As II is his admirers fear
that MS hYperstrcnuous activity will one
DAY necessarily result IN a sudden collapse
such as has oyerthrowu his chancellor and
other prominent political advisers
The kaiser, IL must be remembered holds
the reins OF government In a tight hand.
lie retains control of the details OF admin
istration in all it's branches As emperor
he controls the federal affairs OF Germany.
directing her foreign relations and holding
the supreme command OF the army and
navy AS King of Prussia he Is absolute
monarch OF the predominant federal state
within the empire and in this capacity he
runs Prussia, TO use a colIoquiaiisn No
houses, for instance. may be built In the
Inter den Linden In Berlin until the kaiser
has approved the plans. 1t is thus clear
that the cabinet ministers and high state
officials whose duty it is to keep the kaiser
informed regarding all the details of civil
military and naval administration in Ger
many and Prussia have a tremendous task
His cabinet ministers devote quite as much
of their time to preparing reports to their
imperial master as 10 directing the actual
affairs OF their departments.
The kaiser, moreover has a terrible habit
OF listening to reports at all times of the
day and night. II is as likely as not that
he will order cabinet minister to present
report to him as soon as he rises at