The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
PHYSICIAN SAYS
 KAISER IS INSANE A Thing Germans Would Not
 Dare Whisper HIS MALADY IS HOPELESS Band Master Gets Six Weeks in Jail for Mistreating subordinates. Was Convicted on s55 Counts
 Out of Total of 12so.
HIS MALAOY IS HOPELESS
By MALCOLM CLARKE.

 1 Berlin. December 12.-What the Ger mans dare not whisper has been said by well-known German physician in an English weekly paper-the Kaiser Is hopelessly and progressively insane. The article, which is of course unsigned. or the author would probably be drawn and quartered, has created an enormous sensation throughout Germany. "Why do we allow a single individual, whether King or anarchist, to continue to throw poisoned bombs amongst a peacefully striving nation," the article begins l Why should Emperor William alone be 1 at liberty to endanger. from his ambush l of imperial dignity, the peace of the na- tions of Europe? He alone is the imme- diate danger of our times. But let us add at once that we have no right to blame him. This seems paradox, but if the nations will only understand the real condition of affairs. all danger would at once disappear, although the Emperor William may go on making speeches, sending wires and publishing interviews l to his hearts content"
 l After enumeratlng some of the most ! fragrant misdeeds and, one is temped to say, crimes, committed by the Kaiser, the writer concludes: But 1t is time that nations should ask themselves the ques- tion: What is the secret of this mans actions?' And they ought to know the answer. which is fully understood among diplomatists and in large circles in Ger many.
 Emperor William offers a rather typ ical picture of a certain kind of mental disease. He suffers from a malignant in-
 
 da), which in an ever-increasing degree Is affecting his brain. In order to be near him Professor Passow, one of the. highest living authorities on that disease, was called from Heidelberg to settle down in Berlin.
 The fate of nations may depend on this fact being known and thoroughly understood by the English. The Kaiser complains of being alone amongst a na- ton of 6O,OOOOOO. And so indeed he is- a man with a progressive mental disease is always alone But for his present ca pers the bacill that attack his brain are alone responsible British people can hardly understand how much the Ger mans have already had to suffer on ac- count of their Emperor. Shall they again suffer-shall fresh enmity arise between the British and the Germans on account of the latest folly of this dangerous man who wears the purple? The Emperor has dethroned himself, although he may still continue to wear the much-abused crown of his forefathers"
 1 Six weeks mild imprisonment, which might just as well be called a vacation is the punishment which a court-martia, at Metz has been fit to impose upon a regimental bandmaster convicted of hay ing cruelty ill-treated his subordinates on 1,2S0 separate counts. The court only in- vestigated 855 charges, which were all supported by strong evidence.
 There is great indignation at the sen tence, and 1t is pointed out that to ill., treat a soldier in Germany, according to the decision of the court-martial, cost only a little more than an hours pleas ant relief from duty on full pay. The statement has repeatedly been made in various European and American papers that the widow of the murdered Grand Duke Serge, Grand Duchess Eliz- abeth Feodorowna, sister of the Czarina, had taken the veil and entered a nun nery. One paper even published her daily life in a convent where speech was for odien.
 The fact Is that the Grand Duchess, who has always been interested In char ity, and who is the idol of the people of Moscow has founded in that city what We would call 'deaconesses' home, the object of which is to supply the popula- ton of the poorer classes with free nurses, district visitor and infant school teachers.
 The authorities of Berlin point with great pride to the fact that in spite of the bad times only 1 1-3 per cent ,f the people of the greatest city are unem- ployed.
 For the purpose of determining the number likely to be dependent on public charity during the winter, and this vealed the fact that out of the 3,d99,o 900 l people living in the metropolitan district only 4o,124 people, including 1,716 women, are out of work.