The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-01-02
THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

A.. r tho most energetic soyereigns of Europe
&c Kaiser William of Germany. FROM o . CloGN -
tho morning to the late hours OF the nlght' ne 10
- work and II is pleasure to see hmm work. every
-; done 90 svstcnaticall7 and at the time APP
VENTED He no sooner assembled the throne IMAM
he showed that his one great desire was Tne ma
terial and moral advancement OF the FaIneIIaIu'
Wise men shook their heads when he assumed yhe
regns of power, and predicted every KIM - Us
aetor for GERMANY .1Oo mpetuous, too IDEAL
tbe1, said sand the nation Is bound to be plunged
into war or suffer something else Just as bad under
his ruIe The wise heads disappointed ana
Kaiser William has shown himself TO be from Ihg
very first day he assembled the throne strong goou
and capabe ruler Deeply religious. he never neg
Iects to impress upon his subjects that the sum
mum bonum of mans happiness IS God, ana a con-
stitutiOn without religion Is house buIt upon
sand He breaches to his sailors and soIdlers When-
ever AN opportunity offers Ubiquitous IN his move
rents the heads of the various government depart
n,ents cannot tell the moment when he will appear
amongst them A strict disciplinarian, ne expects
everything to be in apple pie order and 10 move
with the precision of men upon the chess ooard,
A model father, he is devoted to his loving ana
helpful consort, and he is never so happy as when
he is romping with his children. Even In his Dus-
est moments he never forgets them. and 1t AFFORDS
him the greatest pleasure to secrete IN his pocket
some little present for them He has taught chill
dren to be above all things practical and each one
of them has to study some profession The en-
in her tastes living solely for her emperor and
children, essentially a woman of the three ks
kirche kinder kench-church, children and kltch-
en-. The emperor is as much at home dining on
the soldiers humble fare sitting at the costlest
banquet Many stories of his kindness and thought
even to the lowliest of his subjects told, and
from these there two which illustrate forclbly
that thought and kindness. A corporal fell In love
with the sergeant majors daughter but the latter
would not sanction the wooing until the corporal
got promotion The poor fellow was naturally
much disappointed and the emperor, going the
rounds of barrack one day noticed the woe-begone
expression on the corpOraps face. He asked the
corporal what was the matter and the corporal told
him his tale The emperor laughed and passed
on, but soon after the corporal got his promotion
and his sweetheart. On another occasion the en-
peror was aboard ship and he suddenly encountered
sailor carrying a jug of beer In his hand. The
sailor brought his hand smartly to his forehead IN
salute but in his excitement he spilled some Of the
beer, whereupon the emperor smilingly remarked:
'Jock that was clum5ily done; give that
jug and | will show you how it should be done
The sailor handed the emperor the jug and the
emperor retTeated a little and then advanced. aud
standing before the astonished sailor he drew him
self up, brought the jug Of beer to his lips and
drained the contents and having done so he
brought his hand smartly to his forehead and sa-
luted the sailor with the words:
clock, that is the way 20 do it. Go down now
and get your jug filled again and say it was l sent
you"
The press all the world over may sometimes be
inclined to ridicule some of the emperors acts, but
there is gainsaying the fact but that Kaiser
William is a great a good ruler.