The sun., 1910-05-01
LAMDASTTNG FOR THE KAISER
ONLY SYCOPHANTS PRAISE
WILHELM, SAYS ILGENSTEIN.

Round Table Scandal ReyINed-sneers at
imperial OplnlOns On Art. Letters.
Religion and Politics IN "a Mlrror
Sf Prussia Americans In Berlin.
.spsoidl Cahis DsspafoA 70 THH sUx.
BERLIN. April If the noted publicist
Heinrich llgenstein is not prosecuted for
lese majesty it will prove that the Kaiser
no longer fears OutspOken criticism Of
himself or his policies. Herr Ilgenstein's 5
new book. a Mirror Of Prussia, contains
an extraordinary blunt criticism Of the
Kaiser. transcending anything published
in the past. Herr llgenstein frankly CEN
sures and ridicules the speeches and deeds
Of the Kaiser in every field Of thought and
action.
Referring TO the speech in which tho
Kaiser said. 1 will not tolerate grlmbloFs-
and advised grumblers 20 emigrAte. Herr
llgenstein says: -He will not tolerate
grImblers. hut he tolerated Eulenburg.
LynOE and Hohenau. He tolerates things
which no Prussian king ever before toll
Grated. but we Prussians are 70 be only
tolerated In the country which We made by
shedding our blood. II the Kaiser desires
10 be more respected than Is now the case
he must speak In a different way
The Kaiser. says llgsnstein. 10 praised
only by sycophAnts a. a statesman. He
has lAiled In every undertaking Re-
ferrinR 70 the Kaisers religious opinions
the author says:
Wilhelm II. has acted a. he speaks.
With his advent a new wave Of intolerance
spread in Prussia Had he lived in the
Middle AScs he would have unclaimed a
new religious war in his own iRtheriand
which would have destroyed an the vital
progressive energies Of the people. He
would have burned Ibscn's plays Nol
Wilhelm II has come too late into the
world
llgenstein also says that among al the
HohenzolleFns there has been no king
who 20 isolated himself from the thoughts
and aspirations Of his generation. -Hs
does not know our leaders. our artists oT
our poets. the writer declares. He does
not want 10 know them. Those who do
not slavishly serve the sovereign and
worship the kaisers particular gods dc
not exist for our ruler. who in all questions
Of art and religion n not a child Of his
J time. but always its enemy
The author sifirms that the Kaiser
reads only productions % rhyming decora-
ton hunters and crawling Ryzan.ines.
Ambassador Hill. accompanied by Third
Secretary Scholle. has gone 10 Munich d
open the American exhibition. which has
been transferred under Hugo Reisinger'I
superintendence from Asrlin TO the Bava-
Ran capital. The exhibition will bs oper
for three weeks. after which the pictures
will be returned 10 their owners.
The American Women's Club has elected
a new directress. Miss Catherine McMena-
min. long employed In a secretarial posi-
ton by the baltimore and Ohio Railroad
In the United States.
". d. sloane and his wife have arrived
at the HOtel Adlon. They will remain
| throughout Col Roosevelt's visit.
Kuehne Beveridge has received a com
mission from Prince Ludwig Ferdinand
of bavaria. She 10 now working In
| Munich.
Prince and Princess Ei,el Friedrich
since their return from Palestine. have
adopted the fad Of driving trottsrs az tn
rAcea Of the Potsdam Royal Guards. Ths
Prince and Princess. driving separate
TiRs. raced spiritedly. The Prince carried
of the first prize. while the Princess cap.
tured the fourth.