The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-01
THE AGENT Of GOD
SPEECH IN WHICH THE kAlSEH
ASSERTS DIVINE RIGHT TO
THE GROWN.
SCORES THE SUFFRAGETTE
Women Told They Should Attend to
Homes and Not Seek Estention or
Rights. Journals Say Rulers Idea
Is Romantic and Medieval.

Koenigsberg-Not In a long time
has an imperial speech caused such
convulsive thrills in Germany as did
one delivered by Emperor William at
the provincial banquet here in when
he again proclaimed the Prusslah
| crown to have been bestowed upon
him "by Gods grace alone
The emperor referred TO Emperor
William /. OF Germany in terms IN
dicating the identity of his conv1c-
! lions with those of his grandfather.
my grandfather" he said, again,
| by his own right placed the Prusslan
crown on his head and again pro-
| claimed 1t to be bestowed on him by
Gods grace alone and not by parlia-
ments, assemblages of the people or
| resolutions of the people, and that
| he saw in himself the chosen instru-
ment OF heaven, and as such he re-
| garded his duty as regent and ruler.
Considering myself as the instru-
ment of the master" the emperor
said in closing, regardless OF pass
| ing views and opinions, go my way,
| which is solely devoted to the pros
| perity and peaceful Development Of
our fatherland."
Taking as a text the role of Queen
| Louise of Prussia during the Napo-
! leonic wars. the emperor eXtolled her
| virtues and pointed ont how the
memory of her had fired the courage
! of Prussian soldiers and saved the
country.
German women" said the emper-
or, should learn from Queen Louise
that their duty docs not lie in par
ticipating in public meetings and So
cieties nor in attaining supposed
rights in which they may be able to
do the same things as men, but in
! quiet work at home and in the fam
| lily.
They should train the young gem
| erations, before all things, in ODE
dience and respect toward age. They
| should make it clear to their chill
| dren and to their children's children
| that they should not strive to live
at the cost of others, nor at the cost
of their fatherland, but that they
! should have the fatherland alone in
mind, devoting all their strength and
! intelligence to the welfare of the
| country
In the speech the emperor reiter-
ated and emphasized his belief in the
! divine mandate by which he rules, re-
! ferred to the Prussian crown as be-
slowed by Gods grace and not by par
! liaments or peoples assemblies, and
| lai. lance against the present move
ment for woman suffrage.
There are indications that the dis
course will have a deep political eff
! feet upon the country, nearly all the
| Berlin papers discussing the subject
| in connection with the political crisis
of November, 1908, when the publ
cation by the London Daily Tele-
graph of an interview with the en-
peror aroused storm against the
uncontrolled public speaking of the
| emperor.
The serious Vossische Zeitung the
! Tagebl2tt, the Post. and other papers
| point out the constitutional character
of the kingdom of Prussia and pre-
! diet the speech will lead to a re-
newed discussion of the emperor's
j.! constitutional position.
The strongly mOnarchist Tageliche
| Rundschau. the favorite journal OF
! army officers, says;
This speech means a storm,
! Never before has Emperor William
| set into such clear relief his romantic,
I medieval idea of his nonresponsibil-
ity to mems Judgment, of his not be-
| ing bound by the constitutional CO.
| operation of the people and of rul-
! ing by Gods free grace, against all
| those convictions and feelings which
today determine our existence as a
| state -