The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-19
uNDAY MAY is, 1910.
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" THE CoI.ONEL's TRIUMPH.
The Colonel had a great time with
Rho Kaiser. and tho Kaiser paid the
Indeed, some Of the old fellows in Ger
lYany think that he went a little FUR
thor than the prophecies actually re-
Iqulred. Tho Waterbury American Is
a1most inclined to believe that the
Kaiser has a sense OF hurnor. because
Hi stinguished guest to an array OF 800
sNeid rnarshals. generals. lfeutenant'
generals. major-generals n briga-
diers. not as President OF the United
states, nor yet al former President. or
even as Citizen Roosevelt. but as the
DISTINGUISHED Colonel OF the Rough
Elders" a sort of Buffalo BIZ, as 1t
were, In Khaki brecches and sombrero
or wool hat, tho sign in which brave
old Ben Tillman ~conquered all tho rib
itocrats. That is all right. Tho COLI
lcnel was tho only private citizen who
ever reviewed the imperial troops.
Colonel Bryan has been to Germany.
una ne has done nearly as much harm
10 This country as Colonel Roosevelt
but he did not review the troops: we
l"disrememher' exactly whether or not
Tho even saw the Kaiser, SO that the
demonstration on the field OF Doeoeritz
lwas tho real thing, and anybody who
says that It was not Is q liar.
h 1fths New York Sun Is to be believed
ieyen By accident when It comes to the
Colonel. tho military performance was
The bes. part OF he show in Berlin II
says that the colonevs lecture at the
university cannot be called even a
IY,odisea success. Tho Colonial was
unhappy in the choice OF his subject,
hecause the learned people to whom he
snoke knew more about 1t than he could
tell them. and 1t 'transgressed every
unwrftten lawt as regards length" It
began at i1:o1 O'Clock and ended at
observation-disclosures minutes by
the Waterbury watch which tho reports
err carried In his pocket It waa be.
sides. rs dul, as dishwater. and no.
body seemed to care about what the
Colonel was talking about. "aost OF
4he fed-hoodcd, b~lack-gowncd savants
fraukIy abandoned themselves to re-
Heotion or sleep" during the lecture.
They either had to do that or go home,
and they could not go home. because
tho Kaiser was sitting right there With
HIS family all the time. TIVE or three
officers u tho student9' Corps on the
platform looked as II they were ready
20 faint, but owing to the presence OF
the Kaiser they couldn't do that
,",dany OF tho elderly professors in.
Hulged in peaceful maps"
The Colonel got two "hsnde," bow
ever. In the e~!ghty-ssven minutes he
twas at !t-once when he told his phleg.
mattc audience to have ell tho children
4hey could. and again when he spoke
With enthusiasm of how the German
troops behaved when they were undel
lis eagle eye the day before. THE
address itself" wo are tod, 'Is only
Treated here as a we'll meaning at,
e.Apt Of q man OF action to please u,eu
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s'Te 20 uoS SaFo aaLe"'HS aoo4S sHae
tl,e tag. IS The Colonel delivered TN
longestls:ture that has ever been made
at the University OF Berlin. It boot!
nothing .I.al}the doctors went to slcer
whns he.aast It: ne kept them III ii
their seats unit, he was through. an
whom ne got lrA,ugh f"there was M
xornaaltty observed over the departure
OF TIP Colonel" II was not necesHary
lgsehad proved TO itno ;:errnans sssYant'
that 1.c Gould DO 5uev so ncsvy and1aul
yas they. and that entitleu I'm to gree.
respect in their eyes and = tho sysi
1T ali who happepea To 90 I 90 whs.
heiEot. though Th4h;tH. stss' { was
greet ;thmp'