The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-07-13

'm Industrial state in Europe: 10 one
un incarnation Of prussiau etiquette
and the military caste TO another the
guycst and most ahable OF German
gentlemen
The truth seems to be that he Is all
those thiups and many others with
equal conviction and energy on oc.
0H.ton Some OF the incongruties dis
app ear on examination His speeches
miaiead the English reader who goes
70 them armed with British conccp-
ton Of German stolidity and common
sense. The German IL not afraid OF
poetry and sentiment, nor even OF
high-Hown metaphor on the ordinary
occasions OF life SO when the Ger.
/ man emperor Chirstens q battleship
/ there Is no reason for him to contine
himself 10 droary commonplace
'Snrilsng from the old German
zaEas are the names Of ships be
longing to thy class Therefore shalt
thou likewise recall to us the gray
past OF our ancestors and the puts.
SAINT deity whom our Gcrmanic fore
fathers ju their ignorance supplicated
and worshppcd, when the battles Of
lh" north were fought on the polar
seas, ana death and ruin carried into
the land Of the enemy The potent
name Of the name Of this great deity
/ thou shalt bear christen thee with
. the name of AoEir An imaginative
flight Of this kind IN christening bat
tleshlp s'irs and pleases German
! patriotic feeling nor does II seem to
the average German homogeneous with
more practical qualities Every Ger
man knows that the kaiser is a good
technical expert I'm matters relating to
| the navy Sir Edward j. Reed said he
| possessed a perfect farscelng pene-
tration and more thorough informa-
ton than either his own technical
/ minister Of myself possessed, and this
| knowledge had been gained by expert.
ence In a practical and Trustworthy
way"
THE oiVine.Rgh" Theory.
Profound conviction in the divine
right Of the house Of HohenzoIlern
makes the kaiser live up TO the spec.
| tacular conception Of the kingship
which was reflected In the pesudo-
! mediaeyalism OF his favorite drama
| list, the late Ernst Won Wildenbruch:
1t was not In the kniser's case incom-
| patible with a very modern practical
| ability. Himself n successful manu-.
facturer and model farmer. the kais-
cr takes the kcenest interest in i'm
| proyemonts In Industrial processes, in
the organization OF industry and in
Legislation for the security and pro.
lection Of the workers.
Every one who has lived in Ger
many knows the cXclusiveness Of mil
itary circles but the emperor who is
The ieudal chief Of the Prussian arts
/ tocracy, numbers among his intimates
some OF the captains Of German in.
dustry. His affection for the late Herr
Krupp is well known and he ad-
dresses with the familiar thee and
thou OF ordinary life Herr Wormann.
the great Hamburg ship owner. and
Herr BALM, the head Of the Hamburg.
American line Herr Balm moreover.
is q Jewish descent The emperor
knows every shlp-buildng yard on the
coast.
He takes his meter OF Landesvater
and OF monarch very seriously and IL
Prusslan tradition involves a certain
aloofness absent from the intercourse
between the English court and the
English people the difference 10 not
fundamental. The German people
recognize behind the parade and mag
nificance of Potsdam a home life OF
exceptional brightness and simplicity.
distinguished from the life OF the or.
binary German household most OF all
by the unceasing and untIring In
dustry OF It's head, for whom no task
seems too arduous, no detail too
trivial.