The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
W. Q. I. U. COLUMN.
THE TEMPERANCE VIEWS OF
GERMANY'S EMPEROR.
His Ardent Advocacy of Non-Alco-
holic Practices.


holic Practices.
Those Nations which take the
smallest quantity of alcohol win the
day - Charles Bailey, Wheatley,
Doncaster, England
Then If the Colonel cannot inter-
fere with a gambling club in his
regiment he must tender his resig-
nation 1t was Prince William OF
Germany who spoke. AS Coloney Of
Che First regiment he had suppress.
ed a gambling club, reprimanded
and punished the offending officers
The old Emperor to whom an appeal
was made while admitting that his
grandson was responsible for the
regiments reputation, suggested the
Prince had been somewhat too
strict. Uncompromisingly the latter
replied in the words just mentioned
Such was the regard for full probity
and clean living eyinced by William
II when prince. Similar the prin-
ciples which have characterized him
as the august monarch who for TWEEN
ty-five years head Of the great Ger
man nation, has so largely imposed
his royal will upon the millions Of,
his subjects.
Primarily Man Of Faith.
AS BELTS the son of the good
Frederick and the eldest daughter
of the beloved Victoria, William III
is man of faith Undoubtedly au-
tocratic and erratic at times, yet
beneath his actions he has ever ex-
| hfbited an undercurrent of religious
feeling and motive. This led him to
visit the Holy Land in 1898, and
! leads him to conduct the services
sometimes on board his yacht IL
Illustrating prayer as the key to the
treasure chamber of God, he said
| upon one of the latter occasions:
"Yonder in the towers on the
mountain top hang strange bells
BY the hands Of no human being are
they rung. Still and silent they
hang in the sunshine But when
the storm wind comes they swing
| they begin to ring, and one hears
| the sound in the valley below. God
man beings heart In the sunny
and fortunate days OF life, how Of
4 ten it hangs there still and silent,
i but when the stormy wind of trou-
BILE blows then it begins to sound
The Kaiser's home life has been
4 Yc nal u a1hl
/ the faintest breath of scandal Re-
firing and unassertive, the Empress
well balances the impetuousness of
her husband. 0 the Kaiserin' s
goodness the answer of one her little
sons tells. He was being taught by
his instructor the doctrine of origi-
nal sin. That can't be right" at
once he replied, for I'm sure my
mother isn't sinner Not general
ly regarded so, the Kaiser is, how
ever, according 20 the testimony of
one Of his warmest friends a lover
OF peace. Certainly, to his great
praise, the period during which he
has worn the imperial purple has
witnessed the German people en-
gagged in no serious conflict of arms.
Strongly Condemns Alcoholic Pra-
tees.
/ Recently Germany's great ruler
has become pronounced opponent
of the alcoholic customs of his coun-
try. Again and again he has referr-
ed to these in terms of strong COD
domination "A question that lies very
near my heart is the question of al
eohol and drinking. know the pas
sion for drink Is an old heritage of
the Germanni We must free our
selves in every way from this by
/ self-discipline. Such were his
trenchant words little more than a
year ago. Another similar striking
sentence is the one quoted at the
head Of this article. His belief in
the advantage of total abstinence is
shown by the fact vouched for by a
prominent German railway official
that all His Majesty's drivers and
engineers are required to be def
nitely pledged abstainers from alco-
holic beverages.
Sees Perils of Alcoholism.
During the Army naneuvers in
East Prussia in 1909, the Emperor
had Notwithstanding drinks only
supplied to him, as these he discoy-
cred gave him greater powers Of en-
durance. Repeatedly he has rebuked
his officers for their beer-drinking
proclivities, and in other ways has
shown his realization of the perils
of widespread alcoholism and his
i deep detestation OF carousing Gus
toms Doubtless the Kaiser has been
| influenced in favor of temperance
practices by the marked temperance
sentiment of the neighboring eoun-
tries Of Sweden, Norway, and Fin
land; by the approval of temperance
princiles in British royal circles; and
by the knowledge which his up-to-
date acquaintance with public affairs
necessarily gives him of the re-
markable improvements resultant
upon prohibition enactTflents in many
4 parts of the American continent