The chronicle=news., 1913-01-16

honor OF the Kaiser William H..
ns William S"cond-to-nonc. For iu
June the German emperor will have
besn on the throne twenty-five years.
William was only g. years old.
that June day In 1855 when he was
called TO the throne by his brother =
death. and there are many statesmen
In Europe who shook their heads
doloronsly over him. \ madcap
youth, said these statesmen. fire
brand. disturber OF the peace
placed In II pcriiously powerful POSI-
,ion. Inevitably he would cmbro!l
Germany In war. he would ge, things
running AZ cross WAYS. heavens only
knew what he would not do.
And when, shortly after he be-
came emperor. William dismissed the
veteran Eismark from his post. II
seemed TO these prophets OF disaster
to prove absolutely the accuracy OF
their Iofebodlnss.
In spit. OF which. the Kaiser has
done none Of these dreadful things:
there has been no war. Germany ha,
gone forward instead OF backward
and IL today richer. NOR. powerful
aud better educated than 1t was In
1855. For all OF which the kaIs.>
deserves no small share of credit
Because the German emperor j.
practically the only monarch In ta-
. rope today whose personality is o!
real weight. hccausc he j. the only
king who has much TO say about
what his government shall and shall
not do. II Is OF more than ordinaf!
ir,.r.s, To know little about what
manner OF man he Is. Most people
know tina, he brushes his mustacbs
up and his eyebrows down. and that
h. IA called the War Lord. and
,ha, Is about all
william ihc second i .i years old.
lfiv. feet ciIh; lu'hcs tall. and the
father OF seven children. Also. he IL
a proficient hunter. hors.man and
all around athlete. and he has tried
his hand Mt painting. sculpture. play
writing and music. Hc has delivered
addresses from the pulpit. directed
orchcs,ras and given sound and ur-
vanished advice to the women OF
Germany MS to their business In life.
He Is intensely Interested In tnvcn-
tion.. business advancement. iiterat-
ure and politics. and h~ believes tina,
he rules by divine right.
I, sounds like an echo from the
, Middle Ages. hu, ,hcr" isn't shad-
ow Of doubt that the emperor be-
li.v.s II. and tnat his whole life Is
governed by that belief. lie believes
iha, God appointed him to rule Ger
many and that 1t his life business Ia
devote all his energy and ability 10
til. job. And he does II.
Whatever We may think OF the di-
vine right OF kings-and most OF IA
| in America are not inclined to take Il
very seriously-we are bound 10 ad.
William II. started life with n
ha antlicap. From childhood his left
arm has been practically useless. In
stead OF babying his infirmi;y. he
has Eon. ahead and disreEarded the
jarm. He has learned to swim. TO
play tennis. to ride horse and to
shoot. and he Is not dub At any Of
those forms OF sport.
Germans tell innumerablc stories
about the Kaiser. for to the German
people. he is very real person.
whose doings concern them closely.
As a small boy he was educated in
a gymnasium along with numerous
other youths OF his own age. A pro-
fcssor who imagined he was curryins
favor with royalty took the future
emperor aside one day aud told him
the particular chapter OF Senophon
which the class would be called on
to recite next day--uneXpcciedly
formation around to everybody in
the class.
| At % the Kaiser married. and his
marriage was popular because he
took for q bride a German princess
instead of seeking an alliance abroad
The German empress is the cmbodi-
men, OF her husbands ideas as TO
what a wife ought to be. Her In
terests lie in church. children and
the kitchen-which. according to
the emperor, are enough to keep any
woman busy. The empress is quiet,
kindly woman, making no Dretensc
at being fashionable. and proud OF
her housekeeping ability. Only the
other day the newspapers told Of
| Williams displeasure because two
princcsses OF the blood royal have
given up housekeeping to live in
fashionable hotels.
| The daily routine of the empcror's 3
life Is a simple one, and contains
plenty of hard work. He rises Mt 6
in summer and in winter, and by
$40 has breakfast and is in his Of
flee. answering letters and debating
to his stcnographers. AT 10 O'Clock
he takes n recess of n half hour: