Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-10
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(By Karl H. Won Wiegand.)

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(By Karl H. Won Wiegand.>
Berlin Correspondent Of the United
Press.)
BERLIN, Sept. 1O-Kaiser Wilhelm
has become a teetotaler." This report
of the ruler of the country famous
for the finest beer and choicest wines
in the world has come as a distinct
shock to two Of the biggest industries
in Germany. These fear that he may
become an ardent advocate of the
growing temperance movement in the
Fatherland.
The latest development in the char
a0tsr of the many-sided Kaiser, ac-
cording to persons in close contact
with him, is decided antipathy TO
all alcoholic drinks. This has grown
to an extent that he virtually never
touches liquor any more. He has not
drunk beer for several years and now
he has also barred wine.
This is not sudden notion of the
Kaiser nor is he seeking to emulate
Secretary of State William J. Bryan.
1t is said to be the gradual develop
ment from moderate drinking to alb
stinence covering a period Of several
years and now resulting from per-
sonal conviction that alcohol is injur-
ious to the individual and an obstruct-
i've factor in the development Of a
nation.
1t is not so many years ago that
the Kaiser, in a speech, showed his
appreciation of "drap" and praised
the noble wine from the terraced vine
clad hills of the Rhine "The German
must always have a little alcohol" he
IremaYked. Never anything more than
a moderate drinker, Wilhelm one day
surprised his suite with the remark
that beer wasn't good for him. And
he hasn't been seen drinking any beer
since. About the same time a mineral
water appeared on the market with
the label, "His Majesty's table drink" !"
Statistics of the havoc caused in
Germany by immoderate use of alco-
hol is said to have made a deep i'm
preston on the kaiser. Germany is
known as a nation of moderate drink
ing rather than for unusual drunken
ness. And yet it is shown that drink
causes annually 1900 suicides; 1900
accidents; 10000 cases of delirum
tremens and insanity and 100000
crimes. More than sixty per cent Of
the asinine, fifty-two per cent Of the
epilectics, forty-six per cent of the
criminals and eighty-two per cent of
the immoral women are reported to
have been born Of drunken parents.
A study Of the conditions together
with a little experimenting on him
self, is said to have been the cause
of the kaiser's firm conviction that
alcoholic drinks lessen instead of in
crease ones capacity for work. 1t
was this, it is declared, that has re-
suited in the Kaiser's decision to "cut
out" even the small amount of wtne
he was used to drinking According
to reports, Wilhelm has not only be
come a teetOtaler" himself, but he
is using his persuasive power to con-
vince those Immediately about him to
his way of thinking.
The kaiser's favorite drink now is
lemonade with a dash of orange juice,
prepared from recipe which the EN-
press originated. 1t is made of min
eral water and prepared in a hollow
pineapple, and make a really delicious
and satisfying drink.
To those who have had their jibes
at the expense of Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan, it may come
as surprise that Kaiser Wilhelm
has upon several occasions drunk
toasts with water There is always
wine on the table for those who like
it and want it. The kaiser is said
to have laughed heartily when he
heard of Bryan's grape juice banquet
to the foreign corps at Washington
and remarked, "Well, a little water
or something soft won't do the din
lomats any harm"
When the Kaiser sits at table, a
hedge of flowers, cleverly arranged,
invariably screens his plate from the
ma jority Of the guests. Under this
:.rDor are hidden his glasses. Some
Of them are colored and it is practi-
cally impossible to tell when His
Majesty drinks water and when he
drinks wine when toasting his guests.
While swearing in the naval recruits
at Wilhelmshaven this spring, he
openly drank the toast in water. Re-
Gently when he was asked whether the
officers Of the army and navy might
drink his health in water or grape
juice, he is aid to have replied that
he did not have the slightest objec-
tion to the practice.
1t cannot be said that much fuss is
being made in the press or by the
public over the kaiser's latest plan TO
quit any kind Of alcoholic drinking.
While the temperance movement is
making steady gains in Germany. to-
toal abstinence on the part of the
emperor is decidedly unpopular in
influential circles. Only a few months
ago the minister Of education in one
of the South German states refused
to permit the establishment Of a Good
Templars lodge on the ground that
the movement "threatened one of the
most important industries in Ger