Iditarod pioneer., 1914-10-31

and accomplished the lease of kaochau, purchase of the Caroline islands, treaty about Samoa, the prel!minarcs of the pro posed Bagdad railway and the treaty with England concerning the Portuguese colonies in Africa. To get and keep foreign mar ket for German manufactures and to find and protect sources of supply for the needed raw materials for manufacture are two of the greatest questions confronting the kaiser Understanding this, and under standing Germany's position on the map of Europe, hemmed in on all sides with scarcely any sea coast, it is possible to understand inte!Ggently that the empire needs a man of as strong a personality as that of the second Wilhelm.
 The kaiser was born January 27, 1859 He became king of Prussia and emperor cf Germany June b. 1888. He is in the prime of life, vigorous, hard-working, versa tile, enthusiastic His public utterances seem to show that there is no shadow of auspcian in his own mind concerning the divinity cf his appointment to rule his people lie has undertaken and carried on the ta k for more than twenty five years with burning zeal. Price Collier, in his "Germ3ny and the Germans" says of him, He loves his job'
 In height the k2isar sl about five feet nira inches His figure is athletic, com rlaxiCn and eyes clear ani manner decidedly energetic Writers familiar with him in moments of relaxation describe him as care l2ss of speech unaffected and simple He knows most of his staff officers of army and navy by name, chats often with his sol dierS and delights in his 'bier aband' cir cIe group of tWenty-tWo friends, bdden ragarlIess of rank and importance 10 Q weekly soiree of frugal character where even inc emperor serves himself.
 By an eIaoc rate press clipping and read ing bureau the kaiser contrIves to read everything of importance in all the Ger man newspapers He has lost a former in terest in fiction and the drama but de lghts in scientific works when he reads for pleasure and profit. It Is his amhI- ton and delight 10 master the techmcalltles cf many problems which concern his peyl lo. whether they be wireless tPlegraphy, air craft, reciprccatng and turbine steam en- zines or industrial insurance. A suckler tor military discipline an inheritance from Ho- henzolIern ancestors, the kaiser has often proved humanly tolerant of errors when the circumstances are eXtenUatIng and his soldiers have many anecdotes of him.
 One brief statement selected at random from a mass of information should give an idea of the tremendous business of being emperor of Germany. The kaiser has the largest military wardrobe in the world pre- sided over by twelve valets, who work by a system which permits the numerous daily changes of wardrobe necessary to business of state. Though an American may regard such detail of living as futile, adopting the continental point of view, 1t is of vital i'm portance that the kaiser's sartorial appear ance at every moment of his business days be fauIuess Since that is one detail of the business of an emperor, 1t Is easy to imagine how full of work are the working days of Emperor William H.
 Understanding Germany's geograo heal position on the continent and the social and economic problems of the empire, it Is not so dificult to understand that in this leader who believes himself divinely appointed Germany has the type of emperor aoso. lutelv essential to her wel'-belng as na- tion. The next few months will see him put to the greatest test of his lifetime dur ing one of the greatest crises of German bi-+Cr,