The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-20

and conversation. y. Wv
J have had the privilege OF associa-
ton with many highly intellioent and
| profoundly learned men, but Ave new.
! or acquired as much knowledge. In the
same time, from any man whom have
ever met, as from the German Emperor.
And yet with an this real superior,
ity Of mind and edueation, his defer.
ence TO the opinions Of Others Is 70.
markable.
Kaiser Is Not Arrogant p " E.
Arrogance is one Of the qualities most
often attributed to him, hut he is the
only ruler ! ever saw IN whom there ap.
peared to be absolutely no arrogance.
He meets you as man meets man and
makes You feel that you are required to
yield TO Rothing hnt the better reason.
A Man Of Warm Affections =,
In the third place, the Emperor in.
pressed me as a man Of heart, of warm
affections and Of great consideration
for the feelings and ell-being Of 9TH
ers. He can not, at least does mott cons
ceal his reverence for, and devotion TO,
the Empress, or his loge for his children,
or his attachment TO his friends.
He always speaks Of Queen Victoria
and of the Empress Friedrich With tho
greatest veneration, and once when
speaking to me of mn old American
friend who had turned upon him, no
said that IL was difiicalt for him to give
up an old friend, right or wrong, and
impossible when he. believed him to be
in the right. III
His manifest respect and affection for
his old and tried officials, such as Luca;
nus and "a EBlenburg and Won Studt,
and Beselsr and A1thoif, give strong
evidence of the wurmth and depth Of
his nature. $500,
High Consideration for Americans
His consideration for Americans, es.
necially, has always been remarkable. 4
il was at his suggestion that the ex-
change or educators between the univer.
stiles of Germany and of the United
States was established, and il has been
his custom to be present at the opening
lecture Of each new incumbent of these
positions at the University of Berlin
and to greet him and welcome him to
his work. &.s b..sr -a
He is also the first to extend to these
foreign educators hospitality and social
attention. III g,
To any one who has experienced his
hearty welcome to his land and his
home, the assertion that he is arrogant
and autocratie is 50 far away from
truth as to be ludicrons. fHi Il
Again pust say that ] have never
met ruler, in monarchy or republic, in
whom genuine democratic geniaiity was
a so predominant characteristics. IS
Has q Profound sanse Of Duty n
But the characteristic 6f the Emperor
which struck me most forcibly is hts
profound sense of duty and his readi-
ness for self-sacrifee for the welfare Of
his country.
This is y general German trait. II is
the most admirable side Of German ma,
ture. And the Emperor is, in this re-.
speet especially, their Prineeps. h.
I remember sitting beside him one
dav, when one of the ladies of his house
hold asked me IL were acquainted
with a certain wealthy ultra-fashionable
New York social leader. ! replied, by
name only. She pressed me to know
why not more nearly, why not person.
ally. And to this / replied that was
rot OF her class; that could not amuse
frivolous and demoralizing example anil
influence of one so favorably cireum.
staneed for doing good. 81
Service" Is German standard w
The Emperor had heard the CONVEX
sation, and he promptly said: &.
lyon know in Germany we do not
rate and classify people by their mate
rial possessions, but by the Importance
of the service they render to eouDtry,
culture, and civilization ty n ,.j,
One Of his sons once told me that
from his earliest childhood his father
had instilled into his mind the lesson
that devotion to duty and readiness for
sacrifice were the cardinal virtues OF a
German, especially of a Hohenzoliern.
There is no day laborer in his entire
empire who gives so many hours per
diem to his work. @ NE4 III
His Passion for German Greatness
He undoubtedly has an intense desire
almost passion, for the prosperity and
greatness Of his country. but his con
ception of that prosperity and Rreat-
ness IL more spiritual and cultural than
material and comm ereial.
More than once have | heard him say
that he desired to see Germany a
wealthy country, but only as the result
Of honest and properly reqnited toll. and
that wealth acquired by force or fraud
was more curse than a blessing, and
was destined to 60 as II had come.
His conception Of the greatness OF
Germany Is as a great intellectual and
moral powet rather than anvthinq else
Its physical power he values chiefly
as the creator and maintainer of the
conditions necessary to the production
and influence of this higher power, u
have often heard him express this
thought. RI
Kaiser Il Man Of Peace
in spits Of this terrible war, the re-
sponsibilitv for which is by so many err
roneouslY laid at his door, | firmly be-
lieve him to be man of peace.
am absolutely sure that he has en-
tered upon this war only under the firm
conviction that Great Britain, France,
and Russia have conspired to destroy
Germany as a world power, and that he
Is simply defending, as he said IN his
memorable speech to the Reiehstag, the
place which God had given the Ger
mans to dwell on,
For seven years / myself have wit
nessed the Growth of this conviction in