Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-19
KAISER AS WARRIOR
TO HIM UNTH|NKABLE.
DIR. Charles Alphonso Smith Can't
Imagine German Ruler Lead
Ing Hosts to Battle.
HIS Personal RECoLLECTIoNs
Visited War Lord ut His Palace I'm
Iottsdam, Where Family Scene
was More Like That Found in
Humble American Home.
Especial to The Times-pispa,ch. !

H.,
oii .A..Rl.oTTESVILLE, VA. November
| % simply cannot conceive of the
kaiser as warrior" was Or. Charles
, Aiphouso Smiths closing remark last
niSh! before the Dcutscher Nerein, at
| inc University of Virginia.
FROM what | have seen of Wilhelm
IT, and from what he has said to
me. and before me. cannot picture
MN AS leading the bnttlelinc of an
army. The impression that i did bring
away was that he is the most marve-
iously informed man in the world to-
day.
His powers of observation fall moth
ing short OF miraculous He Is pos
scssed or sort Of intellectual curIos-
Ky. An American visiting I'm Berlin
relates the story that his fve-year- old
sou was roller skating In the Tiergart-
en- "hen tho kaisers automobile
passed. The Kaiser noticed that the
boy was an American. and he even
saw that the skates he wore were
Inherent from those Of the German
chii"reh. lie called the boy 10 his car,
and found out that the skates we're
made in the United States. He i'm
mediatclE bought some of them for his
own children. because, lie said, German
skates were not quite as good
IMPoItTANr DISCOVERIES
ARE QUICKLY ABSORBED
Whenever the newspapers disclose
some iar-reaching or startling discov-
cry, inc Kaiser absorbs it at once. If
ne THINKS II important enough the
niscoSefer receives al invitation TO
hihe with the Kaiser through the col
uinns OF the 'Nosischer Zeitung'
Not satisfied with a mere newspaper
report. the Kaiser must have an OK
PLANTATION OF the whole affair from tho
mouth OF the inventor himself
:" hen these two qualities are com
plheh-a worldly curiosity and n
power To satisfy that curiosity--therc
Is but one possible result. ruler with
Il world Influence and reputation
Two years ago J was Roosevelt ex-
change professor TO tho University of
Berlin, and that VAS whore ] met the
haiscr lie always attends the first
exchange address. But il is never
known on any occasion whether the
haiserin Is to accompany him or not.
- had learned my speech so that
] could say IT standing on my head, but
! remember the night before, was
greatly aSitatcd because did not know
whether was to use the singular or
the plural form OF address. | was
afraid that on looking into royal faces
would forget the difference between
them.
The Kaiser appeared. His manners
are extraordinary. He is the incarna-
ton OF politencss. He is not hand
some man. His pictures rather favor
pttted. as if he had had "A mild case
OF smallpoN-thouSh he has not His
bearing is Enthusiastically that Of the
soldier He is as straight as an arrow
KAISER Is GENIAL. AND
RESPONSIVE LISTENER
He Is the most genial and respons-
i've listener that ] have ev.r .had the
nation. lie has a great admiration
for America and the Americans
when l was through, he came down
and talked TO Professor Munsterburg,
OF Harvard, and me about twenty
minutes. While he spoke. every other
person in the house was absolutely
silent, and all remained standing.
His knowledge was overwhelming
He could talk on any subject He
spoke English as accurately as any
Engiishman, Always Eesturing dra-
matically with his right hand. he came
around 10 the American short story.
I'VE can't do it, he said we
Germans are too longwinded. We Just
simply cannot get At the heart of n
thing in two or three minutes like you
Americans can.
american humor was finally men
toned. And here. I think, ! heard the
only unwiSe remark that escaped his
lips during the entire conversation
He came TO the origin of American
humor.
do you not think il could have
been due to the influence of the In
diam" he asked
We'll, OF all the theories. this is
about the most improbable in the whole
world. If ii had come to n question
OF even the negro AN" the Indian. I
should certainly have given the negro
nlnety-eiSht per cent. Of the credit
But mover the Indian.
The left hand OF the Kaiser is with
cred II has been so ever since birth
he ~
under the lapel OF his coat that months
OF association with him would probab-
ly not discover the defect
All the children of the German
royalty are taught some profession.
in case they should ut any time he
thrown upon the world The Kaiser
Is a professional! bookbinder He can