The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-26
KAISER DESCRIBED AS
r E OF HIS OLD SELF
Correspondent Who Saw Emperor at Nish Says He Is a
Broken Man-Coughs Continually and Has
Lost His Former Activity.

when they learn that the Ddiiy MoH
was represented.
"The banquet he continues. took
place In the Town Hall. The room was
profusely decorated with the lags OF
the Germanic Powers. though Austria is
not in great evidence at Nish. the Aus
trians apparently making Belgrade
not largely attended and there were
many empty places. The total number
Of hose present did not exceed forty.
Banquet to Kaiser Described.
The band OF the Life Guards played
a programme OF music. The tables were
three In number. simply decorated with
roses and other flowers. with yellow AS
the predominating color. The repast
was well served by Bulgarian soldier
servanta To do the German military
authorities Justice they thoroughly
understand the functions OF the press.
We had excellent seats close to the royal
party. where we could hear tho speeches
distinctly.
The banquet was OF the usual royal
stiffness. King Ferdinand sat AZ the
kaiser's right and at the Ksiser's left
was the Bulgarian Premier. NJ. Rado-
slavoff. At the right OF King Ferdi-
nand sat Gen. Won F~alkenhayn. chief OF
I've Nv eftntFd RLou. WIN VI wv
brain of tho great Gern,anic armies. Al
though we'll into the tfties he looks IA
II he had not yet crossed the half CEN
fury mark. lie IL trim and alert. with
close cropped gray hair. the personinca-
ton OF cisor. vivacity and virility.
From the fact that the Kaiser ate
and drank practically nothing at the
banquet. ! was led to believe the story
that he always eats before these STATE
| f,a,sl. x1.t,ty - 49, ttvt~
in coughing than In eating at Nish.
Speeches Not In EogIish.
Tho speeches. which already have
been reported In England. took place
between the courses. instead of at the
end Of the dinner. l have seen II sug-
gested In English newspapers that the
! banquet speeches were delivered In Eng
lish. That IL untrue. King Ferdinand
grandlloQuent address was delivered cx-
clusively In German. barring "A few
phrases OF Latin. ';cn. Won Falkenhayn
the only other speaker. responded briefly
and simply TO a few Of the compliments
which king Ferdinand had paid him.
~ the close OF the dinner. which was
eNcellently cooked and OF varied char
acter, the German and Bulgarian nat
ional anthems were played and Bis
marck cigars were passed around with
the coffee.
THE gathering broke up quietly and
Informally. The whole scene left ar
impression OF simplicity"
Writing OF the town the correspondent
says:
"Nish only "A few weeks before hac
been gayly decorated with the hags O
the Entente Allies. who were expected Il
come To the relief OF Serbia. Yet Nisl
seems already TO have settled down In 4
comparatively contented frame OF mind
so far as ! could see very little damage
had been done to the town. and | wa.
assured that business was never 20 brisl
In the whole history OF fireplace as =
present. lite German soldiers are spend
ing money freely. Nearly all the large
houses have been turned into hospitals
the supplies for which are gathered iron
the surrounding country"
The correspondent writes that he ss v
the arrival of "A munition tra In, whlcl
included numerous trucks loade will
tokker m~onoplanes. The machine
seemed to nave n very great wing ex
panse. The wings were folded back 70
transport and the engines were ca re-
fully covered. Each Fokker APPARENT.
occupied two large trucks.
The correspondent says that he twic
visited Consta ntinople and that he pene
trated Asia Minor, travelling wit
| comparative freedom in the war zone
, The last our weeks. he says. have wit
messed great German preparations 4
the Near East. including operations 70
double trucking the Anatolian rallwa
4 from konio TO Aleppo. In the d!rectio
. OF Egypt. incidentally the corr.spon
dent denies a report that the Balkan
, Co%nstantinople railway is not workln
, properly. He says hat 1t II splendid
, organized.
In = future account the correspondent
proposes to describe his adventures /
Turkey.