The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-27
AN 1888 VIEW OF THE KAISER.

HAROLD FREDERIC. the famous novelist, who was
= a Berlin correspondent OF the New York Times in 1879,
Just prior to the time that the present kaiser was to become
imperial master Of the German empire, wrote TO his paper
twenty nine years ago and expressed views about the
Prus,ian war lord that make startling reading at this
time.
That Mr.. Frederic possessed rare judgment of human
nature is evidenced by his comment on Wilhelm made
twenty nine years ago. This IS what he said in 1891 about
the young man who was about to become a monarch:
rni. yopns man 'qssc',s the notion Of a perfectly
coz, lie the muscles Of ,'osL md IN whose mouth
s, nj, n Legacy S OF n ,M, hi, IS o, 'Gr ."s , + or ,"' .sva 10,
in rs expression It's habtuql cast In rrepose is calm.
either on the brow or at Inc end, Of the mouth. The
And To this FACE lxh Ht" M me ""S other nIlssht when
William; inter- bidding the lEogish pri4cess sood,by at
through the cheering crowds. 10 HIS corrlosc win n
more" more s %"" G."o or EEia S my'' than N' hrs FFion %%' cd unite
% %., W.''1 ., s IrfSS nj T!o" sot ,9S 10 1. Of c ,H'' ,o Il" s.. se
pleased recognition OF tho cheer.
head Of The, SiooaScq nd 'c il ; "II.' Of he sleriSs
inrk. under th, sleek and gentle exterior In the
o@ms way EEo" IIot int" the msg m of '",' Eog" soh nslr
ING, reservations the %malgnan, tales which have been
Apparently ali the women at leos, ali The Enslirh
TTT G%'"~ W,Ian% nave soi S'1 n IN" G in TS orro '"T and "i'" ao'S.,s "p "'
have had numerous proofs Of this, although have
for it. Their ,dI'ilte Tor him Is based on = general
conception d MS CnhIncl'is MS view Is M M IN
utterly cold, entirely selfish, wnn,ony cruel a young
T Ims y TrtSSs' S SS"ic,,%'' % Th sI" b" S". or Sr. ANY a iSnH"
they all admit but they stop there Heart he has
"S,'' # "P Sa }lo ooR ' 'F"SI H.. lace N WITH III prsSoncslscd
notion Of the young mans character you can find
plenty OF slgus which seem TO Hlhstahtlhte H.
Twenty nine years have passed, and history bars out
the survey made by the newspaper correspondent OF 1885.
Note what Mr.. Frederic said about the man about to be
kaiser He AN INHERENT TASTE FOR
HUMAN BLOOD
For nearly thirty years, then, this mad barbarian thlrsted
for the blood which he caused to be spilled from helpless
babies and women OF neutral lands. The cruel kaiser Of
today showed in 1889 that he had little regard for human
life.
And it is noted tina, women, especially English women,
held the young prince in horror and detestation. Those
women seem to have had a vision of the day when the
Prussian bully would cause Belgian women to be mis-
treated by his brutal soldiers.
And the Frederic letter refers to the prospective kaiser
as a man who was "wantonly cruel, with no soitening
virtues, and Of heart he has none"
That tells the tale OF the big war. The kaiser had no
heart What cared he for human suffering in his mad
determination to attempt to conquer the world2
In the reproduced letter OF 1888, Mr.. Frederic spoke OF
the young prince as being saturated with all the instinct
and ideas which have raised this young man to eminence
by a creed OF ruthlessness and Spolia,ion. So it seems that
the kaiser has not changed much in thirty wears.
Here is a pertinent question which the newspaper cor
respondent asked in his letter written in 1893 What will
this new kaiser do2"
And Mr.. Frederic answered ittn these words
THE MOST COMMON ANSWER IS THAT HE
WILL OVERRUN EUROPE
This. then, is the pen picture formed by a newspaper
man in 1883 That writer viewed the young Hotcn1ollcrn
as being a man who was selfish, ono who was cruel. and
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