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same celerlty as his mind.
 We are told that the Emperor wrote nbretto, and honored Leoncavallo by asking him to compose the music The subject was taken from a novel by Wflliboid Alexis. It does not ap- pear to have inspired the Italian rau- sician, for when he visited Berlin, sev. en years later. to assist at the produc- ton Of his latest opera, he all but fell into disgrace when he had to admit to his august co1laborator that he had yet to be inspired with music worthy of the book.
 Also a Movie Fan
 The cinematograph is most popu- lar item in the Imperial household. The Royal Princess Victoria Louise has a cinematograph machine, the gift of her father, and she has taken many films illustrating the Emperor in various poses. These have been shown in the private theatre in Pots- dam. The Kaiser is seen at his daily occupation, giving audience to politi- cal leaders, or in the more intimate family circle, and-so great is his companies the Emperor on all his sjournies.
 As for the ordinary camera pie lures. certainly no popular stage beauty can vie with William II. for posing. He has faced the camera thousands of times and in the most varied civil and military dress. All these photos are carefully examined, and no amateur is allowed to take a snapshot at anything approaching close range.
 The Kaiser has always been very interested in naval matters, which 1o Nays growth during his reign. It is said that he vas very much influen- ced by the work of an American ad- miral-the late Rear-Admiral Will liam T. Mahan-who published in 1890 a very important work entitled, ''Fhe Influence of Naval Power in History" The Kaiser had the book translated into German, and a copy of the work placed in all the hbrar- ies Of his warships. He instructed his naval officers to read and study it at tentively. "
 What a Norwegian Pilot Told Him
 The Kaiser has "a passion for yacht ing, and has made countless cruises on the sHohenzollern,'' the plans of which he is said to pave made him. self. He has a. weakness for having his yacht stopped in remote places. 4uS .CIGW dIc llASI1 l1lSlIuClSu tO DultQ up a pryaTnid of stones to which is affixed an inscription informing fu- ture tourists that, at given hour on given day, the German Emperor honored the place with his presence.
 It was on one of his yachting cruises that he was given a most unwelcome. rap on the knuck1es. The 'sHohen- zollern'' was entering a Norwegian port, and the Emperor impatient at the low speed of the yacht rang the indicator from the bridge to go full Espeed ahead. To his surprise the pilot, an old Norwegian named Nordhauus, ran to the telephone and spoke direct to the engine-room, saying, Reduce speed and don't pay any attention to the indicator" Ss8s5 K The Kaiser looked the man up and down, and said:
 stPilot. go and place yourself under arrest. '' NJ.
 'T will not leave the bridge.'' said the old pilot. 'sThe ship Is under my direction, and no one, not even an Emperor, has any orders to give me-"
 The Kaiser Takes Back Water
 The officers present had nothing to say; they knew we'll the pilot had all naval regulations on his side. Their surprise was very considerable when they saw his Majesty leave the bridge and let the pilot conduct the yacht into the harber in his own way. After. reflecting all night the Kaiser decided the occasion was an excellent one to give the officers a theatrical lesson in discipline, so he decorated the old sailor and appointed him his official pilot in Norwegian waters.
 To those who imagine that the eyes nf fha n roan1n have haAn opened to the criminality of the pres ent war, and to those who think the hour is approaching when the kais- er's responsibility will be patent to the most dense of his subjects, the fol- lowing extract from a book, entitled, civilian, the German published during the war will perhaps come as a revelation.
 The German Peoples Estimate of Him
 ssWhat5 Prussia, what Germany, has become in the last twenty-five years, we owe entirely to the Kaiser. This conviction has conquered every Ger man heart. How many grumhlers and his former critics have been put to shame during the. last twelve months? How many millions have blessed him, and how many lips have uttered the prayer, Dear God, we thank Thee that Thou hast sent us a Gideon in the hour of tria1'? Who cast modern Germany in a mould of iron so that she is able to defy a world of ene- mics? Which monarch or great man fin history has ever stamped the inn print of his being on an entire nation like the Emperor :? Which prince in the present or past has succeeded like him in personifying the German na- f tionaI character? Therefore let him be known henceforth as William, the German.
 He Typified the German People Yes The Kaiser has unquestionably personified the German national char acter The Kaiser is a blasphemous, brutal and interruptions man, and he fairly typifies a blasphemous brutal, land interruptions nation.
 Europe knows today, to her cost how false were his early professions. His song of peace, so gracefully de livered. to other countries, had as ac- companinent the ceaseless forging and hammeripg of Krupps He has deceived, the world, and betrayed all that is best in his own country. (AH Rights Reserved by the London Magazine.') Copyright 1917 by the Internation- | al News Bureau, 15, School street. Boston, Mass.
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