American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-03

ser to me with a laugh, as
sat one summers afternoon with him
In the business cabin aboard the Ho-
henzollern.
We were going on annual cruise
up the Norwegian fjords as far as
Hammerfest, and even farther north,
to the island of Spitzbergen, if weather
permitted.
It ls<wrange how often small things
occupy great minds. The reason of
the emperor's good humor that after
noon was because he had learned that
the cafe-restaurant in Potsdam of
which he was proprietor had paid a
handsome profit. The place is called
"The Historic Mill" and was and still
is managed by Herr Moritz, one of the
old stewards of the Neues Palais. The
emperor, on purchasing the place,
called old Moritz and ordered him to
serve the best coffee procurable in
Potsdam. And, even today, anybody
can go there and pay 80 pfennigs for a
cup that is unequaled in all Germany.
In consequence, the place is well pat
ronlzed, and on many occasions his
majesty will halt upon his walks and
sample 1t.
A Mania for Travelling.
At that moment the emperor vas
busy making up his diary for the forth
coming month. a diary of constant
travel. Such a mania has the kaiser
for travelling that upon occasions he
has been known to sleep in the impe-
rial railway saloon kept at the Wild
p~arkS>atiOn at POtsdam. ready for an
early journey next morning. On such
occasions the whole railway traffic is
~dlsOrganized, for express trains must
not run on that line. There must be
no shunting or whistling lest it dis
turb the imperial sleep, and so on. In
deed, the socialists once made a pub
lie protest against the emperor's habit
Df holding up traffic by preferring to
sleep in a railway car to reposing in
bis own bed half a mile distant.
That summers afternoon as we
Bat together, and while he smoked hi;
sery rank cigar, he dictated certain
entries into his private diary.
Suddenly he grumbled about the ex
penses of a journey which he had tC
make TO Vienna to see the sovereign
whom he so openly ridiculed, Francis
Joseph.
II must be there on September thu
Eighteenth" he said. Even though
I hold the old idiot and his empire il
the hollow Of my hand, l suppose
mupt grace his capital with my pres
enee But l begrudge the money, Helt
N. / have no further iniuenc
to gain in Austria-H Hungary. 1t is Il
England that my future work lies. Ev
cry mark spent there is to our advan
tage. We shall have much yet to d
In G~ermanizing Great Britain"
The kaiser and his imperial spous
were a parsimOnious pair In most d
rections. Only when 1t was In the In
terests of the empire were they LAWS
In their expenditure: The Germa
public have never yet realized tina
since William II assembled the thrOn
they have paid 1SO.OO0,0O0 marks int
the civil list, and of these 100000
have been expended upon a pageant {
vsnglorious splendor, with a stan {
1,50O persons, that goes to make tn
all-highest the great war lord.
The general public have 40 concel
ton Of the extent Of the German in
perial court. the immense suite Of |
dies and gentlemen in waiting, ma
shals, equerries, masters Of the hun
c~hamberlains, ~treasurers, overseers
the plate, gentlemen of the cellar
gun chargers. chief chefs, with Il
crowd of footmen. coachmen. chau
feurs, grooms and imperial courlers.
And most Of them were usually
grumbling crowd. being upon starv