The Nenana daily news., 1918-11-11


 were being directed, going on this occasion to Mianz with his three sons, including the crown prince. In the weeks of warfare that fol lowed frequent dispatches from the front told of the emperor suddenly here and there among his men. These trips coming as they did when the emperor was working under terrific pressure, undoubtedly had much to do with undermining his health.
 Late in September the strain of hard work began to tell on him. There first came reports that he was suffering from severe cold. Ere quently thereafter followed similar stories. Despite these indications of inroads upon his health he continued to go from one scene of action to another just so long as his physical state would permit, and his dogged determination to keep in touch with his troops caused conflicting reports of his condition to be spread broad cast It would frequently happen that dispatch from one point would report him ill, and within a short time another would tell of his pres ence among his men in a distinct section of the far-flung battle line.
 Early in September found the emperor visiting his troops around Brussels, Charleroi and Mons, trav- cling by motor On September he was reported behind the battle line on the French border where high on a hill beyond the range of the hostile artillery, he stood for several hours, glasses to eyes, following the progress of the engagement His staff had remained in the back ground and the emperor finally left alone in a motor car. A few days later he was reported with the gen eral staff in Luxemburg.
 Definite information as to the emperor's whereabouts during the greater part of many weeks follow ing is lacking. Accounts of his trip to the Eastern front, however, bear official verification as an announce. ment on November 29 from Berlin said that he was with the German army "in the East'', which placed him along the line of contact with the Russians. After having travelled by motor car through East Prussia and visiting the headquarters of General von Hindenburg in Russian Poland, the next offical information showed him to be along the fighting line in the vicinity of Czenstochawa. While in Poland he could not have been far distant overland from the ruler of the empire his troops were then engaged in fighting, for re- ports given out concurrently placed Emperor Nicholas of Russia with his own troops on the fighting front in his northern Polish dominions. Back on German soil early in Decem- Der found Emperor William in Bres- lau, and on the fourth he was again in Berlin, when his illness was off cially announced on December s.
 Besides following the career of his armies in the field, Emperor William kept his eye upon the dip lomatic situation with regard to the mighty conflict September 4, for instance, found him voicing a wig orous protest to President Wilson that the British forces in France were using dum-dum and explosive bullet The sentence, My heart bleeds for Louvain," which was quoted throughout the world, re- ceived it's inception from his mess age. The emperor mentioned Lou vain and declared his heart bled for its people. From that statement was coined the sentence.
 No official action on the protest was taken by Preident Wilson, who replied with friendly declination, as neutral, to express judgment