Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

slightest imperfection in the equip
! ment or training of regiment or
: squadron and called attention TO tnc
| dereliction sharply. with the pn,.. pIim-
| ciples of tactics ana maneuNsls'
| too, he was thoroughly acquainted.
BESIDES being well versed in army
matters, the Emperor was thorougn-
! ly familiar with naval aHalrs, haS-
! ing a technical mastery of the detalls
I that go to make up the efficiency OF
a fleet study of naval problems was
one of his pet occupations: hls IN.
fluence was potent in fostering the tne
development of German commerce.
| art and science. His interference IN
| these affairs as well as in statecraft
| often embarrassed German leaders
and evoked from them admohltions 10
! leave diplomacy to his chancellors
HAS Been Hard Worker,
! In everything he was described as
! thorough and, withal, one OF the
! hardest workers in the empire. His
rising hour was six O'Clock sharp
and a long days hard work, which
| frequently extended well into the
night, followed. Stated hours We're
| devoted to the task of informing him
| self on the progress of events at
home and abroad through reading OF
| the principal German and foreign
newspapers. ,,
often professed friendliness for
| America. lie encouraged the foun-
| dation of exchange protessorships by
which prominent German educators
visited this country and lectured i'll
! the colleges here while American
| college professors similarly filled
| chairs in German institutions of
| learning.
and despite his withered arm was
| able to take personal command of his
racing yachts. and sail them with
| considerable success. He spent much
! time at his palatial hunting lodges
and is reputed to have been the cham
pion hunter in the world in the point
lof game killed. 1t was stated that
the Emperor had killed 61,730 pieces
of game, more than 1000 of which
were stays.
He was u great reader - his private
library in the Imperial palace at
Berlin before the war was becoming
one of the most interesting collections
of books in the world. He posed as
a dictator in music, painting, poetry
and acting.
Musical Effort Futile
| At one time it was announced that
he had composed the libretto of bal
Vlet to be given in celebration of his
birthday. a private performance of
have been given in the Potsdam pal
ace without notable effect upon the
musical world.
Physically unimpressive - he was
William was fond of being photo
graphed while striking military
iposture, though taking good care to
veil the deformity of his left arm
a disagreement with which he was
born, and of which he was extreme
ly sensitive. He blamed his English
mother for living a life of self
Gulgence and cursed her repeatedly as
being responsible for his deformity.
No description of the Emperors
personal appearance will be complete
without mention of his full, bristling
mustache: His photographs, which
he distributed with a lavish hand
showed 1t with ends twirled up al
belligerent angles.
He married Augusta Victoria, Oldest
daughter of Grand Duke Frederick
OF Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg-
iAugustenburg on February %, 1881
They had six sons and one daughter
of whom the Crown Prince Frederick
Is the eldest. With the Crown
Prince, his father clashed frequently
and on one occasion virtually eXiled
young Frederick to Dantzig but soon
recalled him and restored him to
favor.
I No. sympathy From Kaiser
! German mothers who wrote to the
Emperor of the deaths of their sons
killed in battle ELECTED from him no
word OF sympathy He regarded their
deaths as glorious" Yet his own
six sons, though holding high com
mands were 80 protected that the inn
| perial family stood practically alone
! in all Germany in warding off the
clutches of death.