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foreign terms and platitudes are to be
omitted" s
That would do for many bureau out
side Germany. lie had ordered In 1905
five statues OF princes of the House OF
Orange for the long balustrade In front
Of his Berlin residence. Five sculptors
were given the commissions. and in due
time the Kaiser ordered the models to
be ranged In vast apartment Ia the
Schloss and ordered all present for an
inspection. lie paid great attention to
the weapons and details of costume.
~ know better" he told one unfor-
tunate sculptor who venture1 10 have
an independent opinion about trunk
hose.
Lecture Astounds sculptors.
But It was when II came 10 armor
that the Kaiser surpassed himself. He
sent one Of his attendants to the Sch'css
library for a work on armor which had
been recently attracting his attention.
Book in hand, the Kaiser delivered a
lecture on arnor which lasted exactly
an hour and half. There w1s no hes
tation. He began at the fourteenth CEN
fury and traced the growth and develop.
UltUl Vi dIInOT, anu lHtIi us tlIil
pearance In the early part of the eigh-
teenth century.
He spoke like an expert on hauberks
and clauses, on secondary defences. Oh
jambeaus and bassinets and roundels,
basng his remarks on the evidence OF
the Bayeux tapestry, and IN general
evinced so complete a knowledge Of the
subject that the sculptors and courtiers
were "fiabbergasted.'' He finished his
lecture. said "Adieu," and abruptly left
the gathering with his book under his
arm.
1t was in 1904 that he sent n
statue OF Frederick the Great to AM
erica to the embarrassment of President
Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired as
fellow in all knowing and in energy.
The Prussiap rulers relation to the
United States was such tenuous thing
that II required official assurance to make
it seem reasonable to raiss the effigy
so far from home, but there II was In
| Washington until President Wilson
had 1t taken down and put in a
cellar. William Is said to have Or
dered the row OF his ancestors which
makes terrible the alley in Inter den
| Linden in order to give commissions to
a group of German artists. In 1905. on
February 27, the Kaiser opened with
great ceremony and display the great
Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral in
Berlin to the glory of God and the en-
pire--a marking point in his recognition
OF his imperial mission" In 1905 we
see him in more genial guee, celebrat-
ing with splendor his silver wedding.
His Two Indiscretions.
Then came his two "indiscretions."
one the interview published November.
| 1908. in the London Daily Telegraph, in
which he poured out his resentment at
what he called England's rejection OF his
overtures and proofs of friendship. how
his championship of England caused
| him appropriately In Germany, and add
| ing the amazing statement not only TINT
he had refused to receive the Boer dele
gates in Berlin but had actually caused
the German staff to draw up plan OF
campaign for the English in South
Africa which was practically the plan
used by Lord Roberts in wearing down
| the Beers. 1t angered everybody. and
brought upon him the reproof of the
Reichstag. 1t is known as the "Novem-
| Der storm
Tha second "indiscretion' was nipped
somewhere between bud and blossom
1t was an interview given to DR.. Hale