The Nenana daily news., 1918-11-11
But the unexpected happened.

1000 caIHe Ine Qealn or the aged emperor, while three months later Frederick III followed him to the grave, the imperial throne thus de- volving upon William H., who was then but twenty-nine years of age, having been born in 1859. Bis marck continued as chancellor but not for long. Though the great statesman had made every effort to instill his young pupil with his own ideas of government and diplomatic policies, the new emperor soon found | that he disagreed with his grand fathers former close advisor in many important respects. In 1890 the dis agreement of the two men reached a crisis, rupture came and Bis marck went. The relations between the two men remained strained for several years, although the emperor always expressed a cordial personal 1 feeling for the former chancellor, but before the latter died mutual peace was made between them.
 With the passing of Bismarck, the emperor's real reign began. Re- garded by perhaps the great major ity of mankind as the greatest mod ern exponent of militarism, his friends and defenders have long in sisted that the military side of his reign, remarkable though it was in making Germany the wonderfully we'll armed and we'll prepared nation that she was in military way, was not the one which most deserves the attention of the student of hu- man progress as exemplified in the German empire.
 Germany's wonderful industrial and commercial strides have been credited by many to the initiative and insight in great measure of the German ruler. An encourager of art and culture, his influence to- ward broadening and uplifting the l German people along these lines was regarded as one of the notable l forces of the period in the empire ; As for the claim to the title of peacemaker made for him several occasions in the history of Europe for the last quarter of century are cited to show him as conciliator and mediator when single word from his lips, single stroke of his pen, might have embroiled all Europe in war. AS for the per- sonality of the man, countless trib- utes have been paid to his worth as friend, his geniality as a com panion and his lovableness as a man In the home. That, despite the record accredited to him as a peace maker, he was soldier first and foremost, is not denied. But, as one German writer of prominence has put it, he was "a soldier of the Spartan, duty-loving kind, not the blood-thristy military monster he has been pictured"
 As a military man he was a sticker for efficiency, discipline and the observance of etiquette to the last detail. And of the details of all these components of army life and training he was familiar to the smallest point. It is related of him during military reviews he was able to detect the slightest imperfection In the equipment or training of a regiment or squadron and was not hesitant in calling attention to the uerellctlon sharply to the man or men at fault. With the principles Of tactics and manoeuvres, too, he was thoroughly acquainted. But i With all his eXacting demands upon his men as soldiers he was fully sympathetic with them as human be- lngs, frequently taking occasion to relieve them from undergoing un- necessary hardships and planning to seen that their comfort was con served in very possible way. To his officers he was at once sovereign and father, making it his duty to