Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-04


an instance of royal ingratitude die
tated by the same policy that, from
the summer of 1887 to the close of
the reign of one hundred days, brand
ed certain of his fathers physicians
liars and incompetents.
In this particular instance it hap
pened. however. that the bitter was
bitten; at the time indicated, Prince
william would have gladly seen
Mackenzie go to the devil; and the
findings of his German colleagues,
that Frederick III suffered from can
Ger, a malady said to exclude its
victim from the throne. proclaimed
from the housetops-but when he
himself was king it was quite an
other matter. The worlds eve, in
stead of compassionately regarding
the sickroom at San Reno, was
riveted upon the stationary or float
ing or rolling hospitals in which he
dwelled as in glass house-hence
the ''remaking" of history, the dis
semination of historical untruths at
all hazards!
But they must not be too replete
with details. Thus once heard the
Kaiser, in conversation with his
wife, roundly abuse Hinzpeter
for saying in his book: 1.-THE PIlis-
sian army never admitted young
man physically so little fit TO be-
come brilliant and daShing cavaI-
~ officer as William"
The criticism was passed shortly
after the appearance of HinZpeter's
Kaiser William II, Sketch from
Life and the Emperor. after warn
ing his Augusta against letting the
volume fall into the children's S
hands. meaning the elder boys. con-
tinued: Our German philosophers
never know where to stop; whether
they write truths or lies. they are
bound to compromise and expose
their betters without ever realizing
it."
Devices For Concealihg Dcforinity
His fateful left arm the Kaiser
mugs closely to his body, allowing
the hand which is not deformed,
but puny, like a child's. to rest
against his waist. or upon his hin.
II OH horseback. The German pa
pers issued bailons 6'essai from time
TO time to ascertain sentiment in
respect to the introduction of a belt
for army officers. AS the Emnress
Eugene re-esta blished the crinoline
in the sixties to hide her interesting
condition, so William desires TO
change military dress to find q con-
venient resting place for his poor
left hand and arm, which, being
about six inches shorter than the
right. would attach to Il belt unos-
| tentatiously. But, alas; the General
star feigned 10 regard those recur-
ring proposals as mdneuvers of army
contractors, and treated them with
fine scorn, so that William, unwill-
ing to own his secret reason for the
innovation sought for, had to go
without relief.
smashing Things"
Those were gloomy days i'm the
palace when the pros and cons of
opinion on the subject were read by
the Emperor. They put him into
the mood for smashing things, and
his famous speech TO the Branden-
burgers was made under just such
circumstances: ''ThOse who will sun
port me are heartily welcome, who
ever they are, but those obstIucting
my policy 1 will smash to pieces"
AS 1ntimated, the fingers of
the crippled hand are movable,
for, although the head of the radius
of the forearm does not set properly
into the condyles of the humeIus,
the limb is not altogether inert.
There is consequently no reason for
doubling Major Won Normann's
dSSSl tioh tHdI the hdlSef cluIcn-
ed his sword with the left
hand. / have seen him do the same
thing quite often when angry. But
while he can take hold of an article.
he cannot for the life of him lift
1T. For instance, he holds the reins
in his left hand, but is powerless to
direct the horse except with his right
or with his knees.
Without eXaggeration it may be
said that, next TO the stricken man.
the five imperial Wallets, always on
duty to dress, undress.. and reuni-
form their master, suffer most on ac-
count of this infirmity. One of them.
Her Majestys valet Nolte. made my
maid the confident of his troubles.
I'VE would not mind the work"
l heard him say once. would
not care if the Emperor changed his
uniform ten, instead of three or four
times per day, it's the fear of in
juring his lame hand that makes us
nervous and gradually wears away
our usefulness. And. besides, we
must always be prepared to fore
stall the collapse of the All-highest
when he balances himself on his left
foot, as is his wont sometimes when
he is in hurry to put on different
pair of trousers" And, after think
ing awhile. the man added: "If
they would only introduce for all
troops, horse, foot, and artillery, not
excepting the navy. Il uniform pair
of pantaloons, one-half of our cares
would be removed, but this endless
variety is killing us"
Kaiser's Pride In His Strength
Williams right hand is mas
sive and ugly in appearance, ugly.
too, when clasping that of a friend.
Before l was presented to him.
Court-marshal Won Liebenau warned
me against his mighty grip; but.
though / went through the ordeal
with teeth set, l could hardly sup
press an outcry, which amused the
Prince exceedingly.
How proud the Emperor used to
be of his personal strength was evil
dent from the fact that he prompt
ly adopted the simile suggested to
him Several years ago, when a for
eign correspondent likened his fist
to the terrible right of the then
champion of the world, John l..
Sullivan, whereupon his sister of
Meiningen, who adores strong men.
remarked: Il hope Sullivan has not
the bad taste to wear as many rings
as my big brother"
This weakness is, however, to some
extent eXcusable, as it is thus the
Kaiser tries to hide a number OF
nasty moles which disfgure his
hand. In this he partly succeeds,
while in spots the glittering dia-
monds and rubies only tend to en-
phasize the blemishes.
/ dare say very few people have
n corrapf notion of the Emperor's