Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-01

| might have saved himself much
anxiety.
! AS to Richter. Williams fellow
plg-trotters certainly had influence
with him, but to obtain the SWAY
Richter imputed to them, they would
/ nave had to go to school with Anna,
the cook. She was the queen-bee
of the Schloss while turkey was in
season, and, ii fate had made her a
lady, instead of a poor country
wench, she might have had first
place IN the royal menage for the
| asking, with the proviso, however.
| that she never left off feeding the
kaiser's gluttonous appetite for the
! Thanksgiving bird.
Kaiser Il Stingy Host.
| Whenever our court marshal dis
! covered Il new victim eager to place
! his game at Williams disposal, he
was careful 10 inform the noble
gentleman that the regulation hunt
/ dinner should consist of at least six
courses. But when the Kaiser as
sembled his generous friends at his
| own tireside simplicity" was
trumps, dinners being tabooed, and
only breakfast, late luncheon, and
supperS were offered, where outlets
and beefsteak took the place of
roast and fried apples formed the
dessert, with beer or light wines,
and punch as a substitute for cham
I paGne.
| So the imperial guests usually
made for the nearest restaurant as
soon as they returned to town.
They come from dinner at
court remarked the people. who
recognized the hunt uniform; mo
wonder they are famished. Prus-
sian provisioning makes lean
| horses
The Kaiser Initiated Il Man-Hunt-
| ing Indian Prince.
| l once heard the Kaiser say: "If
circumstances prevent the King
from going to war-why, he must
do the next best thins-mallc war
on beasts. Hence, my devotion to
/ the chase. l want to become accus-
toned to bIoodshcd so l may face
those most frightful massacrcs
which The Day-our worlds war
will bring about without turning Il
hair"
If you think this an original. as
well as a wickedly criminal, afro
Cious idea, YOU are mistaken.
Mohammed Toghlak, an Asiatic
tyrant, of bloody fame, at one time
I
scale of magnilicenCe than he had
| ever before attempted: Hundreds of
war elephants, thousands of retain
| ers and beaters-up,
| But while proceeding to the
neighborhood selected, the Sultan
| fell to thinking, and, after reflect
ing. suddenly changed his mind.
Il am tired of running after
overgrown cats" he told his people
I-"such is unworthy of great king.
+ We will hunt men this time"
But these are your majesty S
! faithful and peaceful subjects"
Never mind crave the sport. >
Then the tiger-hunters turned
man hunters, one and all, and not
until 25,0O0 men. women and chill
/ dren--2J, 900, count 'em-were slafr
! did Mohammed cry halt"
Twenty thousand was quite
! a record two hundred or three hun
dred years ago. If the Kaiser in
| the great war had had his own way
he would not have stopped even
after 25,000,OO0 of men, women and
! children had been massacred.
! When the alienists get ready to eX-
anime the mental status of William
| HohenZollern, they will study care
| fully his past mania for travel his
weird restlessness. of pre-war times;
his desire to he moving on train OF
motor cars-symptoms of a disease
that may or may not denote some
deep-seated mental disturbance. He
| did not care where he was going-as
! long as he was on the move.
On either of his fifty odd estates
William was always suffering with
ennui. He could not bear to stay at
home.
This phase of the Kaiser's char
acter will be considered in the next
article.
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