White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-29

a Genera Cleaning UP All Nrouno-
Wants Treaty Studied.
Capt. Lothian PersiuS. German naval
attache at Washington for a number
of years long before the war, and sub
s~equently Germany's leading naval
critic. devotes a good deal of space in
his Personal "reminiscences 10 acrid
ridicule of the once sacred person OF
the kaiser. and TO advocacy of the
proposition that German officers guilty
of atrocities should be punished. Per
haps nothing written by a prominent
German since the war ended so amaZ-
ingly illustrates the apparent change
In the point of view of ar least some
Germans. Of the kaiser, Captain Per-
sius says:
There are no great men in the eyes
of their Wallets. William II never was
a great man in the eyes of anybody,
although he was ever assuming a
heroic pose. whether the occasion was
solemn or ridiculous. But William III
In the eyes Of his Wallets and attendants
was not only not great. he was even
eontemptibly small, mean and coward
~, enjoying the humiliation. degrade
ton and pain he inflicted upon those
In his power.
with my own eyes | have seen him
dash the contents of a half-flled cham
payne glass into the face Of an adj
miral who happened TO be standing
near him on the bridge of a vessel. I
saw him scrape the caviar off his sand
wich and fling the mess into the eyes
Of some officer Of high rank unfortu-
nately within reach of the imperial
Joker OF course. all these 'pranks'
were perpetrated when his majesty
was in a state of i~ntoxication, which
ar times happened 10 occur early In
the morning"
Servility Brings Promotion.
Captain Perslus states that all men,
bers of the officers corps realized that
promotion was TO be accelerated only
By humble submission 10 the kaiser's
whims and pranks: that some admirals
would have been deposed for incom-
potency had they not been devoted and
meek objects Of the imperial Jester;
and that Tirpitz remained so long In
power because he would stand for
anything" even 10 permitting the
kaiser 10 pull his whlskers and kick
aim in the stomach.
The naval critic then adds these IN
aedotes Of the kaiser's idiosyncrasies:
"a cruiser was at target practice.
william III was on board. the sun smil-
Ing, the weather calm and beautiful.
william ii happened 10 be In the best
Of humor. With his strong right hand
he was dealing blows right and left.
as he was wont TO do on occasions like
this. His favorites considered them
selves fortunate when they received
an imperial punch.
His majesty was very happy. jest
ing and Joking. On the bridge his
body surgeon was standing. leaning
backward against the railing. The old
man. a general in rank, seemed 10 be
tired from standing. He was leaning
heavily upon the railing. bending back
ward and dreamily looking into the
sky.
THE old man was in a comfortable
position, as comfortable as the circum-
stances. including the august presence
IF the imperial majesty, would permit.
He was quietly baskIng in the warm
sun.
Suddenly William ii sprang in front
Of the old mar and in a most cruel
manner (by hitting the old mar a vio-
lent blow in a tender spot) inflicted
terrible pain.
1.-THE poor old general staggered.
One could tell by the expression of his
face that he was half mad from pain.
He held on to the railing with his
hands. and half fainting sank upon his
knees.
"The emperor, proud of his splendid
joke laughed yehemently. But when
he saw the result his practical Joke
had had he merely turned away, with
out O word of apology. The old u r
ktou WIS uo iuueci pcisoHh EIdid. ITO
had WINGED while receiving an i'm.
perial favori
"We had returned from a long
cruise in a ship of which Prince Henry.
the kaiser's brother, was the COM
mander. At Kiel the kaiser himself
wanted TO inspect u ship. He came
on board, again In the best OF humor.
"The bridge OF the vessel was
crowded with officers of high rank and
other dignitaries. While the emperor
was talking to some one, his adjutant.
an admiral, happened to turn his back.
Immediately the imperial right fist
shot out and hit the admiral in the
small of the back-a powerful blow.
THE admiral was stunned and
reeled, while the kaiser made a sneer-
Ing, filthy remark which cannot be
repeated in print"
Treaty Is Called Unjust.