The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

other hand, What is the good of ii? Three months from now LaszIo will have entirely different ideas. But the Emperor fools himself with the thought shat he has gained another adherent.
 There was Bailin, the president of the HamburgsA American Line, sober, immensely gifted man. He, too--and if Is hard to believe was fompleteIy fas. cinated by the Emperor It was while BaIlin was under the Emperor's direct and personal influence that, in agree ment with His Majesty's wishes, he planned all those new non-paying ocean lines and a number of other innovations which of late have created so many difficulties for his company,
 All the naivete of the Emperor in the simplest business relations was proved the other day when, after giv- ing decoration to Woltmann. the great horse dealer, he said to him in per feet seriousness:
 t"You sell your horses to my chief stable marshal far too eheaply. Look out for him. He will do you brown every chance he has. And you will make much less money than you ought to p
 Germany Ruled By 8 Child
 Quite recently I overheard His Maies- ty saying to one of his court marshals :
 Tt is absolutely beyond me how a man who can be something else-any- thing else-can become court mar shaf!":9 -,ss si,
 Consider how dependent he is on his court marshals. how much he has to trust their intelligence and loyalty, and how hard they have to work and then this brutal, uncalIed-for sheer
 He IS a child and will always re- main, a child. Worse yet-he is a child with almost unlimited power. to0rg Germany-to be ruled by a child
 Just now, (190S) Germany is in the thrpes of q constitutional upheaval, with every serious patriot taking sides. The nation and the monarchy are in a critical situation. But the Emperor said to me: II have never read the German constitution and I never
 Yesterday .(March 20, 19Oel. had long conversation with General Von l., about the threat of war which seems in the air. He believes our chances of military success against both France and Russia are favorable at the pres- ent moment, and thinks that by forcing war we will be- able to get out of our domestic as well as our foreign diff faculties. When mentioned that the emperor's nerves are in a wretehed state and that we would have to figure with his rather difficult personality, the general said:
 T agree with, you, Moltke fears neith- CT the French nor the Russians, but he does fear his ma ajesty."
 He added that we must blame the emperor's personal influence and inter ference for all our mistakes and blum ders of the last 21 years.
 His Majesty is inclined to be too strict in his judgment of the Grown Prince. Of course the latter is ex- uberantly youthful, rash, and seems to have no serious interests in life. But does the Emperor try to help him, to talk to him seriously? Does he show appreciation of the Crown Princes charming and simple good nature? The Grown Prince IS. half English, half sportsman. The other day he said to me:
 My father will never be able to mn derstand me. He is no sportsman--nat- urally, for all his life his withered arm has made it impossible for him to par t1cipate in sports. I, on the other hand, divide the human race into two categOries: Those who are real sports men and those who are not. The lat ter breed neither like nor under stand"
 Youthful judgment, rash, I grant: but not so wicked after all.
 The other day Prince Buelow and my father talked about the recent admis- sion of Goldschmidt- -Rothschild into the diplomatic service The prince said.
 T have sent him to London, and his reports from there are by far the best and most valuable And yet, just because he is Jew, am unable to obtain his appointment as officer of the reserve"
 The prince is right. Whenever we try to give reserve army commission to Jew, an our reactionary, jingo- istie militarists foam at the mouth. And yet, in every way. Prussian Jew ish officers have fought with the ut most distinction and bravery. ...
 There is something both tragic and