THE KAISER'S DAY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1707, 26 March 1913, Page 8

THE KAISER'S DAY.

HOW HE READS THE WORLD'S NEWS. "The Kaiser as lie is" is the title of an article in "Munsey's Magazine" -by Baron von'Dewitz, who thus describes the Emperor's' habitually energetic plunge into the day's work:— "With true Prussian punctiliousness lie gets iis at 6 o'clock sharp.every morning, loiu or shine. The only exception to this iron rule is w'heiijhe rises at 4 o'clock, or even earlier, to attend a military rovicw or similar function, and when ho travels by rail, tho rising hour then being sot for 7 o'clock. i

"Before his Ministers call to present a survey of the day's.political outlook, tlio Kaiser lias put in more thaa an hour's reading of the principal German and foreign newspapers.' Of course, lie cannot rend all the papers, but in order not to miss anything of vital interest ho. maintains a small staff of trained readers, who operato in. seven languages, nnder the searching eye of a Prussian officer, with specific instructions to cut and clip the essential news appertaining to questions atul' issues in whicli the, monarch is specially interested.' Theso cuttings are pasted on targe cards and inserted in a loose-leaf portfolio of morocco leather, hearing the Imperial rams. "At precisely 7 o'clock the officer presents the portfolio, from which the Kaiser piocc-eds to draw information, making blue-pencil remarks in the margins as ho goes along; criticising or approving the selections made. If a vital foreign article is encountered ill a language not known to' the Emperor—who, by the way, speaks English and French like a native—it is translated on tlio spot and pasted in the portfolio. "By thus systematising and selecting his newspaper and magazine reading, which comprises technical and scientific problems, as well as political, military, naval, and art topics, the Kaiser has reached a point where he is easily the best informed and best technically trained monarch on any throne." \

The House of Lords pave judgment against tlio Liverpool Corporation on its claim to be exempt from liability to pay tales on a moor used by Hie corporation as a gathering ground fnr it> water supply •and also as a preserve for game.