Kaiser Wilhelm
' ' The vit«.lity ; or the German Kmperor (a London paper observes) Is a source of uoeeuing astonishment and admiration. He is now well on his way \ jto &7—13 years, older than his great ancestor, <<Old Frits," when that monarch's tough constitution )>ruke dowii under the weight of tfears ar d • cares tf : government—and: his wife has i been one W the must wearing activity. Yet he was on. horseback >wentiy, J desj>it» the /weather, for three hours, \and next day he wa^ -busy all day in discharjjirig- vanouformal functions of royalty. In face ■«C this maryellous and sustained vigour it needs the Emperor's own words in his touchinir address to the 4th Army Corps to remind the wor^ bow close he necessarily ia to the end of his extraordinary career . '* ,It was |i joy and honour lonie," he says. ** to see the Army Corps once more. Probably it is the last time. At my age one makes no plans " Yet the iventlv/hich tbe Emperor looked so 'steadfastly in the face will make the greatest changes, perhaps in the , foreijtn.and certainly in the ttomestic .relations of his empires By no career I :'ojF^^ time tias, the immense imporjt- ~ ftn^e ■ '', oi the' personal element in - politics been more : clearly illustrated.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 83, 15 December 1883, Page 3
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209Kaiser Wilhelm Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 83, 15 December 1883, Page 3
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