The German Emperor

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 148, 7 June 1890, Page 4

The German Emperor

ihe Cuctiueutal gossip of the Gliis 2gow Herald w rites :-^-WhVt- will tlii ■German. Emperor do next? is th« general. Ory. He has done so iminj thiugs already, aud taket such an evident delight in iuak iug uieu's tongues wa.g, taat uotuidj would be vuiuoLi surpvised if he wen to propose a Congress for uuivorsa disaraiauient. Mea have already be •come conviuced that he- is sincerelj religious, and'thdt he hat no auibitioc ior bloodshed. A little time age wishing to realise the sensation of t soldfer on guard, he put himself or -duty for tweuty-four hours in an exteaiporioed guard room within his owe .-garden at Potsdaui, and stood sentr) during four spells of two hours each duriag that t^iue. He wore the uni form of a private soldier, carried a rifle, and ate of the soldier's, ordinary L BiitMiilike Peter the Great, wh<i did .these things olteii ! enough iu real •earuest— -mixing with other soldiers -and lying down- beside them, William -11. tttbk his' little diversion -all alone. No officer came ;to relieve him ; and xin fa'6t, tfnly 6ne or two persons of hia -entourage were aware of what he was doing until Tie. had done it. When the whole thing was over he was asked how ihe had enjoyed standing at night, and answered — "I wa-8 thinking all the time how many 'millions of poor wretches have gone through the drudgery of military life while loathing it, aQ d have got killed in wars for the causes of which they not care a button !"