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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1978, 14 January 1907, Page 4

KAISER’S VIEW OF LIFE. REMARKABLE INTERVIEW. The Kaiser lms spoken in liis own defences against tho avalanche oi perEonnl criticism which has latterly attained such unprecedented proportions in Germany. 110 has made his appeal for fair play through the Bavarian poet, Ganghofer, to whom ho oponed his heart at Munich. Herr Ganghofer, on November 19th, made public His Majesty’s laments through the medium of a nowspnpor, and in tlio form of an interview. Iho following are tho Emperor’s chief observations : . . , “I am an out-and-out optimist, and will allow nothing to prevent my boing ono until the end of my days, i am a man full of work, ami I bolievo iu my work, because I wisli to go iorward. It will gratify mo when the people understand what I want and help mo to attain it. “Hard is tho lot of the man whose work is mistrusted. Sceptics do injustice to others and injure themselves. It is our duty to ascribe good motives to our fellow-men until they have done something to prove the contrary. This remains my principle, notwithstanding some hitter experiences. Optimism brings us much further ahead than pessimism. This Colds good in politics ns well as in private life. “Tho German people has a future. A word which always depresses me when I hoar it is Reiohsverdrossenheit (‘Ernpiro loathing,’ or perhaps rendered more accurately, though colloquially, by tho phrase, ‘lmperial blues.’ 'Tho word boars both constructions.) I work with a stout heart, and boliovo I thereby progress, though tho arduousnoss of my work often fatigues me. Thus I feel the necessity of getting out of harness and seeing a fresh hit of tho world. “I know people call mo tho ‘Reiso Kaiser,’ hut I have always looked on that us being good-natured, and have novor let it hamper my ‘joy of tho world.’ Trips across homo soil aro also enjoyable. They tend to solidify tho national esprit do corps. Many Germans do not know how much of tho beautiful Germany contains. I am always gratified to see a now picco of German soil, and I regret that such comprehensive ‘apparatus’ is necessary for my journeys. “Sometimes, however, I experience much that is pleasant, especially during my travels which people complain about.

“Nothing would please mo better than to jump into my motor car for u simple two days’ jaunt through tho country, and,to return to my work filled with new energy. Such relaxation is, peculiarly necessary in my earnest profession—doubly necessary when ono has to combat countless misunderstandings. For ono is in a thankless position when one is given credit for no independence, “If I succeed in anything all the world asks, ‘Who was his adviser?’ If I fail pcoplo say, ‘lie did not know what he was about.’ In matters which with other monarchs aro regarded as entirely natural pcoplo always ask of me, ‘Why ?’ and tho only answer can bo because I would do good for the German Empire and the German people,’’ The word Iteichsvordrossenheit, to which tho Kaiser takes such.exception, may best be interpreted by Lord Milner’s phrase, when, in a speech at the Hotel Cecil, he urged tho Min? istry to resist the impulsion “of those whose judgment is warped liy suspicion and distrust of their fellowcountrymen.”

NO MORE SENIOR WRANGLERS. The Senior Wranglcrship —the most famous of all Cambridge institutions —will be abolished if certain reforms suggested by the Special Board for Mathematics are carried into effect. Tlie members of this board find that effort is being wasted on unessential details at present. “The greater part of the men spend too much time upon an excessive amount of polishing of their mathematical tools,” they state. This prevents the application of their learning to practical scientific work of which mathematical knowledge is the basis. Tlie remedy brought forward by the board is a simplification of the examination, its division into two parts, and an arrangement of successful candidates’ names in alphabetical order. At present the results are announced in order of individual merit, and the student who stands at the head of the list is known as the Senior Wrangler. The one who comes last on the list is invariably mado the recipient of a wooden spoon —presented to him" in the Senate House by virtue of old tradition when lie receives his degree. If the names are arranged -in alphabetical order no one will know who is the Senior Wrangler, and who has earned the decoration of the wooden spoon. The alphabetical arrangement, it is thought, will prevent men devoting their entire ambition to the “show” distinction of achieving high jilaces on the Wrangler list. The Mathematical Tripos was instituted in 1747, and since that date the Senior Wranglersliip has been regarded as the blue riband of the examinations at_ Cambridge. The Senior Wrangler has the right of being prosente'd singly and before all otli.ers f6r hjs degree. - At oiio timp the' Classical and other Triposes were arranged according to /individual merit, but Tripos is the only one "iij flvhich this order survives. /Cambridge men regard these latest suggested reforms with, astonishment. “If .the Senior Wrangler and the wooden spoon .vanish before the reformers, the'-only really old institntioii k'ft-wlll-ho the boat race,” says a Cambridge man. “And before long I expect that even the boat race will be reformed out of existence.” ’ • :

A“ MAD PRINCE. Tliougl* ib pleases tlio Servian Government to deny in emphatic terms that tlio Crown Prince George is insane, it is quite evident that his mental state is not what it should be. •Prince George may not be actually mad, but his choleric temper and Nero-like profligacy are quite sufficient justification for grave doubts as to his fitness to succeed to the Servian throne. His brutality is such that no Army officer can be found to accept the office of adjutant to the Prince, and his dissolute habits have so roused the .anger of' tlio' • Servian middle-class that ;, they, scorn fully determined to secure liis .exclusion from the,, succession in favor of his younger brother, oven at the expense of a revolution. Tlfe brother is a mere youth of 18, but is just as popular as Prince George is the reverse. Some of tlie irregularities of which the heir apparent has been guiltv are of such a nature that even the "most outspoken of the Belgrade papers only hint at their nature, and the Vienna journals confine themselves to a recital of his many acts of brutality. A sample may bo given. The Prince recently trapped a mouse in his quarters, and taking the creature from the cage, proceeded to the vestibule of Ins apartments. Walking up to the sentry on duty the Prince ordered the soldier to open his mouth. The mail, wondering and not a little afraid, did so, and the Prince popped the mouse’s hoad between his teeth and ordered the soldier to bite its head off. The soldier naturally refused to obey the order, and his refusal so enraged tlio Prince that in spite of remonstrances from the officer in charge of tlio guard, he belabored the unhappy sentry with a heavy stick till the man collapsed, bleeding and insensible oil the floor. b On another recent occasion, when reprimanded by a leading policeman for some gross act in public, the nncc i* to have declared with many f ou l oaths that once he was woidd have gallows erected „ null JJU King.’’* J ° rulcd "' ith one "dien'l’m Thus spoke George, the son of l eter ivaragcogevitch. The son hlooY r°- rt 'i V ,°, f llis siro al 'd of the blood-stained throne of Servia, hut it seems long odds against Prince George living to reign over that disticssriil country.

A strange discovery ira s made a short time ago by a. lady in the church oi Notrc-Daine ties Victoiros, l aris. licfore making the sign of the cross she dipped her fingers into tile stoup but with a start withdrew them hastily. She had touched the i, y b ?V,y, B irl 01lI J* !l few weeks old. Jhe child began to‘ cry loudlv. ihe lady picked up the infant aiid found pinned to her garments a noio running as follows:—“Abandoned bv my child’s father, it is impossible tor mo to bring up the little one as 1 would wish. Please see that she is baptised. Simone Arletto, born in Paris, October 21st, 19.00. Caro for her well, love her. Clod will reward you.” The mother’s wish was carried out instantly, the cure, who was in the church, performing the baptismal ceremony. The little girl was then sent to the Foundling Hospital, where she will remain unless her relatives come to claim her.