THE GERMAN EMPEROR.
[ ;Tbe vitality of th<a Qprfnan^Etnpejcor 4s^oadon«papei^obsecv(^)lis,a^soujrce of Hnoeasing astonishment and admiration. '/He is- 4qw well on his way' to 87 — 13 years older than hw great lux- ; ''^Qld .Frite^ wlsen that m6narch's cough constitution broke down under, the weight ofyeafs and, carps' of gdvjerqfnent-^— anct his life n«s" oben one" of most wearing activity. Yet he was on horseback recently, despite the weather, for three hours, and the next day he was busy all day m itiseiiarging I various formal functions ofc royalty. In face of this marvellous and sustained vigor it needs the Emperor 's own rwords, m his touching aKidreKs to the 4ih Array ' Corps to remind the world : how close he necessarily is to .the end 'of his 'extraordinary cai»er/ "It was « joy and an honor to me;";he says, "to see the Army Corps once mote. Probably it hi the last time.. At lby age one makes no plans.". , Yet the event- which the.* Einperbr looked so steadfastly m the ; face rwill make the greatest changes, -pefcnaps- m, the foreign and certainly m ithe domestic •■ relations bf our empires -., By no .c&raes? ' of'ioiir time has the immense importance of the peraonal element m politics been more clearly illustrated. I '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume V, Issue 10, 10 December 1883, Page 2
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205THE GERMAN EMPEROR. Manawatu Standard, Volume V, Issue 10, 10 December 1883, Page 2
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