AN OUTDOOR OPTIMIST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 14 January 1907, Page 4

AN OUTDOOR OPTIMIST.

Tilt' KAISLK'S VIIAVS OF LI HI. COMPLAINS THAT 1110 IS Ml.s----l"NOJ::Usi(10D. "AN OfT-AND-Ol'L' OI'TLXiIS'tV 'l'he Kaiser ha- spoken in. his own defence against the avalanche of persona! criticism which ins latterly at tained such unprecedented proportions iu (lermiHiy. lie has (-ays the Balm correspondent of the Daily -Maill made bis appeal for fan play through the Bavarian poet. Caiii.d:ofer. to whom he opened his heart at .Munich last week. Heir Oanghoformade public his Majesty's laments, through the medium of a new-paper, and in the form of an interview. The fo lowing are the Kniperor's chief observations: - "I am an out and-ont optimist, and will aliow nothing to prevent my being one until the end of my davs. I am a man full of work, and 1 believe in my work, which 1 wish to go forward. It will gratify me when the pi up!- understand what 1 want ami help me to attain it.

"Bard is the 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 ihe contrary. This remains my principle, notwithstanding some bitter experiences. Optimism brings us much further ahead than pessimism. Thiho'ds good in polities as well as in p,r. ate'life. "Ihe Oerman people- have a future. A wold which always depress me I ih-r-l.y priigrc-s. though'lll- aidu licit rF.ii.pire loathing.' or p-rhap lendered more, accurately, though ~,1 looniaily. iiy the phase, -impciial blues'

ill,- word bears both constructions). I work with ;i stout li, art, an.! believe i tli-,vl.y proves-:, though tlic ard.u i ii-iii--- of niv work often fatigues hj«-. Tail-- I I'.<-1 tile necessity of jMtiir-. mil of harness anil seeing n fresh bit ..f 11... world.

"I know people call me flic ih-ise Kaiser, hut 1 have always looked on Unit as hoinjr -jinxl naturcd. and have iiew-r k-t it hauipi-r niv joy of the world.' Trips across 'hoi-ae soil a,-,-nl-o enjoyable. T llev t0,,,! to solalii'y tin- national e-prii ,h- corps. Mam i;.-it,:.iiis ,b, not kiio-.-. ho,,- much ,i| ill..- i-.uUifu: (h-iin.inv contains. i am always -iratiiicl io se • a new l-i-.-e of Ccrmaii soil, and I roitret that siu-h comprehensive 'apparatus' is lie-ces-iiry for my jounieis. ■'Soiuetinies, however. 1 experience much that is pleasant, especially iliir in.", my travels which people coinp'ain about. ■■>.'niliin.e. would please me belter than to jump into my motor ear for a siinp'o two-days' jiuinl thron-.li the '■ try, and to return to niv work filli.l with new cnri-jry. Such re'n.v atioii is peculiarly necessary in nrr carncst profession—doubly ner-i-ssa ry whenone has to combat countless mis u;:il-r>taii(ii]i»s. for one U in a l-Miikl.-ss position w!..-n one is cr.-dif for no independence. "If I sue,-;.ed j„ anything, a I the if I fail, peopb- say. -|!,- ,)i,| „„ i„„, u H ,: ' ( ; l: :': ,'"" " l ' o,i '-' '" '""--''rs "il -i- entirely natural, peo'nie always ask „f me. \Vbv-' i.e.i ;i,;. on v ■,'„ -«■■•- <n.. I- l»-.;,„„. ! w„u,| do'.iM,,! -»r -he <leri„a,i Knipa., and tie: <;,-.- man people.