THE LONELY KAISER.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10608, 7 January 1909, Page 4

THE LONELY KAISER.

Some light is thrown on the attitude of the German people towards the •Kaiser by an article which appeared recently in a serious Munich periodical, the "Suddeutsfhe Monairtzhefte." The writer declared: that many Germans had for twenty years set their hopes on the Kaiser, but. these hopes had not been* and now scarcely would be fulfilled. 'His failure to win, the people's confidence was due to the fact that thousands of patriots did not understand him. "We only want to say," continued the article,' "that in those questions which the Gormarisi who take-no interest in literature or art hold to be of vital importance, namely, economic, political, social aaid educational questions, wo think entirely differently from our Emperor; that his- historical--'views are a riddle to us; that his views on social seem obscure or oon'tradietory; that his manner of expressing his opinion estranges even the most patient, who after two *ie~ cades have not lost all hope." Dealing with the Kaiser's, foreign policy, the article stated that ho certainly cherished the: wish that the German nation should stand at the head of the council of natidns. In picture and irn ward: he had announced the mission of Teutoniism, but he had' failed' to attain his enda because he had always shown an. entire lack of understanding of other (people's idiosyncrasies. Be had tried to administer Teutonism Ike a dope of medicine. "Even in the shadow of khe venoraitidiiv of Bismarck," aon> eluded the article, v "the Emperor might have achieved ai true .popularity, Something on the lines of the old (Emperor's, but he himself broadened) the shadow by so often remaining mute where word or glance would have reconciled and made orood, by doing the opposite of what his people expected of him, and by not thinking it worth while to adapt hipaself to the people of wihJom ■ he. Was born. Despite all that attracts .us in, '• the healthy, fiery temperament, the weltpolitische senisie, the technical genius of William 11., despite the fact that the ideal family liff nt, the Imperial Court touches the best chords in the German national dhiaarcter, the person of the Elmperor does not draw near to us." The picture 1 presented of the Kaiser is that of a lonely and disappointed, mlan.