Seen in Germany . blamehim for saying aloud all he thinks. That is charac-teristic of the German ; he is born a free thinker, buthis institutions and the watchful eye of the omniscientpolice forever keep the lid shut down upon his genu-ine sentiments ; he is slow of anger and unrivaled inhis reverence for authority. It so happens, therefore,that while the Kaiser may often be expressing the realsentiment of his people he is expressing it too loudlyto suit the cautious German type of diplomacy. An-other criticism, which is not now heard as frequently,perhaps, as it was a few years ago, condemns
Seen in Germany . blamehim for saying aloud all he thinks. That is charac-teristic of the German ; he is born a free thinker, buthis institutions and the watchful eye of the omniscientpolice forever keep the lid shut down upon his genu-ine sentiments ; he is slow of anger and unrivaled inhis reverence for authority. It so happens, therefore,that while the Kaiser may often be expressing the realsentiment of his people he is expressing it too loudlyto suit the cautious German type of diplomacy. An-other criticism, which is not now heard as frequently,perhaps, as it was a few years ago, condemns what theGermans imagine to be a pro-English attitude on thepart of the Kaiser. They cannot forget that their sov-ereign is by birth half an Englishman ; and many thereare who look with only half-concealed suspicion onthe cordial relations that existed for so many yearsbetween the Kaiser and his grandmother, the lateQueen, and suspect his present friendship with hisuncle, King F-dward VII. It was once said that the. The German CroTvn Prince 48 Seen in Germany Kaiser was more sensitive to this criticism than to al-most any other, and the story of his famous reply wheninjured at a regatta some years ago is still told in Ger-many. As he saw the blood flowing he said grimly :Well, there goes the last drop of my English blood. In the light of this sentiment one wonders how theaverage German regards the recent display of friend-liness between the Kaiser and the King, during thefuneral ceremonies of the Queen, as well as the ap-parent agreement regarding the Chinese question. The Kaiser is an excellent English student, speak-ing and reading the language perfectly and followingEnglish models in many of his most important de-partures. One does not forget that the Kaiser as aboy was especially fond of Captain Marryats tales ofthe sea, and that in more recent years he was one ofthe most enthusiastic admirers of our own CaptainMahans great book, The Influence of Sea Power,— a book which h
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