KAISER’S CHILDHOOD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3388, 1 December 1911, Page 8

KAISER’S CHILDHOOD.

INTERESTING EPI2ODE IN THE life: of emperor freder ICK RECALLED. GLORY OF THE GERMAN CROWN. In si speech at Aix-la- Chapello delivered on the occasion of the unveiling of a statue to the late German Emperor Frederick, the Kaiser gave an interesting glimpse into his father;s inner life. "If ever a Prince deserved to have a monument in Aachen.” said the Emperor \\ illiam, ‘‘it was my lathe]-, who rests in God. From my childhood 1 could observe with what interest lie devoted himself to th© study of the German Emperors and their traditions, and how lie was filled with the power of their position and the glory of the old German Imperial Crown. ‘‘When as a. boy I tarried in his room, and my good behaviour had deserved reward, ho let me turn over the pages of thi’ sumptuous work, in which the jewels insignia, robes, and weapons of the Emperors, and, finally, the crown itself, wore depicted in guy colors. How his eyes flashed as he told of the Coronation in Aachen, with its ceremonies and feasts, of Charles the Great, of the Emperor Bai ba r<xssa, ; and their magnificence.

“He always finished by saying: “That must come again; the power of the "Einpirq must he restored, and the splendor of the Imperial Crown must shine once more. Burbarossa must be liberated from tire Kyffhauser,’ and it was vouchsafed to him by Providence to take a. leading part in the carrying out of the great work. On the battlefield lie helped his venerable father to win the Imperial Crown and unity for the German people. “Trained by my father for what was one day to be my profession, I grew up in admiration and reverence for the Imperial Crown, which I then took over from him, with its burden and responsibility. It is a sublime jewel from which, under the protection of God, many blsvsinjjjs for the Fatherland have proceeded, and which has proved the stronghold of its national honor. “All Germans can. look up to it .in confidence and it will show itself all the stronger the more it is encompassed and supported Tiv the loyal love and earnest co-operation of the people.