The German emperor as shown in his public utterances

Front matter

THE

}rman

MPEROR

II Preliminaries 25

The First Official Act of the Emperor .... 25 Schloss Friedrichskron, June 15, 1888.

To My People 28

Potsdam, June 18, 1888.

First Declaration of Policy 31

Berlin, June 25, 1888.

The Emperor and the Striking Miners 45

Visit of the King of Italy 47

The English Fleet and the German Army . . *. . 48

Sandown Bay, August 5, 1889. ix

PAGE

The English Army 49

Aldershot, August 7, 1889.

The Czar at Berlin 50

Berlin, October II, 1889.

On Board an English Flag-Ship 51

The Piraeus, October 30, 1889.

Ill

After Bismarck 53

Review of the Ninth Army Corps 60

Flensburg, September 4, 1890.

Accidents with Agricultural Machinery 62

Berlin, November II, 1890.

Berlin, March 14, 1891.

Swearing in the Recruits 72

Potsdam, November 23, 1891.

The Emperor's First Army Bill 75

Berlin, July 4, 1893.

Arrival in Metz 80

Metz, September 3, 1893.

Dedication of Flags 81

Berlin, October 18, 1894.

Navy Recruits 84

Kiel, December 3, 1894.

x

PAGE

Christening of a Cruiser 86

Kiel, March 26, 1895.

Visit to Bismarck 87

Friedrichsruh, March 26, 1895.

Opening of the Emperor William Canal .... 91

IV The Beginning of World Politics 95

The Beginning of World Politics 95

Berlin, June 16, 1896.

To the Recruits for the Navy 103

Wilhelmshaven, February 21, 1896.

A Toast to the Russian Emperor and Empress . . 104

St. Petersburg, August 8, 1897.

The Army Tradition 106

Coblentz, August 30, 1897.

Toast to the Italian King and Queen • 109

Homburg, September 4, 1897.

Address at a Dedication of Flags Ill

Berlin, October 18, 1897.

On Administering the Oath to the Recruits . . . 113

Berlin, November 18, 1897.

The Chinese Situation and the Mailed Fist ... 116 December 15, 1897.

Address to the Regiments of the Body-Guard . 121

Potsdam, June 16, 1898. xi

PAGE

On the Death of Prince Bismarck 123

Friedrichsruh, August 2, 1898.

"Our Future Lies Upon the Water" 126

Stettin, September 23, 1898.

The Journey to the Holy Land 127

Bethlehem, October 30, 1898.

Dedication of the Church of Our Redeemer . . . 132

Jerusalem, October 31, 1898.

By Divine Right 135

Brandenburg, February 3, 1899.

The Hague Conference 141

Wiesbaden, May 18, 1899.

The Housing of Laborers 143

Early June, 1899.

French Heroism at St. Privat 143

The Battle-field of St. Privat, August 18, 1899.

V

The Greater Navy 147

"Bitterly We Need a Powerful German Fleet" . . 150 Hamburg, October 18, 1899.

On the Threshold of the New Century 154

Berlin, January 1, 1900.

New Boundary Posts 157

Seaports and Cannon 159

Lubeck, June 16, 1900.

xii

PAGE

The Ocean Knocks at Our Door 160

Kiel, July 3, 1900.

Open the Way for Culture 163

Bremen, July 27, 1900.

Civis Romanus Sum 167

Imperial Limes Museum, Saalburg, October 11, 1900.

Cabinet Order to the Prussian Army 169

January, 1901.

Dedication of the Barracks of the Alexander Regiment 171 March 28, 1901.

To the Students at Bonn 174

A Place in the Sun 180

The Great Elector 184

Entrance of Prince Eitel Friedrich into the Army . 189 July 7, 1901.

True Art 191

Berlin, December 18, 1901.

Monument to General von Rosenberg 201

The Old Order Changeth 203

Alfred Krupp and the Socialists 209

The Working Man Once More 213

Breslau, December 5, 1902. xiii

PAGE

Frederick the Great and His Army 225

Doberitz, May 29, 1903.

The Reasons for Japan's Victory 232

The Salt of the Earth 233

Bremen, March 22, 1905.

VI On the Eve of Morocco 240

The Morocco Question 240

Tangiers, March 31, 1905.

The Great Ally 242

September 8, 1906.

Optimism and Literature 247

Munich, November 12, 1906.

Twenty-Five Years of Labor Legislation .... 253

VII The Crisis of 1907 256

February 5, 1907— October 18, 191 1.

Imperialism versus Social Democracy 256

Berlin, February 5, 1907. xiv

PAGE

The Necessity of Faith 259

Miinster, August 31, 1907.

English Journalists 264

London, November 16, 1907.

Strasburg, August 30, 1908.

The Daily Telegraph Interview 267

The Emperor and Count Zeppelin 273

Manzell, November 10, 1908.

Regatta at Hamburg 274

Review of the Fourteenth Army Corps 278

Karlsruhe, September n, 1909.

Emperor by Divine Right 279

Konigsberg, August 25, 1910.

The Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the University of Berlin 285

Berlin, October II, 1910.

The Emperor in Brussels 290

Alcohol and the Schools 292

Cassel, August 19, 191 1.

International Competition 295

Hamburg, August 27, 191 1.

Imperial Glories 299

Aix, October 18, 191 1.

xv

CONTENTS VIII

PAGE

Last Months of Peace 303

Brandenburg Once Again 307

Hauling Down the Flag 313

Accident to a Zeppelin 316

Bonn, October 17, 1913.

We Germans Fear God, Nothing Else 318