Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1916 — KAISER SWEATS AT HARVEST [ARTICLE]

KAISER SWEATS AT HARVEST

Col ogneVdfkszeitu n iHow Tffia Emperor Worked in Shirtsleeves With His Peasant Folk. Amsterdam. —The story of the kaiser working in the harvest fields is told by the Cologne Volkszeitung as follows: —- —■ “Why do the people run? Why do they rush to the fields? To see the kaiser. It is between 5 and 7 in the evening. The laborers are busy loading their carts wfth sheaves. Suddenly all hands are idle; all caps are doffed ; everybody stands aghast. “The kaiser is coming. The ‘all highest* is already on the spot! He tikes off his coat! In hik shlrtsreeves~~tfie head of the German empire works in the field! He lends a hand to secure for himself God’s golden blessing. As the kaiser does, so do the high official? and officers. And look! Do you not see our imperial chancellor working? It is true! It is he. “With surprise the spectators behol(* the kaiser wiping the sweat from his brow with his sleeve. We see him sitting among the laborers drinking water from a common jug. Like a father he talks to the children. He asks them to run across thestiibblefleld and, laughing heartily at the enjoyment' of the children, gives them little presents.”