Kaiser's Individuality

KAISER'S INDIVIDUALITY

Cuts Quite a Figure With Chancellor Von Buelow.

Berlin, Jan. 22.- Chancellor von Buelow, replying in the reichstag yesterday to an assertion of Herr Richter, the radical leader, that the country and the crown itself were harmed by the too frequent utterances of Emperor William without consulting his ministers, said:

"In a constitutional state the leading statesmen must reckon with the individuality of the monarch. The stronger that individuality all the more is he inclined to influence the state's affairs, which does not always facilitate the statesman's official duties: but the strongly marked individuality of a ruler is a great advantage that cannot be underestimated. I have found many persons abroad that long for a monarch of accentuated personality. Nobody should blind himself against the grand lines in the character of our emperor. He has a free and unprejudiced mind, as I can say, and there is nothing petty in him; whatever you blame in him, he is no Philistine. If you wish to make attacks, direct them against me."

The chancellor, later referring to remarks of Herr Liebermann von Sonenberg, said he recommended Emperor William to receive the Boer generals if they sought presentation through the British ambassador. General Dewet first accepted and then changed his mind.