The Man Of Peace.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 6, 1913:
    It is significant that in the long array of tributes to the Emperor William II., which will be published in The Sunday Times day after tomorrow, in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the imperial throne, the Kaiser is hailed as an advocate and promoter of peace. These timely tributes to him were written expressly for The Times, and it is not likely that any other newspaper ever printed such an assemblage of contributions from famous men on any single day. They who testify from knowledge of the worth of the German Emperor and his services to mankind are the King of Italy, Theodore Roosevelt, who declares that the Kaiser was the one man outside of this country from whom he obtained help in bringing about the Peace of Portsmouth; Count von Bernstorff, Ambassador at Washington; Andrew Carnegie, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Blyth, Sir Gilbert Parker, Herr Arthur von winner, Director of the Deutsche Bank and President of the Bagdad Railway; Alfred H. Fried, the peace advocate; Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, and Prof. Hugo Muensterberg.
    The general agreement of men deeply concerned in the world's affairs, but of so different points of view, as to the Kaiser's desire for peace, is of extraordinary interest. This is important testimony relating to a momentous subject. Lord Blyth, the celebrated English publicist, recognizes that the Emperor's policy is to make Germany so strong that no other Nation will dare to provoke war, but declares that he is the "true and central factor of the past peaceful policy of Germany." Lord Blyth, like Mr. Carnegie, Herr von Gwinner, who treats of the industrial and financial development of Germany in the quarter century; Mr. Fried and Mr. Muensterberg, contributes a long article. The expressions of the others are short but right to the point. Perhaps the most effective and comprehensive of all the tributes is that of ex-President Taft, who recalls the old forebodings about William II., the tendency of people to regard him as a possible disturber of the peace of Europe, and says:
    Instead of that, the truth of history requires the verdict that, considering the critically important place which has been his among the nations, he has been, for the last quarter of a century, the greatest single individual force in the practical maintenance of the peace of the world.
    This is all gratifying and reassuring. We are confident that this notable feature of The Times next Sunday will be highly prized by hosts of readers.