It is curious to note how the Germans are living
down their illusions. Mr. Roosevelt was at one time a special favourite not only of the Kaiser but of the whole German public. Nothing was too good for him. He was loaded with every kind of flattery. Now there is an almost complete change of tone. The Cologne Gazelle, for example, has dis- covered that ho is a very paltry fellow after all. "The man was never gifted with modesty and never had a full insight into European affairs. When anybody is in office, other people have respect for the fad, and foreigner' are treated in accordance with the prestige which they enjoy at home. That was why Roosevelt was formerly treated with special respect in Germany. At the last Presidential election he lost all his prestige." There is something quite delicious in the tiaV declaration that when a man has lost his prestige it is time to be done with him. We can guarantee that no one will be more amused than Mr. Roosevelt by the passage we have quoted.
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