There is one remarkable quality which William II possesses and which Mr. Bigelow has forgotten, and that is his talent as a scenic artist and _impresario_ for any and every kind of ceremony; in this he is past master. For the 375th Anniversary of October 31, 1517, the day on which the famous theses, which inaugurated the Reformation, were posted by Martin Luther on the door of the chapel at Wittenberg, the Emperor-King surpassed himself. The Imperial procession aroused the greatest enthusiasm in the little town by its successful reconstruction of the historic picture. The speech of the _summus episcopus_ cast all sermons into the shade by its lofty tone and spirit of tolerance. [1] _La Nouvelle Revue_, January 16, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [2] _La Nouvelle Revue_, February 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [3] _La Nouvelle Revue_, March 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [4] _La Nouvelle Revue_, March 15, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [5] Spanish insurrection against the French invasion under the first Empire. [6] _La Nouvelle Revue_, April 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [7] _La Nouvelle Revue_, May 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [8] _La Nouvelle Revue_, May 15, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [9] _La Nouvelle Revue_, June 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [10] _La Nouvelle Revue_, August 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [11] _Ibid._, August 15, 1891. [12] _La Nouvelle Revue_, September 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [13] _Ibid._, September 15,1891. [14] _La Nouvelle Revue_, October 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [15] _La Nouvelle Revue_, November 15, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [16] An allusion to the Commander's statue in "Don Juan." [17] _La Nouvelle Revue_, December 15, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [18] _La Nouvelle Revue_, January 1, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [19] _La Nouvelle Revue_, February 15, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [20] _La Nouvelle Revue_, March 1, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [21] _La Nouvelle Revue_, March 15, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [22] _La Nouvelle Revue_, April 15, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [23] _La Nouvelle Revue_, May 1, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [24] _La Nouvelle Revue_, June 1, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [25] _La Nouvelle Revue_, July 15, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [26] _La Nouvelle Revue_, September 1, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [27] _La Nouvelle Revue_, September 15, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [28] _La Nouvelle Revue_, October 1, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." [29] _La Nouvelle Revue_, November 16, 1892, "Letters on Foreign Policy." CHAPTER III 1893 William II receives the Tzarewitch--Germany would rather shed the last drop of her blood than give up Alsace-Lorraine--William's journey to Italy--The German manoeuvres in Alsace-Lorraine. January 13, 1893. [1]