All told, there is probably an investment of seventy-five million dollars and a total of nine hundred thousand telephones.
Telephony has always been in high favor with the Kaiser.

It is his custom, when planning a hunting party, to have a special wire strung to the forest headquarters, so that he can converse every morning with his Cabinet.

He has conferred degrees and honors by telephone.

Even his former Chancellor, Von Buelow, received his title of Count in this informal way.

But the first friend of the telephone in Germany was Bismarck.