A PAN-TEUTONIC JOKE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 8, 11 January 1899, Page 8

A PAN-TEUTONIC JOKE.

' A Pan-Teutonic joke of somewhat Ti- *■""*.'' tanic dimensions is being perpetrated in -I ''x-. the issue to the press of what purports to Abe the prospectus of the 'Brandenbur- £"; "■ ger,' the organ of the. Pan-Teutonic Ax- League,' which thus sets forth, its aims:— 7 A'. .The league for the promotion of the jieaceful succession of His . Imperial Ma- '; jesty the Emperor Wilhelm 11. to the throne of Great Britain, and for the more complete exposure of his Imperial legitimate title as eldest child's eldest child of Her Royal Majesty- the Queen Victoria, not being/his Imperial organ official, but merely to expound the well-meaning sentiments of his loyal Britishmen, has been - •' formed, and, moreover, for the repulsing . of' the malicious hostile spirits of the. -insular press who make distorted and twist aside his Imperial person and char- . acter in the eyes of the thoughtless public of the Great British Islands. The Salic law in -the British Constitution, after the ■ V indst earnest investigation of the learned expositions of the : well-born Bishop SStubbs, Sir Justice Blackstone, Monsieur De Lome, and the Honorable, Dicey, *:. .I_Lp,, has not been found. Alsd the elongated reigns of the virtuous female sovereigns have most proved efficacious to- > -wards the prosperous success of their industrious populaces; '-~;. . The advan- «• Stages to Great Britain of the unity of the two dominions under one Imperial scep- | . tre arc-to bestow upon Englishmen the 1 stalwart protection of the German army |V and a share in her colonial expansion and I naval war vessels, including the Imperial A-J .Chinese fleet, now progressing to the Far East under the command of his Imperial and Royal Highness the Prince Henry of .Prussia. There will also be the privilege ; of unrestricted importation of excessively saving manufactures. The advantages to Germany will be even more considerable arid valuable, it is. suspected. The friendly intervention contributed by tjjie numerous British /flotillas will enable' the German Michael to plant his benevolent and far-reaching standard on the shores df v unresisting^ powers, and the colonies of England peacefully into the protection of the Imperial Zollverein will pass. To the Serene and Royal Princess of Germany new and profitable careers in the administration of the Indian Peninsular dominions, adopting tried and approved German methods in the subjugation of the unruly ■ ■■"■' natives, will be open. The fine field will also be thrown open to the labours of the pious and learned German missionaries, nor will the industrial interest of the Fatherland be likely by this so-much-to-be-wished-for scheme to suffer.