BY RIGHT DIVINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 204, 29 August 1910, Page 5

BY RIGHT DIVINE.

KAISER REVIVES THE THEORY

DISARMAMENT CONDEMNED.

TUMULT OF CRITICISM.

(By Cabte.— Press Association.—Copyright.) BERLIN, August 27. The Kaiser, in a speech, said the Crown was conferred by the grace of God alone, and not by Parliaments or popular decisions. The Emperor was the chosen instrument of heaven. "We must," said the Kaiser, "always Keep our armaments ready perfection in view of the vast progress of neighbouring Powers. "The Queen and Court teach women that their principal task does not lie at public meetings, seeking to attain supposed rights in which women emulate men, but in the quiet work of the home and the family." He added, "For myself, I am the instrument of the Lord. Without heeding the opinions of the day I go my way, devoted solely to the prosperity and the peaceful development of the Fatherland." The speech has aroused protests, and a tumult of criticising throughout Germany, and is condemned by the Monarchical Press as furnishing fuel for antiMonarchists and Radicals. I The Democrats regard .the speech as J pitting the grace of God against the j people's will. j The "Vossische Zeitung" says the . speech, which protests against the idea lof disarmament, must excite much attention abroad, and cause a painful commotion. The speech has recalled the crisis of 1908, when, after the publication of the famous "Daily Telegraph" interview, the Chancellor of Empire, Prtnce Yon Buelow, apologised for the Kaiser, and declared that his future speeches would be first approved by the Ministry. The Berlin Bourse is depressed.