DEPOSE THE KAISER!

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 49, 26 February 1916, Page 18

DEPOSE THE KAISER!

■GERMANS WHO ADMIT THE TBUTH. The severest ttaing3 which have been said in England altoat the Kaiser and tbe rulers or Germany are not more severe than tue sentiments contained In a Christmas manifesto issued by tie German Humanity League. We quote the following passages from the translation supplied for the Exchange Telegraph Company:— Onr homes are still being desolated In a campaign waged lor more Ulan 000 days, not In lawfnl defence of German territory, tint to satisfy the insatiable and savage greed of Prussian conspirators. The moral forces of tie nation are stifled by the violence of tbe administration trampling under loot the 'helpless mass of humanity crusaed l>y tbe double bnrien of grief and want. We. have examined through trusted sources the economic condition of every State and Province. From one and all comes the cry, "Deliver us from tils hell of suffering." Consider for a moment the position of the German Empire in July, 1014. We then enjoyed civil righ-ts and liberty as traders. In every market ol the world we were welcomed, free to develop in friendly rivalry with other States, the arts. Hie commerce, tie maritime resources of our land. All our legitimate trading interests were safeguarded, defined, and protected by treaties and conventions. We were honoured and respected throughout the world. the German name Is the scorn of civilisation; the German flag, has become the badge of infamy. Chivalry is no longer in our ranks. It has been burled in the trenches in Flanders, and in the village grave-plots of Brafcant. (For our crimes we are loathed toy all honest men. To hide them is impossible. We stand naked and exposed. We who love our land with a passionate devotion and strive to reach the dawn of a new era wMch. shall restore her character and win back tot h er children the honour we foave forfeited by na*arons cruelties and insatiable Inst have written the above wita heavy nearte. Napoleon failed. I3ie Kaiser most fan, and there can be no peace until he bas been deposed from the throne lie has fooled end Ills fellow-conspirators have met their fate at tbe bands of .*n ; ejecntionez,