THE KAISER RIDICULED.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 5

THE KAISER RIDICULED.

'~\, " •'•'^■'. : ■^'■■i'^-:-,'^ "A :I)ANGEEOTJS : , CrECTTS ANIMAL.": By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright., •■: ■■■. ,::..'/: .Berlin; October -J1.:.: The German comic, journals publish .'cartoons ridiculing the Kaiser; ; : '. '; : .-.. : ;,: ■- The paper "Simplicissimus"; portraya :a panic at .Konigsberg ; fair;by. the: sudden, discovery . thatvthe a dangerous circus;'animals-had' broken loose—an'allusion.,to the .Emperor's ;re-, cent Eonigsberg; speech; ,r; ..■■.'■.'■': ; '. : - : :[

f, The statements:,in the' Kiiser'e 6peech 'ion which attention .has been concentrated jwerethose:—/;/■:" .:;x:'u-;'"-> ; : •".■..:'..-•, r : ■ jjf "TJpois.our armaments'alone-does' ! : I; 1 our peace rest. , : . :, ''•■': ■;','■;■■. '■-.'.'■'.': •'■ ''Considering myself.,as. an 'instru- V ment of the'. 'Lordi' without 'heeding:: the views and opinione , - of' the, day, ' I go my way, is devoted..sole-,: ,ly and alone" to: the prosperity'and ' peaceful'development of our r Father->:! '.;■ land." .-;:':.". './ : -V ; ■,;:■■■;■';■;,:':. : -x'.,C' : "£:;'■■■ ; . : Here.aresome extracts from '.the German, papersLon.'the .':'','; ':>, ,■•'.' ■:■'■ '■■; ,The "National Zeitung,". the official or-' gan of the strongly monarohical National , Liberals, fays: 'In. all loyalty we must point out;the legal untenabihty;-of,this theory,: .whieli in the • twentieth -'century' finds no support even • from sycophantic jurists." -:U', : '-";•'.■-■;"' ,■■.■''.! ■-,■■: ~-'■:,■; The ■ Liberal 'Tossische .Zeitung". says that a speech/that, contains': a; protest against the." idea' of disarmainent■-•' will cause a painful commotion in many quarters. .. " •.:.■■.'.'."•■'.■•■.. ;; '-.;' ,;-■■:': ■;■■ ' ;,.' The Conservative "Taglichi Eundschau" remarks that; the speech points to stormy times ahead, deplores,'the facKthat. "the"Emperor,, without urgent need,, has again, placed; himself-.in."/the'.'glare of■•'"■ .public,; criticism, and adds;: "All.that has given, rise to lvidespread; dissatisfaction'in ".the, Emperor's: earlier utterances is'-ffocussed ill his last speeoh, and expressed withunprecedented sharpness." '.■'•- , : ./' ~The Catholic- -Germ aiia" 'sayss ."It.is : .to be hoped :that;.the'Kaiser will ■ get .no. false, ideas of his. qualities"as .'the chosen, instrument of Heaven,' and mil not leave the iviews/and opinions of.iqthers :disre-; gard«d.V:. ; ;' : : : '■ , ■■•■ ::: ; ::; /■'■'-.', ■' ir:';'"'-;'-" V'; : :.' The Agrarian."Deutsoho Tngeszeitung" says: "In,the German and Prussian.Constitutions 'there is.. no* place for. a 'Par-: liamentary Kingship . that, depends, upon the resolutions of Parliaments or'popular i assemblies." : Divine, right ;.:remaijas.:\.the, only firm foundation,; not "only >of ' the monarchy; but- of 'all:authority."' ■: ■■■■;- : Thei"Tageblatt" siys: .■"Contempt■ /of the people's will /might lead-'to ■■"conee-: quenoes which,/ l in.-.the. interest, of '.tho permanence of our 'progress,: would have: tt> be bitterly bewailed.. We do not.abaridon the hope,' however, ~thnt some , , prno-: tical compromise may be. found between ! the will of the Kaiser, and the will of : the l-people,.but it -will-never be. .found/.in divine right and.absolutism.."^.':':;':,//