"LET THEM ALL COME!"

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13778, 17 June 1908, Page 7

"LET THEM ALL COME!"

KAISER TALKS OF WAR. ADDRESS TO HIS SOLDIERS. GERMANY NOT AFRAID. By Telegraph.— Pre** Association.—Coprrijlit. SKeceivetl June 16. 11.15 p.m.) Berlin', June 16. The Dormund Zeitung reports that the Kaiser, after inspecting the cavalry at Doeberitz, remarked : " It. looks as if they are trying to encircle and bring us to bay, but wo can bear that. " A German never fought better than when defending himself on all sides. Let them all come on ! We are ready!" The Berliner Tageblatt says that, while this is about the text of the remarks made by the Kaiser, the report is not authentic. The Kaiser, however, the paper adds, expressed himself in a similar sense in connection with a discussion on military topics. .Some of the Kaiser', most remarkable speeches have been made when addressing troops. Some years ago he created one of his sensations — short time after the famous Kruget telegram was sent —by a speech in which he. told his soldiers that if he asked them to shoot their own fathers and mothers they would be bound by their oath to obey that command. But all his military addresses arc couched in that strain. It is only a few months ago that he "thanked heaven and the swords of his trusty troops" that peace existed in Europe.