KAISER REBUKED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 4

KAISER REBUKED.

A FARMER'S REPUTATION.

[FItOJt OUR OWV COKRESPONDE-VT.] g. London', February 22. .fg Being under the constitution still a force " i in tho political sphere- of Germany, tha j Kaiser every now and again eom.es under ' criticism by somo of his bolder subjects. j The other day, lording it in East Prussia, | he took great credit for having discovered | & kind of rye known as Petkus, which fflijM would grow in the Cadinen district when-/' mm no other variety would, and ho declared -'i'r | rather brutally that ho had "chucked | out" his tenant, Helmut Sohst, for be? i ing an incompetent agriculturist, Nov, \ | Helmut Sohst has a reputation in East"; ; ?• PBUssin. as a very competent fanner, ana 1 the -Agricultural Society of Elbing en- j? tered the lists to vindicate his reputationi It was pointed out in the discussion tbat ,' Sohst was not merely a strong Conserra- | tivo but also a staundi Monarchistr-and - this means something in Germany, 'where more than half the electors support tha platform'of tho Social Democrats. fore, tho societv passed a resolution oC' [ daring that Helmut Sohst had always been estoemed for his splendid and sound knowledge, as a capable/ practical, and experienced agriculturist. *pt>|tlf resolution ended: "Wo deeply regret the unfavourable judgment pronounced frotn. the highest quarter, but believe that it i» to bo ascribed to incorrect information. Somo of the speeches warmly depiv cated the manner in %v bich." the Emperor - had been lied to," and ridiculed the Kaiser's claim to have discovered the virtu-.:-of Petkus rye for tha Cadinen distnC'- - The trouble "is ascribed to a dispute ■*W;;|||g; tween the Kaiser and tho tenant * ■ after the former purchased the, ff.r«s.. I to the proportions which each should&&»§ to the erection of some new farm bund- gj jW The leading Prussian official of $&£» jug, Count von Poswiowgky, $'S»« a u|ll i resolution of &Qfafa . hWM