THE BOASTFUL KAISER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15906, 1 May 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE BOASTFUL KAISER .

REMARKABLE - SPEECH. 4 ' ■ A nniABK-CBLE speech,' said to have been made ,by ; the Kaiser ; at \ a secret ■■ council meeting in Potsdam in , June, 1908, -at which t the > German Emperor announced his decision'to go to war, forms a chapter of William Lo Queux's new book, ■" German Spies in England." 1 . The author says he obtained the report of the proceedings from a German in a. high position, holding pro-British views,,, who ' was present- at the meeting, ~.-■■'• • • ~ J3"> Kaiser began'-by declaring that After long hours of fervent prayer, light has at last come to me. The outlook is, I admit, dark, but we need not despair, for God, our great ally, has given into our hands the means of saving our Empire from the dangers which are threatening its happiness and welfare. You know what I mean. ' It is that wonderful invention which' His Excellency ■ Count Zeppelin was enabled, through the grace of the Lord, to make for the safeguarding and glory qf our beloved Fatherland. "In this invention God has placed the means at my disposal to lead Germany triumphantly out of her present difficulties and to make true once and for all tho good words of our poet, 'Deutschland, Deutschland über. alles. 1

" Yes, gentlemen, Germany over everything in the world. The first power on earth, both in peace and war. That is the peace which I have been ordered by God to conquer for her. and which I will conquer for her with the help of the Almighty." - . The Emperor, according to this secret report, then went on to unfold a scheme by which this end was to be accomplished. When sufficient large Zeppelins were built the British North Sea, Channel, and Atlantic fleets would be destroyed, "after which nothing on earth can prevent the landing of our army on British soil, and. its triumphant march to London." Fast steamers belonging to the Hamburg-Ameri-can and North German Lloyd lines would bo relied on for the transport of the invading army. This war would be against Great Britain and France, said the Kaiser. Russia was suffering too much from the effects of her war with Japan to enter the conflict. The Emperor went on to speak for the United States'as a country "where even now I rule supreme, where almost half the population is either of German birth or German descent, and where three million German voters do my bidding at the Presidential elections.

"That country would w.jtfc be taught a lesson. German' power would be supremo in South America among other things; the German flag would wave over tho holy shrine of Jerusalem." The programme ends with the declaration :—

"That accomplished, I shall unite all the people of tho whito race in a powerful alliance for the purpose of coping, under German auspices, with the yellow peril, which is becoming more formidable every year." Mr. Le Qucux says he handed this report to the British Government for its consideration, that it was placed before certain members of the Cabinet, and that :^^««Wv««of.thec«)nn4en.