INTERVIEW WITH KAISER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16467, 17 February 1917, Page 7

INTERVIEW WITH KAISER.

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. "WILL HIT ENGLAND HARD." APOSTLES OF " KULTUR." A. and N.Z. Cable. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. The correspondent at Berlin of the New York World states that during a visit to Vienna the Kaiser was interviewed by the playwright, Hans Mueller, who quotes him as saying: —" Look at the European neutrals. Read the Swedish answer, written as if it were for all eternity. Now the neutrals know right well how they must estimate our strength, likewise our will to peace. For the ! first time, in a certain sense, the declared will of the small neutral States stands against the AngloSaxon world, and Napoleon's continental blockade, from being a phantom, is becoming a reality, which will hit England harder than anything else heretofore. The goal is set, and things are going ahead." Discussing Germany's peace offer, the Kaiser said: "This step had to be taken, for now all the world knows who those are who impose continued miseries on humanity. Does one forget that it is the allies who protect the murderers of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria? On our side are right and morality, and to help these to triumph must every shining weapon be welcome to us." The Kaiser discussed the drama as a representative of " kultur." He said he hoped that poets would continue to draw on Germany's past, and added : " From my earliest youth a few figures have followed me, such as Theodoric, King of the Visigoths, I Kaiser Friedrich the Second, and the Emperor Charles V. of Austria," The Kaiser concluded by saying: "Who knows if Charles and Luther had come together where the German nation would be to-day?" ORDER TO THE NAVY. SUBMARINES STAND FIRST. (Received 11 p.m.) Router. AMSTERDAM. Feb. 15. The Kaiser, in an order to the navy, says: In the impending decisive battle the task falls on my navy of turning the English war method of starvation— which our most hated and most obstinate enemy intends to overthrow the German people— himself and his allies. In combating his sea traffic with all the means in our power our submarines will stand first. lam confident that the enemy's designs will be broken."