SPEECHES BY KAISER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11370, 1 September 1908, Page 5

SPEECHES BY KAISER.

ASSURANCE OF PEACE

i (Press Assn. — By Telegraph— Copyright.) ! • BERLIN, August 31. The Kaiser and Kaiserin were accorded an ovation at Strasburg. In a speech at a banquet the Kaiser- rejoiced to bo ! able to express his deepest conviction that the peace of Europe 1 was : not in danger, but rested on too solid a foundation to be easily upset by incitements and calumnies provoked by enviously disposed individuals. Firm security existed in .the first place in the • conscience of princes and statesmen of Europe, jwho knew and 'felt that they were responsible for the lives and prospects of peoples entrusted to their leadership. On the, other' hand there was a will and desire on the part of tlriV people themselves to make, themselves useful, and tranquilly develop by magnificent achievements the progress of civilisation, . and measure their strength in peaceful rivalry. Finally peace was assured and guaranteed ' by , Germany's power on sea and land, by German people in arms, proud, manly, and disciplined. In the love and honor of. her armed 1 forces Germany, was determined to maintain them at , their high level without menace to others, and develop them, as ,her own interests demanded, favoring and injuring -none." The Kaiser, in a previous speech at dinner in the palace, alluding to the army corps inspection, referred gracefully to the 'presence beside the German veterans of many old French soldiers, fighters under Bosquet, Saint Armand, Pelissier, and Turez at Solferirio, Magenta;, Inkerman, and Sebastapol and added how it must, be true'that soldier hearts are drawn one to another whereever the true 1 soldier's 'spirit lives.