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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 299, 22 January 1915, Page 6

Sven Hedin, the famous Norwegian and Tibetan explorer, late last year visited the western battle front at the personal invitation of the Kaiser. After dwelling on the wonderful preparations of the German Staff, Hedin pens in told blood the following: "No. Germany entertains no liati'ed toward France. Germany would never have touched a village on French soil, never have fired a ball over the borders ,if it had not T>een compelled to do so against its will. Germany has never wished for anything more thfin to live in peace with her western neighbours. France bleeds, is bleeding to death, for her friends within the Triple Entente. . . . Friedens Kaiser (Peace Emperor) was the honoured title bestowed on AVilhelm 11. a year ago at the time of his twenty-fifth jubilee auniversarv. His whole and sole policy has been to maintain peace. ..." The Norwegian may i be a splendid explorer, but it is patent that he has yet everything to learn about the deviousness of recent European diplomacy. The wild, not the war camps, is the place for Sven Hedin, and before he returns thence somebody should post him a copy of the French Yellow Book.