THE EX-KAISER.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16725, 7 January 1920, Page 7

THE EX-KAISER.

HIS VISIT TO JERUSALEM

en- —P:e-'S Afsociatio".—^CojjyrghU uni N.Z. Cable A^-ation.) , (Received Januarv Oth, 7.50 p.m.) i LONDON. January, o j Tl'.o ex-K.Voor sent- to "V<'ky . impressions ci Jerusalem, wic j ' •vl---icni« s.-ntinient-i recened a snocu. '\iwr dcA'.-ril'i'.t.: hi, emotions in trcadiiv- the irround where tJio Saviour onct tpul ho adds: -The manifold different confessions of the sects of a wmw Christim faith ha? done much m t-u ivav of church building on the so-calMl traditional places. It has l«.vn soMo tiling of a r:uv fnr the hignest towers and the hi;rc:est churches, which do now harmonise with the sites on which they are erected. In fact, one could will »t. ;:n exhibition of church models. 1 lus :> Iso has affected the clergies of tl'.o t.Ui.rent Churches, who take pleasure in intrigues and political designs, thus tYstering hatred instead of love, and i leading tr> free-fights and battles m | tiio churches. instead of psalms and ! friendly intercourse. AYorse still, thev have creat<Ml the worship of stones and wood, which is forbidden in the >eennd Commandment. instead of the Divinity Itself. Very naturally this fetish ol 1 ; adoration lws created a supreme conlempt for Christians with the Moslems. I filt profoundly ashamed l<eforo the Moslems, and if I had come without any religion, 1 certainly would have turned Moslem. The way our religion. • is understood in .Tonisalero will never j I c(invnrt a single Moslem.'' | _ "\Vr itinpr j n August, 1001, the exKaiser refers to the coming visit of tho Czar to tho German Fleet-, and says lie wishes tho Czar to understand that tho Fleet "is just- in the net of cxpanI sion and transformation, which is a drawback to its outward appearance. It is displaying a lamentable, -want of harmony and hoinogeneousncss." He also tlmnks the Czar for his sympathy over "my poor dear mama. Her suffering, however, was so terriblo that one could only look upon her end as a relc-r.so." Continuing his impressions of Palestine, tho ox-Ivaiser says:—"l return boine with tho firm conviction that tho Saviour's grave is certainly not beneath the Church of Saint Sepulchre, which in appoarance and decoration compares badly with the Mosque of Omar in its simple awe-inspiring grandeur." Tho ex-Kaiser believed that tho astounding reception lie received was due to his friendship with the Sultan of Turkey, because "I always employed a loyal policy towards him, and the same as I sn often adt for you too." The ex-Ivaiser adds:—"Hatred of the English is growing jgoro intense, and there is also a growing open contempt for France." In reference to the Moslem contempt for Franco, tho ex-Ivaiser continues:— "That is unavoidable in consequence of the terrible quagmire France is now floundering in over her internal affairs, splashing dirt right and left till the whole of Eurono reeks with the stench. Here people look upon them as a dying nation, especially since tho ignominious Fashoda retreat. "What on earth possessed them after such a well-arranged and pluckv expedition of poor brave Marcliand? They wero in a first-rate position and ablo to help us and another in Africa who was sorely in need of strong help. The news enrao as a thunderbolt on tho Eastern peoples. If it is trtio, as tho papers say, that Oonnt MouravicfF counselled France to take this step, lie iraa singularly ill-advised. It has given our friends and allies a mortal blow here and brought down her ancient prestige, never to rise again. The Moslems call it 'France's second Sedan.' " Tho ex-Kaiser concludes his Eastern impressions by warning "Nicky" that "Turkey is very much alive and nofe a dying man. Beware of tho Mussulmcn ' if you touch their national honour and | their Caliph."