VAINGLORIOUS SPEECH BY THE KAISER.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2957, 21 December 1916, Page 5

VAINGLORIOUS SPEECH BY THE KAISER.

Amsterdam, December IP. The. Kaiser, on December 14, speaking to tho Lorraine Army, said: "I have addressed to our adversaries <1 Proposal for peoco negotiations. It is not certain whether they will accept. Tho act is in God's hands, as is our whole, struggle. Ho will dccido upon it. Wo will leave it to Him. Wc must not argue with His ordering. .We arc grateful to Him that we'thus far have tho honour of being. His instruments in the Divine judgment that has come upon our enemies. Let the decision fall as it will, tho hewing will proceed further until our adversaries have had enough. I can trust voii for that."—• Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . . ' HUN SOCIALIST ON THE PEACE TERMS. \ Amsterdam, December 19, Herr ischiedmann, leader of the German Socialist majority, writing in the' "Cologne Gazette," emphatically denies that ho condemned tho Belgian deportations. ..... . . . Referring to peace he says that if terms included depriving Germany of a: single province she would immediately commence rearming to rccapture it.— Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THREATENED IF ALLIES REFUSE PEACE, . , . „ ' , Berlin, December 19. . Is-olrusche /eituug savs: If the Entente refuses peaco, the submarines will be given the word to go forward. No American will prevent us enforcing peace upon the enemy when wo want to negotiate."—Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn.