AFTER THREE YEARS OF WAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3153, 3 August 1917, Page 5

AFTER THREE YEARS OF WAR

KAISER HARANGUES THE ARMY, NAVY AND PEOPLE OLD FAMILIAR SOUNDS VAIN SPEECH AND FURIOUS

SWORD-RATTLING

(Kcc. August 2, G. 5 p.m.) j Copenhagen, August'l. • The Kaiser, in a proclamation to the German people, says: "After three Years of.-hard fighting we are resolutely deter- . • mined to prosecute this righteous war of defence to a successful termination. • The enemy will never have.the\forman' ■ f territory to which he is stretching oufc his hands. "Wo are not frightened by new nations continuing to enter the wai* against us. Our enemies wish |to so©* ns weak and powerless at.their feet, ; ]>ufc they shall/ not prevail. They have ... disdained our peace words. . ' not know how 1 Germany could fight. I hey have' slandered the Germans world-wide,) but they cannot extinguish German.* glory. Germany stands immovable, vie-' torlous, and intrepid, and will meet pos-' - i sible further hard -trials with grave mien.' and full faith. If ; the enemy ~wipes . to prolong, the'war his sufferings will be heavier than ours. We must tirelessly, toil and fight,-but the Germans mar rest assured that German b.ood and zeaLs is not being gambled with for tho empty shadow of • ambition or for schemes of conquest, but in the defence of a strong, } ; free Empire, wherein their children may. five'"securely/'..'

Message to the Forces. - In tlio second' proclamation to the Army, Navy,' find colonial troops, the • Kaiser 'savs: "The third year of war . lias ended. Our adversaries haye-in-< creased, but their' prospects of victory' are no better.. Yon crushed Rnmaniailast, , year. The Russian Empire again trem- y bl'ps unuer your strokes. Both of these i States have sacrificed 'themselves for others,* and -now bleed to death._ iou , have braved tne enemy's assaults "V .Macedonia, in mighty battles ;n tin* . . West, and you rainain masters of your . TTnes, firmly protecting your dear ones , . at home against the terrors and devastation of war. The Navy hasi achieved Rood results. You have threatened the 'enemy's command of .the sea, and _ his yerv existence. Far from homo a little band is defending a .German colonyagainst many times superior forces. We and- our allies .will also be victorious in , 1917 Ours is the-will to final victory. The war is still being f«ced'WOn-iW"; We light .for onr 'existence with) hnn resolution and courage, and with tne growing problem ;Our strength g, roTro ; ■ is invincible, and will be victorious. The Xord our God _will be with us in the /field." —Renter. ' v . . -j DIFFERENT TONE IN THE GERMAN L ' PRESS . j ' ANXIOUS .OP/ THE, (Bee. .August . ; 2, 6.40 p.m.) ; ' . Amsterdam, August 1. .: ■ The German newspapers at commencement of the fourth year of the war anxiously discuss the "Koelnische Zeitung , raves against. A The C "VovwaMts" deprecates any. boastin"- over Germany's military , "Arrogance is' not the word to describe .tho feeling with which the . te'r the fourth year of war. Peace must not be delayed by- German/a or. her , enemies' aims of conquest.-Peaceinllcome v When the annexationists of all countries are vanquished, as the German annexa- - tionists have already been defeated, r- < Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.