A STRANGE CONCOCTION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1358, 19 January 1905, Page 4

A STRANGE CONCOCTION.

THE! KAISER’S ALLEGED ANTICATHOLIC UTTERANCES. A special telegram to the A'.uck--1 land Star states : Last November a speech alleged to have .been’ delivered by the Kaiser tio the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meta Was cabled to the colonies, and circulated broadcast through the medium of the press. Amongst other tilings it he German Emperor was' reported to have rebuked the Bishop,' adding: “Two-thirds of my "Subjects are Protestants. I have done everything in my power to fulfil the desires of my Catholics subjects without 'heeding the dissatisfaction of men of my own faith, with tho single idea of enabling all to co-opc-rato in unity and personal esteem. Bee to it that I do not arrive at tho conclusion that my efforts and sacrifices have been in vain, that the Roman Catholic Church does not desire peace but submission. If my attempts at conciliation tail, owing to the intolerance and p.resumfptuousness of the Roman Catholics, the wind may possibly blow from another quarter. Serve God to the best of your knowledge, hut do not forget that you must also serve your country and your King, anld although your Icijng miles with a gentle hand, that hand may in a moment he turned into a nailed fist Writing to the Christchurch morning paper Bishop Grimes quotes the following letter on the subject, which he has received from the Bishop of Sale (Australia) :— ‘‘ We have it’ on most reliable authority that there is not an iota of truth in the report. This authority is the Bishop of Metz, who, when it was brought under his notice, wrote as, follows: ‘Metz, November 13th. 130‘i.—All the Catholic papers in Germany have already protested against the so-called utterances of the Emperor to the Bishop of Metz. Not one iota of the expressions is true. These perfidious falsehoods show the spirit in which the agitation against the Catholic Church is carried.—W. Bcnzler, Bishop. A German priest states : ‘ The Bishop was appointed to Metz bydesire of the. Emperor himself. The feeling between the two is of the best. " * The Emperor would not make a fool of himself by, such a speech. Everybody in Germany. knows that) the report is untrue. Some time ago these falsehoods were refuted in the German; press by the Bishop of Metz’ and .others.; The wholq thing is a (jure ii