GIVE IN, KAISER!

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 November 1916, Page 3

GIVE IN, KAISER!

CHIEF HUN ADVISED TO THROW HIMSELF ON" ALLIES' MERCY. BY HORATIO BOTTOMLEY (Editor of 'iJohn Bull"). In this wonderful article Mr • Bottomley urges the Kaiser to face the logic of facts, and, realising that the game is up, to place at least one item to the credit of the great account he will be called upon to settle, by stemming the rivers of blood and tears with which he has flooded the world. (Continued from last week) And I wondet whether, you ever choke as you recall some of the other speeches which you made in days gone by—with your tongue in your cheek--whilst you were planning the present onslaught upon the civilisation of rnanirind. Do you remember that visit to Vienna in 1910, when you told the Austrians how i[ at an anxious moment " you " placed yourself in shining armour'by the side of their most gracious Sovereign ■?" Do you remember that signal you flashed to the Tsar one day—" The Admiral of the Atlantic greets the Admiral of the Pacific?" Or that speech you made after inspecting the defences of Gibraltar—" Gibraltar is wonderful: it ib grand —just like every tiling English ?" Aye, Kaiser, and do you remember what you said to the King of the Belgians— " May^Ehe relations of confidence and friendly neighbour^ liness be drawn ever closer between us; may welfare and blessing be shed on your Majesty's reign, upon your Royal House, and upon your noble people ?" And finally—l do not wish to rub it in too much —how often have you thought, lately, of that Army Order of August, 1914—" It is my royal and imperial command that you concentrate all your energies one single purpose, and that you address all jrour skill to walking over General French's contemptible little army?" - That will for the moment. Give it up, Kaiser—give in ! You must see that the game is up. Vainly you are hurling you rself at bars of your cage of steel. As never before, every British nei ye and muscle are strained for the struggle. In her zeal for victory France has climbed the pinnacles of glory. Great Russia has surpassed herself in valour and endurance. In the teeth oi a grim peril, Italy stands resolute on the brink of mighty achievement. At the eastern gateway of the world, Japan keeps watch and ward for the true freedom of the seas. The smaller nations—Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro. Portugal—yield to none in their devotion to the common oause ; and now come gallant little Roumania eager to bear her share in the fight for freedom, and thus to fulfil her national destiny Before the wondering eyes of the nations the scroll of destiny is majestically unfurled. Your slavish and deluded subjects are on the eve of a bitter, cruel awaking. Truth oannot for ever be sot at defiance, But what of yourself—arch-villain of the piece % —orowned assasin of Potsdam—-bloody Butcher of Berlin ? What bitter thoughts mnst be teasing your disordered brain; vhat wild emotions stirring within your craven breast; to what mad hopes do you— \ the beaten caitiff-^cliug ? It needs no clairvoyance to guess at the substance of your musings. You know —none better—that from a military standpoint your proud armies aie already beaten. Your great adventure in the b,as fai^ecj. *j:b,e Balkan escapade has, collapsed, The Eastern horizon is black with impending doom. Yet still, no doubt, Mad Monarch, you hug the fond hope that this giant conflict may end in compromise— that the winning allies may blench at the price of oqrnplete victory ; that in the Chancellories of the Entente Powers the Hidden Hand may yet prevail. Just as, more than two years ago, you, knew that we were unprepared, §q now you cherish, the delusion th,at we §UaU be un* willing tq exact a. stern and lading victory, The time has come for plain speech with you — last of the Hohgnzollerns. So listen —I will be brief. You could stop this bloody conflict to-day, if you choose. Already your people, despairing of victory, are weary q| battle. But you are/ th^r War Lojrd,, a^d in your' hands are qf \\sn an.4 dea.th. You fight on, not fqr the hone of < victory, but for the "honour" of your House— sunk long ago in the foulest infamy— to procure *. respite from the just vengeance that awaits you, trusting thai in the day of retribution we $i\a,U be weak. Never wf v s; tfyeapfl a ghastlier error. Wov e.v.erj drop of bjood shed from, no.w onwards you shall be held accountable; already the score has . reached an appalling total, and you and your partners, in infamy shall foot the bill. Maybe, that in your desperation no crime will be tno b,la.ok for you. B,i,t |ay outrage agsvlri^t humanity grim reparation shall be exacted. So give in, Kaiser —give in. Neither the purple q{. royalty, nor your kins,hh} wi*h\mv- own Reigning j"Ho.u,s.e shall save you. We are a people yet—and we will repay. Give it up, Kaiser ! All arouni you are the visible menaces of doom. Stop—while it can be saul that you had the grace to sue fur mercy, [The End