THE KAISER’S HATE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1596, 10 August 1916, Page 4

THE KAISER’S HATE.

A German newspaper recently expressed great indignation at a deputy in the Reichstag having referred to the value of Heligoland to Germany without giving the Kaiser due credit for having acquired it. The deputy gave the cred.il to Cnprivi, and said: “.V monument to C’aprivi ought to he erected on Heligoland with the inscription, ‘To the Protector of the German Coast.’” The Deutsche Rundschau, commenting on this speech, said: It is absurd to praise Caprivi for a mailer in which he was merely the instrument. It. was William 11. who foresaw the strategic value of Heligoland and initiated the negotiations which led to its acquisition by Germany. It was our Kaiser who, in that respect, as in regard to the necessity of a powerful navy, foresaw the future with wonderful clarity of vision and look in good time the measures which most effectively served the interests of the German people. A quarter of a century ago the Kaiser felt instinctively, and knew by virtue of his insight, that. England was our enemy, and that we must prepare to fight England betimes. It may be said with truth that the Kaiser, despite temporary aberrations, has been a hater of England since his earliest manhood; all credit to him for that, and such aberrations as were noted from time to time, with regret, were doubtless due to the desirability of concealing from the perfidious English his feelings towards them.