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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 219, 20 October 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

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AMERICANS QLESTION SAMTY.

Reports of the Kaiser's speeches to Ins troops which are being received in New \ork are causing widespread discussion whether iie has been driven insane by the results of the war »ip to date. The "Journal of Commerce," in k column leading article, headicd "lb the Kaiser entirely sane?'' says:— " Some recent utterances of the Kaiser raise the queston whether his min i has been seriously unbalanced. Them have been developments of insanity in both lines of liis descent. If an inherent tendency has been brought in ins case under the strain of the past two years, in order to produce a disordered intellect and unbalanced judgment, 1. would not be unprecedented or strange. "It would not be inconsistent witL vigorous intellect and dear vision within the range of his mental activity :n what immediately surrounds him.' He might appear entirely san'e to those wh> come casually into contact with him Ther are many such examples in less conspicuous positions. If the reports aro authentic of what ho is saying about the cause-s of the war and the results to be expected, any other conclusion than that he is hopelessly unbalanced in mind seems fcairfcfily ? ossable."

The "Journal" quotes as an exampo of the Kaiser's mental aberration his charges of bad faith against the British in his recent appeal to the western troops to withstand the British offensive.

"In view of all the circumstances, and what has been occurring for the past two years," it adds, " how can sucn utterances as these be credited as coming from the lips of a. sane man? Are the people of Germany under such a delusion as to accept tnem as coming from tli<e lips not only of a saiyfeman, but one divinely inspired or consecrated b.y the fact that the speaker wears the Hohenzollern crown?"