THE KAISER'S RAPACITY.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 235, 15 December 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE KAISER'S RAPACITY.

We have received the following letter (says "The Times") on the subject of the Kaiser's rapacity, of which a further instance is furnished :

"When in Palestine a few years ago T visited, at Damascus, the tomb of Saladin. tli-e great Saracen commandos in the time of the Crusades. The Kaiser had been there some years previously, paying his devoirs at the •sh l ino of one who had defeated an English King, and he observed th?t, the eed.ir sarcophagus (of inestimable value intrinsically and artistically) was unworthy of so great a hero, and that he would provide a more befitting tomb. At bis request it was packed un and sent to Berlin, and some time afte- a very inferior, ordinary article was received, of stucco work as Well a; T can lemomber. which, of course, had to be accepted.

"Hut the Turkish authorities were prepared, and are prepared, as we know, to cat du>t- before th'e Kaiser. Did they not break down the Will -»t •lerusa'em, so that the gates can be no more shut, to allow the Imperial entourage to pass in without difficulty! while at Haifa, on the Bay of Anc.ro, tiny built an ornamental stone pier with e'e trie light for the Hohenzollern to lie alongside. This pier was never used for any other purpose, and in 1911, at the timie of my visit, was (piite ruinous, with the electric standards twisted into fantastic shapes by the storms of the Mediterranean.''