THE KAISER'S MALADY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 83, 6 April 1916, Page 3

THE KAISER'S MALADY.

TWould the Kaiser's death prolong the war or hasten its end? Would it quench the Germans 'lust for battle or fire it afresh?" asks Mr. F. jW. Wile in the London "Evening News.'' Mr. Wile thinks the sudden passing of William 11. at this hour would only spur his people on to still more furious endeavours to impose their imperious domination on Europe, under the leadership of the present Hotspur Crown Prince —long the darling of the War Party and the incarnation cf all its sanguinary hopes. M. Jean Herbette writes in the "Echo de Par.s" as follows, respecting the Kaiser's malady:

"We do not know the nature of his illness ,and we do net wish for his death. Morally, we should desire that he survive ,for after the war there must be a great trial of individual responsibilities, and it is not desirable that death should give the principal defendant the chance of making default. "To serve as an example it is necessary that we should behold the spectacle cf the very man who has pretended to raise himself above mankind bending under his chastisement. "Bismarck had his years of expiation, thanks to William 11. It is just and fitting that William 11., in his turn, should enter alive on the period of his fall. Then, perhaps, will his nights be disturbed by visions of carnage, as were the last nights of the Iron Chancellor. Nor will there be popular acclamations in the morning to dissipate these nightmares."