GERMAN KAISER'S JUBILEE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 16, 19 June 1913, Page 5

GERMAN KAISER'S JUBILEE.

WORLD-WIDE CONGRATULATIONS. AN. INTERESTING REMINISCENCE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, June 17. The National Jubilee subscriptions for missions in German colonies, amounting to £190,000, have been handed to the Emperor. Of this £125,000 will go to Protestant missions and the balance to Roman Catholic. The Kaiser received world-wide congratulations. King George sent felicitations, and Sir W. E> Goschen, British Ambassador, presented the Government'* good wishes. The Kaiser assured a British deputation that he would continue his efforts to promote Anglo-German friendship. Mr. Carnegie, leading an American deputation, • presented an illuminated address from 54 peace and other societies, and thanked the Kaiser for 25 years of peace. J The Kaiser, in accepting the address, remarked that he hoped to have 25 more. Mr. Carnegie, bowing, replied: "You are the best ally we have." ■ Professor Hintz's jubilee ovation at Berlin University caused a sensation. He narrated a hitherto unknown incident showing the Kaiser's keen sense of responsibility and attachment to the constitution. He received on the day of his accession a sealed letter which Frederick William IV. had ordered to be transmitted to each of his successors until one acquiesced in its authority, namely, the overthrow of the Prussian constitution before taking the accession oath. While the present Kaiser's grandfather and father disregarded the letter,he did more. He feared that some young and inexperienced successor might respond to the appeal, and remarked afterwards to Professor liintz that he felt as if a barrel of gunpowder was in the house, and he was unable to rest until the letter was destroyed. The letter was burned accordingly, and the envelope returned to tiie archives marked, "Contents destroyed."