GERMAN GAS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1915, Page 10

GERMAN GAS.

KAISER'S AMAZING SERIES OP SPEECHES. J "victoryln SIGHT." A grave disservice has been done to the royal megalomaniac) who aits on the (throne of Prussia by one of his "dear allies," comments the Express. The Austrian official journal, the "Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung," has printed the full text of his recent speeches at Lemberg, Cracow, Konigsberg, and elsewhere.' From these astounding addresses we. learn that Russia, France, Belgium, and. Britain have already been utterly crush-' ed by the irresistible might of Germany. "Victory," said the Kaiser, after the empty triumph of 1/emberg, "victory! complete and supreme is already in sight." Both there and at Cracow the violator of Belgium posed as the liberator of Europe and the guardian of civilisation, and spoke throughout of the co-operation of the Almighty in that series of ghastly massacres of the injiocent and helpless which marked the track of the modern Huns through Flanders, through France, and through Poland.

BLASPHEMY. "The Almighty uses Germany," he declared at Cracow, "to fulfil a mission." Germany's enemies are "a gang of cowardly brigands," but God had reudcred vain all the efforts of those who dared to me up against the German nation. At Lemberg, a few days after the Russians had evacuated the town, the Kaiser said:— "We are assembled here to celebrate one of the greatest exploits which my army, combined with that of his Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph, has accomplished since the war began. German valour, German military science are irresistible.

"Our enemies, both east and west, are crushed by the power of Germany, seconded by the loyalty of her allies. Victory, complete, supreme victory, is already in sight. Germany will reign supreme in her glory. She shall be at once the liberator of Europe and the guardian of civilisation." A few days later, at Cracow, the Emperor declared:— "A century and a-ha If ago my illustrious ancestor, Frederick the Great, bade defiance to the whole of Europe, und fought with magnificent heroism, His name has passed to posterity. He remains one of the greatest figures in history.

"That which this great scion of the Hohenzollerns accomplished in the eighteenth contury we are accomplishing again to-day. Russia fought against a world of enemies! Germany to-day lights against a conspiracy which extends throughout the world, which has been reached to the Far Bast, and whose aim is to cause German,.' to disappear from the face of the earth; "But Germany shall never be beaten. The Almighty uses Germany to fulfil a mission. He has reserved a special task for the Germans. Germany cannot succumb, and all those who will rise up against her shall be defeated, and shall one day comprehend that their efforts are vaiu. "Germany is, an unassailable and impregnable fortress. Germany is irresistible in her advance and in her progress; she will now prove to the world that sh< is able to vanquish all her enemies, and she will negotiate the peace according to the terms that suit her. "The useful and loyal support of her allies, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, shall never be forgotten, least of all in the hour of victory." WITH EVERY WEAPON. The third address was delivered in the town of Beuthen, Silesia, before a highly select audience. The Kaiser on that occasion said:— "We are now approaching the end of this terrible war, which has cost us so much blood, so many precious German' lives. "The German people responded valiantly to the appeal to arms of last summer. Our people have fought gloriously in all these formidable encounters. No sacrilice has been too great for them, no (rial, however severe, made them hesitate. All Germany ruse as one man with boundless enthusiasm to maintain this war of defence and to shield the Fatherland against the invader. There is no discord, no v >ltia=s. "The war been, conducted with every weapon ..' our disposition. We defended ourselves like a man whose life is threatened at the same moment by a whole pang of cowardly brigands. All the fora who ranged themselves against us thought they could destroy us, but they were mistaken; they nre now feeling the werght of the Genua a blows; they begin 1 tr« undnrtitand that Germany is strong : enoiifih i ■■:> fight the whole of them together.

"The neutrals whom our enemies had tried to draw into their anti-German combinations perceived the danger of asseriating themselves with our foes. They will prefer to preserve their neutrality to the end, or even join ua, "That is what the Ottoman Empire did several months'ago. The Ottoman Empire, thanks to thefwlsdom of its illustrious monarch and to the prudence of its statesmen, foresaw that Germany's triumph was inevitable. To-day all three of us are marching, united and in harmony, towards the victory." FOES IN OISORDER. At Konigsberg the following speech was made: — "The sacrifices w« have made in the conduct of this war have been very great. The war was imposed on us by wicked enemies, whose hearts were filled with hatred. . We may all be thankful to God that He has rendered all their efforts vain. "We weep when we think of all the German lives which have been destroyed to assure the defence of Germany, but those who died on the field of honour shal live for ever in our memory, for they have contributed towards the creation of a greater, of the greatest Germany.

"Complete victory over all our enemies and on all the fields of battle is near at hand. Our definite triumph will not be delayed much longer. Our foes are reduced to disorder, to confusion; they are no longer united, they are disorganised by the struggle, discouraged by the consciousness that it is impossible for them to conquer Germany. "German bravery, German organisation, German science have emerged with honour from this, the most formidable trial that a country has ever had to suffer. Germany is greater and more powerful than ever she has been.

"Assuredly, the present hour is sad because of the universal mourning into which the nation is plunged, but a radiant future, the triumph of Germany and of the Germans, is in Bight. "For all this we roust thank the Lord; we must thank thorn who protect Germany with their right anna and with *Vshr swords,"