KAISERIAN BOMBAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1916, Page 5

KAISERIAN BOMBAST.

I METHOD IN HIS MADNESS. Amsterdam, August 1. The Kaiser's war anniversary messages to the army and navy say: "The second year of the war has been one of glory. Our enemies, reinforced by foreign assistance pressed into the service from all parts if the world, have failed to rob you of the fruits of former victories. Our young navy on the glorious day at the Skagerack deat u heavy ( blow at tlie British armada. Our enemies hope to overawe us with munitions, but they will faM as they have failed to starve us. They are responsible for the further bloodshed. Difficult days are still ahead of us, and our enemies' strength is not yet broken, but 1 have always been convinced that Germany is invincible." CHEERING MESSAGE TO lIOLLWEC. London, August 1. An Amsterdam correspondent writes that the Kaiser sent the following message to Ilerr von Bethmaim-llollweg, on the second anniversary of the war: "Hard times are ahead. After the terrillc storm of two years of war the desire for sunshine and peace is stirring all human hearts, but the war continues because the battle-cry of the Governments is still the destruction of Germany.' 1 ' A PALTRY QUIBBLE. Amsterdam. August 1. A German official statement says it is quite intelligible that the British Government seeks to excuse Captain Fryatt, because it was responsible for the instructions issued to shipmasters