KAISER'S ADMISSION.
"WE DID THE UTMOST TO PREPARE FOR WAR." Gorman writers often assert that Germany neither desired nor prepared for the present war. There ia a passage ia tlie recent speech of the Kaiser to the Prussian Guards at the front which is in strange contradiction to this picture of a peace-loving Germany that was set ■upon by its enemies. The Kaiser, recalling the strenuous preparations which his Army made for war, made the. following remarks: "For many long years did we work on the exercise grounds of Kreuzberg and Doberitz in Order to perfect ourselves in the art of war. We endeavored in peace also to gain an insight into the military strategy and tactics of the enemy. The brigade lias tested its training in strenuous and victorious battles, and has learnt new lessons. It lias succeeded in reaping the harvest of long preparations. We can all say with a good conscience that we have done the utmost in order to make ourselves ready for war. And the work was not in vain." This is a very interesting peep into the Kaiser's mind, for it is an admission of what we have always asserted, that so for from being taken 'by surprise the Kaiser and his military staff waited to declare war until they believed that their armies had reached the highest pitch oE perfection and would reap the harvest of their long years of preparation. "We endeavored in peace also," says the Kaiser, "to gain an insight into the strategy and tactics of the enemy." Here, too, we have an admission that Germany- had decided to choose her owii 'battleground, and even in peace time regarded her neighbors as her enemies."--'Westminster Gazette. :
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1917, Page 5
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