THE EX-KAISER.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1920, Page 5

THE EX-KAISER.

VISIT TO JERUSALEM, j ! CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY. Vt Telepapb.—Press Asra.—Copyright, lUceived Jan. 6,7.30 p.m. London, Jan. fi. The Kaiser sent to "Nicky" his impression* ol Jerusalem, where his religious sentiments received a shock. Alter describing his emotions in treading ground where the Saviour trod, he adds: "The manifold different confessions of sects of a common Christian, faith has done muck in the way of church building on so-called traditional places. It has teen something of a race for the highest towers and the biggest cTvatHss, which do not harmonise with "• on whieh they are erected, or in i » could call it an exhibition of church models. This also has affected the clergies of different churches, who take pleasure in intrigues ai>d polftleaVdesigns, thus fostering hatred instead'.'of love, and leading to free fights aid battles in churches, instead of puling and friendly intercourse. "Worse still, they have created the Worship of stones and wood, forbidden in the second commandment, instead of divinity itself. Very naturally this fetish adoration has created a supreme contempt for Christians with the Moslems. I felt profoundly ashamed before the Moslems, and if I had come without any religion I certainly would have turned Moslem. The way our religion is understood in Jerusalem will never convert a single Moslem."

FRIENDSHIP WITH SULTAN. "HATRED OF THE ENGLISH." Received Jan. 6, 9.40 pjn. London, Jan. 5. The Kaiser, continuing bis letter regarding his Palestine trip, says: "I return home with the firm conviction that the Saviour's grave is certainly not beneath the church of Saint SepulchjrA, Which, in appearance and decoration, Compares badly with the Masque Oijiar, in its simple awe-inspiring grandeur." The Kaiser believed that the astounding reception be received was due to his friendship with the Sultan, because "I always employed a loyal polfy towards him, and the same I so often advocated for yon too." The Kaiser adds: "Hatred of the English is growing more intense and 1 there b also growing and open contempt for france."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE MOSLEMS AND FRANCE. REGARDED AS "A DYING NATION." Received Jan. a, 10.15 p.m. London, Jan. 5. In reference to the Moslem contempt far Fiance, the Kaiser continues: "That if unavoidable is consequence of the terrible quagmire France is now floundering itt over its internal affairs, splashing dirt ijght and left till the-whole of Europe reeks with the stench. Here people look upon them as a dying nation, especially since the ignominious Fashoda retreat. What on earth possessed them, after ouch a well-arranged and plucky expedition of poor, brave Marchand. They were in a first-rate position, and able to help us and aaothef in Africa, who was sorely in need of strong Help. , The news came as a thunderbolt oa the Eastern peoples. "If it is true, as the papers say, that Count Mouravieff counselled France to take this step, he was ajqntycly ill-advised. It has given our allies a mortal blow here, ayxl hw brought down their ancient jcestige, never to rise again. The Moslems call it France's second Sedan." The Kaiser concludes his Eastern imimwimm by warning "Nicky" that Turfinr is very much alive, and is sot a totag T"*" "Beware of the Mussulman v you loach their national honor, their Supi," he concludes.—Aus. -N.Z. Cable

THE GERMAN FLEET. A'VJSIT from the czae. BeteivedJan. 6,11.5 p.m. London, Jan. 5. Writing in August, 1901, the Kaiser Mftra to the coming visit of the Czar to the Senium Fleet, and wishes the Czar to undcntMd that the fleet is just in the set of expansion and transformation, wbM. Js a drawback to its outward apfiMtnrnrr. it displaying a lamentable 'want of harmony and homogenousness. He alio thanks the Czar for his sympathy over "my poor dear mama. Her suffering, however, was so terrible that one could only look upon the end as a release." —Aug.-NX Cable Assn.