THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1906.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8293, 23 November 1906, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1906.

It would appear, from a oable message published in yesterday's iSsue, that the German Kaiser is suffering-from a slight attack of melancholy. In the course of a remarkable conversation which the Kaiser had with Dr Ganghofar, the German novelist, he oompained tint •if he succeeded in any undertaking the world asked wfar> had advised him in the matter, and when he made a mistake the people generally regarded iataa only natural, because he really didn't know anything abcut anything. Thus the Kaiser, in bewailed his "thankless position," and there Is no doubt that the world in general does not appreciate the great abilities of ';he Emperor Wilhelm, but His Majesty should not be dowuoast at this. By far the greater number of geniuses are not appreciated at all, and few, indeed, are esteemed at their real worth. Slowly tbe opinion of the world is changing in re sard to the Kaiser, but he will probably die before even any great number of ppople realise that he is one of the ablest of the most able of statesmen of modern times. The historian of the future, in highly polished, erudite, and weighty

phrases, will explain the great qualities of the Kaiser, and, needless to observe, but. a few comparatively will ever road the learned historian. When the Kaiser came to y the Throne of his Fatherland he found thai the sword of the artsy had leoorne rusted, he realised the necessity of increasing Germany's export trade, nnd he appreciated the faot that to protect her oommerce a very powerful navy was absolutely essential to Germany. "The pilot, was dropped," for even pilots have to be dispensed with sometimes. They become old, have even been known to contract bad habits and sometimes, through one caiife and another, they develop incompetency. The Kaiser "dropped" Pilot Bismarck. The geuiui of His Imperial Highneiss clearly perceived that great aa Bismarck hart been, revered as he was by the German people, "the great German Obanoellor" was an obstrucmn in the path of progress towards tha development of Empire on modern conditions. When the Kaiser "dropped" Bismarck the vsorld at large wrote [the Kaiser down as little better than a madman, and this very largely increased the difficulties that his Imperial Majesty had to contend with. However as we have [aaid, pablio opinion is changing, and before he travels "to that distant bourne" the Kaiser Wilhelm may be generally regarded as a great man, with a wonderful grasp of true statecraft.

Commenting upon the Australasian wool market, tbe Pastoraliata Review of tbe 15th inst., remarks: "At present rate the market for the bulk of the woola is particularly strong at prioea ellgbtJy above the parity of Loudon September series, while super Merinos and all good crossbreds are in greedy request £t values well above recent Londoa piiocs. Under the aircamatanoes few growers either in Australia or New Zealand will be bold enough to speculate by shipping, and the volume of business to be transacted at the great sailing centres of the Commonwealth during the next few monthfe will be very large. Those who Dad wool at port early enough to ship in time for the Lon3on November sales, however, are not likely to repeut, for the quantity which has gone foiward in time is sn small that tbero will be a temporary wool famine, and London brokers anticipate a 5 per oent. rise on, September rates, and there is no reason to fear a fall in January, when the supplies will again be short."