THE KAISER ON DRINKING.
'"■ WJia:t-purports to bo the stenograph-, ie text of the German Emperor's speech at tlio Murwik Naval College on November 21st was recently published. His Majesty is represented as saying that he was well aware that drinking was an old "inherited habit of the Germans, but they must free, themselves from the evil by self-discipline. Formerly young inen thought it extremely smart to consume great, quantities of i liquor and to be able to carry it. As a young officer he had occasion to see instances of this, but without ever joining in the revelry himself! Those were exploded notions. They were well enough for the Thirty Years' War, but not. for their day. "Nerves," • His Majesty continued, "will win the next war. You will see from gunnery practice at target ships the effect of modern gun firo on board ships. You will see the terrible destruction it works. ■There firm nerves and a cool head are wanted and needed." His Majesty concluded by quoting the good example of the British Navy, where 20,000 officers and men had joined tpmbpv»nee societies.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10188, 14 March 1911, Page 7
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184THE KAISER ON DRINKING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10188, 14 March 1911, Page 7
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