EX-KAISER DENOUNCES FREEMASONRY.

New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1919, Page 29

EX-KAISER DENOUNCES FREEMASONRY.

ad In a statement made to Mr. Harold Begbie, correspondent of the New York World, '' the ex-Kaiser de-* nounces Freemasonry. As to the future- of 'the"* world the Kaiser entertains the ; conviction that everything * precious in human life is now menaced with destruction by the organised-forces of evil. He has foundf a new '■■ peril. Bolshevism for him is only a criminal alias for Freemasonry. He' is convinced that " atheistical ?■ and socialistic Freemasonry, as it exists on' the . Continent, is a power. He sees in the destruction of :! German unity and German discipline not so much the physical victory of the Entente as the spiritual victory of this atheistical secret society. He reads a number of- books on the subject, and his eloquence about Freemasonry is as earnest and didactic as in former days was his denunciation of the Yellow Peril, Socialism' and Slavism. -He sees in front of humanity a fearful abyss of agony and ruin toward which the hidden hand of Freemasonry is fast driving the unconscious masses ; of the world. He saw the two great powers still stand in the midst of the world's ruin, the Church of Rome and the Freemasons. "The Church of Rome at'least stands for law and order," he says, "but as for me, I am-true to the Church of"my forefathers, and the Bible is all I need for my guidance. My grandmother, Queen Victoria, used to say, too, '.'. in the Bible you will find all that is necessary; do not seek elsewhere.' "