20 JANUARY 1917, Page 2

There is more reality in the Kaiser's angry Proclamation to

his people, telling them that the Allies have rejected his " honest peace offer " and avowed " their lust for conquest." " Burning indig- nation and holy wrath will," he thinks, " redouble the strength of every German man and woman." We shall see. A letter from the Kaiser ordering the Chancellor to draft a peace offer, dated as long ago as October 31st, has been published in Berlin, apperently to show that the offer was unconnected withthe Rumanian successes, The Kaiser poses in this letter as the one " ruler who has a cbn. science " and also " the will to free the world from its sufferings," which he himself brought upon mankind.