The German Emperor's fifty-third birthday, which was cele- brated throughout
the Empire last Saturday, proved the occasion for a remarkable article in Die Post, the organ of bellicose patriotism in Germany, which is quoted in the Daily Mail of Tuesday. In the view of the writer the diversion of a great war can alone arouse the best powers of the nation and subjugate the "inferior qualities" which find expression in Socialist victories at the polls. Die Post accordingly asks whether the Government will keep on hiding from the Kaiser's gaze the real cause of all evils. "We hope devoutly that the Kaiser recognizes the need of the hour I The German nation never yet refused loyally to follow its kings and emperors, especially along the paths which lead to the heights. Even though four million misguided citizens voted for a party which would dethrone the Kaiser and destroy the monarchy, the kernel of the nation remains true to the Sovereign. Let him be in no doubt upon that score I Let him know that the shadows will disappear as surely as fog before the sun the moment he calls upon his people for great political deeds I That that may happen soon—that is our wish on the Kaiser's birthday I " No enemy is mentioned by name, audit may be urged that Die Post represents a minority
view ; but that any paper of standing should deliberately advocate war as a panacea for domestic unrest is not without a disquieting significance.
