The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-13

the champion of faith, the yes of heaven against the no of helL
 You will acknowledge that I am right In describing this war as the product Of great negation. And do you ask what negation it is? It is the negation of the German peoples right to existence It is the negation of all our kultur, a negation 1 Of our achievements, of all our work. The German people was industrious, meditative, asbiduous. imaginative in all dominions. It worked with body and soul. But there were people who did net wish to work, but to rest on their laurels. Those were our enemies We got close to them through our profitable work, and the development of our indus- try, science and art: through our popular education and social legislation. Thereby, our people throve and then came envy. ENEMY ENVIRONS Envy induced our enemies to fight and war came upon us. And now, when our opponents see that their hopes have
 been deceptive, and how our mighty gen. erals after whom your new workshops are rightly named, have dealt them blow upon blow. hatred springs up We only know the honest wrath which deals the enemy, the blow, but when he lies pros- trate and is bleeding we extend to him our hand and see to his recovery. Hatred manifests itself only among peoples who feel themselves beaten. If therefore, such terrible hatred exists among our enemies, it owes it's origin GO the fact that their calculations have been wrong. Everyone who knows the character of the Anglo-Saxons knows what 1t means to- fight them; how tenaci- ous they are. We do not know when the struggle will end. but one thing we do know, namely. that we, must fight the battle through.s
 And now my friends, let me draw your attention to something more recent. You have read what recently has hap pened in Moscow-the mighty conspiracy against the present government. The parliamentary governed, democratic Brit ish nation has endeavored to overthrow the ultra democratic government which the Russian people had begun to con struct, because this government, con sidering the interests of its fatherland, wishes to maintain its people in the peace for which it clamors. A
 But the Anglo-Saxon&oes not yet de- sire peace. That is how things are. It is proof of his feeling of inferiority that the Anglo Saxon has recourse to such criminal means.
 ' "Everything is at stake and because our enemies know it, because they have the greatest respect for the German army, because they see they cannot over come our army and navy, they are try ing to overcome us by means of internal disntegration and to weaken us by talse reports.
 "These do not emanate from the Ger man people. They.aare artificial produc- tions But whoever hearkens to such ru- mors, whoever passes on unsubstantiated news in the railway workshops, or else where. sins against the fatherland, He is traiter and is liable to severe pun ishment, no matter whether he De a count or a workman.
 ' KNOWS HE IS RIGHT
 q know very well everyone of you will acknowledge that I am right in this mater Believe me. it is not easy for me to bear every day the anxiety and the responsibility for a nation of 7o,- 00O, 900, and for more than four years 10 be spectator to all the difficulties and increa sing distress of the people.
 The Emperor then referred to the Ger man Empress. "Who, by Gods assistance again is on the road to recovery.
 He recalled the passage in the Bible;
 Cast thy burden upon the Lord and He shall sustain thee" and 'But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteous, ness and all these things shall be added unto you"
 The Emperor then added:
 How can We please God and soften His heart? By doing our duty. In mak- ing our fatherland free. Consequently, it is our duty to hold with all our strength in the fight against our enc mics.
 Each of us has an appointed task from Him on high. You at your hammer has received one: you at your lathe and I, on my throne, have received one. We must all, however build on Gods as- sistance Doubt iA the outgrowth of the greatest ingratitude toward the Lord and now. l ask you all simply. and honestly: Have we then really ground for doubt
 Just look at the four years of war What immense achievements we have behind us. Half the world stood against us and our allies and now we have peace with Russia and peace with Ru.