The Former Kaiser and

the "P.I.M."

THERE were days, in the period 1914-18, when we British people felt anything but kindly towards Wilhelm 11, Em peror of Germany. He combined, with the condescension of the “heaven-born”, the arrogance of the Prussian and the de fiance of an implacable enemy. Those who fought in the trenches only fought the harder, and endured the longer, when they read the wartime speeches of the Kaiser.

However, the formerly provocative Kaiser now is a quiet and mellow gentle man, 80 years old, living unobtrusively at Doom, in Holland. No one hates him now —in fact, there are many millions of people in the world who after having watched the performances of one Adolf Hitler in the seats of the mighty in Berlin, think more kindly of Wilhelm 11, and find it in their hearts to wish that he were once again at the head of the great German nation. It would make for a happier and more peaceful world.

These reflections are induced by a letter, dated January 28, 1939, which has been sent by the Kaiser’s Assistant Chancellor, Graf Conrad von Finkelstein, to Mr. F. T.

Goedicke, a resident of Tonga. Mr.

Goedicke sent copies of the “P.1.M.” to the Kaiser; and the following is a literal translation of the acknowledgment he re ceived: — “His Majesty the Kaiser was very pleased to receive the Pacific Islands Monthly journal which you so kindly sent to him and thanks you heartily for your good wishes.

“His Majesty found the journal ex tremely interesting—so much so that His Majesty stated that the matter contained no propaganda whatever, but gave pub licity to the real truth of the Islands.”