imagine the effect produced on those concerned by the revelation of this
astonishing mental reservation. But this is not all! The King of
Prussia--always short of money, always in debt on account of his
extravagant fancies and expensive clothes, and half ruined by his mania
for running to and fro--had made certain arrangements for meeting his
creditors by means of the Guelph Fund, but with the proviso, needless to
say, that they affected only the interest!!

It is said that the heir of the House of Hanover has written a second
letter which evoked a sickly smile from William II, and of which
Councillor Rössing has suppressed the publication with some difficulty.


Amongst other things, William II has had quick-firing guns, supplied to
the people of Dahomey by slave merchants. The Berlin _Post_, directly
inspired by the Emperor, tells us exactly what is his object in so doing--


"England and Russia will not help France to settle her difficulties in
her colonies. These two Powers are far too pre-occupied with the
struggle for supremacy in Asia. France is, therefore, reduced to looking
to Germany as her sole support. If France consents to work together with
Germany, Africa will be won for civilisation, and for the best
civilisation of all, the Franco-German, but so long as France pursues
this task single-handed, she will not attain her end, and will find in
Africa nothing but disappointment."


Such evidences of effrontery remind us that William II is the pupil of
Bismarck. We are, therefore, justified in concluding that the Germans