The German Emperor has evidently been profoundly moved by the
recent attack upon his person. He keeps on pouring out his thoughts in little speeches, all of which indicate that his confidence in his subjects and his position has received a severe shock. He told the President of the Reichstag early in last week that the incident revealed a growing demoralisation and disregard for the Royal authority, and on Thursday, March 28th, he made a speech to the men of a regiment of Grenadier Guards which electrified all Germany. He declared that the bar- racks of the regiment—which are loopholed—would be for Berlin a town within a town—a keep, in short, in the citadel —and that if ever the capital should again rise against its ruler the regiment would be "called upon to crush the in- subordinate and impertinent persons with their bayonets." And at a later period of the day he said to the officers : "I am assured that we shall be the victors everywhere, even if surrounded by enemies on all sides, and fighting as a minority against superior numbers. For there dwells a powerful Ally, the good God, the Ancient of Days, in heaven, who has been with us since the times of the Great Elector and the Great King." Who, then, was reigning in heaven when Jena was fought ? This kind of certainty suggests Judaism, or Mahommedanism, or Krugerism, a belief, that is, essentially in a tribal God rather than Christianity.
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