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KAISER'S NIGHTMARE.

IJISMARC^'S AITUBIOGUAPHY

iSomewher:- in London, in a powerful Kirongroom, Un-re lulv.-. been lying, ior ':}•) years or more" seven large steeliiouiid boxes whicli the Kaiser would p,i,y dearly fc> possess, says an English li-pcr Tbf«--> are some, indeed, who insist that his long-cherished and o-owily avj-A'cd project of ' invading EnHand vv.< Calais, und of dictating die" terms o!' < victorious peace on the banks of tte Thames whs prompted very hugely hy his'almost insane desire to securo' th«- contents of these c^es It /> known that he promised a truly imperial reward to the aviator or Zeppelin commander who might fMioceed in dropping his bombs m such :l fashion :;»n London us to convert the depositor? of these steel boxes into a move. sliti!.L crater. ■ ' Those KV'.-f-c fyoxes- are asserted by a former diplomat to contain the manuscripts of fcko third, the largest, and ■most iinpo>"t-*uit volume of the autobio-o-caphical f-.v-moirs o! the first Prince Bismarck. ;vs well as a. wonderful collection of confidential papers and corr^snondeacv of a- nature to corroborate •;ind confirm the ' statements in the •memoirs. Tlu-y include several dred letf-,e<:- written by the Ksiiser prior vm\ '. -immediately subsequent to his acinsHJiHi, to the Iron Chancellor, .. reports 'of "Various intrigues at Vienna. •Hid of plotting against the ill-fated CV-ovvu l?Tir:.--o Hudolf of Austria, in which he ''.*■■ n* concerned. There are V'.'alKO. i-aid'to do memoranda in.'•■Wilhelm's "iowri linTidw-ifcino;, relating to theconspiracy which he organised m the svstumn o.l' i-'^T and in the early spring ,:.'-if IBRB to/ eliminate -his stricken father 'I'r'vni the i;v':-.:'< tssion to fclie throne. Jsjsinarc]'.- would have- published thisihird volUfn- of his ..memoirs during his lifetime hfui not the Kaiser, greatly olsirnu'i.l by -the' tone of the first two "volume..-?.'''threatened him with the dire penalties 'trust lie himself had inflicted unon Coins?: Arnim. for printing official ■wrcb- in x pamphlet designed to clear S'linwlf of t'v.i- charges brought against him ol' ir.sf;'oordination and misconduct '■■whi'lf Ambassador in Paris. Arnim, who *vas reorganatically related to the Bohen/oll^-r. family, and, on the r-.fcrength of the relationship, had defied BisnisTrclc, w;xs arrested, deprived of all his honour.'-- and sentenced to a long t'jrm <ii nrtprisonmeiit. which' he escaped by l.'iicht to Switzerland, where lie aviont the remainder of his days in exile. Risnv.irck know the' Kaiser must have a,n 'iiiklhtß- ->i" the contents of his re-. niainiri'T rfminiseenees. find that he might ho firiv/Mi by fear of the rcvolations wiiith they contained to- have re- i onurs<' i-n !'^*' 'faiiH' extr^"lr> moasnres- i that he Ivii adopted in IRBR with re-I fr-ird to tV.i- voluniiimus diav'cs if lii^ j ffi.hhcr. F.tov-. •1-nr '(''rerlorick. Tb-> Ka-i-sev ii.-vi U,i-fii.i-U- iak"e'n thnn Tvom his j wi'-IoW-l", l'H)'i)|-r. juif] l^ivtHMlvl< \Vjif fin- j t^riTsini'fl r,i ■•'( his third volume should not sir"-" t-'ir.:"- sfiine Fate.

Ro P.i---rrv.i.!rk managed to pmiif^lo tbfi r.i;-,nus*T!pt of the tTiird voiinno. riot hi-- moa*" pri^cious nnpors, out of the countrr ny\rj. ,-.i-f»i- to "Rrifrlfiiul, in order t'i savr- Uior. I'i-om scizuvo and dps) ru<--tion. l:.v tV, » '«"•,;<:.•.,■. t'-c old Oh:mc(-H-.v c.-;d. H'f Kais-v lui^lnistc--f>/{ to !;'~ '•■•.'Tis, P'-inco TTerTiort. and Count. WiUium Bisnv.M-'-k. ilic samev/;irnin" nlioiit the tlrird vnlmrm „,-nrl the roi"^r'.rfj,s!ciifo foi>"<vt-.|>rl with it that, ho luic! 'riron their faflfr.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9545, 10 March 1919, Page 8

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530

KAISER'S NIGHTMARE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9545, 10 March 1919, Page 8

KAISER'S NIGHTMARE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9545, 10 March 1919, Page 8

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