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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9199, 9 January 1920, Page 5

nice business. They are sure to rouse the Chinebo hop>is and uifhimo the hatred ngamst the white race in general, and constitute a grave danger to your roar, 1 in-case you have to iace a .Japanese adventure on the seashore."

The Kaiser begs pardon for the liberty taken and nopes the admiral of. the Paciiic will not be angry with the' signals of the Admiral of die Atlantic, ■ who is always on the look-out. ' In a. Now Year's letter, 1905, the Kaiser piously hopes the Czar's p_la.ns will meet with full success, "if in a peaceful war softly as a rippling brook, if by. the decision of arms may they be victoricras and your standards wave. emvreatlied with fresh laurels."

In the same letter he touches upon the general question of British neutrality, the Kaiser having in mind the bygone days of 1864, and feeling'"that the Danes look -askance at us." ■"'He. suggested that the Czar should write to his grandfather to submit proposals to Germany when formulated. The Kaiser a'Jso .sends English newspaper j cuttings ;■ commenting ' on, the, German I nary, • and the Russian commercial j Hoet.-': v "To us here on the Continent, >j the. hypocrisy and hatred shown- is; ut- •] teriy. odious . and incomprehensible, j Everybody here 'understands -that Rus-'|| sia is'following the law of expansion \ and must seek a s«>a free from ice for -I an outlet for her commerce." ]

Willielm goes on to maku the suggestion that the hinterland and Port Arthur must be "in your power. There is a tongue of land which in one adversary's hand may become a new sort of Dardanelles, which it is impossible for you to allow. These Dardanelles of Korea must not threaten your communications. Korea must and will be Russian." ■ „-' . * ;■

On the eve of the Japanese war, the Kaiser writes: "A line to tell you how my thoughts are with you at this serious time. May God, grant that the Japs listen to reason, notwithstanding frantic efforts of the vile Press of a certain country that seems to ' have money left to sink in the Japanese mobilisation'abyss. I send you a copy of tho Rundschau,' with an article about ironclad cruisers written by 'L.' This 'L' is a mask, under which I hide myself, for I wrote it, but nobody has blessed. the notion except ; Admiral Tirpitz.