THE KAISER INTERVIEW

Evening Star, Issue 13098, 3 November 1908, Page 6

THE KAISER INTERVIEW

GROSS CARELESSNESS. WHO IS TO RULE? ; ' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN; November 2. The 'Press are incensed at the crass sapidity of Prince Vbh ■' Bulow and' the officials of the Foreign Office' in authorising the publication of smell a mass of indiscretions. v ■_ ’ The ‘ Tagliche Rundschau ’ states > that official . explanations will-not disarm critir cisms of the Emperor’s, role. It'is still clear that Prince Von Bulow stood l‘helplessly by while the Foreign Office'played the part of a bad, cowardly, and helpless adviser. All German patriots feel weighed down with care, since it is clear that the Kaiser alone rules in foreign affairs, while constitutionally, responsible persons are del graded to the level of a chorus, who’are obliged to follow, shield, or palliate the Emperor, and disentangle his twisted threads; thereby sacrificing energy while.feeling responsibility. Tho ‘Tagliche’ urges • the Reichstag to insist that German statesmen shall be alone responsible for Germany's policy. . EFFECT IN ENGLAND. CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED. THE TWO-POWER STANDARD. LONDON; November 2. (Received November 3, at 8.7 a.xn.) ‘The Times’ says that the official explanations from Berlin only deepen the un-. favorable impression regarding the Kaiser’s interview.' It hopes -that it has not escaped the notice of the British Government; that the Emperor admits that the majority of the German nation arc unfriendly towards Great Britain, and that Germany means to go, on enlarging her navy ■ indefinitely. ‘The Times’ urges the Government, after such a plain warning, to immediately announce their intention to proceed during 1909 with sufficient Dreadnoughts and Invincible® to keep the British Navy well up to tho two-Power standard. ; EFFECT IN JAPAN. . IRRITATION AND WARNINGS. TOKIO, November 2. (Received November 3, at 8.35 a.m.) The Kaiser’s references to the Far East have caused great uneasiness in German, official and commercial circles here. It is feared that their strenuous efforts of a decade to rehabilitate German interests will be nullified. Tho Japanese newspapers are full of vigorously critical utterances. The ‘ Jiji Shimpo,’ accuses Germany of stirring up trouble, and adds that Japan will now bo justified in making preparations, for any emcrgency. A COMPOSITE AFFAIR. , MADE UP OF ODDS AND ENDS. BERLIN, November 2. (Received November o, at 8.7 a.m.) The ‘ Cologne Gazette ’ states that the Kaiser conversed at HighcUH (England) and elsewhere with all sorts of English personages relative to his attitude towards England, and that it is these views that have been collected and are now reproduced. LONDON, November 2. Mr Whitman (the English journalist who recently had an interview with Prince Bulow) disclaims having had anything to do with the Kaiser interview.