NINO ALBERT AND KAISER
ILLUMINATING PASSAGES IN BIOGRAPHY WAR HISTORY REVEALED Press Assoc.atioa—By Telegraph- -Copyright, LONDON, Octber 17. (Received October IS, at 12.55 p.m.) There are three illuminating passages in Evelyn Graham’s biography of King Albert of Belgium, which reveal that King Albert at Potsdam in 1913 tried to persuade the Kaiser that he was mistaken in thinking that war with Franco was inevitable. The Kaiser said, “I am never mistaken.” The' Belgian King on August 4, 1914, personally telegraphed King George: “I will safeguard the integrity of Belgium.” His Majesty, who was lunching at the time, quietly said: “ We must help.” The author expresses the opinion that that was the commencement of the war as far as England was concerned. The Kaiser, when Liege was captured, secretly asked on what terms King Albert would cease to oppose tho Germans, and pledged his personal honour that any pact would be carried out. King Albert curtly refused, saying: “Even if I were tempted to consider the proposal your assurance would make me hesitate.”—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20309, 18 October 1929, Page 8
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