EX-KAISER'S LETTERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 12 January 1920, Page 5

EX-KAISER'S LETTERS

THE RUSSO JAPANESE WAR. HE ANGLO-FRE NTH AGR EKAI EX’! (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) LO NDON ~ Jan, 8. A. ■further series of the Kaisers kite vs to •'Uio Czar is published'. * Admiral Togo attacked the Russian ’lee’ «iv February Bt'h. 1904, and the vfiLser ih ; rc£ dUy# lat*r wrote to lie Bzar symjWithisiiig wi'h him over the raval defeat ,sustained by the Rus.ian s> buj cc-ng-ra-tu'-ating him on haring a. good conscience,, which “permits mem to march to 'the fray without knapsacks or impediments-.”

The Kaiser adds: “It is quite cyi •(fowl, jus serious evens show, that un war-dug 1 sect, you is absolutely can ree,that the Japanese are in bitter earnest.”

W;hb n , it was decided to have war, he Kaiser in-fowned 't|ie Czar that it was his wish to send a- prince of hin house with: the Russian troop as a--spectator b learn the art of war. suggested that his brother in law. Prince Frederick Leopold, should fi°? but subsequent lot or® show that, the Czar was not especially anxious to hav<* this emissary. The Kaiser sept the Czar a, copy of a con,- rant signed in; the previous October for the supply of„ arms to China- by a Japanese firm, and he significantly adds;* “The raw material for the contract hj being produced nj f.Vuesot’s, and- Trance is your ally.” Thb Kaiser "in March, 19(14. was anxious to secure the benefits of the war which he did so much b engineer. He regales the 'Czar with ai flamboyant, description of his cruise in the Medi-terramea-u. Ho finds G-ihral a.r simplyoverwhelming, paying; “It is the greatest thing 1 have ever seen in nature, and hy is military power.” In the midst of his chatter about- bewitching Napes, he remarks: “I sec by he papers- that our Treaty of Commerce i s deadlocked. ’The negotiations are evidently slumbering. What a lurk if you thump your imperial fist- mi be table and- give the lazy one» a jump. He continues: “After all, one camio wait for ever, considering the mouth? we have: already waited. A. nice picnic ■'io siboria. would do wonders. Perhaps affair? might be quickened if you. sent a person of importance to Beilin straight o Vopi Bulow to finish the game off.” ’ . . lu June the Kaiser wrote: ‘ \our Remark about Kmopatkin was a revelation. T am a.-JonislK’d at his short-sigh bd-mv.s 1 in n<>t implicitly obeying your -command's. t You have boon to Jana,,,,, arip are therefore much more competent to judge of -he dans tha,, ho is. I hope In good ness 4-1 vt' *1 Gcneral will nof jeopardise his final success by rash.lv exposing Ids forces to a, check before his reserves join him. I still hold hat Napoleon,V proverb » .goodi, ‘Victory i, H - with la-rg-e battalions. One can never be too « Vong for battle, especially respecting artillery. I had an int. resting conversation! wi,h a 1< rcnch military ' attache, who. on my remark* in-,, {bat it 'was astounding that France, as" yoV allv. diii 1 i,cit send a fleet to keep Port Arthur ope,, t-iU y«ur balPc fleet arrived, answered, ‘Me had to reckon with other Powers. The Kaiser continue?: ‘T tbuml' out. what T had always feared, that the Anglo-French agreement had h-j mam effect in stopping the I*Tenth Loan, bob dun von. It goes without saying thaa. if France liap bee,„ wider an obli('■a/Uon to help von with a fleet or an army, I would not- have budged- a finger -to harm heb. for that would have been j Logical on the pari* of the author of the nidt-ure ‘The Yellow Per’l. I <im sure that England: will renew her efforts to propose mediation to you. It is a fart, and I know that is Tmrd- Hardinge’s special • mission-,_ though y eax .afiongly repudiate it, o ( nd- winch is pw* sliming i u the extreme on her pant, seeing that ilifi war ha? only begun.She is afraid for her money and waists -to get Tibet cheaply. I will certainly try to dissuade Uncle Bertie, as soon as I meet him,- from harassing yon with ■any mox-e proposals. Should 1 mediation i.n 11 jo course of events seem d”siiable, j- clear' that the first wish must, come from you, and you xxxay ho sure I am always at your -disposal. X talked over the moittie.T about the Commercial. Treaty with the Chancellor. You suggest M. do AAitito. Me would welcome him'. The sooner you invest him with powers to negotiate the better for our two cormtrie® I wonder what T. am going to bear front Undo 1 BerFe fit Kick”