England and Germany.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 10015, 4 December 1908, Page 4

England and Germany.

TKXT OF TFIK KAISER'S INTERVIEW. IVrth. XiALiiibiT 2''The interview with the l.ri-riiuin Kmemit. published iti the t.uiuluii U.iily TeU'isrr-pli »fli (I- ttihiT 23. whim arrived by the mail tu-day. is trturt the pen of an ivnoii.vmon# writer, who indicates th.it lie is a diplomatist iotig passid from pubtit: into private life. . , • In the? t'OtiTßtt of a. long conversation the Emperor said:— . ■'"Vow Knidish are mad. mad. mad: as m;uvlk hares. What lu» conn over yott. that yots are w> 'completely civets "over to 1 suspicions- quit* unworthy of a great nitwit. What more can ! do than I have forte. £ declared with, all the emphasis ■ that &■ at »y- command .in my speech at tlie Uitifcitiait that my heart is set upoil | neace, -and that it fe one of my dearest wishes to live tmHEie best of terms with ! England; have I ever been false to my word Falsehood and prevarication arc ; .tiii.it to my nature. My actions ought-to : speak ■ for themselves, but yott listen «# tn them, ■> twit to those 'who misinterpret ! and distort them. Thai is a perymat iriI sniit which i feet and tesent.

"'£<> tie fnr ever miajtKtaeei, to have tny repeated offers »£' friendship weighed ami scrutinised with jeatatw, nmlrastfnl «y«f. taxes '.my pntrewe severely. 1 have yaki • tintc after time 'that- 1 am ». friend »f Kmrlaml. nntl your press, or at. .I«t9t. a WBsttl«riiblfr section of it,; bids the people Kmttaad to refine my proffered hand, ami! imsitutato* that: the other holds a dagger. How ran I convince ft nation against it® wilF. £ repeat tii;t E am the trio It it ■of Kiwhntf. but yon make thiii£:> difficult tor

"Sty taste is not the easiest: Tip pre*, vnfliujj sentiment artumir l»n»e sections of thenwltfle ami lower rtafscs of ray own woptii is not irienitiy to therefore. so to »peaEc. in a mirority in m.v own brut, but it is a niinoritv of the lw»at elements. jwt - tut tt is tie Kttgiand with respect to Germany.*' The Emperor went art to defend- the sniffling: nt Or Vrasat. th>* U«*rroan C*«nsttlt, to Feat. The step had been taken merely to protect- the private interest* of UeFtimit Kttbjt'ft?-. antE the - early, reewsnismtr r>f Mntsu Hafint. jutintalfrtic mischief-mattery, "there has been nothing in lle-rmatiy'* recent sttinit .with regard tfl- ..Mnraeen which ram contrary to the explicit <[•;<■ taratiou nf any love ot peace," tmt I»i» srti'ins sp'ike luwler than words. The Kmperor cited two s;rikiti;r instinct:?. At the time nfthe SoKth African wstr, when ISerman opinion imdonbtedtv w;>» hostile. Bitterly hostile to Kngtarict. he h.ift rei'ii--ei.E '.< ► receive the ttoer ft; luxates. and a itation immediately dietf. dawn." •*WTtew the was at- _its_ height the Rermsn {tevernment was< invited hy the t tovernmenti of France and "Ktissin to'jwin with them in .mltinj: ttpon- Enjtttrttl to pnt an end to the war. The moment had mine. *h .y «iid. not »i»ly to auve the Renntdrc*. - hot also to ■ hiwnifiiite K'nsrEaiul to the What was my reptyt- I said that so far from Germany jotitinn' in any concerted Enro-

neart action put pressure noon Encland •trtel ferine about Iter dtnmfalf. Germany wotiM always keep atnof front politics that cottlrl ••Iter into • nmplicatinii* with a aps-powcr like Kn&land. "Xnr Mil tk.it all. jiist at tfte * imp ot" your Btact; in Bfjember. 1599. wtreti ifeastmi followed one another in rapid stteeession. I received !t ! -tter from Onvfft • .Vletoria. ray nvtml srranJmother. written in sorrow and aHltciion. and bearmc manifest traces of the anxiety which was preying npon ht-r mind and health. I at once- returned a sympathetic reply. Xay. I ciiif tanri v . artrf ivaile one

»I 1 my officers prtx- ttre fo-r mt» «s exact an. account as hey cottEd obtain of the number ok" combatants, ttt Smith Africa on tiwth. sietas. and ot the nttit.il p virion of the oppostri!" lorces." With Uaiir s before me 1 .worked what f ermsiffemt to he the best plan of campaign under the eirettmatimeen. nut stlhmlttecf it to my :>enef»t «taff fnr these- arttt»'t*m. Ths'ii f

desp.t totted it tf» Engkmd. and thnt document likewise is amoni the State papers at "Windsor Castle, awaitiiis: the serenely impartial verdict of history. And as a matter of curious coincidence let me add nest, the plan which I formulated ra;i very much on the same lines as that which -was. actually adopted, by Lord Robert*, and carried by htm to a stieevssfitl operation. Was that. I repeat, .the net ot one who wished England iJI i Let Ertilfohmen be jnst and f.t.v. ■ "'The increase of the German navy." the Emperor added. ""Is required fiy the arowKFt of the Kmtilre and its commerce, bitt also T>y pos«ihle "evcntnaKtics" in the Far East. \Vhrt can foresee what may take place in the Pacific in the day.* to come, days not so distant as some believe, bnt days at any rate for xvhich atl Eitroner.n Powers with Far Eastern interests onxht steadily to prepare? Look at the Accomplished rise of ,laj>an, tnitu of the nossibie national awalvcnint: of China, and tfien jnd.L'e of the vast problems of the Pacific. Ft may wen be th:it England herself will he dad that Germany lias a Keei when they speak toiether "on the saint side in the greater debate of the flltltrn."