THE KAISER AND BRITAIN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13797, 31 October 1908, Page 5

THE KAISER AND BRITAIN.

WHO DEFEATED THE HOEHm.A REMARKABLE STATEMENT. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. BERLIN. Oct. .'«). O :•' 'ii the on. -.ages in Iho KatMM'';interview with ;i " reprosenlft i\ c Eng lishman " that is exciting tho stron&o.st indignation throughout Germany i.s that in which ho declared: "At about tho iimo of England. black week in December, 1901. I bade one of my officers tc procure ior ir.o tho exact position^ ol rlio opposing forces ir South Airioa. I worked oul what 1 considered the bos< plan oi campaign and submitted it to my Gouora! Staff for criticism. f despatched it to England. That document awaits among the State papers at Windsor the impartial verdict of history; and, as a matter of curious coincidence, let me add that tho plan I formulated ran very much on tho same lines that was actually adopted by Lord Roberts and carried into successful operation." Berlin messages show that tho picture of Iho Kaiser as an unbidden strategist planning the annihilation of a small, valiant and kindred race is bitterly commented upon. GERMANY OFFENDED AXD NO ONE PLEASED. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE KAISER. LONDON, Oct. 30. Tho Standard *>ayß that Berlin and the Kaiser are deeply hurt at and keoniy disappointed with the unfavourable reception of the interview among Britishers. The Daily Mail publishes Mr. W. T. Stead's open letter to the Kaiser, which states that if tho latter intended to destroy the arguments of the opponents ol the two to one shipbuilding pro'gramine ho could not have succeeded more completely. Mr. Stead comments on the alleged action of the Kaiser and staff in preparing a campaign plan for English use at the moment the whole of Germany, believed that' the Boers had been unjustly attacked. He adds: "Britain's only security against some possible warlike impulse of a future Kaiser or the present Kaiser is our immediate beginning of six Dreadnoughts." CONSTERNATION IN FRANCE. PARIS, Oct. 30. Consternation is expressed in official circles in Paris at the Kaiser revealing diplomatic communications made to the German Chancellery. ANOTHER STORY. WAS THE KAISER HELPING THE BOERS? (Received Oct. 31, 8.3 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 30. "The "Paris correspondent of TheTinxesr recalls the fact that Lord Roberts did not act upon the Kaiser's well-known aphorisms, in the Boer war. He stood his ground in Natal and at the Cape, and so gave the Boers no chance of overrunning South Africa, proclaiming a Republic, and then demanding European recognition, FEELINGS OF THE BOERS. FROM THE GERMAN VIEWPOINT. (Received Oct. 31. 8.3 a.m.) BERLIN, Oct. 30. Tho newspaper Rundschau imagines yells of rage rising from the South African Dutch over the disclosure. "The campaign plan," says this journal, "is worth for England its weight in gold, since it for ever terminates South African sympathies with Germany." WHO WAS THE INTERVIEWER ? (Received Oct. 31, 8.3 a.m.) BERLIN. Oct. 30. Sir Frank Lascelles denies that he was the "representative Englishman" whose interview^ with the Kaiser has given rise to so much discussion. Ho declares he docs not know who the author is. RESENTMENT ON THE CONTINENT. LONDON. Oct. 30. Advices from Vienna and St. Petersburg show that the statements made by tho Kaiser are resented there. Russians loudly affirm the correctness of the country's attitude towards Britain during the Boer war. THEATRICAL WAYS DISLIKED. (Received Oct. 31. 8.3 a.m.) BERLIN, Oct. 30. Most of the German newspapers deplore the Kaiser's indiscretion, and I many condemn his autocratic and theatrical methods. NOT UNDERSTOOD. TONDON, Oct. 30. Reuter's Berlin correspondent learns that the Kaiser gave permission for the publication of the interview with a view to removing Britisli misunderstanding. He left the date of publication to tho discretion of the interviewer, i •