THE KAISER AND BRITAIN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13798, 2 November 1908, Page 5

THE KAISER AND BRITAIN.

Ol' IK «AI. lAl'l WATION OF THE INTERVIEW. . j PHLNCE Bl HLOW OFFERS TO RESIGN. B\ Klei (i ie Telegraph -Cop\righl. MERLIN, Nov. I. I'mihc Von Buelow lias resigned the ChiJueolloiohip ot Gonna nv. It lias since boon officially stated that he remains in of rice. The Norddeutche Allgemeine Zeitung semi-oflicially explains that the Emperor received from a private Englishman a manuscript of an article in which a series of the Kaiser's conversations with various English personages at different times were embodied. The motive of tho proposed publication was a desire to circulate the Emperor's utterances widely throughout Britain and thus serve the cause of good relations with Germany. The Kaiser sent a draft of his article to Prince Buelow, who referred the manuscript tc the Foreign Office. Tho Foreign Office did not raise any objection, and the article was published. Pince Buelow , reading the- article after its publication, informed the Emperor that he had not read the draft himself or he would have raided objections to it. Considering himself to blame in tho matter, he tendered his resignation. This the Kaiser rehiscd to accept. GERMANY'S ANNOYANCE. PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON THE KAISER. BERLIN, (!ci. 01. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that the Emperor's, reference to the Pacific in his interview with the "representative Englishman' revives unpleasant recollections in China and Japan regarding tho Kaiser's admonitions for Europe to safeguard its sacred possessions from the "yellow peril." Some German newspapers urge the alteration of the constitution to prevent the Kaiser's purely personal intervention in foreign affairs. The Kolnische Zeitung, one oi the few newspapers defending the Kaiser's words, believes they canliardly fail to promote good relations with Britain. MOST UNPOPULAR ACTION. LONDON, Oct. 31. The London Telegraph's Berlin correspondent says it is impossible to blink the fact that the Kaiser's utterance is tho most unf^opular action of his reign. MORE EXPLANATION. MR. S. WHITMAN THE PROBABLE AUTHOR. (Received Nov. 2, 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, Nov. 1. After the publication ot the official explanation of tho interview the Kaiser motored to Prince Muelow's palace and remained theri- for two hours and a half. . The manuscript of the interview passed through the hands of various secretaries and heads of departments, but none realised its importance, apparently because it consisted of small flimsies with difficult handwriting. The Foreign Office was under the impression that the publication of the document had been decided upon, and merely confirmed the historical accuracy of the facts. Probably Mr Sidney Whitman, the writer of Prince Buelow's recent reply to the quarterly articles in the Standard, is the author of the interview. [Mr Sidney Whitman i\s a wellknown political writer and has an intimate knowledge of German politics. He has written works on his conversations with the late Prince Bismarck.] FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE. (Received Nov 2, 9.4.5 a.m.) BERLIN, Nov. 1. The official explanation of the interview has increased the excitement and irritation in Germany. The apparent purpose is to shift the responsibility from the Kaiser since the explanation contains an emphatic denial that the Kaiser was following his own initiative, in politics without the knowledge of his responsible adviser. Reuter's agent was specially asked to add that the suggestion of the British press that tho Kaiser undertook this political move on his own responsibility was both unfair and ungentlemanlike.