THE KAISER’S LETTERS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19849, 19 January 1920, Page 4

THE KAISER’S LETTERS.

“ DON’T TELL ANYBODY,”

A NORTH SEA SECRET.

By Telegraph—Pres? Association—Copyright Australian atui N.Z. Cable Association.

(Received January 19, 2.D0 a.m.) LONDON, January 18. Writing on August 2b’, 1905, the KaU sor congratulate* Hie Guar on creating the Duma, wliicn would bring hmi and the people closer together and enable hmi to infuse them with his ideas and spirit, winch, Imiicrto, had been greatly hindered by the bulky wall of bureaucracy.

Ihe .Kaiser wrote, “ You can make the people carry part of the respousibility, which they probably would have liked to saddle you with/' The Kaiser again ieverts to the growing- AngloIrcnch rapprochement, ami “declares, “ Britain wants to make Franco her against us, «s sue used Japan against you. The ‘ arch-intriguer and mischief-maker in Jim-one.’ as yon rightly called the King‘of England, lias been hard at work during tbo past few weeks. At Cowes, the King said to one ul my friends, a German gentleman ] sent to observe the Enlcntc-Cor-uialc, 1 can t find out what has been going on at Bjorkoe. Benckemlorff knows nothing, tor he always tells mo everything. Copenhagen knows nothing, ami the Emperor’s mother, who always lets me know everything, has henrd nothing from her’son this time. Even Lnnsdorff, who is a nice man ami lots mo know, ail I want, knows nothing or at least won’t tell. It is very disagreeable.’ ”

Tho Kaiser continues, “This shows you how wide is the -secret net of information which tho King of England has cast over Europe. The papcrsliavo taken it up. but ho suddenly published a denial, declaring that m.v Foreign Office started the idea. This is the finest lie- I ever came across. After this ho invited my son behind my back to visit England. I stopped ilia His fleet is in the net of visiting ns. It bill open the eyes of many Germans. I hope they will learn tho necessity of a strong fleet.” The Czar in an exchange of telogiams three months later, evidently himibs the Kaiser’s references toßenckcmlorfi. “ Nicky ’ says: ‘'Benckemlorff is a loyal subject and a real gentleman. Mo would not lend himself to false tricks, even it they came from tho great mischief-maker himself. The revo.ations are extraordinary but I think ion Bulows conversations, with soiuh newspaper correspondents have not helped much to clear up the situation.'’

In a letter containing family gosrin written two days later, the Kaiser, hi a postscript, says, '■ Just got n message Irom Roosevelt informing me of the situation at tho Bcacc Conference, ami . l )01I » ts "•hero thero is difference of opinion between Japan ami Russia, also Ins proposals lor meeting both belligerents. I think his proposals sensible dud practical, and hope they come up to your expectations. As far as 1 can make out, they secure for Russia an honourable peace, bub it is solely for you to decide.

“ 1 have ordered my fleet to shadow tho British, and when they anchored to lay themselves near the British fleet, to giro them dinner and make them as drunk as possible, to find out what they are about and then sail off again. I think the astonishment will be great, as the English as well as our own people believe our fleet to bo in the North Sea. Don’t tell anybody, as the secret must he well kept-.”-