THE KAISER'S LETTERS

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14255, 5 January 1920, Page 5

THE KAISER'S LETTERS

40IYIE DAMNING DOCUMENTS. POINTED WARNING TO "NICKY." THE BISMARCKIAN EPISODE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received ,lan. 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January i. Chauvinistic republican France" and "Intriguing ridiculous England" afford subjects for an Imperial homily in to-day's series of the Kaiser's letters. The Gth letter is dated September 1895. Referring to the Far East and the urgent necessity for uniting to resist Buddhism, heathenism and barbarism for the defence of the Cross, he adds: The united resistance of all the European Powers is equally necessary against our common internal foes—anarchism, republicanism and nihilism. The Kaiser proceeds to refer to reforms in the French army, involving the proposal to form a new continental army on my western frontier. The project has fallen," he says, "like a thunderbolt, and created deep alarm in Germany, particularly as the French papers are telling us that the army is meant to rush to our borderland" in a revanche war." The; Kaiser, in the letter continues.: TCvents are hanpening at this moment. Your officers being decorated and M. Lobanoff feted by France have Given Affairs an Ugly Look, as if Russia would like France to be in an offensive against Germany. God knows I have done all in my power to preserve peace, but if France goes on, openly or secretly and encouraged like this to violate all the rules of international courtesy and peace in peace Up l is, one fine day, my dearest Nicky, you will find yourself suddenly embroiled in the most horrible war Europe ever saw, which by the masses and history, perhaps, will be fixed upon you as the cause. The Kaiser, in his seventh letter, discusses the dangers to monarchies. He says it is not the act of friendship between Russia and France that makes one uneasy. Every sovereign is sole master of his country's interests and shapes his policy accordingly. But it is the danger which is brought to onr principle of monarchism through the lifting of a republic to a pedestal by the form under which that friendship is shown. The constant appearance of princes, grand dukes, statesmen and generals in full rig at reviews, burials, dinners and races with the head of the republic, makes republicans believe that they aro quite honest and excellent people with whom princes can consort. Jaures sits on the throne of the King and Queen of France by the Grace of God whose heads the Republicans cut off. Nicky, take - my word on i't, the curse of God has stricken that" people forever. We Christian kings and emperors have one holy duty imposed by heaven to Uphold the Principle of Monarchism by the grace of God. We can have good relations with republican France, but never imitate her." "Dealing with England, the Kaiser says that Lobanoff's news during his visit to Berlin that he had reason to suspect that England was after the Dardanelles stupefied him. He adds: " 'The quaint way the fleet skulks round the Dardanelles indicates that it means something there.' Malet, during a farewell visit to the Foreign Office, used blustering words about Germany behaving badly to England in Africa,

adding, 'After buying off France by concessions in Egypt England will be at liberty to look after us.' He was even so undiplomatic as to use the word 'war.' I answered: 'The British are making themselves ridiculous. If they got into trouble with anyone I would not move a Pomeranian grenadier to help them. I suppose that would 00l them.'" The eighth letter, written in January 1896, deals with the Jameson Raid, .'•nd says that the Transvaal Republic had been attacked in a most foul way cad apparently not without England's knowledge. It continues: "I used very severe language, in London, and also opened communications with Paris for the common defence of our endangered interests. I hope.all will come right, but I will never a'ilow the British to stamp out the Transvaal. ] The next tv,-o letters sliow the Kaiser's touchy mood over the order of [ precedence nt the Moscow coronation, it being reported that hereditary German granddukes were to have preee- | dence over Princ> Henry, the Kaiser's , representative. The Kaiser reminds Nicky that his house as the reigning one in Germany is first. He next draws attention to "The British fanfarronades

against us, which make them supremely ridiculous, and make no impression on me. The worse they are hampered in Africa the better for us in Asia." Then that unruly man Bismarck ruffled the Kaiser by inspiring the Hamburger Xachrichten to announce a secret treaty between Russia and Germany to be valid until 1890. declaring that if either were attacked hy a third Power the other would observe a benevolent neutrality. Th Kaiser wrote Nicky, expressing sorrow for the Awful Bismarckian Behaviour, which, "Though it is a coup aimed against me personally, nevertheless represents a breach of loyalty to your Government, and casts a slur on the memories of my grandfather, and 1 have already instructed my Chancellor to speak in Parliament, and hope you will be satisfied with the manner in which the whole treasonable affair is treated. I suppose that Bismarck's shameless treatment of me in his press is trying to make people believe that I am still under English influence. I trust that clearer heads will begin to understand that I had reasons for sending this unruly man with a mean character out of office. I place implicit faith in the hopes that nothing can bring about a change between us since we arranged our line of action at Breslau." Writing in March IPO7 the Kaiser

expressed gratitude for the loyal and staesmanlike way in which the Czar had grasped a certain affair, and said that he felt justly nroud that their views coincided. He complimented Nicky that his demarche had rallied the Powers willingly or otherwise to a common demonstration, which he hoped would result in the peace of Europe remaining undisturbed. He adds: "You have shown the world once more that if the three great empires marchent d'accord, and are joined by the other Continental Powers, the rest of the world must follow us. The King of Greece must be clean mad if he does not stop his mad attempt to set the world afire by a light from his pipe."