KAISER AND TSAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3183, 6 September 1917, Page 5

KAISER AND TSAR

FURTHER DISCLOSURES OF DEEP-LAID SCHEMES "THE OLD CRIMEA COMBINATION" London, September i. The '\ew York "Herald ,, publishes further telegrams summarising the contents of documents from the Russian Imperial archives, covering the Kaisers effort during tho Russo-Japanese crisis to form an alliance between Germany, France, and Russia against Bntam. In the course, of further telegrams the Kaiser suggested that tho Tsar should ask tho Duma to vote on tho RiissoGerman treaty after its formulation, thus enabling him to throw on its shoulders tho responsibility for failures. Tho Tsar ought also to throw upon tho Duma the responsibility for stopping op continuinf; tho Japanese war. The Kaiser, on September 29, declared that Prance had left Russia in the lurch aurins the war, whereas Germany had assisted her to the utmost, putting Russia under a meral obligation to Germany. The message added that; M. Delcasse's indiscretions. showed that an Anglo-French agreement existed Olm telegram specifically states that the Sr and the Tsar agreed to fto reaty at the meeting at B]orko "1.1«> eettlewent in Morocco frees the air for Jn understanding. We now have.a good base upon which to build. We hue joined hands and signed before God. J he treaty can now well come into cxisteiOn".Tul T 2il, 1305, the Kaiser referred hho Kaiser's forthcommß visit to Vopeuhagen would como opportunely. A loni? telegram from the Kaiser on vevv apprehensive of tho vim. l feelinff was inninly engendered by 1™?and" The Kaiser added that he «as :3ethr ß x. if ThVtLfpoucy would bo to let this idea sink .into tho Sk^^tiKisW S• deiiJata indeed.. It ehor« that I was right in warning, you two yea s ago about the re-formms of '•''««« Crimea combination."-Au6.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (The cable news in this issue accredited to tho London "Times" has appeared In that Journal, hnt only whore expressly Bfc&ted is enoh hevrs the editorial opinion of "The Times.") «