"ADMIRAL OF THE ATLANTIC"

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 90, 10 January 1920, Page 7

"ADMIRAL OF THE ATLANTIC"

Q LETTERS TO "ADMIRAL OF THE PACIFIC" DANGER SIGNALS REGARDING EASTERN RACES " KOREA MUST BE RUSSIAN " (By Telegraph-Press Association-Cppyright London, January 7. A furl her instalment of Ihe ex-Kaiser's letters to the Tsar shows that in November, tho Kaiser disclosed- to "Nicky" Ihe result of his instructions to the German Ambassador in Constantinople to energetically lecture the Saltan, and inform that ruler that it was high time for him to conform to the .Murzsleg programme, which was drawn up by the Russian and Austrian Ministers to secure reform in Macedonia. The Ambassador, after an hour and threequarters of conversation, "found' (ho Sultan very, lough ami decidedly of opinion that a refusal to comply with Ihe Muriisleg programme, even though backed by me, would not bring great harm to him." The Kaiser adds that the Ambassador had to use such power of expression a.s was feasible toward a monarch to bring tho gravity of the situat:on home, and left him a sadder and a wiser man. "Another interesting piece of information has reached me from Sofia, where the Prime Minister of the arch-plotter (the Kaiser's delicate reference to Tsar Ferdinand) expressed the country's extreme <lis.satistac.tion with the .Murzsteg programme. They must get more, and as tho Imperial Rowers are not likely to grant more, Bulgaria has turned to Italy, England, and France, where alone the hope for' Bulgaria's future ill Macedonia lay. This shows you, again, what I peisonally hinted at. The Crimea combination is forming and working agai;ist Russian interests in.the East. Democratic countries 'are against Im-. perial monarchies. "The Japs." and China. In December, 19011, the Kaiser informed the Tsar that he had sent General Locwenfol-:! to London "to give a long service cross to. Uncle Arthur," and at the same time to reconnoitre the frame cf mind and the flow of public opinion about the Eastern question. ''His mother is English, so he speaks the language well. What he saw and heard,l shall let yon know. My officers .commanding in China, have been for a long'time ordered to closely survey the intercourse between the Japs, .rind the Chinese military, and the growing inllueneo of Japan with the Chinese Army. Two days ago , 1 got a report that the Japs, are clandestinely arming the Chinese behind your and my backs against us. They have concluded a secret- engagement to supply the Chinese Army with rifles, guns, and munitions. The Chinese aro drilling day and night under Jap. instruction oilieors—a nice business. They are sure to rouse ChiUose hopes, and to inflame hatred against the white race in general, and will ' constitute -a grave danger to your rear,-in case you have to face a Jap. adventure on the seashore." ' The Kaiser begs pardon for the liberty taken, and hopes "the Admiral of Iho Pacific" will not be:angry with tho signals of the Admiral of the. Atlantic, who is always on Ihe-look-out. New Year Wishes. In a New Year loiter in 1i)0l, Iho Kaiser expresses a' pious hope that the Tsar's plans will meet, with full success —"lf .iu peaceful, ways softly as a rippling brook; if by. the decision of arms, may thev be victorious, and your standards wave enwreathed with fresh laurels." In'the same,letter ho touches upon Ihe general question of Danish neutrality. .The Kaiser, having in mind the bygone days of 180-1. and feeling "that ihe Danes look Alsace at us." suggested that the Tsar should write to his grandfather lo submit proposals to Germany when formulated. The Kaiser also sends English newspaper cuttings, coinmenling on (he German Navy and the Russian commercial fleet. "To us here on the Continent, the hypocrisy and hatred shown are utterly odious and incomprehensible. Everybody here 'understands that-Russia- is'following the law of expansion, and must seek the -ieeless sea for an outlet for her commerce," and he goes on to make the suggestion that the hinterland anil Port Arthur "must he in your power. There is a touguo of laiul which in the hand of an adversary .may become a now sort of Dardanelles, which it is impossible-.you should allow. Tlie?e Dardanelles of 'Korea must not threaten your communications. Korea 'must and will be Russian." r On Ihe eve of the Russo-Japanese war, tho Kaiser writes:-"A line to tell you how my thoughts are, with you in ihis serious time'. Mav God grant that Ihe Japs., will listen to reason, notwithstanding .the frantic efforts of the vile Press of a certain country that seems to have money Ipft to sink in the Japanese mobilisation abyss. I send you a copy of the "Marine Rundschau," with an article about ironclad cruisers, written by *7;.' This 'L' is the mask under which I hide myself, for I wrote it; but nobody has a. blessed notion except Tirpitz."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, (Rec. January 9, 0.10 p.m.) London, Jauuary 7. Tho Kaiser, in concluding the series of letters, says: "As material for my article 'I managed to get interesting details of Ihe Rivadaria and tho Moreno, being built for the Argentine, but now presented by England to Japan. These plans wero qu;to confidential and submitted to mo by express permission of the President: ■ of the .Argentine Republic. May you not liavo to light against-them. It is a great, pity you did not buy- them."— Aus.-N.Z., Cable Assn. [Tho Muresteg programme referred to in the Kaiser's letter was drawn up by Iho Powors after .massacres which occurred in Macedonia in 1903. War threatened between Bulgaria and Turkey, but t.lie Powers intervened, ajul Turkey conseuted to a reorganisation of tho gendarmerie under European officers.]