THE KAISER’S LETTERS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1920, Page 3

THE KAISER’S LETTERS

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(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, January 2. In a New Year’s letter to “Nicky” dated 1898, the Kaiser sent a drawing by himself, [symbolising Russia and° Germany as the sentinels of the Yellow Sea, for proclaiming the gospel of the truth. He said_“l drew siptch durijng Christmas Week, >T~ 'under the flare of the lights of a w Christmas tree.” . i ,In a letter of March 28th, the Kaiser congratulates the Czar on the successor f„l issue of the action at Port Arthur. “We two make a good pair of sentinels at the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili, who will be duly respected especially bv the yellow ones. I think the wa y you soothed the feelings of the fretful japs by a masterly arrangement in. Korea, was a remarkably fine piece of diplomacy. Morally speaking you are now master of Peking.” The Kaisar delicately hinted to the Czar to send him a penicilpld line to definitely indicate their respective i spheres of influence in China, and so prevent future misunderstandings. The j \ijdea which is beginning to be ventilated in the press across the Channel, that Chinese affairs will be decided by an Internaitional Conference, has been sharply repudiated here by me, be- • cause I found it was a masked attempt to tie your hands in the par East, where I think the relations are your own affairs, not other peoples.”

A FURTHER INSTALMENT.

LONDON, January 2. In his references to the political partios in Germany in the year 1894, in a letter to the Czar, the Kaiser says the Socialists on the one hand and the centre (Catholic) Party on the other interfered with the scheme of his Ministry. He goes on:—“Both these part ties will soon be fit to be hung—all bf thorn. In short, everywhere the • principle of the Monarchies is called upon to show itself strong. That is why I was so glad at the capital speech you made the other day to' a deputation Ifn response to some address asking for reform , A further letter commends the ambassador Radolir. to the Czar. The Kaiser took an opportunity to outline his world policy, especially in reference to the' “Yellow (Peril.” He says:—“l thank you sincerely for the excellent 'way in which yoti initiated the combined action of Europe against Japan. It is high time energetic steps were taken. I shall certainly do all In my power to keep 'Europe quiet, and will hi.so guard the flear of Russia, so that nobody can hamper your action towards the Far Fast. It is clearly Russia’s great task to cultivate the Asian continent and to defend Europe from raids of the great yellow race. In this you will always find me on your side, ready tp help as best I can. Yqu havq well understood that call of Providence. I hope that, just as I will gjadly bglp you to settle the questions qf the eventual annexation of portions of territory fpr Russja, you wilj kipdly see f.hat Germany may alsp he abie a<:qujro part somewhere, it does not you. lam afraid that as the

Norwegians are in a state bordering on jnsnnitq, I shall not be able to make a Summer cruise there.” The “Morning Post”, in its Thursday’s instalment of Kaiser letters to the Czar, prints several written in 1895 It states “that Chauvinistic republican France,’’ and “intriguing ridiculous England’.’ afford subjects for an Imperial be Homily. The sixth letter is dated “September, 1895.” Referring to the Far East, the Kaiser says there is an urgent necessity for uniting to resist Budd-

hism, Heathenism, and Barbarism, for T* 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 made in the French army, involving a proposal to form a “new continental army.’ 1 He says:—“My Western frontier project has fallen like a thunder storm, and has created deep alarm in Giermany, particularly as the French papers are telling us their army is meant to rush to our borderland in a “Revanche” war.” The Kaiser goes on to say to the Czar “There are significant events happening at this moment. Your officers, are being decorated and M. Labanoff is being feted by France. These events! have given affairs an ugly look, as if ./' Russia would like France to be offensive against Germany. God knows I have done all in my {tower to preserve ppaee, but if France goes on openly, or secretly encouraged, like this to violate all the rules of international courtesy and peace In peace time, one fine day, my dearest Nicky, you will suddenly find yourself suddenly embroiled in the most horrible war Europe ever saw, which “by both the masses and by history, perhaps, will bo fixed upon you as its cause.” i