KAISER’S LITTERS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1920, Page 3

KAISER’S LITTERS

| FURTHER DISCLOSURES. By Electric Telegraph—Cony right.. (Received this day-at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 15. Writing on August 22nd, the Kaiser congratulated the Czar on creating the Duma, which would bring him and his people closer together, and enable him to enfuse them with his ideas and spirit which hitherto, was greatly hindered . by the bulky wall of. bureaucracy; also, j “You can make the people carry part ; of the responsibility which they prob- ] i ably have liked to saddle you with.” i The Kaiser again reVerts to the grow- I : ing Anglo-French reupproachment, and ' declares Britain wants to make France her cats paw against us, r.s she used Japan against you. The arch intriguer and mischief maker in Europe, as you rightly called the King of England, has ' been hard at work during the past few

weeks. At Cowes the King said to one of my friends, a German gentleman, whom 1 sent to observe the Entente Cordiale—“l can’t find out what has been going on at Bjorkoe. Benckendorff knows nothing, for he always tells me everything. Copenhagen knows nothing, as the Emperor’s mother who always lets me know everything, has heard nothing from her son this time. Even Lansdorff who is a nice man, and lets me know all I want, knows nothing or at least won’t tell. It is very disagreeable. The Kaiser continues—This shows you how wide is the secret rfet of information the King has cast over Europe. Tile papers have taken it up that he suddenly published a dementi declaring my foreign office started the idea. This is the finest lie I ever came across. After this, he invited my son, behind m back, to visit England. I stopped that business. His fleet is in the act of visiting us. It will open the eyes of my Germans. I hope they will learn the necessity of a strong fleet. The Czar in the exchange of telegrams'three months later, evidently deals with the Kaiser’s references to Benckindorff. “Nicky” says Renckindorff is a loyal subject and a real gentleman, and would not lend himself to false tricks, even if they came from the great mischief maker liimself. He declares revelations are extraordinary, but I think Bulow’s conversations with some newspaper correspondents have not helped much to clear up the situation.

In a letter containing family gossip written two days later, tbe lvaiser in a postscript says—Just got a message from Rooseveldt informing me of the situation of the peace conference and points out where the difference of opinion between Japan and Russia and also his proposals for meeting both belligerents. I think bis proposals sensible and practical, and hope they will come up to your expectations. As far as I can make out, they secure Russia an honorable peace, but it is solely for you to decide. I have ordered my fleet to shadow the British, and when they anchored, to lay themselves near tile British fleet, give them dinner and make theiyi as blank as possible to find out what they are about, and then sail off again. I think their astonishment will be great, as the English as well as our people believe our- fleet to be in the North Sea. Don’t tel! anybody as tbe secret must be well kept,

Don’t forget WOLFE'S is the real original SCHNAPPS.