SUPPRESSED INTERVIEW.

Taihape Daily Times, 13 March 1918, Page 6

SUPPRESSED INTERVIEW.

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The New York Tribune recently published a long and prominent article about the suppressed interview of the Kaiser with Mr. William Bayard Hale, the American writer, in July, 1908. The interview was suppressed at the time by the strenuous efforts' of the German authorities, although it had been set for publication by the Century Magazine. The Tribune asserts that, despite German efforts, one copy of the interview exists and proves that the portions of the interview which leaked out were right in the main points, despite strong and accepted denials. While refraining from publishing the full interview, the Tribune gives the points. The summary of the interview, which was given on the yacht Hohenzollern off Bergen, includes the following points:

That King Edawrd has been humiliating the Kaiser for more than two years, that he was exasperated that Germany was the paramount power in Europe, and that England was trying to neutralise that power. That he held France in the hollow of his hand, and Russia was of no account since the Japanese war.

That if a pan-European war" was inevitable the sooner it came the better, because he was ready and tirea of ihe suspense.

That Britain has been a decade nation since the victory in South Africa, because hers was an unrighteous and ungodly cause. That the Anglo-Japanese alliance was iniquitous against all white races and the only way to counteract it was for eGrmany and America to act together at an early date. That England would lose many large colonies, especially in the Pacific. All the Kaiser would take for Germany would be Egypt .though he would liberate the Holy Land from the yoke of the infidel. The Kaiser also bitterly attacked the Roman Catholic Church. The Tribune, in the introduction to the article, states that the Kaiser was seated on the deck of the yacht- when he talked to Mr. Hale. "His Majesty talked long—for two hours. He had dined well but not wisely, "and his words came with a rush, and they had a sting in them. He was an Emperor, but more than that, he was a human being, aid as all human beings are wont to do at times, he was unburdening his heart, telling what was on his mind, venting hia long pent-up spleen, airing his hatreds." The interview was suppressed through the efforts of the German Foreign Office. Hale offered it to the New York Times, but was forestalled by the German Embassy, and the paper refused it. The Century Magazine paid £2OO for it, and it was printed and ready for publication, but was finally suppressed when the Century owners were convinced by German diplomats in the United States that it might cause war. Later, in 1914, the Century again wanted to print it, but Bernstorff was ■ horrified at its possible effect on the Catholics, particularly of Italy and Austria, and the magazine withheld publication, after President Wilson's neutral stand. It is expected that the interview will be published in the future.