KAISER'S LETTERS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3385, 14 January 1920, Page 5

KAISER'S LETTERS.

THE SECRET TREATY‘

i Aen.ANenMn'N'r.s WITH RUSSIA. ! , LONDON, Jan. 11. I In todayvs letters, as published, the IKeiscr discusses details of the secre-ti treaty between Germany and Russsia. iThe Kaiser feared that public oplllloll ‘ in England might regard the -trela.ty.as la causug belli, and also cause Alll€l'lG3~ lto cO-opel-ate; which on no 2100011111? must be allowed. He outlined altera{tions of the provocative clausesof the treaty. He says: ‘.‘An excellent expedient to cool British insovlcncc and forbearing would '/,c a Russian A,milital'y demonstration on the P_ersia.-Afghan frontier of India. This would have a. renrarkable quieting influence on the hot.-(headed jingoes in London. ’The ‘only part of the. globe where British iba-ttleships are of no- avail is on -the ilndian frontier of Afgh‘aTnis‘tan.” The I Kaiser overcame the Czar ’s scrupies iabout signing the treaty before acquainting France, by declaring that lthe French Ministers would acquaint England, resulting in instantaneous action by England and Japan on Ger"- ‘ many, both in Europe and Asia. “Their ‘enormous maritime superiority would soon make short work of my small fleet, and thus upset the equilibrium of the world, and leave you at/the nidrcy of Japan -and ‘her jubilant friends. Regarding the British Governnien-t’s offer ‘forbidding German vessels to leave British ports, thereby preventing coaling of the Russian warships proceeding eastwards, the Kaiser wrote: “I must now have a positively definite guarantee whether you intend to leave me unl aided or not if England and Japan declare war on me for coaling the T; sian fleet. Should you be unable guarantee that. you will loylally fight shoulder to shoulder with me, I regret the necessity of immediately forbidding the German steamers to continue I to coal your fleet.” - .1 \ m~_——~ .. I IRISH TROUBLE. ’ ANOTHER OUTRAGE. FIGHT WITH MASKED MEN, 3 LONDON, Jan.,.‘l2. Eight masked men at Tralee endeav- ‘ ‘our-ed to force an entrance on Friday} {night at the house of Mr Slattery, afl ‘solicitor, in which Mr Sullivan, KC.‘ Ewas dining. Many shots were fl.red,,‘ but the inmates were not injured. Mr, Sullivan states that the outrage is not I connected with the Sinn Fein party, ‘but is due to resentment, the re:.u'.t of ‘his efforts against. criminals. I z i 4 LEAGUE OF NATIONS. I ‘ DEMAND FOR EX-KA‘ISI«IR'S I EXTRADITION. ’ I ‘ PARS, Jan. in l i The instrument derntmrli-1g the rx—i ‘lKaise«r’s extradition is xe:ld§.r for Sig-U nature and will probablv ‘he sent to the Hague Caabinet during the ‘next few days. Britain, France. and Italyi are sending diplo natic rrxpz-esentrzxtivesl to Berlin, their er.-;i«:nz:uls all bearing the same date. ’ ‘ The first meeting If tie I.eagu'e w-I. be held on January 16th. I-‘re;-Cent Wilson has been infornv;-’l that th; date fixed is to enable the League to be formally summoned. In any case with or without America the League will shortly be in working or.-ler. Mil Clemenceau inquired of the repl'esenta~ 1 tives of the chief neutral States Whe-i ther the latter wished eo become H members. It is estimated tihat it will’ take six Weeks to repatriate 350,000 German prisoners of War still in France _

TRIAL Ol‘ EX-KAISER. LONDON, Jan. 12. The Echo de Paris ‘llnd(:‘l'Stall(lS that the British Cabinet favours M. Clemenco*au’s proposal that the ox-Kaiser be tried for confumacy, thus avoiding difl‘icultics with Holland. in connection with his extradition. .—u—u——i ‘ ITALY STANDS OUT. ‘ I ' ROIWE, Jain. 11. ; Italy has not joined in the demand for the extradition from Germany of those responsible for the War. I } MISSING PASSENGERS. O I —~ ! MANY PASSENGERS ON BOARD. O PARIS. Jan. 10. § There were seven hundred aß’s9.rd the steamer Princess Mafalda. bound from the Argentine to Genoa. An unconfinnqd report states the vessel was mined and lost With all hanfis.