THE KAISER.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1920, Page 5

THE KAISER.

REMARKABLE LETTERS.

FQBBiQN POLICY aRTOAT.P.n SEEKING RUSSIA'S FRIENDSHIP. Bfr TelJfmih.—fteu Alia.—Copyright. Received January 2, 5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 31. A t*ri« of historic letters of the KaiBar to the Czar between 1894 and 1914 are published, the exclusive rights of publication in Anstmlia having been secure* tgrtte Australian Press Associa, tion,_ Tieseries includes' seventy-five of the Kaiser's letters, written in English in tta omt h!iui«i King, found among the . Hatch, esmmamed lerewith, conanences-on the death of Alexander UL .HwLExber had sera Nicholas when he was Czarevitch during his visits to Berlin in January, TBB3. and at Coburg in had wridwiftjr taken to heart Mb grandfather's deathbed advice to keep on good terms with Russia. SS* by 4*e4etters was to tnißmL Bnaaia with Japan, and later play off Russia against England end Shtnstv

Wi«a-tt|g poliiy matared the Kaiser eipeetrf.-Wart, witii the assistance of a huge army and navy, be would have IhSbps; Wtfi even I*6 woria, at GerB«»y*B'ffl6rty. Fo«ttn«6ly the Scheme miscarried, thanks to Edward VH. aid Ctox Nicholas finally f«aid ont the Potsdam Machi&velli, and 'tKe result was that the Triple Entente was formed.

The letters ware-addressed to "DearcatHH&yi* ani w*re.aigfied "Willy." The tet jtrte.dated.Octobtt, 1894, and after commisserating with Nicholas on his father's ddnfth, it-saya: "We both know perfectly our-politfcal ideals. I have lM*i>Mg lotadd to our last conversation in Berlin. IshaS ahfeay«'oulti«tfce-etd relations and mutual friendship with your liuuw, ill which I wan reared"' tSy my grandfather, and-same examples-of which I was glad'to give your dear papa recently." The s'eSJniTletter, dated' January, sends New Year greetings, with a Christmas gift of an albuar of photos, picturing the dedicaiiisl <rf « flag in Berlin.

The itSrd latter covers a wedding preSefei of which the Kaiser char-aotoritiihilly-wtys he hits instructed the Gosrtlfaj&haPto arrange on the dinner iWflfrfbr fifty guests before presentation, so the- <Xar would be able to Bee the conjroToeil uf tMr wtole" affair. TKt'fettltr'g'des on to detail democratic movements, in various countries,. and aaysi' ''in England the Boiebery JJinistr» is to3d)Eg to its fall, amidst universal deHsion. fa France the Bibbt Cabinet i* gfan&agai amnesty'to all the. worst My Reichstag is behaving ,s£"bjtdly.as.it can, swinging, backwards and forwards between Socialists (egged on by,Jpw*},*nd nltiA-montane Catholics. < B«ti.4«rtiea wfll Won be M. to hog all of thtm~. la short, everywhere the principle of .da la monarchie is called up*a'to*how iirtlf strong. That is why I was so glad at the capital speech you lmtte-the other day to a deputation in re■pomae to stftte address asking for re-

-' , OTB *M&OW MSCE. The fonrthJetter commends Ambassador Radolinto the Czar, and the Kaiser 'took the opportunity to outline his world {wMey, -eageciajly in reference to the yellow pe*fl; He sayt: "I thank you sincerely flfrHflreSceßent way fn which you ijMilitlfl tfee combined action of Europe Japan. It is high tfane energetic «tjsp iNrejekeu. I shall certainly do all ii»,my power to keep Europe quiet, and Wf afid Ktarff Hie rear o! Rus«a, so that nobody oaa hamper your action towards the "Ear East.

"It i* eleariy JtuMia'g great task to cultiw^ and to defend Europe from the inroade of the great yellow nee. In this yoc will always find me on yoar »ide, ready to helg Jb bestl can. lam. have well undeirsYood that call of (wwdeaee, a«d 1 will gladly help you to eettle-qwttfoos of eventual annexations of portions of territory for Russia. You Will Mn% see that Germany may also be able to aoqare a port somewhere where jt feet not embarrass you. lam afraid pl&'Jlt the fat a state baedericg on insanity, I shall not be able iomt&e a summer ernisethere."

. Th* last tetter in' the series is dated | 10th July, 1895, sad was written during 1 a and tells that the Kaiser had a' gxHttfation with the GrendJHike Alexia, yieTSaVs' uncle, 'i was. glad to show ton," fyip this Kaiser, '"how our interests Are eSiwined m* the Far Bast, and that *iy ships were in older to second yours when things looked doubtful." '/ The 1 letter goes on to complain that officers of RujSsiafft shifts invited to the opening of the Kiel Canal took photograps of the tort batteries. "I think it $i sot quite fair to abuse hospitality and try to «py do.your friend," he writes. the latter concludes: "oodd-bye; dearest Nicky, with wishes for a quiet summer and * niefe fittlr boy to come, Ever your affectionate friend and cousin, Willy."

. LICfflT ON GERMAN DIPLOMACY. The Morning. Post, which owns the exerosive TigXt in Britain, is publishing May facsimiles of this letters, which cater the period of Boer and Russo-Jap-anese Wtfrs, annexation of Bosnia and Bersegovina, and the Ettperert trips tff Jerusalem and the Mediterranean. Th« letters are of great political and diplomatic interest, as they form the key tdufiTe EiiSer's itorfeious, clumsy foreign policy in th» effort to make Germany Mister of •tee-wwrtt They reveal the {Mat German conspiracy primarily desjgied Sgainit Britain, but involving the VttmiliatiMi of Rrtssia and Prance, and osisijhrte the secret history of the causes J*dkiy«»Qi&Wßrid-w»r. The correspondence throws many side■tips on .the. Sailer's personal charttcrayeaiing extraordinary vanity, bad *™p*,Jfefe,of riejaffc, the religious vein •f his character, and hi* intense belief in ftik. dirtomati ffcease, which feully conMlteAfraKtog aid flattery. The letted eoifirfe WbaM&ft- w«ld has suspect- « 4 that fte Kaiser hated and feared his Sudfth' imcle, Hng Edward Vn.— Aus.KXCabh^Assn.