SENTINELS OF THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1920, Page 5

SENTINELS OF THE EAST.

HOW HE WOOED THE CZAR, A CHRISTMAS SKETCH. Received Jan. 4,' 11.15 p.m. London, Jan. 2. In a New Year letter to "Nicky," dated 1898, the Kaiser sent a drawing by himself, symbolising Russia and Germany as sentinels of the Yellow Sea for proclaiming the gospel of truth. He said: "I drew this sketch during Christmas week under a blaze of lights of a Christmas tree." In a letter of March 28th, the Kaiser congratulates the Czar on the successful issue of an action at Port Arthur. "We two make a good pair of sentinels at the entrance to the Gulf of Pechile, who will be duly respected, especially by the yellow ones. I think the way you soothed the feelings of the fretful Japs by a masterly arrangement in Korea is a remarkably fine piece of diplomacy. Morally speaking, you are now master of Peking." POLICY TOWARDS CHINA. The Kaiser delicately hinted to the Gear to send him a pencilled line to definitely indicate their respective spheres of influence in China, and so prevent future misunderstandings. "The idea, which is beginning to be ventilated in the press across the Channel, that Chinese affairs will be decided by an International Conference, has been sharply repudiated here by me, because I found it was a masked attempt to tie your hands in the Far East, where I think the relations are your own affair, not o'* er people's," he adds.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. POSING AS PEACE-MAKER. Writing in March, 1897, the Kaiser expressed his gratitude for the loyal, statesmanlike way in which the Czar had grasped a certain affair, and he said that be felt justly proud that their views coincided. He complimented "Nicky" that his de marche had rallied the Powers, willingly or otherwise, to a common demonstration, wihch he hoped would result in the peace of Europe remaining undisturbed. He adds: "You have shown the world once more that if three great Empires are in accord, and are joined by other Continental Powers, the rest' of the world must follow us. The King of Greece must be clean mad if he does not stop his mad attempt to set the world afire by the light from his pipe."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.