THAT INTERVIEW.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3033, 2 November 1908, Page 5

THAT INTERVIEW.

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THE KAISER'S STATEMENTS.

RESENTMENT IN RUSSIA. GERMAN PRESS CONDEMNATION. LONDON, October 30. The Kaiser's statements, made during the interview, are deprecated in Vienna and resented in Russia, whose "correctness" towards JGreat Britain during the war is loudly affirmed.

Sir Frank Lascelles, British Ambassador to Germany, denies that he was the one who interviewed the Kaiser, and declares that he does not know who it is.

Most of the German newspapers deplore the Kaiser's indiscretion, and many condemn his autocratic, theatrical methods.

Reuter's Berlin correspondent learns that the Kaiser erave permission for the publication of the interview, with a view to removing British misunderstanding. He left the date of publication to the discretion of the interviewer.

The "Times' " Paris correspondent recalls the fact that Lord Roberts did not act on the Kaiser's wellknown aphorisms, but stood his ground in Natal and Cape Colony, so as not to allow the Boers a chance of overrunning South Africa and proclaiming a Republic, then demanding European recognition. .

"YELLS FROM SOUTH AFRICA." LONDON, October 30. The newspaper "Taglische Rundschau," the Kaiser's favourite paper, pictures yells of rage from the South African Dutch over the disclosure of the Kaiser's campaign plan. "The disclosure is worth for England its weight in gold"' says the paper, "since it must for ever terminateSouth African sympathies for Germany." Received November 1, 4.10 p.m. LONDON, October 31. < The Berlin correspondent of the "Telegraph" states that it is im possible to blink at the fact that the Kaiser's remarks have proved to be the most unpopular action of his reign. The newspaper "Koelnische Zeitung," one ofthe few newspapers defending the Kaiser, states that it believes that the Kaiser's statements can hardly fail to promote good relations with Britain. The references to the Far East contained no trace of taking sides with anyone.

UNPLEASANT RECOLLECTIONS.

Received November 1, 4.15 p.m. BERLIN, October 31. The newspaper "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that the Emperor's reference to the Pacific revives unpleasant recollections of China and Japan regarding the Kaiser's admonitions to Europe to safeguard its sacred possessions from the yellow peril. Some German newspapers urge the altering of the constitution to prevent the Kaiser's purely personal intervention in foreign affairs. The press are discussing the possibility of Prince von Bulow's resignation.

AN EXPLANATION., Received November 2, 1.15 a.m. BERLIN, November 1. Prince Bulow has resigned the Chancellorship. It has since been officially stated that he remains m office. i The "Norddeutche Allgemaine Zeitung" semi-officially explains that the Emperor received from a private Englishman a manuscript article in which a series of conversations with various English personages at different times was embodied. The motive proposed was the publication of this article with a desire to circulate the Emperor's utterances widely through Britain to serve as a cause for good relations with Germany. The Kaiser sent a draft of the article to Prince Bulow, who referred the manuscript to the Foreign Office. The Foreign Office did not raise objections, and the article was published. Prince Bulow, reading the article after its publication, informed the Emperor that he did not read the draft himself or had he done so he would have raised objections. Considering himself to blame he tendered his resignation which the Kaiser refusedito accept.