Sir Morell Mackenzie and the Times Correspondent.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2929, 20 June 1888, Page 2

Sir Morell Mackenzie and the Times Correspondent.

(Ohristchurcli Telegraph.) Olio incident during the late Emperor's illness, which lias excited much comment,and not a little regret, has been the extraordinary encounter between Sir Morell Mackenzie and the Times correspondent at Berlin, It has been noticed that The Times correspondent had espoused the cause of the German doctors, and it was also evident, not being in tho confidence of Sir Morel Mackenzie, ho was much behind the representatives of other London papers in point of information. When the Crown Prince in question became Emperor Die correspondent in question made a desporate but ill-ad-viseb attempt to retrieve his position. Sir Morell Mackenzie sent tho letter which lie received from the correspondent and his own reply—one of the most crushing things of the kind which ever appeared in print—to a London paper, which forthwith published them. The correspondence, which speaks for itself, is as fellows . From the Correspondent to the Doctor. " 1, Margaretlien-strasse, "April 17,1888. " Eear Sir.—Enclosed is my telegram to tho Times of Sunday night. I need not say that, before reproducing tliat report in the Cclogno Gazette, I should have preferred consulting you as to its accuracy, so as to be able to place it before our readers weighted if necessary, with corrective or destructive criticism. You deprive me, however, of the means of rendering you such service. But a3 truth and fairness are, and must be, my sole principle of action, I take this further and last opportunity of repeating that, where reputations and national honor aro concerned, I am still always at the

disposal of you and. your English colleague,

" (Signed) " Charles Lm& " Sir Morell McKenzie, T " Cliarlottenburg." FltOM THE DOCTOR TO THE CoRREBPON

DENT. Konigliches Scliloss, Cliarlottenburg, April 17. " Sir,—From the beginning of November till Marcb you thought you would best serve your interests by pleasing the 'military party' in Berlin, and you therefore systematically depreciated me in your telegrams to the Times. This you did by invariably quoting attacks 011 me which from time to time appeared in the antiEnglish sections of the German press, and never alluding to favorable articles by constantly endeavoring to me wrong, and by ignoring thedevo. tion of my colleague, Dr Mark Hovell, to his august patient,

" When, contrary to your expectation, the Crown Prince became Emperor, and I arrived at Cliarlottenburg in attendance on his Majesty, you thought it would suit your interests better to be friends with me, and accordingly wrote me a congratulation in which you snv " I place my services at your disposal." I however, declined to receive you. I am not surprised that since then you have continued your former conduct, "On Sunday you telegraphed long extracts from the Kolnisclie Zeitung and Kreuz Zeitung which are_ highly damaging to me and my English colleague, but you omit to point out that these attacks proceed from papers which for years have systematically attacked everything English. You are perfectly aware that the ordinary Englishman knows nothing of fro politics of the Kolnisclie the Kreuz Zeitung, and had ' trutli and fairness' been the sole principles of your action, you would certainly have called attention to the Chauvinistic character of the newspapers in which the attacks have appeared against your countrymen. If you have such tender feelings as you now claim ' where reputations and national honor are concerned,' you would certainly have ' taken a fnrtlitaynd last opportunity' of offering yo™ervices tome before telegraphing the disgraceful attacks and lies of the socalled patriotic press, instead of publishing them and then giving me the chance of ' corrective or destructive criticism,' Further, many of the Berlin newspapers have corrected the absurd and injurious statements contained in the Kolnisclie Zeitung, and had you any regard for 'national honor' you would telegraph extracts from these papers, instead of which, in the hope of getting news from ljie in the future, you attack me offer me the opportunity of vindicating myself and my English colleague. I liavo already refused to yield to your flattery, and I decline to give way to your threats. "I have only to add that many friends, and even perfect strangers, both in Berlin and England, have written to me expressing regret that a paper so highly as The Times should be so unworthily represented in this city, With this opinion I entirely agree.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " (Signed) Moiiell Mackenzie,"