Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-26
Relations of Two Monarchs.

AS regards the relations of the two mon
archs, it should be kept in mind that since
the death of the Grand Duke Sergius by
an assassins hand In Moscow the czar has
greatly missed the advice of n man of i'm
perial rank holding strong and clearly de-
fined political views Neither AeXis nor
Vladimir is disposed to mix directly in Rus
sia's present political trouble.
The cars brother-in-,aw. the Grand Duke
Alexander NJ. .chaelovitch, has recently
shown signs OF instability on the subject
of national assembly. Besides there has
been an eStraugement between him and the
czar on account of the grand dukes i'm
placabe antagonism to NJ. Witte.
The Kaiser's Views.
OF all this the kaiser was fully informed.
He holds strongly that as a sovereign rul-
ing by divine right it is not only permis-
sble for him. but incumbent on him, to
give counsel to the only other Chris lian
sovereign holding the title to his throne
on the same grounds. He considers the
cars struggle with the socialistic and rev.
olutionary forces in Russia as OF direct
consequence to the ruler of Germany. whose
greatest internal anxiety springs from the
same source.
The other great issue in Russia's inter
nal policy about which the kaiser wished
an opportunity to impress his views upon
the ear is of equally direct concern to
Germany. 1t is known that the kaiser de-
sires, whatever may be the end of the
pending peace negotiations, that Russia
should not abandon the far east as the
main course of territorial expansion.
Grave Concern to Kaiser.
1t is above all matter OF the gravest
concern TO the German emperor that Russia
should not regard her line of least re-
sistance policy directed toward Asia
Minor or the Persian gulf At all hazards,
he will strive to dissuade the ear from
looking to French help English com
placency for facilitating the requirement
by Russia of warm water port on the
Persian gulf
His dominating idea of paving a way for
German hegemony from Hamburg to the
Persian gulf cannot be reconciled wit n
Russia's finally abandoning her ambition
for empire upon the. Pacific and any rap
proachment with England would preclude
Russian advance ON India and the middle
east.
a cablegram to the New York Herald
from Paris says that from highly placed
French diplomatist who is particularly
well qualified to define the opinion prevail
Ing in official circles is given the way the
interview between the Emperor of Russia
and Emperor William is interpreted in thp
French diplomatic world.
The diplomatist said: The kaiser who
NVhSiutiS II ms uuly To intervene in eyery
pending question. political, economic. re-
ligious or other, could not allow the Sc
rious question of peace in the far east to
enter a phase admitting perhaps of an
early solution without playing therein If
not the part os arbiter at least an active
and influential one
The predominance of President Roose-
velts action over German influence cannot
have been easily acceptable to him.
The design is attributed to NJ Witte OF
| going to the conference With a plan sus-
| ceptible of bringing about If not a direct
| alliance, at least durable peace with ia
pan.
The expression durable peace seems to
have been adopted to define an entente
| comprising not only the settlement of pa ST
difficulties. but also comprehensive guar
| antees for the future.
Should this design be realized to the
| full-and the logic of facts seems to tend
| to such a realization-ft would be of a
| nature to compromise all hope of German
! influence and all development of German
interests. so far as China is concerned.
1t may easily be conceived that under
these condition the kaiser desired to use
his personal influence. which he considers
he is in a position to exert, in an endeayor
at this psychological moment to throw
weight on the hand which holds the helm
of Russion politics and to defect the rud-
der in a direction more favorable to Ger
man interests.
1T is not considered in France that the
recent interview constitutes new factor
from the point of view of the Franco Rus
Sian alliance or of modification in the
! mission intrusted to NJ. Witte.''