The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-12

| LONDON, January 4.-PersonaI en-
nifty existing between the king of Eng
land and the German emperor has be-
come a serious factor in international
affairs They are fierce combatants in
the arena of the worlds politics. The
uncle, Edward VII, regards the
| nephew. Wilhelm II. with anger min
gled with scorn, and the younger
monarch's resentment against his
| mothers brother is still more intense.
| Herein lies the true cause of the pres
ent bitter feeling between Great
Britain and the fatherland. That this
feeling should result in hostilittes
seems incredible, but I was told yes
terday by a high official in the English
government that Lord Lansdowne,
who until recently was foreign secre-
tary, had referred in private to war
with Germany as the one danger"
and the same informant declared that
Lieut.-Gen. Sir John French, who is
British COMMUNICATIVE chief in every
thing but title. is convinced that
conflict is inevitable.
The causes of this renarka bic ten
sion between the two foremost mon
archs of the world are even more per
sonal than political. The original cause
of the dispute must be sought in the re-
markable difference in the characters
of the two royal personages. King
Edward a cool, cynical, experienced
and practical man of the world Dur
ing more than three decades of man.
hood in which he was free and unfet-
tered as prince Of Wales he travelled
about the world and mixed with all
sorts and conditions of men, so that
he gained an intimate knowledge of
humanity and close acquaintance with
the manner in which practical affairs
of commerce, diplomacy and other
professions and occupations are con-
Quoted. His vastly varied experience
gave him a clear insight into character
and supplied him with cool judgment
which rarely fails. King Edward is
essentially a realist.
The German emperor, on the other
hand is visionary idealist Brought
up within the narrow confines of the
Prussian court he assembled the throne
DEIOIS ES Iie10 i1i l4Illc ~ acquire d
practical knowledge of the ways OF
the world. so that in spite of his keen
interest in all branches of human ac-
tivity he has remained an impractical
theorist He is quick tempered and en-
thusiastic and has committed many
serious mistakes of policy through his
impetuous temperament. In brief, the
two monarchs are personally as far
ror nFre a the .
poles. A long series of personal bick- /
erings has fomented and increased the
original mutual antipathy between the
two men. King Edwards personal
grudge against Germany and Gern1ans
was due at first to the fierce and I'M
scrupulous hostility which his sister,
the late Empress Frederick expert
enced in her adopted country. The late
Empress Frederick was an exceptional
woman of high ideals and noble prin-
ciples. and she exercised her influence
a gafnst the pernicious policy of political
reaction favored by the German court
On this account she was violently at
tackled by Bismarck and many other
prominent Germans During all the
wears of her residence in Germany.
up to the time of her death. abuse and
insults and indignities of all sorts We're
heaped upon her.
The kaiser. although he never failed
in his filial duty to his mother, never
theless regarded fer political views
with intense aversion. and undoubted-
" sympathized in the innermost depths
of his mind with the opposition direct
ed against her political influence over
German affairs. King Edward, VINO
was a most affectionate brother, fierce
" resented the cruel and unchivalrous
hostility which his sister experienced
in Germany, and extended his anger
against Germany and Germans 10 the
present emperor. perhaps unjustly- The
personal antipathy thus created and
intensified during earlier years by
many trivial causes of a personal
nature suddenly assumed formidable
immediately after the death
Of Queen Victoria and King Edwards
accession.
Between the late queen and the Ger
man emperor, who was. of course, her
a particularly warm affec-
ton existed, and the kaiser FASTENED