Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-06
, otter TO Lord Tweedmouth from
Emperor William upsets
British Cabinet.
EXPLANATION is DEMANDED.
consent of King Edward and the
Writer. However, viii
Be Required.
liberals. Usually We'll Informed say
That Teutonic Monarch Was Much
pcrtmbcd by Comment.

opdon. March 6--Emperor William
etfsr 10 Lord Tweedmouth, first lord
tgc admiralty, in which it Is charg-
-d his majesty attempted to influence
.# INC naval policy of Great Britain. has
created a great stir in England and
81 much popular indignation, The en-
IS peror Is accused of grave meddling with
tho British naval estimates, and the
s reply OF Lord Tweedmouth that the
81 denomination was purely personal is
co1sidcred unsatisfactory and has al
layed neither the anxiety nor the In
81 dignation of the public.
81 AZ the close of this afternoons sit
ting of the house of commons. Chan
IA oelor of the Exchequer Asquith al
luded 10 the episode, He said that an
Immediate statement seemed to be re-
Il quircd in the public interest.
81 AsoUITH's EXPLANATION.
~ 1T is a fact" declared the chancel-
n lor, Chat on Feb. IS. Lord Tweed
s. mouth received letter from the Ger
81 man emperor. 1t was a purely person.
u al and private communication, con-
N ccived IN an entirely friendly spirit
j Ms noble friends answer was equally
private and informal and neither the
n letter nor its answer was known or
n communicated to the cabinet ! may
a add. in view of the certain suggestions
y which have been made that before the
letter arrived the cabinet had come
to us ilnal decision with regard to
4 TIE naval estimates for this year"
There is an insstent demand that
d the matter be accounted i'll parliament
and Lord Tweedmouth has intimated
n iat further information will be given
ont in the house of lords on March 9.
Il j Is a question, however,, whether the
communication of the German emperor
cui lie made public without the con-
sent % the writer as we'll as that OF
King Edward.
d N The meantime. the matter was TAX
eu up by the cabinet at it's meeting
his afternoon. but no official an
nouncement of any course of action
has been made
The episode was the sole topic OF
conversation in the lobby of the house
OF commons today.
& WHAT HURT WILLIAM.
IN Liberal circles that are usually
81 Wel Informed 1t is asserted that EN-
II feror Williams letter dealt with GER
tain criticisms of the British press on
The naval policy OF Germany and the
statement in a recent letter sent by
Lord Esther to the navy league to the
effect that nobody would regard the
retirement of Sir John Fisher. senior
naval lord of the admiralty, with great
a cr pleasure than the Emperor of Ger
4 lany. 1t is declared that Emperor Will
Lam took exception TO this statement
and the relator of this version of the
incident declared that II the emperor's
letter was made public he would be
nc most popular man in England next
TO King Edward.
DEMAND FOR AIRING.
Lord Tweedmouth's statement that
the communication from Emperor Will
nam was personal and not sent him
in his capacity of first lord OF the adj
miralty has done nothing to allay Brit
N ish suspicious that Emperor William
Is guilty of designs on the Independence
OF the country. The episode has caused
Widespread excitement and there are
nsistent demands that the matter be
fully aired in parliament
II has been suggested that a possible
explanation of the incident is that the
British government attempted to Sc
cure mutual limitations in the matter
ton with Emperor William; in other
words. TO achieve by indirect diplomacy
what The Hague peace conference fail
20 to bring about. The critics of Lord
TWeodnouth, however, point out that
*lN such negotiations ought TO have
been carried on through the foreign
chlce. and there is considerable anxiety
To linow how far the alleged irregular
lroce edings have gone.
TOO GRAVE TO DISCUSS.
Arthur Hamilton Lee, n Conservative
nwmhel OF the house OF commons, was
,Nil lord OF the admiralty from 1870;
io 1903 and said today that the mat
l"r Was too grave to be discussed with
an further Information.
~ and my late ministerial col
Leagues Nj, Ice said. are going e
consider The best way TO raise the mat.
ter iticially."
According to ono version, Empero
WllHam's letter to Lord Tweedmoutl
eve executive details OF the compare
euength OF the navies of Grea
IHlinln and Germany and basing hi
opinion ON this comparison, the emper
w slld he thought the German flee
,'lii nll be considered more than one
l'u strong as that OF Great Brit
an rms being so, he thought Grca
n.'t'ln mad no need to fear any ri
enllp no naval supremacy from Ger
miami ana that consequently there va
in OF Increase Ia the ship buidin
HoEim of Great Britain.
FNEGDMouTH IN CONFERENCE
LHrd IWeqlmouth visited the lobb
' ~. house of commons this after
uh ana was IN earnest cOnyersatio
~ Heyelal OF the party leaders, III
N,9e' doubtless WAS to obtain thcl
lnr the purpose of communicat
mem TO the cabinet, which M,
Iuo Incident OF Emperor William
I1lhr MAD a slightly depressing enc,
n stock exchange prices whom iradin
nnsnfd this morning Prices rallie
'qlehtlN however, on Ior
Nf lnouth'a explanation OF the ma