The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22
New York World Prints Sensa-
tional Story Of the Famous
Alleged Interview
If TRUE IS EXHIBIT
OF WONDERFUL EG0TISM
DR.. Hale Denies Correctness Of
Statement and Says Story Is
Pure Fabrication.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-What pur.
ports to be an absolutely accurate and
authentic synopsis Of the interview
obtained from Emperor William of Ger.
many by Dr.. William Bayard Hale and
subsequently withdrawn Just as it was
about to appear in the Century Maga-
zine, is printed by the World today. The
World declares that the article as or
ginally written was submitted to DR..
Hale and that it appears today "as
changed by DR.. Hale. "
The interview is said TO have taken
place on the imperial yacht Hohenzo!.
lern of Bergen. Norway, while Dr.. Hale
was the emperor s guest. The World
summarizes the main points OF the en-
peror S interview as follows:
"That King Edward of Great Britain
had been humilating him for more than
two years and that he was exasperated,
that Germany was the paramount power
in all Europe and England was trying
to neutraliZe that power.
France as Puppet.
"That he held France in the hollow
account since the disastrous war she
had with Japan.
''That if the Pan European war
which had been so much talked Of was
inevitable, the sooner il came the bet
ter it would be for him. but be was
ready and was tired of the suspense.
"That Great Britain had been a de-
over the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State, because hers was an up
righteous, ungodly cause, and Divine
Judgment was bound eventually TO over
take the powerful nation that wagcd
such a war.
"That the Anglo.Japanese alliance
was an iniquitous alliance against all
the white races, England proving. alb
solutely her fajthless case as chris.
tian nation; that Japan was honey
combing India with sedition and Hood
ing IL with spies, while processing open
ly TO be England g friend and ally.
'That the only way TO counteract
this alliance was for Germany and
America 10 act together at an early date
or America would have to fight the
Japanese IN ten months.
In Event OF War.
"That in the event of a great war
England would lose many of her colo.
mics, especially in the Pacific, and that
what ne would take for Germany would
be Egypt. though he would libcratc the
HOLY Land from the yoke Of the infdel,
presumably meaning the sultan.
"That the pcTfecting of the Zeppelin
dirigible balloon would give Germnay
a power advantage in war and she was
ready to make use of it to the fullest
extent. -
The World declares that Emperor Will
liam knew when he made these state
ments that DR.. Hale was m American
newspaper man and magazine writer,
but that nevertheless the statements
were made without reservation and that
no secrecy was imposed. The interview
had been formally arranged through the
German foreign office and il is said. at
the conclusion Of the Interview DR.. Hale
returned 10 Berlin and told the officials
of the foreign office of the success he
had had.
"They forbade him to publish it,"
the World story continues, "Then they
explained to him at some length that
even hint at possibilities so serious,
coming from one who had been the
emperor's guest, might throw the whole
world into the most disastrous war Of
all times. The attitude of these Off.
cials is said TO have been that the EN-.
peror was irresponsible when he gave
way to such fits Of temper"
Manuscript Butchered.
It is said that Or. Hale obeyed the
instructions Of the foreign office I'D
the preparation Of his interview, but
later, when the manuscript was sub
mitted to the high German OFFICIALS,
they are said to have so butchered 1t
that little that was worth while was
left
It was in this final form. according
to the World, that the article was ac'
cepted by tho Century. 1t was practi
cally ready for publication when the
request came from Berlin that even the
interview in its revised form be sup
pressed Then the electrotypes and all
copies of the interview were destroyed
before the public announcement that
the interview had been withdrawn was
made.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-Dr, William
Bayard Hale today issued the follow
ing statement;
II repudiste absolutely the story
which the New York World this morning
published purporting to tell what
passed at my audience with the German
emperor 1t is pure fabrication from
beginning to end, and | so declared to
the World reporter who showed it to
me before publication"