The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22
Absolutely Accurate and Authentic Synopsis. WILLIAM WANTED WAR - AND WANTED IT BADLY King Edward Had Humliated Him for Two Years.
  Suggested That An Alliance Between Germany and America Be Formed At An Early .Date--caIls England . Decadent
 Nation.
 

New York, Nov. 2f--What purports to be an absolutely accurate and authen- tic synopsis" of the interview obtained from Emperor William. of Germany, by pr. William Bayard Hale and subse- quently withdrawn just as 1t was about to appear in The Century Mag azine. is printed by The World today.
 The World declares that the article as originally written was submitted to pr. Hale, and that it appears today as changed by pr. Hale"
 The interview is said to have taken place on the imperial yacht Hohenzol- Tern, of Bergen. Norway, while pr. Hale was the Emperor's guest. The World summarizes the main points Of the Emperor's interview as follows:
 'sThat King Edward, of Great Britain, had been humiliating him for more than two years and that he was exasperat- ed; that Germany was the paramount power In all Europe, and that Eng land was trying to neutraltzs that power.
 That he held France in the hollow of his hand and that Russia was of no account since the disastrous war she had vkaged with Japan.
 That if the Pan-European war. which had been so much talked about. was inevitable, the sooner 1t came. the better for him, because ha was ready and was tired of the suspense.
 'sThat Great Britain had been a de- cadent nation ever since her victory over the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, because hers was an un- righteous. ungodly cause and Divine Judgment was bound eventually to overtake the powerful nation that waged such war.
 's,rhat the only way to counteract this alliance was for Germ ny and America to act togethsz at sarly Hate, or America would have
 the Japanese in ten months.
 That in the event of a great war, England would lose many of her large colonies. especially those in the Paciae, and that all he would take tor Ger many would be Egypt though he would libefate the Holy Land from the yoke of the tnfidel. presufnaoiy meaning the suasan: .sTSst .be perfees,, hfIof the zepps- ,,- ds<s.st,Ie hsiloone ezrt. sIa give Ger raanv e rovar4aii az tne in war and she was ready U nk pensai9 of 1t to the fullest extent"
 The World declares that Emperor William knew when he made these statements, that Dr. Hale was an American newspaper-man ana maga- zine writer, but nevertheless The statements were made without reserv- ation and no secrecy was imposed The interview had been favoFably arranged through the German Foreign Omce, N is said, and that at the conclusion Of the Interview, Dr. Hale returned fU Berlin and told high 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 a 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 time. The attitude of the onicials is said to have been that the Emperor was Irresponsible when hc gave way to such fits of temper"
 It Is said Dr. Hale oOeyed the instruc- tiosn of the Foreign once in the prep aration of his interview, but later. when the manuscript was submitted to the high German officials, they are said to have so butchered 1t chat little which was worth while was left.
 Tt was In his final torm." according to The World, that the article was ace cepted by The Century Magazine. 1t was practically ready for publication when the request came from Berlin that even the interview in its revised form be suppressed. Then the electrotypes and all copies of the interview were de- stroyed before the public announce ment that the interview had been with. drawn was made.