The Washington herald., 1917-07-29

man emperor Formofly the Kaiser
treated him with III disguised con-
tempt, as an adventurer who had the
impertlnence to replace the German
Prince Alexander OF Battenberg a.
Sonia"
can relate an incident to bear out
this statement on the authority Of
member Of the British court who
witnessed Il. Ferdinand was talking
earnestly to Col Roosevelt In a cor
ridor OF Buckingham Palace at the
time OF King Edwards funeral sud-
denly the Kaiser walked brusquely up,
took Rooseyelts arm and marched
him away without q word to Ferdi-
nand. who was in the middle Of a
sentence and who turned purple with
rage. The rest Of the anecdote, though
irrelevant to this story, is too good
not to tell. "Col Roosevelt" said the
Kaiser with imperial oondescenslon,
IT want to have a long talk with you,
and I can give you half an hour at 1
o'clock this afternoon"
Roosevelt RetOrts to Kaiser.
II shall be delighted to see you at
4 o'clock" replied the Colonel, grim
ming amiably, land / can give you
just ten minutes.",
king Ferdinand" went on M.
Reinach's informant, has conceived
re-arrangement Of international al
llances. Germany must consent, he
says, to the Instrumentation Of Al
sace-Lorraine, and consent to Just In
IDENTITIES. Belgium must receive
equitable compensation and be recon-
stituted In her pre-war integrity. The
Rhenish provinces will become a neu-
trail state like Belgium and swltzer-
land. Italy will have Trieste and the
Trentino.
"A vast Danubian confederation will
be formed OF Germany, Austria, Hun
gary, Serbia. a Croatian- Serbian prin-
clpality, a kingdom OF Bohemia, Ru-
mania with the addition of the
Dobrudja and Macedonia. This was
the dream OF Louis Kossuth, the great
Hungarian popular leader The con-
federation will be founded on the
model of the ancient German con-
federation, and It will have an elected
emperor.
1.-The Kingdom Of Poland will be re-
established as before the first parti-
tion, except that the Baltic Iittoral
will remain Prusslan. Poland will have
an Austrian arChduke as king. As
compensation for Alsace-Lorraine,
Germany will receive Livonia and
Courland. Russia will thus pay for
the war, and OF course the Russian
monarchy will be re-established under
a prince chosen by Germany.
Would Head Federation.
Il need not add that Ferdinand sees
himself Emperor or President of this
Danubian Confederation, with carte
blanche with regard to Constantinople
You may bring forward a thousand
objections 20 this plan. and Ferdinand
may multiply denlals, but 1 assure
you that he fondles this dream as
often as he fondles his Jewels, and
that IL all the details are not rigidly
settled. his one fixed idea is to be ar
bitter Of a peace based on the weaken
ing OF Russia. the one great hatred
of his tortuous life."
NJ. Reinach says his comment on
this scheme was as follows: The
principle for which the allies are
lighting Is the free choice Of free
peoples. Ferdinand's plan is a salad.
He has mixed up the most contra
dictory ideas according to his fantasy
and his own personal antIpathies. He
ignores the principles bon OF legiti-
macy and of rights of nations I
mean by this that he ignores these
as he ignored his first false oath. He
showered the basest batteries on Rus
STA, but as he received nothing but
insults in return. the idea OF a peace
concluded at the expense OF Russia
appeals to him as a means OF re-
venge. This completes the picture
Of this arch-imposter."