New-York tribune., 1917-12-18
Kaiser Interview KILLED
To Postpone World War

nevertheless. published in Mr. Punt
zer's New York World
"What Wilhelm Cthe German
Kaiscr). according 20 the report sara
10 the clergyman. who. IS aiso
writer. sounds incredible AZ hre.'
Listen Ny her alliance with japan
England has become untrue 10 W '
cause Of the white race, ana WIZ
therefore. have TO suffer in the near
future. The war for the iutuIe
mastery of the Pacific Ocean u.s. u"-
avoidablc. When the bloody icnt ne
tween Japan and the United ''a1cs
begins. England must MAKE ''l
choice. If she remains true 10 hei
alliance and fights for the yeioW5
she will be hated by the white world
and lose her colonies. at least those
i'm America. That Australia ana Now
Zealand will not make common cause
with her may. be seen from thc Idct
that the fleet with the stars ana
Stripes had been invited when ~ calIed
at their tAustralia's and New Iea-
land's) ports. The wild Indignation
of the Japanese. in case they are leit
i'm the lurch by England, will fan the
sparks still glimmerlng IN INDIA.
There is pile Of proclamatlons kept
ready al Toxic. and a revolution
would be brought about within a rev
weeks. The British will not be
shared this dangerous choice. And
thcv who. like Germany, suffer from
British insolence, or who, Ike VIII
lam lthc German kaiser), have been
avoided by King Edward for two
years. must wish that the decision
will not be delayed too long. The
German Empire is in accord with the
United States. Both will fight, with
the assistance Of the Mahometans,
who will for this emergency be
armed with German rifles. and are
drilled By German officers. the Anglo
japanese coalition, force 1t on IT'S
knees. and enter into an alliance with
China. the territory of which shall
be inviolable and open to all ma
tions. Germany demands to be re-
warded with Egypt and the right 20
take away the Holy Land from the
Turks. Then there will be no yellow
danger and Europe will be spared
the terrors of British hegemony.
The people who have made the mean,
infamous war on the Beers are
threatened by Gods anger. When the
British Lion is tanned it will be easy
for Germany to bring about an
understanding with France. Great
Britain is a decayiug empire, and her
King Arrows are pouring
down on Edwards head"
"All made out Of whole cloth, they
say at Berlin. William has never ut
tered one word of such or a similar
meaning. The semi-officials say so;
the Chancellor repeats the denial
with very much emphasis. Such IS
the order Of his duty. And England
is thankful that he so promptly does
his duty and thereby spares the
{ British Foreign Office the disagree
able necessity of demanding from
Berlin an Interpretation of the un-
friendly act. But is it really moth
ing but fiction. although the fac
simile Of the handwriting and cor
rections by Mr.. Hale were published
in Pulitzer's newspaper, with CIR
cufation of a million? There is no
body who believes such contention
. lS true.
Nobody capable Of judging doubts
that the interview was correctly re-
ported-not even Mr.. Stead, the
apostle Of world peace. Patriotism
Vas strong enough to cause us 10
make a denial. But
Mr. Hale has put down the essentials,
no matter how loudly they complain
of falsehoods, for good reasons.
There are too many people, also too
many in Germany, who found such
opinions, expressed nearly IN the
same words, on Williams lips.
And the time is too serious for
the narrow art Of denials. The time
is too pregnant with growing dis
aster. Wortley and Etienne, Bender
and Hale. Every one Of them moth
ing but a symptom of the same NAL
ady! Such is the life Of the German
Empire, since twenty years