Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-27
By FREDERICK w. WILL.

London, Dec. 22.-Early in JunA 1908.
I received Il call in the Berlin Office OF
the Daily Mail from Or. William Bay
ard Hale, who ut That time was literary
editor of the New York Times. He had
come to Germany as a special CORES
pondent. Il had represented the DAILY
Mail In Berlin for TWO years and had
been correspondent Of several American
newspapers for four or five years be-
fore"
Hale. O. aNrtving in Berlin, found that
the nper had just left on his an
nual yachting cruise to the Norwegian
fiords. He found. however, that he
could prcfitably employ his time in Der
lin by invoking the good offices of two
Prussian dignitaries whom he had met
at the dedication of the Carnegie lnsti-
tute In Pittsburg General Won Lowen-
field. commanded OF a Prussian guard
corps, and Privy Councillor Won lime,
court architect.
Met Kaiser on Yaont.
Both these men We're cTonies of the
kaiser. Lowenflcld was not a factor in
the war party, being What was known
in Betlm as Il salo general.
After a few days delay. it was ar
ranged through Lowenfield n lime
that Hale should proceed to Norway
for an Interview with the emperor. The
interview was granted on the evening
of July 10.
Six days later Faia returned from
Norway and gave me the first mixing of
The sensational! u~tLerances of The war
lord. To the best of my recollection,
he summarized his story thus:
The talk at dinner in the imperial
The kaiser explained to me that we
Should have d real chat on deck after
dinner. SO it was, / walked up and
down with him for the better part of
W. hours. that is we we're walking all
the time except in those moments
sudden to hammer on some point by
standing at the rail and pounding it
with his fist.
times l could hardly believe my
ears. the man now and then
woul6 "a When he talked about
England, he was simply ferocious. He
snapped out ca~stiSation after caStlga
ton on his peilidious cousins" gesti-
cu!ating wildly and deriving fresh
energy from his lncessant outbursts
II from the cigarets he smoked on
~tinuously lighting one from another.
\ have not the slightest doubt that
If | dared publish what the kaiser tOld
me, there would be war between Ger
many and England tomorrow morning
The newly formed AnSlo-Japanese
alliance seemed to be particularly on
the !saiser's nerves. He said England
had sold the White race by joining
hands with the yellow masters OF the
east. He harped ficrceiy on the yellow
peril and assured me that it was up tC
America and Germany between them
to shield the white civilization.
The kaiser declared that Germany
would not be found unready for a CLASH
with Britain, and that the latter would
get many surprises. For one thing, he
said. Germany had very comprehen-
Cyrnl,- nrr,a n iunl cnIifirn iva India ntf
there would be an uprising there which
would Wrest that priceless jewel from
B~rlttannla'S diadem."
Story Was Suppressed.
IF nay recollection serves me cor
rectly. it was I1ale's intentions to cable
the interview to New York at ono "
the German-American cable (Emden.
Acres. But for many reasons, witt
which | vas never fully acquainted
Hale received instructions from Will
lam c. Reick, then foreign news man.
aser and part proprietor Of the New
York Times. not to send the interview
Eale received $4,000 for suppressinl
the article.
Hale's interview was: quashed behind
the kaiser's back in much the same cir
cunlstances as his celebrated telegram
to President Wilson on August 10, 1914
communicated through Ambassador
Gerard, was suppressed. In both in
stances high diplomatic and military
influences were set to work to keeI
from the public imperial indiscretion
liable to interfere with or checkmatt
Germany's important diplomatic. ant
military scher1ings.-
The German war party was not ye'
ready In midsummer. 1905, when Will
lain II unburdened himself to III,
American journalist. to give effect tt
the emperor's expressed threats agains
the British empire.
1t suited the war party's book IA
better thai the kaiser should proceed
to Highclif!e castle. England. as he die
q few weeks later. and there. In tn,
famous interview subsequently pub
lished in the Daily Telegraph. dilate il
persuasive accents IN his favorit
theme-his unquenchable fondness 70
Britain and the British.
William G.. Reick, who received tn
Order of the Prussian crown 500 aft
erSard. has not been associated witt
the Times since December. 1911.