Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31

~ suffered Il part iCularly Niruicnt dis
charge from tho ucichborhcod of tho
ear.
On this occasion had no speech with
him. and 1T MAS not until the year
1901. when WAS the guest for
couple OF days OF Baron Won Wmdhcim.
his obcr hofmarshal, at wilhclmshole.
III LasIcl. that We had our next talk.
The baron and were walking in the
grounds OF tho castle when VIC came
upon two dachshuuds. His Majcs-
~ cannot hc far Of said the baron,
and almost immediately We met the
Kaiser. Tho baron formally presented
me. and recalled our conversation
on the IIohcuzollcrn. Ills Majesty re-
mcmbcrrd il. and 9traiEhtway attacked
the question. whicn was evidently up
pcr,nost in his mind. Of Morocco and
our relationship with France.
WHY SuOiI.D MEDITEuRtNEAN
UE REt. <RDED As BRITISH LAKE:
- must 500 to it" he exclaimed.
that our sphere IS developed properly
on the Northwest African Coast.
Mother France nor Spain Is doing any
thing with 1t. and our EaS; and South
west At-iyau colonies ara scarcely
suitable for our purposes. Why should
the Mediterranean TIC regarded rs Il
British lake.
TOOK upou myself TO point out that
il was not regarded. at least by us,
that all nations had IA free right of
way there and that each succeeding
year showed a wonderful growth OF
German shipping passing through it.
rom tho Levan; ports. through the
bardaucllcs 20 the Black Sea. fur
thor Indicated. there was an annual
increase 1t German commerce. and
congratulated Ills Majesty upon the
fact that Ills poodle seemed To bc Tak
ing the most Of opportunities in those
regions which we had recently been
prone 10 neglect.
All. the DardaIc!lcs." Ills Majesty
calculated. They mus; be inteTna-
tionalizcd. hut they cannot help being
Gcrmanizcd III the course OF our East
crn policy. and this viii hc all to tho
good Of my ally in Vienna and the
Balkan states generals"
The point could not fail TO strike me
very shrcwdlI, as this WAS the first
time the Kaiser had made mention of
Austria Hungary or its aged mon
arch. whom he appeared TO think he
had veritably lin his pocket" We
parted, and having made my adicux
to tho obcr hofmarschal returned
TO Berlin during the afternoon.
At the Hotel der ;,aiscrhof. on Will
hcimplatz. where | was staying, l had
plenty OF occasions TO consider and
discuss with others those excursions
of tho Kaiser. BY some OF my friends
either British or American, they were
not taken seriously; by others, and
Endorsed their opinions. they were re-
garded as a sign Of a coming peril
and althugh during each succeeding
year | did what was in me TO insure
peace. was less surprised than stag
gcrcd by the provoking display with
which the naval bill was introduced in
1865.
our reply" said very wcil-known
diplomatist to me recently, should
have been 10 threaten to blow tho
ships out of the water. !, might have
prevented this war. but our policy was
altogether pusi!lanimous at the time
DO you think that the Germans would
have put UP with such 4 clustering
menace from us as was implied in that
bin and its consequences"
think not indeed. in the light Of.
later events, l am sure not.
When a long time afterwards I found
myself at Nie! | could not fail 10
remember my talks with the Kaiser.
The canal had been greatly developed
since ! was there on former occasions
and il was not by accident completely,
perhaps, that met several members
of "a little known but very effective
Tcutonic organization known as
"Schcrasia."
MADE FI,EQUENT TRIPS
IN FJORDS OF NORWAY
The Kaiser was presently off for
another OF his cruises In the fjords of
Norway--a healthy, happy and small
kingdom of acricul;urists, woodmcu
and sailors, which he thought he held
in the hollow OF his strong right hand
And can remember him on one of
his visits landing III the capita!
OF Christiania and instructing his
chamberlain 20 throw from tho carrio Z, n