The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28

Paris. December 27,-Prince Albert of Monaco has given the Associated Press a rema rkable letter he has ad- dressed to, former. Emperor William, which promises to rival the notable revelations made by Prince Lichnow- sky, German ambassador at London at the outbreak of the war, and Dr. Meuhlon, the former Krupp director,
 The letter gives textually many conversations with the ex Emperor on his war projects and also number of letters addressed to the prince as sMy Dear Cousin and Your High ness" and signed Devoted Friend" Cousin and Admirer, William I. R. z
 The conversation covers years of close intimacy during which Prince Albert was frequent guest of the Emperor at Berlin and Kiel. and at the Emperors summer palace on the Island of Corfu. The princess letter 'sTo his majesty. William H." ad- dressed the former German ruler di- xectly throughout as Sir" It recalls their conversations in which the Elm peror expressed his ideas for Ger manys future welfare. and then gives the successive steps in which he yielded to the military element.
 FUTILE EFFORTS
 Explaining the purposes of his let ter, Prince Albert writes
 T speak with sincerity after 1T years of effort to enlighten you upon the only path which would maintain the rival nations within the limits of justice and dignity and would reunite in peace the interests of France and Germany, l speak with nrmness of soul in revolt against the spectacle of the plot of force to annihilate law and honor. all the beauties of civilization and all the conquests of man over the brute.
 Tt was left open to you to becoms the greatest figure of all time if you had directed your power to repairing the injustice weighing upon Europe and giving your high authority to the ideals of right. justice and peace to which mankind now Is eagerly turn ing. But instead you maintained the brutal customs of a military monarchy until Germany, which could have won world power. based on civilization, haa dragged you down in It's false ideals and blind folly"
 DEEPLY IMPRESSED
 Recalling to the ex-Emperor their cOnyerSaTlonS, the prince says.
 T was deeply impressed with the talk had with you when we inaugurated the Observatory of Ledenberg. When l condemned the militarizing of a people as stunting individual development you described to me the advantages of such a form of national education outside it's purely military objects. because, as you said, 1t relieved men from the heaviness of the bearing. This was your concep- ton of the principle end of a system the application of which is terrifying the world. Today in the path of your armies are strewn the marks of this education which betrays your true end, or your pro- found error.
 Although you said to me one day that 1t was not your right to take 8 certain action which would have conserved world peace, yet you told me on the yacht Meteor on June 2S. 1914. In learning of the assassination of Archduke Ferdi- nand, Now I must do everything over again
 ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE
 History will recognize in these two manifestations of your conscience the truth of your responsibility for delib- crate war. In an interview I had with yuu on the same yacht on the morning of the same day I noted certain points disclosing your real purposes.
 When I said to you that I believed the majority of the French supported the idea of a rapproachment with Ger many, you answered me with unusual emphasis:
 Yes, but we must hurry or else it
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