Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-28
Former Friend of HohenzoIIern
Makes Public Conversations
Which Took Place in Priv
acy of Royal Cabin,
SNEERED. AT CZAR'S
EFFORTS AT PEACE
Declared Wilhelm Claimed to
Hold Nicholas in Hollow Of
His Hand, but Was MiStak-
en- in the Man.
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Paris, Dec, 27.-Prince Albert OF
| Monaco has given to the Associated
! Press 4 remarkable letter he has ad-
! dressed TO former Emperor William,
which promises to rival the notable
! revelations made by Prince Lichnow-
| sky, German an bassador at London
| at the outbreak of the war
The letter gives toxtual many con-
! versations with the cX-emperor on
| his war projects and also a number
OF letters addressed to the prince az
My Dear Cousin" and signed Your
| HiGness, devoted friend and admirer
William l. r."
The conversation covers years of
! close intimacy during which Prince
Albert was a frequent guest of tho
emperor at Berlin and ISiel, and at
the emperor's summer palace ON the
Island of Corfu. The princes letter ITO
His Majesty William H." addresses the
former German ruler directly through
out as sire" It recalls their conver-
sations in which the emperor ex-
pressed his ideas for Germany's flu
ture and then gives the successive
steps in which he yielded to the mill
tary element
Explaining the purposes of his let
ter, Prince Albert writes:
Il speak with serenity after severn
! teen years of effort to enlighten you
upon the only path which would MAIN
tain he rival nations within the limits
OF justice and dignity and would re-
! unite IN peacc the interests Of France
| and Germany. ] speak with firmness
of soul and revolt against the specta-
Gle of the plot Of force to annihilate
la aud hnrnr all fha bna ~ fnfxr
cation and all the conquests OF man
over the brute.
ut was open to you to become the
greatest figure of all time IL you had
directed your power to repairing the
injustice weighing on Europe and
given your high authority to the ideals
of right. Justice and peace to- which
mankind now is eagerly turning. But
instead, you maintained the brutal
customs of "A military monarchy until
Germany, which could have won world
power based on civilization, has
dragged you down in its false ideas
and blind folly"
Recalling to, the ex-emperor their
conversations, the prince said
II was deeply impressed with the
talk I had with you when we In
augurated the observatory of Leden-
berg. When | condemned the mill
tarizng of a people as stunting ind-
vidual development YOU described to
me the advantages of such form of
national education outside its purely
military objects because as YOU said.
IT relieved men from the heaviness of
their bearing This was your concep-
tion of the principal end of a system
the application of which Is terrifying
the world. Today in the path of your
armies StFatEn tho uOarlgG pf
education, which betray your true end
or your profound error
Conversation of Yacht
Although YOU said to me one day
that 1t was not your right to take
certain action which would have con-
served world peace, yet you told me
on the yacht Meteor on June 2S. 1871,
in learning of the assassination OF
Archduke Ferdinand, now | must do
everything over again.
History will recognize in these
two manifestations of your conscience
the truth OF your responsibility for Il
deliberate war. In an interview had
with you on the same yacht on tho
morning of the same day noted GER
tain points disclosing your real pur-
poses. When | said to YOU that be-
lieved the majority of the French
supported the idea os "A rapproach-
ment with Germany you answered
me with unusual emphasis; Yes, but
we must hurry or else it win be too
late and other arrangements will be
necessary to establish the position OF
the nations of Europe. Here are the
Anglo -SaXons understanding their true
interests and trying to group them
selves in Joint protection against the
yellow races. Even this year Presi-
dent Wilson and ENGLAND have used
diplomatic language. They understand
also that there is nothing to do with
Germany than to accept her as she
is
After thus quoting the emperors
language Prince Albert adds
You afterwards talked at length
to convince me YOU had no bad senti-
ment toward France or any one. and
you remarked to mo that you might
have fallen upon Russia when she
was ruined bv her war with Japan.
and upon France when 300.000
French soldiers were N hospitals.
When answered you that Frances
pacific intentions were shown by the
tendency To reduce her military
forces. you had nothing more to say"
Predicted the War.
The prince then relates sensa-
tional conversation in which the ems
peror. pointing to q British squadron
visiting Kiel, foresaw the coming war,
THE transformation of your men-
tality became evident to me m June,
1gl4. when upon the deck of the
Hohenzollern at ktel YOU said TO me
with irritation as you saw the Eng
lish squadron come To salute YOU: Ii
they oblige me to make war the world
win see what it has never known he
fore.
Your mind seemed touched with a
last gleam Of foresight as these fero-
cious views took form Perhaps you