The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-22

copyright 3ala BY Universal Serv
lCopxr1ght in Great Britain and -Hol-
land.
Rotterdam Dec 21.--iTcre is the
second part Of the new chapter Of
the now famous Book of Revela-
tions'' compiled for the German Re
publican, government by Karl Kaut-
sky. socialist leader and a member
of the Reichstag. It contains Il
great number of additional marginal
notes written by the former kaiser on
important state documents in the days
Immediately preceding the outbreax
of the great war. These random
notes show the former war lord in all
his irnpulsiveness
Appended to these marginal notes
In the full text OF the letter Prince
Henry of Prussia sent TO the KAISER.
telling the latter Of his talk with
| George" meaning King George V.
When Pourtales, German ambasss
dor at Petrograd. on July 81, reported
conversation with Sasonoff. the Rus
SIAN foreign minister. who said that
London viewed the Austrian adven-
ture with great concern. the kaiser
wrote on the margin:
HE Is mistaken"
Nothing apparently could shake
Emperor William from this belief.
Any suggestion that Great Britain
expected him to adopt more concila-
tory policy only served to enrage him
Az witness the kaiser's anuotations
upon report received from Prince
Iichnowski, German ambassador in
London on July 22:
Sir Edward Grey" wrote Lich-
| nowsky. Il am informed confiden-
| TALLY will tell Count MensdorT
| austrian arnbassador) tomorrow tho
| British government will use it's IN d.
/ ftuence in making Serbia accept the
Austrian demands. provided they are
to be toned down and viii recogn.z e
the independence Of the Serbia n
state. That is not for him. to de-
eide. That is Il matter for His Ma
1esty. Emperor Francis Joseph an
! notated the kaiser on the report
| Grey expected Sasonoff to sim
fairy use his influence with Serbia
/ But this attitude would be presup-
~ sed upon Vienna not making any
unfounded charges a la F'riedjung
and on the assumption that the Aus
I tro-Hungarian government would be
able 10 prove beyond doubt the direct
! connection between the murder OF
Sarajevo and political circles at Eei-
grade tIs their business annotated
the kaiser)
1T al depends upon the wording
of the note TO he issued at Vienna and
the result of the present investigation.
But solely ON the strength of friv-
, olous assertions, t'What is frivolous
! How dares Grey TO use such n word
gentleman commented the kaiser.
II would be Impossible TO make re-
! ruonstrances at Belgrade
In the meantime ] am endeavoring
| to have them consent to an uncond :
tional acceptance OF the Austrian dc
nlands, in view OF Austria being en-
titled To satisfaction and security
against continuance of permanent
unrest even II Serbia's dignity cdoes
not exist, noted the emperor) shout 1
not be left wholly immaculate.
/ Here I suppose our efforts In Vienna
have been successful in suppressnr: de
mnnds tina, could not possibly be
realized. Mote by kaiser. why should
I do that None OF my business, what
does that mean. impossible to realize -
Those fellows are murderous propa-
eandists ard deserve TO be humbled
This is q nonstrous piece of British in
science. II is not my province, after
the manner OF Grey, to give orders TO
his majesty the emperor as to how he
should guard his honor.'"}
4 Dr. Van Jagow, the German foreign
port: Your maiesty's am basrador has
been instructed 10 curb his tongue. He
/ should say we did not know the Aus
TRAN demands. but considered them in
ternal questions for Austria Hun gary
to decide and for US not to interfere
with"
SERBIA BAND or BANDITS.
This caused the ,kaiser TO write the
following:
Correct: This must be told 10 Grey
very plainly and seriously 80 he will
| see that I do not intend TO be trifled
with, Grey makes the mistake to place
Serbia on the same level with Austria
and other great powers.
| '~That is unheard Of Serbia Is band
Of bandits who must be punished for
their crimes. shall rot interfere with
! anything the kaiser tFrancis Joseph
'.nself has the sole right to decide.
4 expected this telegram and am
-nriscd at all. Truly British way
~ ~g and condescendingly COM
nlt3 Qttitude which I want you
! to res
! This W ""av the kaiser courted
british neus '1mments Kautsky
ON the 24th ''chnowsky sent
another report. -"atly reused
the kaiser. Iichnov 'e:
"Sir Edward Grey ott lie ago
asked me to call. He was con-
cerned over the Austrian not. Itch
h. said. surpassed all he ever had ST. y
Before. lie told me he had not heard
from Petrograd as yet. and did not
know the way the note had been re-
ceived there. He doubted very much
whether the Russian government could
anord 10 ask Serbia TO sccept the Aus
TRAN demands Internationally.
ANY state accepting demands Of that
sort would cease to be an independent
state. ('That would he very desirable
Serbia is no state In the European
sense but merely "A band OF bandits
noted the kaiser,)
"it would ne difrirult FIR him sir