Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-13
Copyright, 1920, by the Chicago
Daily News Foreign Service.

Daily News Foreign Service.
Toward the end Of 1904 the Ger
man kaiser had so far wormed him
self into the confidence Of the Rus
sian car that he could propose a
treaty Of alliance, in which Russia
and Germany pledged themselves to
come to the aid of each other when
attacked by g. European pc Ier. AZ
the same time the kaiser attempted
to bring France into the orbit Of
German-Russian politics and wear
her away from England. France he
actually regarded as a possible party
to the treaty. The letters Of this
Ieriod are full Of meat for the his
torian, the student Of internationa!
politics and all who seek more de-
tailed information on the genesis OF
the war of 1914.
The kaiser wants to keep friendly
with the United States because he
believes that America is antagonis-
tic to Japan. He wants to win
France over to cooperation with
Germany through the fact that
France is allied with Russia. There
Is a chuckle for Clemenceau, the
victor, in the letter of October 80 In
NIlCu LILO hdlSSI uSSCI1pSS IIIII DIS
part Of the tag, rag and bobtaiI"
element in France.
The kaiser wants Nicholas to or.
der the Russian warships in the
the Black sea to steam straight
through the Dardanel1es, thereby
raising the Dardanelles restrictions,
which had been so strongly support
ed by England in the past, and de-
flying England. But the kaiser
warns 'Niclky" to keep mum about
the plans. The kaiser's suggestion
was not carried out.
The North sea incident was the
firing on British fishing boats by
the Baltic squadron of Admiral
Rosdestvensky, while on its way to
the far east. The squadron mistook
the fishing vessels for g. hostile
fleet. The letters were copied in
Moscow by Isaac Don Levine, staff
correspondent of The Daily News.
They follow:
"stealn Through the Dardanelles."
Hubertushoehe, Oct. 10. 1904
Dearest Nicky: In order to lose no
time I at once telegraphed to- you,
after having seen Shebeko. am much
touched by all the kind message
you sent me through him, and /
see by them that your faith in my
loyalty is mistaken. It will in
deed simplify matters vastly, now
that Alexajew has been recalled. One
general who mas the absolute COM
mand and control Of all the troops
III Manchuria will, 1 am sure, an
swer better to all the requirements
Of the war. Kouropatkine is, it
Low io
and they place full faith in him.
final success.
''Shebeko informed me of your in
tention to send the Black Sea fleet
out, also in conjunction with tho
Baltic fleet, and asked me to express
my opinion about this plan. I con-
fess that long since I have been ex-
pecting this plan to be executed. 1t
is sound military idea and will en-
sure victory. AS to the best man
ner of proceeding. I have, after ripe
ly maturing the question, and after
having taken information, come to
the following conclusion: The best
plan would be to silently and quiet
Iy prepare the fleet for its destina-
ton; not to breathe word about
your intention t. anybody and any
other power. Then at the moment
you think right, calmly and proudly
steam through the Dardanelles. The
su{tan-as we both know for GER
tain-will not offer the shadow OF
resistance, and once you are out, we
all shall be Wis a Wis of a fait accom-
pi Can accomplished acD, which we
all shall quitely accepE. I have not
the slightest doubt that England will
accept it, too, though the press may
tune and rage and their squadrons
steam about a little, as they often
do in the Mediterranean. But they
won't stir in earnest when they see
that the rest of the powers remain
quiet. The main point is that it must
happen quite suddenly and unawares
and take the whole world by sur
Prise, without letting the secret out
beforehand Here everything shah
be kept absolutely mute.
with your approval, I shall sign
an order appointing Lamsdorf to
your suite. attached to your person.
Ecu will kindly do the same with
SEebeko.
ever your affectionate,
BEST love to ~Alix. WILLY"
Treaty Ia Drawn Up
"Neues, Paiais, Oct. 80, 1904-My
dear Nicky: Your kind telegram has
given me the pleasure to feel that I
was able to be of some use to you
in a serious moment. I have, at once
communicated with the chancellor
and we both have secretly-without
informing any other person-drawn
up the three articles of the treaty
you wished. Be it as YOU saw Let
us stand together. Of course, the
alliance will be purely defensive, ex-
clusively directed against European
aggressor or aggressors, in the form
of mutual fire insurance company
against incendiarism. 1t is very es-
sential that America should not feel
threatened by our agreement. Roose-
welt, as I know, owing to the innate
American dislike to all colored races,
has no special partiality for japan,
although England does her utmost
to work upon American feeling in
favor of the Japanese. Besides the
Americans have a clear perception
of the indisputable fact, that a pow
erful Japanese empire is a lasting
danger to the American Philippines.
France Remains Neutral
AS for France, we both know,
that the radicals and anti Christian
parties, which for the moment are
the stronger ones, incline toward
England, old Crimean traditions, but
are opposed to war, because a VIC
torious general would mean certain
destruction to this republic of mis-
cradle civilians. The nationalist or