The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-02
ROOSEVELT HAD
KAISER'S PLOT
LETTERS TO TREvELYAN GAVE
INTIMATE PEN PICTURE OF
FORMER EMPEROR OF GER
MANY.

germany, drawn by Colonel Roosevelt
AZ letter to Sir George Otto Treye-
yam In 1911, which shows him in the
hsht Of an "adorer" of England, ap-
pears In the March number of Serb
ners Magazine out tomorrow.
4 IS the concluding portion of Roose-
vets personal $4,000 word account Of
ms travels in Egypt and Europe fol-
rowing his return from his memorable
African hunting trip.
me former president wrote that
William agreed with him during the
course OF long interview at Potsdam
that war between England and Ger
many would be IAN unspeakable CAL
amity." The colonel said that Prince
Henry CT Prussia. of whom the then
kaiser was rather jealous" was "a
more really powerful and cold bIooded
man" than the emperor, and that OF
the two. he was the more hostile to
England
Referring to his visit to Berlin. fol-
loving deiightfui'' receptions in Bel
gium. Holland. Denmark. Norway and
sweden, the colonel wrote that the
German authorities and people showed
him every courtesy and civiiity. Dut
that, excepting the university folk.
they really did not want 20 see me-"
America, he said, was very unpopu-
lar in Germany. The upper classes re-
garded democracy. no said, as ''irrCEu-
Tar. unnatural and debasing. The lower
classes, on the other hand. were social
lists who regarded me as an enemy
rather than n friend. The middle class
looked upon me as a representative OF
an America which consisted OF bust
ness rivals whose rivalry was irri-
tating and obnoxious.
An interesting, sidelight on Won
Tirpitz, then the secretary of war, was
afforded by the coloneFs reference to
an interview with the man who later
inaugurated the ruthless submarine
warfare. Won Tirpitz. he said, was in
tensely interested in the voyage of
the American battle fleet around the
world. and he told the former presi-
dent that he had not belived I'VE could
do it successfully" adding that the
British naval and foreign offices had
felt the same way. He said he ex-
pected Japan would attack the fleet
while it was on it's way round
II told him." he wrote. that I had
not expected such an attack, but that
I had thought 1t possible; in other
words, that 1 thought the chances
were against it. but there was chance
for it. Ny point OF view at the time
the fleet sailed, was that IL the Japan
csc attacked il, it was a certain sign
that they were intending to attack US
at the first favorable opportunity.
II had been doing my best to be
polite to the Japanese and had finally
become uncomfortably conscious OF a
VERY. very slight undertone Of yelled
+ruculence in their communications in
connection with things that happened
w the Pacific slope. and finally
made up my mind that they thought
was afraid OF them.
Every particle Of trouble with the
ranancss government and the Japan
ase press stopped like magic as soon
al they found that our feet had ac-
tuaIiy sailed. and was obviously in
GOOD trim. As I tod Won Tfrpitz.
thought il a good thing that the
rapanese should know there were
fleets 81 the white races which
were Totally different from the fleet
W. poor Ro5estvenskw" Won Tirpitz
ana William. he said. told him that
they regarded the voyage % the fleet
a4 having done more for peace In
me orient than anything else that
could possibly have happened
other portions Of the colonel's let
ter 70 sir George TEEN with anecdotes
and reference to his association with
European royalties. The simple. un-
affected. democratic simplicity of the
rulers OF Norway impressed him
deeply. "At Christiania,~ he wrote.
we were taken at once to the palace"
where we stayed, and / could hardly
sneak too strongly OF King Haaken,
Queen Maud and little Olaf. They
we're dears: we were genuinely sorry
when we left them, TO think that we
could never see them again; il ever
Norway d, cides TO turn republic we
should love to have them come TO live
near Sycamore Hill.
Norway is as funny kingdom as
was ever imagined outside Of opera
houffe-although it isn't opera bouffe
al ALL. for the Norwegians are a fine,
serious powerful lot of men and
Uonen. But they have the most gem
,,ineiy democratic society to be found
in Europe: not excepting Switzerland:
there are only two or three states in
tba American union which are as real
aenocrs cies. They have no mobiles.
hardly even gentry; they are peasants
ana small wnspeople-farmers, sail
ors. fisher folk. mechanics and small
traders. on this community royal
family is suddenly pumped. 1t is much
as IL Vermont should offhand try the
experiment of having a king. Yet ii
certainly seemed as if the experiment
were entirely successful.