Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-27
THE WILLY-NICKY LETTERS

: fortune to be able to help you to
secure that charming and accom-
pIished angel who is now your wife.
The "reminiscences of April, 1894,
were also felt by the others, and
from that cause they all agreed that
we should send you the telegram you
will have got. | venture to trust
that 1 did not say or promise then
anything that you have not after
wards found in your matrimonial
life May Gods blessing be on you
both, especially in the next month
when you are going to be crowned
under the adIuiring assistance OF the
world. [ thank you most heartily
for your kind letter you sent me
through Werder the day l left for
the Mediterranean. He was so hap
py over his lstay in Petersburg, hav-
ing seen so many well-known faces.
| quite agree with what you say in
the end of your letter about the Brit
ishers. their fanfarI Onades against us
make them supremacy ridiculous, and
make no impression on me. The
worse they are hampered in Africa,
the better Cor us in Asia. Now good
by, Dear Nicky, best love to AliX.
Godspeed from your affectionate
cousin and friend,
WILLY"
(The kaiser was in Coburg to at
tend the marriage of the Princess
Alexandra Victoria of the house of
SaXe-Coburg and Gotha to Ernest,
prince of observation-disclosures The
princess was the cousin of the czar,
daughter of Grand Duchess Marie,
of Russia, who had married Duke
Alfred, of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
and sister of the present Queen
Maria, of Roumania. The kaiser
had taken a decided stand against
! British Influence in the TTansVaal,
preceding the Boer war. The let
ter discloses his object IS to ham,
per the British in Africa as much as
possible so as to profit by it in
Asia.)
Explains Treatment of Bismarck
"Litzlingen, Nov. II, 18SG.--Dear-
est Nicky: Vladimir is SO kind as
to take these lines with him to hand
them over to you and will also be
the bearer of my warmest 'Grusse'
(regards). 1 am glad you are safe
home again and that the brilliant
tour you made through Europe has
not tired you too much.
'I am deeply sorry for the awful
it is a coup solely aimed against
me ACKNOWLEDGMENT repre-
sents a breach OF loyalty to your
government, and casts a SUR on the
memories of my beloved grandfather
as well as on that of your beloved
father. I have already instructed
my uncle the chancellor, how to
speak in parliament and hope you
will be satisfied with the manner
in which the whole reasonable af-
fair is treated. 1 suppose that by
this last stroke of the prince and
by the shameless way he is treat
ing me in his press-especially try
ing to make the people believe that
1 was and still am under English
influence-the clearer heads will be-
gin to understand that 1 had reasons
to send this unruly man with his
mean character out of office. [ place
implicit faith in the hopes that you
will kindly trust me as you did till
now and that nothing has or can
change between us two since We an
vladimir has come from Paris with
the best impression that all is quiet
there, which 1 can corroborate from
the reports of my ambassador who is
on the best of terms with the gov
eminent and is quite full of admira-
ton for the capabilities and sangfroid
of HanotauX. The latter l hear is
rather nervous about Turkey, but as
l have heard nothing alarming from
there l suppose there is no real
cause. He, l hear, is strongly OPP
posed to any conference about Tur-
key, and in that is perfectly right
+ Joint Action on Leprosy
''On our frontier in Lithuania we
have discussed and have localized
several cases of leprosy. Some peo-
pie have brought the infection over
from the next places in the Baltic
provinces. l consequently have or
dered hospital to be built at Meme,
TO place the poor wretches in it. The
illness is a terrible one, and very
catching, and L propose to you
whether our frontier provincial au-
thorities could not combine in watch
ing and looking for cases, by com
bining some doctors for medicine su-
pervision?
1--WE have had magnificent sport
and fine weather and were very glad
to see vladimir here in his old place
With best love to Alix, your affec-
ton friend and cousin.
WILLY
(Prince Bismarck, first chancellor
OF the empire, who was deposed by
the kaiser, began series of news
paper revelations in the fall of 1916
disclosing the existence of a secret
treaty between Russia and Germany
from 1884 to 1890, which assured the
neutrality Of Russia in the event
Of a German war with France and
the neutrality of Germany in the
event Of Austrian aggression against
Russia. The German chancellor was
Prince one-Schillingsfuer
who succeeded Caprivi and remained
in office until 1900. M. HanotauX
was the French minister of foreign
affairsl
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