Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-20
Should France Know ALP

uO1l kllO" whether YOU Iulllh
it necessary to communicate the Sc
,cret clause Gid to France. 1t is
quite as you like, but I believe that
the other articles will retain her
from turning aside. Delcasse, I am
sure, will Immediately find out the
anti-congress tendency in the sense,
and, considering that he has already
opened negotiations between London
and Paris and with other powers for
the summoning of a peace congress-
for mediation, he will be placed il
certain difficulty. having to sui
denly break off his negotiations al
ready enhances (opened}.
DOUBTLESS the French would
much prefer any other grouping of
powers to that of the alliance OF
trois as in 1885, but the Russo~Ger-
man treaty once fact our combined
powers will exert a strong attrac-
ton on France, which you have al
ready foreseen in your telegram of
October 20 when you say: After the
arrangement is accepted by us
France is bound to join OF course,
it will be the work of your diplomacy
to make the necessary arrangements
with France, Germany in the mean
time remaining silently. standing be-
hind you. The democratic civilians
and Free Masons, Delcasse, Combes
, ct Gle, have as much to fear from
victory as front rout, and the mo-
ment they are aware that France
! would be unable to remain neutral
and under the necessity of choosing
sides, they will do all within their
power to restrain England from going
to war.
Last, not least, an excellent
expedient to cool British insolence
| and overbearing would be to make
some military demonstrations on the
Persian-Afghan frontier, where the
| British think you powerless to appear
| with troops during this war; even
should the forces at your disposal
| not suffice for a real attack of In
| dia itself they would do for Persia
which has no army-and a pressure
! on the Indian frontier from Persia
will do wonders in England and have
remarkably quieting influence on the
8, hot-headed jingoes in London. For
! 1 am aware and informed that this
is the only thing they are afraid Of
and thats the fear of your entry into
| India from Turkestan and into AT
| ghanistan from Persia was the real
and only cause that the guns of
| Gibraltar and of the British fleet
remained silent three weeks ago
| (when the Russian squadron passed..
The Indian frontier and Afghanistar
are the only part of the globe where
| the whole of her battle fleets are
oe no avail to England and where
their guns are powerless to meet the
invader. midas. loss is the death
| stroke to Great Britain.
| "This is how I hope that our treaty
will fulfill it's tasks to preserve the
peace of Europe. Should the revised
| draft and the motives submitted meet
! with your approval the signing can
be done Immediately. L expect that
Lambsdorff will receive your com
mards for the drawing up of formali-
| ties. God grant that we may have
| found the right way to hem in the
horrors of war and give his blessing
to our plans. Believe me, dearest
| Mickey, with best love to AliX, ever
your most affectionate cousin AMI
sincere friend,
WILLY"
(The kaiser's advice about demon
STATIONS on the Afghan frontier was
taken by the car. Troops were con-
ertrated there, causing alarm in
England, where it was believed Rus
| STA meant to recover some of the
prestige lost by the British T(betan
expedition. It is interesting to note
than Lenin now threatens to repeat
| the maneuver to influence England,l
The Kaiser Gets 3rusque
| Berlin, Dec. Z, 1904.-Dearest
| Nicky: The British government, as
| you will have seen in the English
| PRESS, seems to think the actual
| moment opportune for an action
against the provisioning of your Bal
tic fleet with COAL Under pretext
| that it is it's duty to maintain
| strictest neutrality it has forbid
| den the German vessels belonging Or
| chartered by the Hamburg-America
| line to leave British ports. My fears
Il wrote you long ago-that this
| would happen have at las~ come
true, and it is now incumbent upon
ne to take early steps to fix the at
titude Germany has to take up Wis
| avis of this action. 1" is far from
| NV intention to hurry you in your
| answer to my last remarks about
| your proposal anent our defensive
| treaty. But you will, 1 am sure, be
| fully alive to the fact thai L must
now have absolutely positive guarar-