Evening star., 1920-01-07
KAISER COND0[ES
WITH RUSS CAR
Germans Grief for Alexander
Cited as Proof of Monarchi-
cal Instinct.
Copyright. 1920.


Copyright. 1920.
AS previously announced. Isaac Don
Levine, who recently returned to this
country from soviet Russia, brought
back from Moscow copies of seventy
three letters written by William ii
of Germany to Nicholas ii of Russia.
Ihe kaiser wrot~ in English, the
language usually spoken by the Rus
sian imperial family. This is a com
rlete series. extending from the time
the cZar succeeded his father on the
throne of the Romanoffs in the fall
of 1894 to the outbreak of the great
war in 1914. The series, which is of
authenticated both in Moscow and
by the investigation of experts in
London Two of the early letters
OF the series are presented below.
dolence written by the kaiser to
Nicholas on the death of his father
Szar Alexander, in which the writer
lauds the ''monarchical instinct" of
the German people.
When Gar Alexander Died.
Neues Palais (Potsdam), Novem-
ber s. 1894
My dear Nicky: The heavy and re-
sponsible task for which Providence
had destined you has come upon you
with the suddenness of surprise.
through the so unexpected and un-
timely death of your dear lamented
father. These lines are to express
my fullest and warmest sympathy
with you and your AliX and your
poor distressed mother. can well
understand the feelings which must
have agitated your heart in witnessing
the ebbing away of the life of your
father, as his illness and sudden passing
away was SO very like my own dear
papa S. with whose character and kind
gen:ality the late cZar had so many like
nesses. My prayers to God for you and
your happiness are unceasing. May
heaven comfort you in your grief and
give you strength for your heavy duties.
and may long and peaceful reign give
YOU the opportunity of looking after the
welfare of your subjects.
The sympathy and real grief at the
so untimely end of your lamented
father in my country will have shown
YOU how strong the monarchical in
stinct is and how Germany feels for
You and your subjects. AS formerly
you will always find me the same in
undiminished friendship and love to
YOU. What our politica; ideals are
we both know perfectly and / have
nothing to add to our last conversa-
ton in Berlin. l only can repeat the
expression of absolute trust in you
and the assurance that l shall always
cultivate the old relations of mutual
friendship with your house, in which
l was reared by my grandfather, and
some examples of which l was so glad
to give to your dear papa in these last
six months of his reign, and which
am happy to hear were fully appre-
ciated by him.
Could Not Attend Funeral.
would have come myself to pray
with you at the funeral but l have
so much to do with administration
at home that it is impossible. Henry
VIII be the bearer of my messages;
Gen. Won Plessen, commandant of my
headquarters; Lieut.. Col. Won Moltke
my aid-de-camp. and Gen. Won Viii
laume, your old friend, will accom-
pany him on board his ship to Kron-
stadt. At the same time by land Col.
Won Saussin of the Kaiser Alexander
Guard Grenadier Regiment will re-
port himself to you as the new chief
regiment of hussars 1 have given
your name. of which they will be i'm
mensely proud. In the first-named
guard regiment the person of the late
czar was always highly venerated, and
last Monday the whole corps of it's of
fcers and the four colors of the regi
nal Joined their prayers with mine 1t
the chapel of the Russian embassy at
Berlin. Now, dearest Nicky. goodbye.
God bless and protect you and dear
Alix and give you happiness in your
new married life. That is the warm
wish of your most affectionate and
devoted friend and cousin.
WILLIAM
nicholas II succeeded as cZar by
the death of his father. Alexander III.
November l. 1894. Henry is Prince
Henry of Prussia. the kaiser's brother,
who frequently acted as personal rep
resentative of the kaiser The custom
of giving honorary command of regi-
ments to crowned heads of foreign
lands was universal among monarchs
for centuries. This is one of the few
letters signed William" instead of
''Willy.D
Kaiser Suggests an Ambassador.
Potsdam, January 5. 1895. My dear
Nicky: Your kind letter which Knor-
ring brought to me involved very in
teresting but very sad news. l am
very thankful for your explanation
and fully understand the motives
which prompt you to decide about
Count Schouvaloff. In the same time
l can assure you that 1 am deeply
grieved at losing excellent Paul, who
was the only ambassador at Berlin
with whom I was on really intimate
terms, and who was an '"ami intime"
to me as far as non-German could
claim such name. l will miss him very
much indeed. He fully deserves the
eulogies you gave him in your re-
script. and the near and intimate
relations of our courts and people
could not have been better looked
after than by him. 1 hope ands trust
that the person whom you are going
to select to replace him will be able
to carry on the work in the same
manner and with the same truthful
ness and openness of character like
Schouvaloff; as the relations of our
two countries rest traditional
bases. quite other than those with
other nations, and are of command
ing influence on the whole of the
world. At your dear fathers express
wish, 1 replaced Schwenitz by Wer-
der; if 1 could at the same time ex-
press wish, it would be that you
choose either Pahlen, Richter or
Staal as requirements if possible.
Now let me wish you a happy New
Year at the side of that dear angel
Alix, and may it be a year of peace
and prosperity. My Christmas gift
win. l hope. amuse you-it is an al
bum with photos from the "Fahnen-
weihe" at Berlin.
Hoping that we shall be able to
meet each other somewhere this year,
l remain your most affectionate
friend. WILLY.
Count Paul Schowaloff, ambas-
sador of Russia to Germany, was re-
called by Nicholas, who appointed
him governor general Of Poland. The
kaiser suggests as his successor
H.