The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-09
ROOSEVELT WAS FOND OF KAISER
 BUT ALSO WISE
Roughrider Colonel Admired Kaiser and Tickled His
 Vanity While Firm

NEW YORK, April ?, Col. Roosevelt is shown in the role of a diplomatic letter writer to European royalties, bending even former Elm perer William of Germany to his will, in freshly disclosed correspond ence edited by Joseph Bucklin Bish- op, the late Presidents biographer which appeared in the April issue of Scribner's Magazine.
 The correspondence includes let ters to and replies from King Ed ward, Emperor Nicholas of Russia, he Emperor of Japan, Albert, King of the Belgians and Queen Eliza beth of Rumania. in addition to the lengthy epistles that passed be- tween the Colonel and the head of the Hohenzollerns. Writing on Au- gust IA, 1906 to Henry White, who was then Ambassador at Rome, Col onel Roosevelt said:
 My course with him Emperor William) during the last five years Aas been uniform. l admire him, ltSDttt hllll anu ilhC iIiIHs biiihh him a big man, and on the whole a yood man; but I think his inter- national and indeed his personal lttitude one of intense egotism. have always been most polite with lim have done my best to avoid our
 aking any attitude which could possibly give him legitimate offense, md have endeavorcd to show him that 1 was sincerely friendly to him md to Germany. Moreover, where have forced him to give way have been sedulously anxious to build a bridge of gold for him, and to give lim the satisfaction of feeling that ais dignity and reputation in the face of the world were safe.
 Tn other words where I have had to take part of the kernel from him, have been anxious that he should have all the shell possible, and have that shell painted any way he wished. At the same time l have had to speak with express emphasis to him on mere than one occasion; and on one occasion Chat of Venezuela) have had to make a display of force md to convince him definitely that [ would use force if necessary"
 Mr. Bishop declares that in spite )f the Venezuela incident of Decem- Der, 1902, which must have been
 "a humiliating check" the former Emperor cherished no resentment and subsequently, wrote Roosevelt the most friendly letters. He also sent the Colonel number of photo graps showing himself and Roosevelt astride magnificent horses at a man euver of the German army On the autographed pictures he had writ ten: ''The Colonel of the Rough Riders featuring the Chief of the German Army" Total agreement about the general maxims of life and policy between America and Germany, "On the Muhlenberg; a grave discussion; Carnegie look out and "The Chief of the German army thanking the Coloonel of the Rough Riders for the honor of inspecting his troops" MT Carnegie. by the way once had credited a rumor that Germany was building strong fleet to attack the United States.
 A letter the Colonel wrote to Ed ward VII. of England on April 25, 1906, contains a reference to the Algeciras Conference of that year an international pailey which at the time was said to have ayerted general Europen war. The bio grpher states that the secret his tory of that conference, which stands revealed in Roosevelt's correspond ence and. which is far too long to be published in the magazine. shows conclusively that it was arranged by Roosevelt at the insistent request of the Kaiser that Roosevelt draw uI the terms of settlement which were adopted and that he fairly compelled the Kaiser to give his unwilling con sent to them.