Evening star., 1920-01-10
RUSSIA IS W00ED
IN KA|SER'S LETTER
Emperor Tries to Bring Car
Into His Orbit-Warns
of "YeII0W PERIL"
(Ciopyright. 192O.l


Today's installment of letters sent
by the German kaiser to Car Nicho-
las ii of Russia and brought to Amer
lea by Isaac Don Levine. deals with
International events of the highest
Importance in 1896, 1897 and 1898.
possession with the idea that England
remains danger to Germany. He
suspects the British of stirring up
trouble in Armenia in order to profit
by the situation. He regards the fill
clustering expeditions in South Africa
as inspired by the British government
and writes the czar that he means to
stand by the Transvaal. This is the
beginning of a subtle interplay of
diplomatic forces in which Great
Britain came out victorious. The
kaiser tried to turn Russia from sup
port of Great Britain, and had he sue
ceeded it is likely that he would have
opposed Great Britain militarily at
the time of the Boer war. But for all
the German braggadocio of that day
the British went about unhampered
in South Africa and the Boer war was
fought to- the end without any Ger
man interference save clustering talk
by the kaiser. In the war between
Greece and Turkey the kaiser again
lined up against Great Britain and
France. but was unable to accom-
pl1sh his diplomatic objects.
The whole panorama of European
secret diplomacy and intrigue for the
two decades before the great war of
1914 passes before the reader in these
letters, which were brought to the
United States from Moscow by Isaac
Don Levine, staff correspondent of
The Evening Star and Chicago Daily
News. In apparently trivial personal
letters the kaiser plays on the feel
Ings of the cZar, and endeavors to
bind him closer to Germany's aims.
The letter from Coburg is an exam
pie of how secret diplomacy works.
The marriage of the czar's cousin
gives the kaiser an excuse to write
Nlcky and speak of his own wed :
olng years before, and incidentally he
ADDS a phrase about the British that
is again significant: THE worse they
are hamDered in Afrika." he writes
using the German spelling of Af-
rlca-"the better for us in Asia" The
letter follows:
Kaiser Would Help TransvaaI.
Neuse Palais, January ., 1896
dearest Nicky: Radolins return to
petersburg gives me the opportunity
or sending you a few lines Please
| let me thank you most sincerely for
IN" many signs of kindness and
friendship you have given me and nv
country. which has given a sense of
quletness and security, and which l
Deg You will continue to bestow on
| US IN the following year
with my warmest congratulations
Tor the new year and a merry Christ
mas, L JOIN my prayers that the Lord
may bless and protect you. dear Alix,
your sweet child and all your family
from all evil. sorrow and sickness.
May your reign be prosperous and
may you see the realization of many
a scheme you have elaborated for the
welfare of your subjects. May our
countries be able as before to join in
the strengthening and upholding of
peace and in the defense of their faith
and interests against any outward or
inward foe
The political horizon is peculiar
Just now. Armenia and Venezuela
are open questions England brought
up. and now suddenly the Transvaal
| republic has been attacked in 81 most
foul way. as it seems. not without
England's knowledge have used
very severe language in London and
have opened communications with
Paris for common defense of our en-
| dangered interests. as French and
German colonists have imme ediately
| Joined hands of their own accord to
! help the outraged Beers. 1 hope you
| will also kindly consider the question,
as it is one of principle of upholding
treaties once concluded. 1 hope that
all will come right, but, come what
| may. I never shall allow the British
| " stamp oul tHc TdHSVddi. nope
| you have better news for your poor
mother. who has arrived. as / see, at
! the Riviera.
| please give my best love to dear
| Afix. and. once more thanking you
| for all kindness to StranZ and his
men. believe me, dear Nicky. ever
your affectionate cousin and friend
| WILLY
| (The kaiser refers to the SO called
Jameson raid on johannesburg. Trans.
| vaal, a filibustering expedition per
| petrated by British under the lead
| ership of DR.. Jameson. The British
| government disavowed any knowledge
of or participation in the raid. The
men surrendered to the Beers
and were sent to England for
| trial. This was one of the acts leading
later to- the Boer war. The letter ID
l Vhipblty iuportanf no fbo