Evening star., 1920-01-09
KAISER ANNOYED
0NSWED|SH VISIT
Letter From Willy to Nicky
Tells of UnWeIcome Photo
graphs of Forts.
Downright. 192O.)

(Following is another letter from
the correspondence between the for
mer kaiser and the Car Nicholas, OBJ
tanned by Isaac Don Levine in Mos
COW and brought to this city:)
STORA, Sunday. August 10, 1895.
Dearest Nicky: My journey in SWe-
den and along it's shores brings me
opposite to your shores and to your
buen retro, and I cannot let TINS mo-
ment pass, when l am only a snort
cruise away from you. without send
ing you a line. as ! shall not, unhap-
PLY, be able to meet you on the salty
brine. Let me once more thank you
with all my heart for the sending OF
those splendid ships of yours, Whlcn
so ably and powerfully represented
the Russian navy at Kiel Alexei was
kindness and joviality itself and dld
everything in his power to make IN
tercourse with our Russian conrades
everything that could be wished Tor.
Your kind permission to place MN
la suite Of our navy made my offl-
GERS very proud and seemed to have
given him pleasure. / had the oppor-
tunity of some serious talk ABOUT
eastern Asian affairs with AleXe1 and
also his good old Baron Schllllng, VINO
was a very great friend of my grand
fathers. He will, l suppose, already
have reported to you about it
Glad to Assert Mutual Interest.
our interests were entwined in the
far east, that my ships had been or
dered to second yours in case OF need
when things looked doubtful, that Eu-
rope had to be thankful to you that
you so quickly had perceived the
great future for Russia in the culti-
walton of Asia and in the defense OF
the cross and the old Christian. Euro
pean culture against the inroadS OF
the Mongols and Buddhism. that it
was natural that if Russia was en-
gagged in this tremendous work you
wished to have Europe quiet and your
back free; and that it was natural
and without doubt that this would be
my task and that l would let nobody
try to interfere with you and attack
you from behind in Europe during the
time you were fulfilling the great
mission which heaven has shaped for
you. That was as sure as amen in
church.
One incident took place Of which 1
think l ought to tell you, as l am
quite certain that it happened with
out Alexei's knowledge, but having
become known among our officers Gre
ated a very painful impression. On
board the GroSsiaschtschy-the ves-
sci which I invited Admiral Skrydlow
and his captains to pass the canal
cretly embarked which had not been
announced to our authorities. The
oldest was Col. Bubnow. These, in
conjunction with a lieutenant who is
specially trained for the purpose and
who had large apparatus, took pho
tographs of our forts and batteries,
made notes and sketches all along the
road, and, finally, when Skrydlow saw
that my naval attache was rather as
tonished to see quite strange people
on the ship, were introduced to him
as two directors of waterworkS and
Waterways! At Kiel Bubnow's bear
ing became so "suspecte" that police
and gendarmeS followed him. He
went about in plain clothes and was
prowling about the fortifications,
which was strictly forbidden to stran-
gers!
Not Quite Fair.
Now, I think this is not quite fair,
If you are invited as guest at such a
fete in foreign country, which with
out reserve throws open its gates to
you and let's you into it's war harbor,
to abuse it's hospitality in this man
ner; to try to spy out your friend, and
that even under assumed character!
The consequence is that this will
make people very careful with Rus
sian warships and create uneasy
feelings, which I so deplore and hope
to overcome. Pray excuse my men
tioning this matter but 1 thought it
better to tell you directly instead of
making diplomatic notes, etc, as you
know how 1 feel for you and Russia.
But do wish to have every difficulty
which could arise in the work of
drawing our countries closer together
removed before it strikes root.
Goodbye, dearest Nicky, my best
love to Alix and to you, with wishes
for quiet summer and a nice little
boy to come. believe me. dear Nicky,
Ever your most affectionate friend
and cousin, WILLY.
.'(To be continued)