Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-26
TOLD "N|CKY HOW
! TOF|GHT JAPANESE
'WiIIy" in Letter Suggested
! More vigor-0pposed
- Mediation in War.
(Copyright 1927

The German kaiser's own views of
how the Russo-Japanese war should
be fought. as well as his joy at being
made godfather to the cZarevitch, are
interesting matters touched upon in
today's installment of the correspond
ence. The letters We're copied in the
archives in Moscow and brought to
the United States by Isaac Don Lee
vine.
Quotes Napoleon.
Berlin. June G. 19O4-Dearest
Nicky: Your kind letter, which
Kroupensky delivered to me two
days ago. has greatly touched me. In
these days. which are. of course, try
ing to you. your army and the coun
try. it is doubly kind of you to give
up so much time to me, but on the
other hand, il being so. I felt the
more proud as may infer from this
fact that you count upon me as your
real friend. as you rightly express It,
So it is And / can assure you that
nobody follows all the phases of the
war with greater interest and as
siduity than do. Your remark about
Kouropatkin Commanding general in
Asia) was perfect revelation to
me I am most astonished at his
shortsightedness in not implicitly
obeying your commands. He ought
all the more to have followed Your
counsels, as you had been to Japan
yourself, and therefore We're a much
more competent judge of the Japs
than him. Your warnings were quite
right and have been fully borne out
by the facts. / only hope to good
ness the general won't jeopardiZe the
final success of your forces by rashly
exposing them TO an 'echec' before
the whole of his reserves have joined
him. which are. as believe, still
partly on the way. The old proverb
of Napoleon still holds good-La vic
toire est avec les gros battalions'
CVictory is on the side of the big
gest battalionsD; one can never be
too strong for the battle. especially
respecting the artillery: an absolute
superiority must undoubtedly be es-
tablished to insure victory.
Crfticises England.
II had an interesting conversation
about the war with the French mill
tary attache, who, on my remarks
that I thought it most astonishing
that the French as your allies did
not send their fleet down to keep Port
Arthur open till your Baltic fleet had
arrived. answered that it was true.
but that they had to reckon with
other powers. After many hints and
illusions / found out-what / always
feared-that the Anglo-French agree
ment had the one main effect. viz: to
stop the French from helping you.
II va sans dire Git goes without say
ing) that if France had been under
the ODllSdtlOn OF nelplHS you with
her fleet or army / would, of course.
not have budged finger to harm her;
for that would have been most illog-
ical on the part of the author of the
picture, yellow Peril
Does Not Want Mediation.
"I am sure England will by times
renew her efforts to make proposals
to you about mediation-it is in fact
the special mission of Harding as 1
know, though you have already so
strongly repudiated it. and which is
most presuming in the extreme on
her part, seeing that the war has only
just begun-she is afraid for her
1y; I shall certainly try to dissuade
Uncle BERTHE (King Edward VID as
soon as 1 meet him from harassing
you with any more such proposals.
Should in the course of events media
ton seem advisable to you it is clear
that the first wish for it must
come from you, and you may be sure
that l shall also always be at your
disposal. / may compliment you on
the bravery and gallantry of your
soldiers and sailors. who deserve all
praise and who have fought very we'll
/ have thought over your suggestion
about the commercial treaty and
talked the matter over with the chan
cellor. We have no special interest
respecting the place where the nego-
you kindly offer to send White over
here Count Sergius White, Russian
minister of hnance) we will welcome
his arrival, and the sooner you invest
him with your powers to negotiate
the better for our two countries. I
have selected Maj. Count Lamsdorf,
my personal aid-de-campS as mill
attache. He is instructed by me to
consider himself as attached to your
person solely, as it was in the days
teT
only responsible in his reports to me
personally, and is forbidden once for
all to communicate with anybody else,
either the general staff or foreign Of
flee or chancellor. So you may in
trust him with any message, inquiry,
letter, etc, for me and make use of
him in every respect as direct link
between US two. Should you like to
send me one of your suite who enjoys
your full confidence, l will receive
him with pleasure. for think 1t high
ly necessary during the grave events
that you should be able to quickly
communicate with me without the
numbering and indiscreet apparatus
of chancelleries, embassies. etc.
Il wonder what / am going to hear
from Uncle BERTHE at kiel; at all
events I will keep you informed. Now
goodbye, dearest Nicky; best love to
Alix and your mamma and God pro-
tect you all. that is the sincerest wish
of ever your most dHectloHate 1rlenu
and cousin. WILLY.
(The kaiser and his uncle, King Ed
ward VII of England, met frequently
during this decade, the kaiser attend
ing the annual regatta at Cowes and
Edward visiting Kiel)
Again Refers to War,
"Schloss Wilhelmshoehe, August 10.
1so4-Dearest Nicky:
The course of the war has been
most trying to your army and navy,
and 1 deeply grieve for the loss Of SO
many brave officers and men who fell
or were drowned in doing their duty,
loyalty fulfilling the oath they swore
to their emperor. May the reinforce
ments which are being sent out in
crease the numbers and powers of
your army to such an extent that the
absolute supremacy may be establish
ed also in numbers. AS far as l could
make out Kouropatkin has 100000
men in the field, whereas the Japs
muster about 100000 to 100000. This
seems a disparity still and makes your
valiant generals task a very heavy
one. Should your battleships in max
ing their last dash from Port Arthur,
not be able to reach Vladivostok on
account of injuries received in the
fight, their best chance is to try for
Eringtau, where they will be well
looked after till the end of the war
instead of being blown up or sunk;
just as we'll as we will take care OF
.Zesarewitch' and the torpedo boats
May next year bring better luck. when
the army prepared and formed in full
strength will be able to tackle their
enemy with better chance as there is
for the moment; for it seems to me
that Kouropatkin is still in danger OIL
being cut off from his retreat, which
he will have to fight for in the d.