Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-13
Ada1bert Goes to Russia


"Swinemuende, July 8, 1901.-Dear-
est Nicky. 1 send you these lines
through my son, Adalbert, to whom
I trust you will kindly extend your
grace. 1t is the first foreign country
which he visits. and as he is still
only a MILDLY beg you will not make
too much of him officially. He is
young and steady and rely upon you
that you will kindly see that he does
not get into wrong or bad company.
With best love to Alix and her
times, I remain, with great pleasure
anticipating our meeting on the sea.
Ever your most affectionate cous-
In and friend, WILLY"
'Wilhelmshoehe, Aug. 20, 1901
Dearest Nicky: Your kind letter Of
the 18th has just reached me this
morning and 1 hasten to thank you
for the kind feelings you express in
it's lines. am most grateful and
highly pleased to see by your letter
that 7 shall really have the great
pleasure of meeting you near Dant-
zig. The more so as shall do 1t at
the head Of my fleet, which will be
most eager to salute it's admiral, and
WulCll uOpSS IudI IL Will no dU1O W
earn his satisfaction when he inspects
it. For it is well known among off,
GERS and crews of my navy, that
with your interest in and knowledge
Of naval matters, you look upon your
position as our honorary admiral In
real earnest and you inspect with the
eyes of an expert. Consequently they
will use every effort to show what
they can do. I only beg you not to
forget-what you perfectly know
through our publications-that my
and transformation. This of course
is drawback to it's outward ap-
pearanoe, as old material and new
and many different types are group
ed together, by which the general
appearance of the fleet shows la
inevitable want of harmony and no.
mogeneousness.
Comments on Mothers Death
you have kindly alluded to Adal-
bert's visit, whom you have awfully
spoilt (sic) by your grand hospital
1ty; your praise makes papa and
mamma very proud. ! hope, he will
always be worthy of it. Your sym
pathy in my bereavement by the
death of poor dear mamma has deep
ly touched me. You are, of course,
able to judge from your own sad ex-
perience when your poor father died,
what it means to lose a parent who
to all human knowledge might have
been spared to live for many long
years! Yet in this case the suffer-
ing was so terrible that one could
look upon the end as a release, when
the Lord called her away; and her
last hours were, I am thankful to say.
quite peaceful and painless. Thanks
to the great speed of my yacht and
her consorts who took me in twenty
eight hours from Bergen to Kiel,
was able to reach Cronberg in time to
find her still conscious.
81 have communicated your kind
invitation to meet him, to the chan
cellor, who is deeply honored that
you show him such confidence, as he
was quite unprepared. I myself am
very happy, because he is very
good 'connoisseur' of Russian affairs
and traditions and retains thankful
memory and deep attachment to your
family from his stay in Petersburg
Regarding Count Lamsdorf I shall, Of
course receive him should he be on
board your yacht; should that not be
the case, and as we are not on shore
at all, please do not trouble the poor
minister to make the long voyage to
Dantzig. The heat we suffered from
in Norway was appalling, up to 38 de-
grees Reaumur in the shade! Like in
Syria! My suite, some twenty men,
managed to finish off 1877 bottle Of
Apollinaris in one day-May the
weathers be fine, without the above
result, when you Gomez the details
Of the program will be forwarded to
you by Paulis. Best thanks for the
Anna medal just received, which is
pretty and gives me great pleasure
and best love to Alix from your most
devoted and affectionate
WILLY"
(The kaiser speaks Of the death of
his mother, who was the daughter of
Queen Wet ria of England and with
whom the kaiser was frequently sup
posed to be estranged. The chancel-
lor is Count, Now Prince, Won Bue-