Evening star., 1920-02-09
KA|SER'S INTRIGUE
AGAINST ENGLAND
AGAIN IN EVIDENCE
Wrote Car He Would Get
Sailors Drunk and Learn
British Aims.
It cpyr!yht 1920

uopyryht. 1920
Kaiser Wilhelm IL of Germany
praised Czar Nicholas for issuing the
manifesto ealing the first duma or
stat council q Russia in Il letter
dated Angus, -, and included in the
collectiCa CT .rttcrS copied i'll Moscow
by Isaac Don Levine and brought to
this country. The ear issued the
proclamation August ~ after Russia
had for months been in the throeS of
political revolt Riots in the nava!
ports of Reval, Libau and Cronstadt
and the famous mutiny on the battle
ship kniaz Potemkin June 2S pre-
ceded the manifesto. The duma was
to be chosen by an indirect electoral
system. AS this was not adequate and
the working and professional classes
were entirely excluded, the unrest
continued until the cZar finally grant
ed a constitution
The kaiser is Immensely pleased at
the uproar in England over his in
trigues with Nicholas at Bjoerkoe.
and keeps on discrediting his royal
uncle. King Edward VII. in the eyes
of the car. At about this time Ed
ward began his work of bringing
France and Russia closer to England.
The king succeeded where the kaiser
failed and William eventually fell
back on Austria and Turkey, mean
time pushing his great program of
warship building with renewed en-
ergy.
ConEratulates the Gar.
. "SCHLOSS WILHELMSHOEH Au-
gust %, 1905.-Dearest Nicky: Your
manifesto directing the formation of
the 'duma made an excellent impress
sion in Europe-especially in my
country-and ! beg YOU to receive my
warmest congratulations. 1t is
great step forward for the political
development of your country and
gives the people an opening by which
they will be able to bring before you
their hopes and wishes. and enable a
for the nations welfare. You will be
able to take touch with all sorts and
conditions of men and infuse into
them directly your spirit and your
ideas. which was formerly hindered
by the great bulky wall of the
'Tchin bureaucracy. regarded with
much suspicion by your subjects. EX-
cuse my telegram the other day, but
L thought that it may be a good idea
to try the 'mettle of the duma' and to
see whether it is workab BILE or not. In
the same time you get an excellent
insight into the mind of your people
and make them carry part of the
responsibility for the future. which it
would have probably liked to saddle
solely upon you. thereby making
wholesale 'critique' and dissatisfac-
tion with deeds done by you alone
(underlined) impossible.
Warns Against Edward VII.
: Il send you inclosed some interest
ing articles showing the tendency of
the thoughts of France. The British
have prostituted themselves before
France and the French sailors in the
hope of gaining them over from you,
and stopping any approachment' be-
tween you. me and them The French
felt much flattered, but l hope the
sensible people have kept their heads
cool and clear and seen that all il
only wants to make France her
'catspaw' against us, as she used
Japan against you. The article in
the Forum is written by Maurice
Low. the correspondent of the Morn
ing Post. sent to Amerika. 1t is clev-
about the extension of the new
Anglo-Japanese treaty, which was
kept quite secret in London till now.
but he seems to have let the cat out
of the bag. The arch intriguer and
mischief maker in Europe, as you
has been hard at work in the last
months. At Cowes he said to one of
my friends German gentleman 1
sent to observe the entente cordiale' !;
I can't find out what has been go
ing on at Bjoerkoe. Benckendorff
:lle everything (underlined)-Copen
hagen knows nothing. and even the
emperors mother (the Russian en-
press dowager)-whoa always let's me
know everything (underlined)-has
heard nothing from her son this
= nice man and lets me know all l
want to hear (underlinedD-know
nothing. or, at least. won't tell! 1t
is very disagreeable.'
This shows you how very wide is
the net of secret information he has
cast over Europe and over you. He
first let his press launch the idea of
a visit to me, and when all the pa
pers of Europe had taken it up and
talked it over. suddenly published an
insulting dement,. declaring my for
eign Office had started the idea. The
this he goes and invites my son be-
hind my back to come and visit him
in England! I have, Of course. stop
ped that business. His fleet is in
the act Of visiting our shores and i
think this will open the eyes of many
Germans who are still loathe to vote
money for an extension of our fleet:
we shall send many down by rail and
steamer to take an object lesson.
They will, I hope, learn to under
stand the necessity of building a
strong fleet. The inclosed brochure
Sras sent me from Amerika. l enclose
it. as I think it may interest you.
especially from the point Of view of
the future plans England has Wis Wis
of Russia in Asia and what she is
trying to Sc the Japanese for. 1t
throws light on the Japanese expe-
dition to the Turkestan frontier / told
YOU about.
Says Duma idea Was Pleasing.
''CronberG, August "a, 1905.-To-
Gay four weeks ago 'Bjoerkoe: The
delightful hours we spent together
and the lasting bonds of unity and
friendship which will bring fruits Of
good to our countries. so God will
just got your kind. long telegram. So
many thanks: most kind to take SO
much trouble. I quite understand
your position and resolutions. AS
soon as you are sure of your people
backing you up. and they are ready
for further fighting, then all is right
and wish you heavens help and q
speedy victory. / am on visit to my
sisters here, who just returned from
d long stay in England They tell
me the news o. our meeting at Bjoer-
koe threw all the people there and
the press into the state OF widest ex-
citement. The king and the court be-
fore all were quite aus dem Haus-
chen (put out. he trying to find out
fI ON my sister whether they know
anything of what was going on. They
laughed him in the face, of course
and were much amused