Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-03
Copyright, 1920, by the Chicago
Daily News Foreign Service.)
EXplains Kis Jerusalem Trip

Daily News Foreign SerVice.)
\ Explains His Jerusalem Trip
''Wilhelmshoehe, Aug. 18, 1885
| Dearest Nicky: Your kind permission
| allowing me to send dear old Werder
| to Moscow as my representative for
! the cermony of the unwilling of
| your dear grandfather's statue gives
me the opportunity to send you these
| lines through him. 1t is really an
affair of sentiment which prompted
me to send him and not a mere form
of courtesy Through grandpapa [
| had often heard of Alexander II and
when L had the honor to be presented
to him [ soon fell under his 'charme'
as happened to everybody who was
! honored by his presence. To his
! kindness l am indebted that I wear
| the uniform of the splendid grena-
| der regiment, whose day it is to-
day, and which is a firm bond unit
| ing me with your fine army, which
1 shall value and cherish to my dy-
| ing day.
Your diplomacy has just scored
aonther great success in. China to
which I take the liberty of congratu-
| lating you the more SO, as it was
done without the firing of a single
shot and without any unnecessary
noise or buster. The effect will be
| q great impetus given to your. trade
and the industrial establishments of
| your country. Henry has just tele-
graphed to me how kindly your au-
| thoritieS have received him. and are
doing everything in their power, to
| make his stay as agreeable as pos
| sible for him; which gives me the
| gratifying opportunity to thank you
most heartily! L am most astonished
! at the amount of bosh and blarney
, that is being ventilated in the news
! papers of Europe about my VISIT to
! Jerusalem. 1t is most discouraging
| to note that the sentiment of real
| faith, which propels GmpeIs) a
| Christian to seek the country in
which our Savior lived and suffered,
is nearly extinct in the so-called bet
! ter classes of tho nineteenth century,
so that they must explain the pill
| grimage forcibly by political mo
! tives. What is right for thousands
I even of your lowest peasants is right
| for me, too!
England Leans Coward France
"Since 1 communicated to you this
June, England has still now and then
1eopened negotiations with. us but
has never quite uncovered it's hand;
they are trying hard, as far as I
can make out, to find a continental
army to fight for their interests.
But L fancy they won't easily find
| one, at least not mine! Their new
est move is the wish to gain France
over from you, and they in conse-
Quence. have suddenly decided TO send
| the Duke Of Connaught to the French
army maneuvers, nice little plan
| of Courcelles. / think, who is ardent
/ ly at work between Paris and Lon
don. I already once warned your
| people of him. Now, goodby, dearest
Nicky. How I envy Werner seeing
| you and talking with youy, Best love
ITO Alix! Are you going to rein
troduce the former uniforms again
and buttons? Believe me ever, your
most affectionate friend and cousin,
WILLY"
! (Thc kaiser puts his proposed trip
| TO Jerusalem on the ground of re-
! ligious ardor. 1t proved to be most
! effective in paving the way for the
! penetration of the near east by Ger
/ man capital and political schemes
The kaiser suspects England Of lean
/ ing toward France and suggests that
! it wishes to get France away from
/ Russia. Subsequent events proved
! that the czar gained rather than
! lost an ally. Courcelles is Baron
! de CourceIles, who was the French
ambassador in London.)
! Disc1oses HIS Turkish Attitude
On