Evening star., 1920-02-15
WILLY SORRY FOR
DISTRESSED MOBILES
Writes "Nicky" He Hopes
Russia Will Indemnify
Those DiSpoSSeSSed.

In letters written to the czar In 1906
the kaiser shows his sympathy with
the Russian noblemen OF Courland and
Livonia who had been dispossessed by
peasant mobs. and hopes Russia Will
indemnify them. Many Of them were
! of Teutonic origin. and. as the kaiser
says, many of his officers had married
into these families and now become
! impoverished. The kaiser does not
dwell on the misfortunes OF the Rus
sian people. but rather on how to ex-
terminate the anarchists. The blame
for anarchist activity is placed on
England.
The kaiser's note regarding the visit
of the British fleet to Russia and his
comment on the cars view that tho
! feet Is unwelcome. INDICATE how little
the people know of the political mo-
tIves that lie back of ostensibly
friendly visits.
The letters were copied in Moscow
| by Isaac Don Levine.
Tells Of NObles' Distress.
Berlin. Germany. January 20, 1905.
Dearest Nicky: Berlin is quite full
of Russians and noble families ned
| from the Baltic provinces. Over $4,000
! of your subjects are here, 10000 about
, at koenigsberg and other thousands In
| the small provincial towns of Prussia,
mobiles from the Ba ltic provinces are
In dire distress. having lost all. their
castles burnt and their properties pill
laaed and their forests partly de-
stroyed. Many baroness has gone in
for simple housekeeping in other fami-
iies and young comtesses and baron
| esses have had to enter 'magazins'
| fstores) as simple shopgirls only to
save themselves and their mothers
from starvins' Our great landed pro-
, prletors have volunteered to harbor
some families in their country houses,
ana even the empress has taken girls
| into her seminary to relieve the poor
mothers' You have no idea Of the
! terrible loss and distress reigning in
the best of your Courland and Livland
nobility. As many of my officers serv-
ing in the army have married young
ladies' from these families, receiving
! their main means of subsistence from
| thelr parents-fn-law. these poor fellows
are also suddenly placed vis-a-vis de
rfen lnothtng]. as they cannot live on
their pay. To my opinion. many mill
| lions will be necessary for re-esta blish-
| ing these poor people and helping to
/ rebuild their destroyed homes, which
sums l trust your government will
readily place at their disposal; an order
from you to that effect would make
an excellent impression in the whole
of Europe and rally the dropping
King Of Denmark Dies.
While I am writing these lines |
Just received the sudden and quite
unexpected news Of your dear grand
fathers death king Christian TX of
Denmark What noble. ideal and
chlvalrous monarch has passed away.
Beloved by his family and his sub
1ects. who looked upon him as their
father! l deeply sympathize with vow
In this great loss, which we monarohs
all feel and deplore. as we have lost
one OF our best among US! Your poor
mother will be in an awful distress
but thankful that she was there to
spend the last moments with her
adored father! /, of course, intend
going to the funeral
| Now goodbye. dearest Nicky. Best
love to Alix and the children. From
your affectionate friend and cousin.
| WILLY"
On Exterminating Anarchists.
| ..'Neues Palais, June IA, 1906.-Dear-
est Nicky: l quite agree with your
views on the anarchist question. The
attempt was dastardly and fiendish.
IAN attempt on the life of the czar
had been made in January, 1905 Dur
ing 1905 at least ten high Russian Of
ficia1s were killed or wounded by
anarchists. The year 1906 was full OF
riots. bomb throwing. pogroms and
killing of officials. The duma met
May 10 and sought reforms The czay