Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-03-01
DRAWS INTIMATE
PEN-PICTURE OF
Former Emperor of Germany-SecOnd
Letter To Sir George Trevelyan
Associated Press

NEW YORK, March Am init
mate pen-picture of the former En-
peror of Germany, drawn by Colonel
Roosevelt in letter to Sir George
Otto Trevelyan in 1911, which shows
him in the light of an "adorer" of En-
gland, appears in the March number
of Scribner's Magazine out today.
1t is the concluding portion of
Roosevelt's personal 25,0OO-word ac-
count of his travels in Egypt and
Europe following his return from his
memorable African hunting trip.
The former President wrote that
William agreed with him, during the
course of long interview at Pots
dam, that war between England and
Germany would be "an unspeakable
calamity" The Colonel said that
Prince Henry of Prussia, of whom the
then Kaiser was rather jealous" was
"a more really powerful and cold
blooded man. than the Emperor and
tile to England.
Referring to his visit in Berlin, fol-
lowing "delightful' receptions in Bel
gium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and
Sweden, the Colonel wrote that the
German authorities and people showed
to him every courtesy and civili-
ty but that, excepting the university
folk, "they really did not want to see
me-" America, he said, was very un-
popular in Germany. The upper clas-
es regarded democracy, he said, as ir-
regular, unnatural and debasing. The
lower classes, on the other hand, were
Socialists who regarded me as an en-
emy rather than a friend. The mid
die class looked upon me as repre-
sentative of an America which consis-
ted of business rivals whose rivalry
was irritating and obnoxious
An interesting sidelight on Won Tir-
pitz, then the Secretary of War, was
afforded by the Colonels reference tc
an interview with the man who later
inaugurated the ruthless submarine
warfare Won Tirpitz, he said, was
intensely interested in the voyage OF
the American battlefield around the
world, and he told the former Presi
den that he had not believed eve
could do it successfully adding thai
the British naval and foreign offices
had felt the same way. "He said he
expected Japan would attack the fleet
while it was on it's way round.
81 told him." he wrote, "that l haC
not expected such an attack, but tha
l had thought it possible; in ,othe1
were against it but there was ;
chance fo rit. My point of view a
the time the fleet sailed, was that i
the Japanese attacked it, it was ;
certain sign hat they were intending
to attack us at the first favorable op
portunity.
81 had been doing my best to be pc
lite to the Japanese and had finall
become uncomfortably conscious Of
very, very slight undertope of veile
turbulence in their communications i
connection with things that happene
on the Pacific slope; and l final
made up my mind that they thought
was afraid of them.
Every particle Of trouble with tn
Japanese government and the Japar
ese press stopped like magic as 500
as they found that our fleet had ac'
ually sailed, and was obviously
good trim. AS l told Won Tirpitz,
thought it good thing that the Jal
anese should know there were flee1
of the white races which were total
different from the fleet of poor Ro
estvensky." Won Tirpitz and Williar
the said, told him that they regarde
the voyage of the fleet as havin
''done more for peace in the Oriel
than anything else that could poss
bly, have happened
Other portions of the Colonels lie
ter to Sir George TEEN with ane
dotes and reference to his associate
with European royalties. The simp
unaffected, democratic simplicity
the rules of Norway impressed hi
deeply. "At Chistiania," he wrot
1--WE were taken at once to the palace
where we stayed; and l could hard
speak too strongly of King Haako
Queen Maud and little Olaf. TIL
were dears; we were genuinely sor
when we left them, to. think that
would never see them again; If ev
Norway decides to turn Republic
should love to have them come
live neas Sycamore Hill.
Norway is as funny q Kingdom
was ever imagined outside OF opt
bouffe- although it isn't opera bou1
at all, for the Norwegians are fl
serious powerful lot of men and wo
en-. But they have the most ger
inely democratic society to be fou
in Europe mot excepting Switzeria1
there are only two or three states
the American Union which are as !
democracies. They have. no mob
hardly evep gentry; they are peasa'
and small townspeople-farmers =
an, fisher folk, mechanics and q