Evening star., 1920-01-16
KAISER SAW VALUE
OF HOLDING TURKEY
Wrote Car in 1898 Ma
hometans Might Help in
Future War.


paving the way for the penetration OF
1.-THE near east by German capital and
political schemes. The kaiser SuS
poets England of leaning toward
France and suggests that II W'SheH ~
get France away from Russia. Sub
| seuuent events proved that the car
| gained. rather than lost, an any.
iCourcelles is Baron de Courcelles. VINO
/ was the French ambassador IN Lon
J don.
! Explains His Jerusalem Trip.
! "WILHELMSHOEH August IS
( 1S9S-DeareSt NickN; Your KIND per
mission allowing me to send dear old
Ncrder to Moscow as my 'represeni-
ant FOR the ceremony OF the unNeii-
ing of your dear grandfathers statue
gives me the opportunity to SEND you
these lines through him. II is really
an affair of sentiment which prompt
ed me to send him and not mere
form OF courtesy. Through grandpa
had often heard of Alexander H.
and when | had the honor to be pre-
sented to him | soon fell under his
'charme as happened to everybody
who was honored by his presence. To
his kindness | am indebted that
wear the uniform of the splendid
4 grenadier regiment, whose day it is
J today. and which is a firm bond unit
! ing me with your fine army. which |
! shall value and cherish to my dying
! day.
| Your diplomacy has just scored an
other great success in china. to
which l take the liberty of consratu-
! lating you the more so as it was done
without the firing of a single shot and
, without any unnecessary noise or
| bluster. The effect will be a great
impetus given to your trade and the
| industrial establishments of your
country. Henry has Just telegraphed
to me how kindly your authorities
! have received him, and are doing
everything in their power to make his
| stay as agreeable as possible for him.
| which gives me the gratifying op-
portunity to thank you most heartily,
| of bosh and blarney that is being
ventilated in the newspapers of Eu-
rope about my visit to Jerusalem. 1t
| is most diSCoura ging to note that the
sentiment of real faith, which propels
tlmpelS) a Christian to seek the
country in which our Savior lived and
suffered. is nearly extinct in the So
called better classes of the nineteenth
century. so that they must explain
| the pilgrimage forcibIy by political
motives. What is right for thou
| sands even of your lowest peasants
| is right for me. too,
England Leans Toward France.
"Since I communicated to YOU this
June. England has still now and then
reopened negotiations with us. but
has never quite uncovered its hand ,
they are trying hard, as far as | can
make out, to find a continental army
| to fight for their interests. But |
fancy they won't easily find one. at
| least not mine, Their newest move
is the wish to gain France over from
! you, and they in consequence have
suddenly decided to send the Duke of
Connaught to the French army ma
neuvers, nice little plan of Courcelles,
think. who is ardently at work be-
tween Paris and London. l already
once warned your people of him. Now,
goodbye, dearest Nicky. How | envy
Werner seeing you and talking with
ing to reintroduce the former uni
forms again and buttons? Believe me
ever. your most affectionate friend
and cousin. WILLY"
In the following letter the kaiser
has definitely taken the side of the
Turks in, the Crctan disturbances.
Through the summer and fall of 1895
an attempt was made by four great
pow erS-En gland. Russia. France and
ltaly-to rule Crete through a commit
tee, and to force the Turkish troops
there to withdraw. at the same time
guaranteeing the safety of the Ma
hometan subjects. Germany and Aus
tria refused to support the policy pur-
sued by the four nations and this re-
inforced the kaiser's position with the
Turks. But in this letter to the czar
the kaiser explains clearly why he is
what you and / agreed upon at Peter
hof never to forget that the Mahome-
tans were tremendous card in our
game in case you or | were suddenly
confronted by war with certain
meddleSome power" The certain pow
er is of course, England. The kaiser
had the war in view all the time.
DiscIOses His Turkish Attitude. '
! Yacht Loreley. Stamboul. October
! 20, 1S9S.-Dearest Mickey: During my
! stay at Stalnboul ] gave audiences to
| the ambassadors. I had the pleasure
of making the acquaintance of Mr..
Sinoview (Russian ambassador. I
| found in him a most accomplished
! diplomatist, A man with a very clear
head, an energetic character; in all,
what one calls powerful man.
| congratulate YOU on such an excel
lent choice: We had long conver-
! sation, and, of course, his opinion
about oriental matters was of the
| greatest value to me. 1t was pleas
ure TO listen to him. His going to
! see you gives me an opportunity to
send these lines through him. The
matters and on the latest events that
| happened there. The source from
which the latest eXcesses Spring was
doubtless not a clear one, and surely
| not the usual so-cailed 'MusSulman
! fanaticism' generally talked of in the
| European press. / venture 10 sup
pose the intrigueS of a certain med
!dlesome power have had something to
! do with them. In the course or our
conversation Sinov'eW OPENLY told me
| that the situation Was tar from re-
assuring and that the only possibility
| for getting out of the 'impasse' was
Ito make the Turks leave Crete bag
land baggage Whether that must be
so. ] of course. do not know. Dut as
/ had the opportunity of pointing out
to you at Peterhof, the question of
Crete must be solved in a manner
that no general imbroglio comes
| from it, which those scoundrelS OF
tCretans are not worth ! have talked
! with many old and prominent Turks
who have all assured me that the
| whole people had made Crete a
question of national honor: that an
evacuation pure and simple. II ac-
ceded to by the sultan, would cost
Il him authority, crown, even perhaps
his life and that they were all deep
ly concerned and afflicted (affected2.
ST therefore venture to make this
known to you with the hopes that IN
your wisdom you will kindly be apIe
TO find a solution. which is APT 10
| save the sultans position Wis Wis OF
This army. and as calf Wis a Wis OF
the whole Mahometan world. You
know by Osten Sacken's reports
which motives made me lay do"1 II
my fleet on the table Because !
felt and saw that "a certain power
was using us all as a catspaw to
get us to help her to take crete or
Sud8 bay. would not be one OF
| fbe marty who arc expected to ap-
pear with bread and salt on the top of
the keys tpuays) of Crete praying 2
to the said power to kindly look
after the welfare Of those poor dar-
ling 'Cretans who may one ana an
! roast in he'll" The recent events