Evening star., 1920-01-28
KAISERS LETTER TO CZAR
SOUGHT ENGLAND'S ISOLATION
Wilhelm Outlined to Nicholas Manner In
Which Treaty Would Win France Away
From British Influence.

dian frontier from Persia will do won
ders in England and have remarkably
quieting influence on the hot-headed
Jingoes in London. For I am aware
and informed that this is the only
thing they are afraid of. and that the
fear of your entry into India from
IurkeStan and into Afghanistan from
Persia was the real and only cause
that the guns at Gibraltar and of the
British feet remained silent three
weeks ago Gwhen the Russian SQUAD
ron passed.. The Indian frontier and
AfghaniStan are the only part of the
globe where the whole OF her battle
Meets are of no avail to England and
where their guns are powerless to
meet the invader. India's loss is the
death stroke to Great Britain
This is how | hope that our treaty
VIII fulfill its tasks to preserve the
peace of Europe. Should the revised
draft and the motives submitted meet
with your approval the signing can be
done Immediately. / expect that
Lam bsdorff will receive your com
mands for the drawing up of formal
tiles. God grant that we may have
found the right way to hem in the
horrors of war and give His blessing
TO our plans. Believe me. dearest
Nicky, with best love to Alix. ever
your most affectionate cousin and sin
cere friend WILLY"
(The kaiser's advice about demon
strations on the Afghan frontier was
taken by the car. Troops were CON
centrated there, causing alarm I'm
England. where it was believed Rus
sia meant to recover some of the
prestige lost by the British Tibetan
expedition. 1t is interesting to note
that Lenin now threatens to repeat
the maneuver to influence England
The Kaiser Gets Brusqus
Berlin. December I. I90i.-Dear-
hA PVtt fCt
as you will have seen in the English
press, seems to think the actual mo-
ment opportune for an action against
the provisioning of your Baltic fleet
with coal. Under pretext that it Is
its duty to maintain atrictest neu-
trality it has forbidden the German
vessels belonging or chartered by
the Hamburg-Anerica line to leave
British ports. My fears-I wrote you
long ago-that this would happen
now incumbent upon me to take early
steps to fix the attitude Germany has
to take up viS-a-vis of this action
1t is far from my intentions to hurry
, you IN your answer to my last re-
marks about your proposal anent
our defensive t-eaty. But you Will
| am sure, be fully alive to the fact
that l must now have absolutely
positive guarantees from you wheth-
er you intend leaving me unaided
not in case England and Japan should
declare war against me on account
of the coaling of the Russian fleet
by Germany. Should you be unable
to absolutely guarantee me that in
such war you will loyalty fight
shoulder to shoulder with me. then /
regret to assert to be under the ne
cessity of Immediately forbidding
German steamers to continue to coal
your fleet.
.Alvensleben German ambassador
is under orders to at once elucidate
the coaling question with Lambs
dOrH. hambSdorff, Russian minister
of foreign affairs.)
BEST love to Alix. Ever your most
affectionate cousin and friend.
WILLY"
Coal Crisis SmOothed Over.
"Neues Palais. December 81, 1905
Dearest Nicky: Sincerest thanks for
your kind letter and two kilograms
as well as for your kind order regu-
lating the coaling question. OF course,
we are unable today to foresee wheth-
er the declaration. given by your gov
ernment will prove sufficient to meet
every kind of complication which may
arise out of the present run of af-
fairs. 1t is, however, not my inten-
ton to press upon you any solu-
tion which might appear undesirable
to you. We shall under all circum-
stances remain true and loyal friends.
MY opinion about the agreement Is
still the same; ii is impossible to take
France into our confidence before We
two have come to a definite arrange
ment. Loubet and Delcasse are no
doubt experienced statesmen, but they
not being princes or emperors, 1 am
unable to place them-in a question
of confidence like this one-on the
same footing as you, my equal. my
cousin and friend.
Should you therefore think il i'm
perative to acquaint the French gov
ernment with our negotiations before
we have arrived at definite settle
ment, l consider il better for all par
ties concerned to continue in our pres
ent condition of mutual independence
and of spontaneous promotion of each
others ends as far as the situation
will permit. L firmly trust and be-
lieve that the hopes of our being use
full to each other may be realized not
only during the war, but also after II
during the peace negotiations, for our
interests in the far east are identical
in more than one respect.
II wish you and Alix with all my
heart a merry Christmas and a happy
new year, and may the Lords bless
ing be on you all, not forgetting the
boy. With sincerest love to Alix, be-
lieye me, dearest Nicky, ever your
most affectionate and devoted cousin
and friend. WILLY
(The kaiser refuses to have France
told all the details of the treaty and
prefers to have the agreement drop
rather than have France know)
(To be continued)