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nffaits he thug obtained convinced
conferences with wilhelm. who.
though pledged to Austria. ncverthe-
less wished 10 ally himself with RUS
whicp desired tho friendship OF Ger
nanS but tho Kaiser WAS Ice. An
entra In his diary during 1895 sums
Up wilhelm thus:
THE kaiser is no, modern mon
arch. He believes that he is Gods
nnnointch. and his belief in himself
his mission. hts genius and hs
achievements is studIously fos,ered 5y
his encourage. SO that ne is not &C
customcd TO contradiction or strong
expression of other Views than his
mcnt.and resentment. He would like
10 CONVEX, the whole world into
barracks. Everything must be cut
and dried. standardized, labeled and
tabulatcd."
His Friend. "Nicky.-
Prince Won Buelow and Count HAITI
feid;,- continues this writer. took up
tho matter OF England. but the Kali
ser ordered the English proposal to
be met with cvas!vc replies. He drew
gave his friendship TO tho Car. Here
81 the princes account Of an inter-
view, in which he spoke moro plainly
10 the monarch than he had ever
been spoken TO before. but without
avail:-
"The boundless se!f-conceit of this
man Is too deep-rooted TO be shat,
20 attack tho Gear he sternly forbade
mo to cast aspersions on his friend
'NIcky' To him tho Gear Is the great
Emperor of the East. born and
ne. as German Emperor, dreams OF
ruling the earth. believe ne re-
gards.me as sort OF SPY OF the Eng
lish he hates 80 much, and as COM
mIssioned TO bring about n breach
between him and 'Nicky"
Russin Jibcd at Him.
The prince then sought 10 win over
with England. but every attempt in
that direction by great Berlin paper
was countered by government state
monts; In 1908. when the famous IN
l!shed- by tho Daily Telegraph. IN
which he claimed TO have drawn up
for the English their plan OF cam
paign- against the Beers, Won Bue-
the courtiers named General Mack
ensen as his successor. Tho writer
adds.
Tho English press is relieved. and
NJ. Dslcassc asserts that he sought
an alliance with us. but that this un-
Outstanding was frustrated by the
personal influence OF Wilhelm. Rus
STA shows by jibes at the Kaiser that
thinkfof monarch who, in 1898, be-
trays=to Russia EnGiand's offer of
an alliance. and in 1899 draws up
for the English plans of campaign
against the Boers?"
Willing, hut Weak.
When the war broke out the prince
was rs enthusiastic as the rest, but
at Brhst-Litovsk. on August 81. 1915.
he wrote:
1T is deplorable that man like
Ludcndorn is so strongly anncxa-
tionist. / discussed politics with
him. and was absolutely amazed at
the views which he put forward with
his accustomed energy AS a politi-
clan he is impossible. but he is
brilliant general. perhaps the best
AS early as 1915 wilhelm seemed
to realize the situation, and the
writer In n long audience, got the
impression that the Kaiser was not
disinclincd for an understanding.
ON the contrary. believe he
would welcome general peace II
the conditions were at all tolerable.
We lack Bismarck, for the Kaiser,
who wished to be his own Chancellor.
is only good, brave. average man.
with excellent intentions. but unable
10 decide on the best way out OF
this tangle."