Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-30
THE WIIL.Y--NTCKY LETTERS

believe me ever your NEST affec-
tionate COUSIN and FRIEND enc!
(The kaiser has succeeded in his
plan to attach a personal aide de
camp to the car and sends Col. Won
Moltke for the task. The letter IS
written before the outbreak of the:
war between Greece and Turkey, III
which European diplomacy played a
considerable part. and in which the
keynote was sounded by Russia
Greece landed armed men in Crete
and the powers condemned this ac-
ton, blocliaded Crete and yet allow
ed more Greek bands to land. Greece
then called out it's reserves and Tur-
key began to mobilize. The central
powers proposed cOerciVe measures
against Greece, but these were We
toed by France, Italy and Great Bri.
tain, which led Greece to believe
that she would receive support in
her campaign against Turkey Later.
in March, when hostilities opened,
the kaiser proposed q joint blockade
of PiraeuS and VOlO, but France and
Great Britain declined to take pare.
Eventually the powers agreed to keen
out Of the wa" but to see that the
AGGRESSION did not reap any material
benefits from it. The war and the
subsequent peace showed how thor
OuGhly the cabinets Of Europe con-
trolled the situation. In the above
letter the kaiser alsc suggests that
he be invited to Petersburg He
visited the capital in August in com
pany with the Austrian emperor, a
of France arrived there. The latter
event proved most significant for it
signalized the formal closing of the
alliance between France and Russia.
which helped defeat Germany in
1914. This was a severe blow for
the kaiSer's diplomacy
Says England Wants Alliance
Berlin, May 80, 1898 (private and
very confidcntiaD Dearest Nicky
With q suddenness wholly uneXpect~
ed to me am 1 placed before grave
decision which is of vital Importance
to my country and which is so far.
reaching thai l cannot foresee the
Ultimate consequences. The tradj-
tons in which l was reared by my
beloved grandfather of blessed mem
Dry as regards our two houses and
countries, have, as you will own, all
ways been kept by me as a holy be-
quest from him, and my loyalty to
YOU and your family is, - fIatter
myself, above any suspicion. [
therefore come 20 you as my frien1
and confident to lay the affairs be-
fore you as one who expects a frank
and loyal answer to a frank and
loyal question
I'm the beginning Of April the
attacks on my country and person
till then showered on us by the
British press and people, suddenly
fell off, and there was, as you VIII
have perceived, a momentary lull
This rather astonished us at home
and we were at a loss for an explain.
alton. In private inquiry 1 found
out tht Fl. NJ. the queen herself
through a friend of hers had SEM
word to The british papers that she
wished this unnoble and false game
to cease. This in the land of the
free press" Such an unWOnted step
naturally led us 70 the conclusion
that something was in the air. Abou.
Easter, celebrated politician pro-
priOmOtu suddenly sent for my am
tassador and a brule pour point
without ado) offered him a treaty
Of alliance with England! Count
hatfield German ambassador in
London). utterly astonished, said he