Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-06
love to Alix. Your affectionate cou-
sin and friend, WILLY"

love to Alix. Your affectionate cou-
sin and friend, WILLY"
(In this letter the kaiser has 6efi-
nitely taken the side of the Turks
in the Cretan disturbances. Through
the summer and fall of 1898 an at
tempt was made by four great pow
ers-England, Russia, France and
Italy-to rule Crete through a COM
mittee, and to force the Turkish
troops there to withdraw, at the
same time guaranteeing the safety
of the M2hometan subjects. Germany
and Austria refused to support the
policy pursued by the four nations
and this REINFORCED the kaiser's po-
sition with the Turks. But in this
letter to the car the kaiser eX-
plains clearly why he is cultivating
the Turks-"Remember what you and
l agreed upon atPeterhof never to for
get that the Mahometans were ire
mendous card in our game in case
you or I were suddenly confronted
by a war with q certain meddlesome
power" The certain power of course
England. The kaiser had the war in
view all the time
SuUSG LIlS ClOcIh VI WI IIIilG kAAS SE1E%L
of RUSSIA very religious man
about religious conditions in the Holy
Land the German kaiser in 1898 con-
tinued his efforts to undermine Mich
olas' confidence in France and Great
Britain. He wrote long letter from
Damascus on November 9, 1898, CIV
ing his distinctly unfavorable i'm
preston of the external features and
religious practices of Palestine, and
announcing his conviction that the
Church Of the Holy Sepulcher does
not cover the actual grave of the Sa-
vior. Having discoursed at length on
this subject he devotes the latter half
of his letter to diatribe against the
French-with whom the Russians had
now become allied.
The incident that most rolls the
kaiser is the backing down of France
before England in the Fashoda crisis
For over six years France had fought
the pretensions of the English to SOW
ereignty over parts of the Upper Nile
in disputed region of Soudan. The
British claimed sovereignty as the
conquerorssof the Egyptians, France
pushed an expedition up the, White
Nile as far as Fashoda under Captain
Marchand. Sir Herbert Kitchener
was in command Of the British
forces. In the notes that followed
France contested the British title,
but when Lord Salisbury refused to
call the title into question and de-
manded the evacuation of Fashoda
before discussing any trade conces
sions to France the French with
drew Internationally, suffering a
diplomatic humiliation rather than
face war with Great Britain. The
kaiser evidently had hoped for war
and naturally viewed the growth of
the British power in Africa with
alarm. He comDlim ents the French
for the first time, for he says they
were in first rate position and able
to help us others all in Africa VINO
are sorely in need of strong help"
Copies of the original letters were
brought from Moscow by Isaac Don
Levine, staff correspondent of the
Daily News. Introductions and his
torical notes to the letters are being
written by Harry Hansen.
Damascus, Nov. 9, 189S.--Dearest
Nicky: By the kind telegram you
sent me to Jerusalem you intimate
that you follow our journey with in
terest; this encourages me to send
you a few lines at the end of our tour
with some Of my Impressions. They
are SO manifold that it is rather diff
ficult to fix them.
I'm the first place Jerusalem has.
of course, occupied our attention on
account Of the many places filled
with "reminiscences of our Savior. The
though that His eyes rested on the
same hills. that His feet trod the
same ground is most stirring to ones
heart, and makes it beat faster and
more fervently. But I must frankly
own that not all one sees relating to
the Christian faith is exactly adapt
ed for the promotion of this feeling