The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-07
The Kaisers Memoirs

TO hand and then read aloud by me
halt n dozen times more, II was
signed,
when our group broke up, the
chancellor asked Sir Ernest who was
to be expected from England To- cone
duct the negotiations. CHgscl replied
that It would certainly be- minister.
which ono he did not know-per-
haps Winston Churchill miniater of
the navy. since tho question was a
naval one Then the Chancellor ar
ranged further with him that the
unofficial method should bee retained
and that Bnllin should undertake TO
transmit all the news regarding tho
matter which should cmunnte from
England.
SIR Ernest expressed his lively
gratitude for his cordial reception
and his satisfaction az the tenor "
our reply Later Hpllin Informed me
from his hotel that Cusgcl had cN-
pressed himself as completely sptiS-
fled uyo~ the successful outcome %
his mission, and that he would rc-
port TO his government the good I'M.
preston made upon him
When I thcrcupon conferred on
the matter with Admiral Won Tirpit1
we both agreed that the naval hill
was IN danger and, therefore, that
We must bo very careful
Diplomatic Preparedness.
In perfect secrecy tho material
was collected which Admiral Won
Tirpitz was TO present at tho ncgoti-
atiouR II consisted OF u short his.
turic5l stretch 0f the development uf
the fleet and ~ the increasingly Il 10
fCult tasks dcvulying upon n. the
naval law and its aims, nature. en-
Hctmont and extension, finally. the
contemplated naval bill, ita moaning
aud tho method of putting II
through.
The chancellor nskod that the
main negotiations should bo conduct
ed ut the palace In my presence. In
addition. | agreed with Admiral Won
Tlrpit2 that he should speak English.
aE far as possible. and that !, In case
OF difficult technical expressions.
would interpret.
Untn England made known the
namc OF the nogotiator. our time was
spent In suppositlnna, aud Ballin In
formed us OF combinations IN con-
nection with which number of
names. even that OF Grey. came up.
AZ last the ncws arrived. through
Ballin. that 1lnldanc--tha minister
OF war. previously a lnwycr--had
been entrusted with the conduct OF
tho negotiations aud would soon ar
rive. General ama2emontl Just
Imagine, mutntis mutandia, that Ger
many had sent her minister Of war
(at that time Won Hcrrlngen) To
London. instead of Admiral Won
Tirpitz. for tho discussion of . naval
mattorl
when this point wnadisc usRed with
Bethmann and Tirpii5 n number OF
suppositions were advanced: the
chancellor said that IIaldano was
known In England as u student of
Goethe and as man versod in Ger
man philosophy and knowing the
German language, so that his choice
was n piece OF politeneAs toward us.
Tirpitz observed that Haldane had
formerly spent some time In Berlin
ana worked with General Won Einem
at the war ministry. and hence knew
tho state OF affairs I'm Germany
auRPested that all that wns very
we'll, but that the choice Of Haldnu.
showed that England looHcd upon
the question as purely political, since
he knew only auper'icially about
naval affairs. that the whole thing
was probably directed against Cor
many y naval DblAAN Nv b'l'i NJ 'llN
tho new naval bill I'm particular;
that Il would be well. therefore, moi
10 forget this, I'm order that the
whole thing might not develop into
n foreign assault upon our right OF
solf.dotermlnotlon AZ to the strength
OF our defensive measures.
IIaldanc arrived and was received
ns an imperial guest. Bnllin, who
accompanied him, solved tho riddle
Of Haldnne's choice on tho basis ot
information received by him from
England.
lie said that when Cassei had got
bacS TO London. reported on his
reception, and handed over tho Ger
man reply, the impression made was
50 favorable that no further doubt
was entertained therc ms to the
satisfactory course of the negotin-
tlons and their conclusion I'm the
form Of nm agreement; that, there
upon keen dispute had arisen
among the minister's, especially be-
tween Churchill nnd Grey. as 20 who
should 20 90 Berlin and aifix his
name to this great historical dOcu-
ment I'm case the object ba achieved
Of making Germany completely give
up the further development of her
fleet; that Churchill thought him
solf the right man for the Job, since
he was Mt the head OF the navy, But
Grey and Asquith would not let their
colleague reap the glory. and Tor
this reason. Grey stood for n while In
the foreground another proof that
Il was politics rather than tho mum
bcr of ships which was 20 play the
leading role.
Selection ~ Churchill.
After a while however, II was de-
cided that II was more fitting 20
Grey'a personal ana official import
ance 10 appear only AZ the tcrmina-
tion OF the negotiations, 10 nffIx his
name 70 the agreement md os II
WAS put in the Information trans
mlttted from England 20 Ballin--
80 get his dinner from tho Emperor
and m come In for his part of the
festivities and flrcwurka"-which, IN
good German, means 10 enjoy the
Bengal llRht illumination"
AZ Il had been decided that
Churchill was not 20 get this In any
event, II was necessary 10 choose
somebody FOR the negotiations who
y,ag close 10 Aaquith and Grey and