The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22


visible II 10 assuredIy not pleasant
TO he forced 10 retreat politically.
as we dii IN the Morocco matter, but
Germany policy mIofdinHfed pN-
erythlnF 10 the great cause ~ pre-
serving The peace of the world.
We tried 10 attain THE end by
courtcsy, which was partially re-
eonted. I recall tho journey OF nay
mother. the EmproHs Frederick, 10
Paris. We expected tolernhlv good
reception. since shc WIS nn EnriiHh
princess and went. ns an artist. 90
be the guest Of French art Twice
I visited the Empress EuRrulc.-
once from Aldorshot al her castle
OF Peterborough. the other timo
aboard her yacht in Norwegian
waters near Bcrgou. This wns
piece Of politcuo-- that seemed tu
me perfectly natural. seeing that I
happened to bo very near her. When
the French General Bonn1i was In
Berlin with several Officers. these
gentlemen dined with the Second In
iantry regiment. ] was present and
toasted the French army some
thing that was etill out Of tho ordin-
ary but was done with the best in
tuntlons. | brought French female
and male artists to Germany All
this sort Of thing, of course. was
tfifle In the great game OF politics,
but 10 nt least showed our good will
with regard tn Russia, went Ia
the utmost trouble My letters, pub
lshcd In the meantime, were nntur-
ally never sent without the knOwl-
edge OF the imperial chnncollors,
but always In agreement with them
and largely Mt their desire. Rus
sia would doubtless never nave got
Into u war with Germany under
Alexander III. for he was reliable.
Car Nicholas was weak ana vHclliht-
Ing; whoever had last beon with him
UaH right, ana, naturally. Il wnH i'm
possible for me always TO be that
Individual.
made every effort with this
cgar also. tO restore The traditional
Friendship between Germany and
Russia. | was moved 10 do 80 not
only by political reasons but by the
promise which I had made 60 my
grandfather on his denthbod
most urgently advised C2nr
Nicholas, repeatedly, 10 intrOdu,
liberal reforms within his country
60 summon the eo-called great duna.
which existed and functioned oven
rs far back ~ the reign or Ivan
tho Terrible. In doing 30 II was
not my intention Ia interfere In Rus
\
was TO eliminate. In the interests of
Germany, the fermcnt going on In
Russia, which had often enough
been DETECTED before TO foreign cOn-
fllcts. ns | have already described
| wished To help toward eliminating
OF least this one phase OF the inter
nal situation In Russia. which
threatened 10 cause war. and was
all the more willing to make tho Of
fort since ! might thereby serve
both the czar ana Russia.
The car puld no heed to my ad-
vice. but created n new duma in
stead. which was quite inadequate
Cor coping with the situation. Had
ho summoned tho old duma he
might have dealt and tnlked per
sonnlly with all the representative
OF his huge realm and won their
confidence,
When the czar resolved upon war
against Japan. | told him that l
would assure him security In the
rear and cause him no annoyanccs.
Germany kept this promise.
Grand Dukes Visit.
when the course taken by tho
war did not fulfltl the czRr's expec-
attions. and the Russian and Japan
ese armies finally lay before each
other for weeks without serious
fighting. tho young brother OF the
Czur, Grand Duke Michael, arrived
ut Berlin for a visit, We could not
quite make out what he wanted.
Prince Bulow, who was then chan
cellor. requested mo 10 nSk the
grand duke some time how matters
really stood with Russia; ,he said
that he, the prince. had received
bad news and thought II was high
fFrNn IA
an end.
undertook this miss!on The
grand duke was visibly relieved
when 7 spoke to him frankly; he
declared that things looked bad for
Russia. ! told him that IL seemed
to me thnt tho ear ought TO make
peace soon, since what tho grand
duke had told me about the unre-
liability of troops and officers APP
peared TO me quite as serious as the
renewed internal agitation.
Grand Duke Michael was grateful
for my having given him an oppor-
tunity TO talk. lie said that the
czRr was vacillating, as always, hut
he must make peace and would
make II II l advised him to do so.
He asked me 20 write a few lines
to the CzRr to that effect for him
to deliver.
i drafted letter IN EngUAn 70
Czar Nicholas. went to Bulow, told
him what the grand duke had told
e,. nnd showed him the draft OF
my letter. ThA prince thanked me
and found the letter suitable, The
grand duke informed the Russian
ambassador In Berlin, Count Osten-
Aackon. and. after he had repeat
edly expressed his thanks, went di-
rect 90 the car, who then had peace
Uogotiations begun,
Count OBten- -SdCken told me.
wheA next We met. that I had done
Bussia a great service. was glad
this was recognized, and folt ius-
tif.ed in hoping, on account OF this,
that my conduct would contribute
toward hringinE about friendly re-
lations with Russia. In acting as
/ did also worked toward prevent
ing the possible spread OF a Rus
sian revolution, during the Russo
Japanese war, across the frontiers
Of Germany Germany earned no
Es.cA Tl