The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-04
William Tells of Near Break
With Buelou Ouer hterpiew
Which Reused England's Ire

aDVut tAe SOCalleQ interview, pub
lished in The Daily Telegraph Its OBJ
1ect was the Improvement of German
English relations. ! had sent the
draft submitted to me to the Ghancel-
Tor for examination through the rep
resentative of the Foreign Office, Herr
Won Jenisch. ] had called attention,
by means Of notes, to certain por-
tons which, to my way of thinking,
did not belong therein and should be
eliminated. Through a series of mis-
takes on the part Of the Foreign Office
when the matter was taken up at my
request, this was not done.
A storm broke loose in the press
The Chancellor spoke in the Reich
stag, but did not defend the Kaiser,
who was the object of attack, to the
extent that / expected, declaring, on
the other hand, that he wished to pre-
vent in future the tendency toward
personal politics" which had become
apparent in the last few years The
Conservative party took upon itself to
address an open letter to the King
through the newspapers, the contents
of which are known
During these proceedings, was
staying first at Eckartsau, with Franz
Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne
and later with Kaiser Franz Joseph ct
Vienna, both of whom disapproVed of
| the Chancellor's conduct From Wen
ma went to Donaueschingen to visit
| Prince Furstenberg, to whom the
press saw fit to address the demand
| that he should being an honest, up
right man, tell the Emperor the truth
for ouce. When we talked over the
whole matter, the Prince advised me
to get together, at the Foreign Office,
the dispatches from Highcliffe in 1907,
and the answers to them, and have
these laid before the Reichstag.
During this whole affair underwent
great mental anguish, which was
heightened by the sudden death be
fore my eyes of the intimate friend of
my youth, Count Hulsen-Haeseler,
Chief of the Military Cabinet. The
faithful, self-sacrificing friendship and
care of the Prince and his family were
most welcome to me in these bitter
days. And letters and demonstra-
lions from the empire, part of which
sided with me and severely censured
the Chancellor, were consolation to
me during that period.
After my return, the Chancellor ap-
peared, lectured me on my political
sins, and asked that l sign the docu-
ment that is already known, which
was afterward communicated to the
press. / signed it in silence and in
| Silence l endured the attacks of the
/ press against myself and the Crown.
The Chancellor struck a serious
blow, By his conduct, at the firm con-
| fidence and sincere friendship which
had bound me before to him. I'm
doubtedly Prince BuIow thought that.
handling the matter as he did both in
the Reichstag and with me personally,
he could best serve me and the cause,
especially as public excitement was
running very high at that time. In
this I could not agree with him, all the
more SO since his actions toward me
III the Daily Telegraph affair stood
out in too sharp contrast to the COM
plaisance and recognition which BuloW
had previously manifested toward me.
i I had become so accustomed to the
aniabilfty of the Prince that l found
the treatment now accorded me in
comprehensive.
A Break With BuIow.
The relationship between Emperor
and Chancellor, excellent and amicable
up to that time, was, at all events, dis
turbed. l gave up personal relations
with the Chancellor and confined my
self to official dealings. After consul
tation with the Minister of the Royal
Household and the Chief of the Cab1-
net, I resolved to follow Prince Furst-
enberg's advice as to getting together
the Highcliffe dispatches, and charged
the Foreign Office with this task. II
failed of accomplishment because the
DISPATCHES in question were not to be
found.
Toward the end of the Winter the
Chancellor requested an audience
with me. I walked up and down with
him in the Picture Gallery of the pal
ace, between the pictures of my ances-
tors. of the battles of the Seven Years
War, of the proclamation of the EN-
pire at Versailles, and was amazed
when the Chancellor harked back tc
the events of the Autumn of 1908 and
undertook to explain his attitude
Thereupon took occasion to talk with
him about the entire past. The frank
talk and the explanations of thu
Prince, which satisfied me, did so. a
pleasant evening, followed. The re
suit was that he remained in office.
The Chancellor requested that dine
/. with him that evening, as had SO oft
! en- done before, in order to show tht
outer world that all was again we'll.
I did so. A pleasant evening, eniveneC
by the visibly delighted Princess witt
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