The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-04

toetne RE Always carried copy
OF Faust" In his pocket.
In April, 1905, came the unfOrtu-
nate collapse in the Reichstag OF the
overworked chancellor As soon as
I received the news. | hurried there
and was glad that prlvy Councillor
Renvers could give me encouraging
news about Bulow's condition. While
the prince was recuperating during
the summer at Norderney, / went
from Heligoland. which / had been
inspecting. on a torpedo boat TO the
Island and surprised the chancellor
and his wife at their villa. spent
the day In chatting with the chan
cellor. who had already recovered
his health TO an encouraging degree
and was Drowned by the sea air and
sunlight.
In the late autumn Of 1907 the
empress and l paid a visit to Wind
sor. at the invitation OF King Ed
ward VII. we were most cordially
received by the English royal fam
ily and the visit went off harmoni-
ously. After this visit | went for a
rest TO the castle OF Highcliffe. be-
longing to Gen. stewart Worthley.
situated on the south coast OF Eng
land, opposite The Needles.
Before my departure for England,
the chancellor, who was much
pleased at the English Invitation,
had long talks with me as 20 the
best way for getting on better foot
Ing with England, and had suggested
80 me number uf nis desires and
projects, to serve mo as guides in
my Couversat with Englishmen.
During my visit had frequent oc-
casion TO discuss the subjects agreed
upou and conduct conversations as
desired by the chancellor. Cipher
kilograms containing my reports on
these conversations went regular
ly to Berlin and / repeatedly re-
celved from the chancellor approv-
ing kilograms. l used to show these
after the evening meal TO my inti-
mates who accompanied me on my
visit; these men. among them the
Chief Court Marshal Count Eulen-
berg and Prince Max Egon Fursten-
berg. read them and rejoiced with
me at the harmonious understand
ing between me and the chancellor.
After my return from England l
made II general report to the chan
cellor. whereupon be expressed 10
me his thanks for my having per-
sOnaily troubled myself so much and
worked so hard toward improving
the relations between the two cOun-
tries,
Defends Famous Interview.
a year later came the incident
about the so-called interview" pub
llshed in the Daily Telegraph. Its
object was the Improvement OF Ger
mani English relations. l had sent
the draft submitted TO me to the
chancellor for examination through
the representative OF the foreign Of
flee. Herr Won Jenisch, ] had called
attention, by means of notes, to GER
tain portions which, to my way OF
thinking, did not belong therein and
should be eliminated. Through n
series OF mistakes 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, 10 the
extent that / expected. declaring, on
the other hand. that he wished 70
prevent in future the tendency TO-
ward 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.
During these proceedings, was
staying first at Eckartsau. with
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Aus
trian throne and later with Kaiser
Franz Joseph at Vienna. both OF
whom disapproyed the chancellor's
conduct, From Vienna l went 20
Donaueschlngen to visit Prince
Furstenberg, to whom the press saw
1T to address the demand that he
should being an honest. upright
man, tell the emperor the truth for
once. When we talked over the
matter, the prince advised me to get
together, at the foreign office, the
dispatches from HiEhclfte in 1907,