The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-21
Long Lost Interview Is Published
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KAlSER'S THOUGHTS REVEALED
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Writer'S Son Bares Old Document
Editors Note: The Kaiser gave

Editors Note: The Kaiser gave
an indiscreet interview to an AM
erican newspaper man in 1908.
The German foreign office. &C
cording to the story, blue penciled
much Of the dynamite. The ex-
purgated version was announced
for publication In the December.
1908 Century magazine. Before It
appeared, however, the foreign
office requested suppression, and
sent cruiser to New York to pick
up the pages and consign them
to Davy Jones' locker. When the
crates containing the sheets failed
to sink, they were fished out and
the copies fed to the flames. The
Lost Interview" Is now publish
ed for the first time.)
Boston, April 2l.-(R)-What the
Kaiser said to william Bayard Hale.
journalist, one night back In 1905
an international mystery for q quar-
ter Of . century-was revealed Fri
day.
The famous Lost Interview" which
caused so many headaches and SO
much speculation, Is presented In the
May issue Of the Atlantic Monthly
magazine by william Harlan Hale, son
Of the man to whom Emperor Will
lam II Of Germany spoke 50 freely
and, Is his country thought, 50 indis-
creetly.
This is the gist Of the views ex-
pressed by the Kaiser:
The inevitable world crisis was q
clash between Japan and occidental
nations; east and west must meet
and the west must conquer.
Great Britain was guilty of sort
Of political miscegenation In allyine
herself with Japan.
Wat was necessary. War was Christ
Ian. The bible was full Of fighting
The greatest soldiers were Christians
Theodore Roosevelt, then president
Of the United States, was his hero
the dominating, militaristic leader he
hoped he himself was.
The course Of history was largely
determined. Not by the clashing Of
social forces and economic trends, but
by the deeds Of great men and person.
alities.
Talked On Yacht
Thus the Kaiser spoke. It was one
evening in July, 1908, that he con-
sented to the interview by Hale. close
friend Of Theodore Roosevelt. The
meeting was on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern, at anchor in the Fjord
Of Bergen.
In the Atlantic Monthly. Hale writes
that the emperor voiced "the most
amazingly indiscreet statements ever
uttered by the head of great nation
The Russo-Japanese war was three
years past. Germany had come to q
crossroads and was q little off the
path. She was carrying on a naval
race with Great Britain, q military
race with France.
The Algeciras conference, at which
England. Russia and Italy had opposed
the Fatherland In agreeing to recog.
ni1e the priority Of French interests II
Morocco, had left her somewhat Of ar
Ishmael among nations.
The Hale interview was to appea,
In the Century Magazine, December
1908. The German foreign office gave
1t thorough editorial securing, re-
moving most Of the dynamite.
Then, 1t was decided that the inter-
view should be suppressed. It was
just before publication. The pages
were yanked out, Grated and stored In
. warehouse. The German cruiser
Bremen came to New York. loaded
the crates aboard and in mid-Atlan-
tic tossed them overheard.
Pages Fed to Fire
The crates declined to sink and the
Bremen lowered boats and took them