THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD VII.
A CLANDESTINE TREATY BETWEEN KALER
AND TSAR.
(BY SIR SIDNEY LEE]
During the opening months of nations by each other's ears for his 1905 Russia's misfortunes in Man-own personal benefit. churis and the insurrection of The Kaiser believed he had scor- workmen and peasants at home ed a success against England. In were the main subjects of the Kai his correspondence with the Txar ser's letters to the Tsar. But his he claimed completely to hare out hopes of a Russo-German alliance witted King Edward. Some ink were still alive, though he had come ling of their secret negotiation, ha to realise that the Tsar's Ministers told the Tsar (August 22nd), had would not yield their condition of reached the King at Cowes early 4 preliminary consultation with that month, and his uncle was re France. In July, the Kaiser presented as greatly puzzled. The thought that by playing a trick on Kaiser put King Edward's the Tsar. he might reach his goal curiosity, when he wrote to the without the help of the Tsar's Tsar on August 2nd, 1905: in an Ministers. He was yachting in the offensive light. Baltic and was proposing to cruise in the Gulf of Finland. On July 10th, 1800, he telegraphed to the Tanr: Should it give you any pleasure to see me, I am, of course, always at your disposal." The Tear amiably suggested a meeting at Bjorko, near Viborg. The Kai
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The show-rooms and workshops are on the first floor of 107, New Bond-street, and to gain access the men-there are believed to have been at least three-entered a yard at the back, climbed a wall, saur- mounted a glass-domed roof, and unfastened an office window. They had then a drop of over ten feet before they were actually in the preatises themselves.
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The Arch intriguer—and mix chief-maker" in Europe, as you rightly called the King of Eug- land, has been hard at work in the last months. At Cowes he said
Only the Best Taken. to one of my friends German gentleman I sent to observe the Once inside they carefully blind- Entente Cordiale "I can't ed all windows so that no light
at Bjorko! Banckendorff knows evidently experts, and they care nothing for he always tells me fully selected only the best of everything; Copenhagen knows gown and materials. They pack. nothing, and even the Emperor's ed the gowns into small bundles mother (Queen Alexandra's sister)
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ed that Ee was travelling 43 4 simple tourist, without any cere mony.' The Tsar, duped by the Kaiser's assurance, arrived in his yacht the Standart, without any political advisers, and en July 3rd he met the Kaiser aboard the Hobenzollern, only to find that the Kaiser was accompanied by Herr von Tschirsky, the Secretary of the German Foreign Office. The con- versation opened with family gos. ip and a friendly exchange of as- arances that in the event of a British attack on the Baltic they would jointly occupy Denmark for the duration of the war.
Tsar's Grudge Against King Edward.
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who always lets me know every thing-has heard nothing from her son this time; even Lamidorf-who is such a nice man and lets me know all I want to hear-knows nothing, or, at least, won't tell It is. very disagreeable!" shows you how very wide is the net of secret information he has cast over Europe and over you.
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Russian Repudiation. As soon as the Tsar, on August 30th, revealed the terms of the Trenty to Count Lamsdorf its fate denounced it to his master as was sealed. Lamsdorf warningly breach of the Alliance with France. Count Witte, on returning home
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after carrying through the peace with Japan, took Lamsdorff's view that all that remained for the Tsar to do was to repudiate the whole transaction, and the Grand Duke Nicholas ex- pressed himself to the Tsar in iden tical terms. The Tsar made no resistance.
It was evident, the Kaiser wrote to Bulow on July 9th, 1905,
that the Tsar had a personal grievance against England. Ee termed Edward VIL 41
greatest mischief-maker and the most deceitful and dangerous intriguer in the world. I could only agree with him in these re- marks, and testify to their truth, adding that I had suffered great ly in consequence during the past few years. I told him that King Edward had a perfect pas sion for making treaties, where upon the Tsar emphatically pro-aud,
His Ministers quickly brought him back to his senses and his duty. He learnt his lesson, recognising the tempter,
and apparently conveyed them to confederates outside.
The office safe was examined and attempts made to force it open hy the door. When the lock resisted their efforts the safe was turned over and the back was removed.
been on the promises the greater The burglars are believed to have part of the night. Cups which had contained coffee were fouad lying on the table, and kettle which had been used to boil the water for the coffee was found near a gas ring
have been a number of robberies During the last few weeks there of this kind, and the police ate making systematic investigations to discover where the thieves dis- poss of the stolen property."
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nounced: "Well, I can only say escaped from the the amare into light, to Germany's manifest is he shall not get one from me, which he had been led, with the comfiture, the unwelcome fact that, and never in my life against result that the secret Treaty, should Germany press the advan Germany or you, my word of through lack of ratification, etage that she thought she bad re- honour on it.
mained of no effect, and in duecently gained over France and time was formally annulled.
force a sudden conflict on her, Eng- Thereupon the Kaiser produced the draft of a treaty very similar Count Lamsdorff's instructions to side on the battlefield.
The subsequent publication of land would be found at France's to the one of which he had sant the Russian delegate at the Con the Tsar a copy the previous ference at Algeciras finally proved
Germany's action in Morocco November. He invited the Tsar toto the Kaiser that the Bastian Gov. seemed about to set aflame all the put his signature to the document, ernment had no intention of ecting inflammable elemente, in the Eure- The feeble Taar hesitated, loath to in foreign affairs with any Power Pean furnace, and although the betray France, yet swayed by the save France. The Kaiser's tren- perilous fire was for the moment dire need of a period of assured cherous plot thus came to Its quenched it was by no mean ex- safety. Fersonal feelings mingled, humiliating end.
finguished. There was justice in for the Kaiser had seemed to be
Meanwhile, negotiations continu- the prophecy that it would soon his only sympathetic" friend since
ed between the French and German blaze forth again in fresh strength. the commencement of the war.
The Moroccan danger had remain- Governments as to the programme Finally, with incredible weakness, which was to be submitted to the ed formidable for ful year, and be signed, without France, the clandestine treaty of
consulting Moroccan Conference. M. Clemen in spite of the temporary settle- AT THE EASTERN EXTENSION, alliance.
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cenu, who was not get a Minister, ment of the Algeciras Conference, but who was a powerful expporter it merited Mr.-Winston Churchill' of the Entente and held strong description as the first milestone views as to the need of French pre-
to Armageddon:" paredness to resist German aggres The whole fault, the Kaiser tald sion, was in London in mid-Decem- Haldane when the two men met in her, and on the 13th he lunched Berlin in September, 1908, was Del- with King Edward's confidential cases, who had wanted to pick informant, Lord Esher, and Mr. a quarrel and bring England into John Morley, who had just joined it (Haldane to King, September the new Liberal Government as Rad, 1906). But unbiassed obser- Secretary" for India. A report of vers may hold the opinion that the Clemenceau's conversation reached pence would never have been, en- their the King's hand next day. Clemen- dangered had the Kaiser refrained July to December, 1926.
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Premature Exultation. Herr von Tschirsky, who was travelling with the Kaiser, added his name, and the Tsar invited naval officer, who was on board his yacht with him, Admiral Birile, who knew nothing of politics, and did not trouble to read the paper; to follow suit. Thereupon the two monarchs took leave of one another, agreeing not to reveal negotiations to anyone until peace with Japan was signed. The four clauses of the treaty provided that: (1) If any European State should ements which should be taken Moroccan independence."
The Kalaer Angry.
the
in the first week should war be the attack either Power the other result of the Conference, and that would aid with all its forces; (2) England should endeavour to de neither would conclude a separate tach Italy from Triple
the peace; (3) the treaty should come Alliance, which would neutralise into force on the conclusion of one-third of the German army. peace with Japan, and might only be cancelled at a year's notice; (4) | Russia would make its terms known to France and invite her to sign it as an ally.
It was only seven weeks after Delcasso's fall. Well might Wil liam II. believe that the stars in. their courses were on his side. His exultation was unrestrained, his imagination unbounded. Shortly after his capture of the Tsar's signature he wrote to the Tsar of
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The Kaiser throughout autumn of 1905 was constantly al- leging to all and sundry that "England wished for war, not the King, not the Ministry, but some very influential people like Sir Jolm Fisher," who deemed it "the moment to provoke war because the British Flect was in perfect order and more powerul than the German
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