Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Carnegie Praises Kaiser.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 19, 1912:
Says He Is a Model Monarch and a Great Peace Advocate.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Sept. 18.— Andrew Carnegie has paid another compliment to Emperor William in a letter to the publishers of the Nobel Prize book, "The German Emperor and the Peace of the World." In acknowledging a copy of the work, Mr. Carnegie says:
    "It gives me great pleasure at your request to confirm Herr Fried's opinion of one of the foremost rulers of the world, the German Emperor, as being intensely in favor of international peace. This I have long known. Sobriety has in the Emperor its strongest advocate. He is, indeed, a model monarch."
    Mr. Carnegie refers to the "bilding" of warships by Germany and Great Britain, and goes on to say that with Germany, America, France, and Great Britain in agreement there would be needed only one step, "an intimation to the other nations of the world that these four powers were then in harmony, agreed that all international disputes should be arbitrated, and would look with disfavor upon any nation breaking the world's peace."
    "We cannot but believe," Mr, Carnegie continues, "that the time is not far distant when these powers will again approach each other and insure the peace of the world by a mutual agreement When that day arrives I believe that Germany, led by her pacific Emperor, will do as she did recently, and express a strong desire to unite with her sister nations."

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