The Morning Post has been publishing an extraordinary series of
letters written by the Kaiser to the late. Emperor of Russia. Of course the Morning Post must have assured itself that these letters are genuine. They certainly have all the appearance of genuineness. Their thought and language are in perfect keeping with the character of the Kaiser as we have known it. The letters are all written in English.—the- sort of English-used by one who speaks the language fluently but is a little shaky in spelling and grammar, partly because accuracy is deflected by a knowledge of other languages. The arguments are very loose and impulsive. We see the mind of the tree autocrat at work, never doubting that it is his Divine mission to dispose of the destiny of millions of 'humani-beings with a histrionic gesture. The Kaiser pays a great- deal of lip-service to peace, but what is chiefly abominable in these letters is the persistent attempt which runs through them all secretly to detach the Tsar from his French. allies and, to make him mistrust, despise, and hate them.
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