12 APRIL 1902, Page 15

THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND THE WAR.

pre THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sts,,—I agree with every word you say in your two paragraphs of " News of the Week " in the Spectator of April 5th on the anonymous Dutch politician's speech reported in the previous Friday's Times. There are two aspects of it, it seems to me, on which you have not touched. (1) The grotesque ideas which prevail on the Continent as to the terms on which peace can be made. (2) How much obliged we in England are to the German Emperor, for through his telegram he has made us, by the aid of our Colonies, arrive at a pitch of power to which none since the Romans have attained.—I am, Sir &c

C. M.