Mr. Gerard's reminiscences of his experiences in Germany which are
being published day by day in the Daily Telegraph have yielded many facts of great interest during the week. First of all let us mention that the strange story which we related last week about the message written in the Kaiser's own hand to President Wilson as to the alleged refusal of Great Britain to refrain from war has been denied in Germany under official inspiration. The answer of Washington to this denial has been quietly to produce the document. That is the best and most crushing of all possible retorts. In an interview with Mr. Gerard in October, 1915, the Kaiser said that he would not have permitted the torpedoing of the ' Lusitania ' if he had known that the United States had lent money to Germany, and be added that "no gentleman would kill so many women and children." The presumption, apparently, is that any gentleman may kill a few.
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