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Russo-French proposal for war against England in 1900

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Sep 28, 2009, 2:02:36 PM9/28/09
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A scanned copy of the Kaiser's My Memoirs: 1878-1918, Cassell and
Company (1922) is available at

http://books.google.com/books?id=ywZoAAAAMAAJ&dq=kaiser+%22My+Memoirs
and contains the following truly startling revelations about various
schemes that were being concocted by the other powers.


http://books.google.com/books?id=YFwMAAAAYAAJ
Chapter X discusses the secret agreement of 1897.


On pages 79-84, the Kaiser discusses how the Kruger telegram was
composed by Marshall and the controversy that it created. The Kaiser
also makes the following startling revelation.

"In February, 1900, [...] I received news by telegraph [...] that
Russia and France had proposed to Germany to make a joint attack on
England, now that she was involved elsewhere [in the Boer War], and to
cripple her sea traffic. I objected and ordered that the proposal
should be declined.
"Since I assumed that Paris and St. Petersburg would present the
matter at London in such a way as to make it appear that Berlin had
made this proposal to both of them, I immediately telegraphed from
Heligoland to Queen Victoria and to the Prince of Wales (Edward) the
facts of the Russo-French proposal, and its refusal by me. The Queen
answered expressing her hearty thanks, the Prince of Wales with an
expression of astonishment."

Have any of the telegrams about the Russo-French proposal been found
in the various archives?

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