Solf

Dr. Solf was Kaiser Wilhelm II's great colonial minister. He it was who stretched Deutschland so far beyond the seas that she jostled the British Empire into hostility. He is still active--officially as German Ambassador to His Imperial Majesty of Japan.

Last week he returned to Berlin for a holiday, after a prolonged trip through Russia. Interviewed in Berlin he made ominous reference to the idea of a German-Russian-Japanese alliance. In his mind the vision is not dead. He concluded by paying high compliment to the "broad education, culture, courage, energy" of the leaders of new Russia, and to the "noble, patriotic feeling" of the Japanese.