Note 581 — Chapter XI

William II to Bülow, undated, G.P., XX, 263, No. 6564. The editors of G.P. presume the date of this communication to have been March 21; but Bülow’s reply to it was dated March 20. See Bülow to William II, March 20, 1905, ibid., 264, No. 6565. The Emperor had dined at the French embassy on March 17 and had said nothing about his proposed visit. Furthermore, just before leaving on his trip he made at Bremen one of his half-militaristic, half-pacific speeches which did not indicate what was to follow (Schulthess, Europäischer Geschichtskalender 1905, pp. 67 f.; Ludwig, Wilhelm der Zweite, p. 275; Mévil, De la Paix de Francfort, etc., pp. 193 ff.).