Note 210 — Chapter V
Reading edition
Quoted in Lee, II, 11. This was against Bülow’s advice (Bülow to William II, Jan. 21, 1901, G.P., XVII, 20 f., No. 4983). On the Emperor’s visit see Eckardstein to F. O., Jan. 29, 1901, ibid., 23 f., No. 4986; William II to Bülow, Jan. 29, 1901, ibid., 24 ff., No. 4987; Lansdowne’s memo., Jan., 1901, Newton, p. 199. The Emperor had been given an enthusiastic welcome in England. The Harmsworth press had called him “A Friend in Need” (Newton, p. 198).