[16] _La Nouvelle Revue_, December 1, 1890, "Letters on Foreign Policy."

[17] _La Nouvelle Revue_, December 15, 1890, "Letters on Foreign
Policy."

[18] _La Nouvelle Revue_, January 1, 1891, "Letters on Foreign Policy."




CHAPTER II

1891-1892


The danger to France of a _rapprochement_ with Germany--The Empress
Frederick's visit to Paris--William II as _summus episcopus_ of the
German Evangelical Church--Reception of the Alsace-Lorraine deputation in
Berlin--The law against espionage in Germany: every German is a spy
abroad--Christening of the Imperial yacht, the _Hohenzollern_--Further
increase of the military effective force in peace-time--The _Youth of
William the Second_, by Mr. Bigelow.


January 12, 1891. [1]

The Berlin _Post_ thinks that we should be able to get on very well
without Alsace-Lorraine, and that the best thing for us to do, if we are
"reasonable souls," is simply to become reconciled with Germany. The