1 Delayed at last
moment
Hotel Saxonia, Inhaber Neue Berliner Hotel- Gesellschaft m.b.H. Berlin W 9, Budapesterstr. 10 Am Potsdamerplatz — nahe Tiergarten Fernsprecher Amt Lützow 2838 und 2871 Berlin W, 9 den — 9.4.16 It is so hard to see straight. Even when one is well & not
troubled - && I am not well in
body && have not been for long
& then greatly troubled too
in mind — so that my remarks
are often unjust & hasty
& ill considered. 2 The last days are all a nightmare
— I have only a confused memory
of them & some periods are quite
blank in my mind — only a sense
of horror and repugnance to
life. But I daresay clouds will
break & brighter skies dawn — at
least for poor old Ireland. Kindest thoughts for you .........
Yours, RC. 3 She may win a Hundred
Austerlitzes (as I said four
years ago in my first song
on the 'freedom of the Seas') &
yet be beaten in the end.
That is the terrible factor
— the power of the sea — that in the
hands of one people means the
dominion of the World. 4 The 'crime against Europe' is
an inadequate title, it is
the Crime against Humanity, the
World, Nature — this awful
power in the hands of one
, irresponsible, arbitrary,
tirading, greedy people —
the power to shut all the
oceans, all the coasts &
to starve whole Continents into
submission by holding up
all the ordinary methods of
subsistence, intercourse & civilized
contact 5 England need never send a
single man on the Continent
& yet in the end she will
dictate the terms of peace.
The only hope I had was that
the submarines might 'break
through' — but that hope has
long since gone & I don't see how
any victories on land in Europe
will change the situation. 6 Germany has only one
Enemy. England. Until
they realise that in their souls
& every fibre of their being they
can only hit the air. If I don't hear by Wednesday
I shall go to Dresden for that
night, & on to Munich next
day. Please God I'll spend Xmas
Eve with you & Christmas Day at
Gauting. My love to the children and with Roger Casement.