Emperor Wilhelm II
The Daily Telegraph affair refers to the scandal that provoked the publication of an interview with German emperor Wilhelm II on 28 October 1908 in the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph. Wilhelm saw this text as an opportunity to promote his vision of British-German friendship relations, but because of his emotional eruptions during the conversation with British journalist Edward James Stuart Wortley, the opposite effect was achieved. The German ruler was further alienated by the British people and furthermore fought the French, Russians and Japanese in the armor, including by asserting that the Germans only gave to the British that the French and the Russians had attempted to raise Germany to juggle to intervene in the Second Boer War and that the expansion of the German fleet was aimed at the Japanese rather than the British.
The impact of this interview in the Daily Telegraph was particularly strong in Germany, with press releases asking for the resignation of the emperor. Wilhelm stayed on the plain many months after this fiasco. He could avenge himself by enforcing the resignation of Prince von Bülow, who had left the emperor public criticism, by taking some responsibility for failing to transcribe the interview for its publication. The Daily Telegraph crisis caused a knack in Wilhelm's self-esteem and is associated with his depression, which he never exceeded. He also lost much of the influence he had previously been able to exert on German domestic and foreign policy.
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