It was a genuine pleasure for him to be able to do good, neither did he hate his enemies.

In the summer of 1917 he spoke to me about the fate of the deposed Tsar and of his desire to help him and subsequently bring him to Germany, a desire due not to dynastic but to human motives.

He stated repeatedly that he had no desire for revenge, but "only to succour his fallen adversary." I firmly believe that the Emperor clearly saw the clouds grow blacker and blacker on the political horizon, but he was sincerely and honestly persuaded that it was not through any fault of his that they had accumulated, that they were caused by envy and jealousy, and that there was no other way of keeping the threatening war danger at bay than by an ostentatious attitude of strength and fearlessness.
"Germany's power and might must daily be proclaimed to the world, for as long as they fear us they will do us no harm"-- that was the doctrine that obtained on the Spree.

And the echo came back from the world, "This continued boasting of German power and the perpetual attempts at intimidation prove that Germany seeks to tyrannise the world." When war broke out the Emperor was firmly convinced that a war of defence was being forced on him, which conviction was shared by the great majority of the German people.

I draw these conclusions solely from my knowledge of the Emperor and his entourage and from other information obtained indirectly.