| Show o THE TUE K KAISER I ER AS I kNE KNEW I HIM FOR fOURTEEN YE YEARS o 0 German Crown Prince Said He Thought This fr War Wai a Is a aLot aLot Lot of Damn Nonsense and Zilch Wished It WI Were ere Over Was W as More 11 ore Interested I in the Cut of 1 His i. i New Coat BY DR DK A. A A N. N DAVIS DAVS DDS 4 I Copyright 1918 1915 lI by McClure Newspaper Syndicate CHAPTER XIV XIV Continued Continued The Crown Crow Prince W WHEN T 1 lIEN EN the tile crown prince called caled to see sec me mc again I was surprised sed to find finda findY Y V a change in his general appearance Although h of course he lie was ten years older uhler he lie hn had aged ngeL more than I would have expected There were cre lines on his face acc which Iah made him look luuk ol older er than his three thirty years In the outer world ho lie was generally e believed to be one Cue ole 1 of the thc leading of oC the tho m military tar party parly In iii Germany German but among his own people he ho was not nol I credited with sufficient abit ability or 01 In Influence Influence tn- tn fluence to lie ito much of oC a factor In Indeed Indeed Indeed In- In deed within the tho past year cal he ha had been criticized ed rather In many cirP clr- clr P 11 severely se 4 h I lor br I MIS I i LV u i D DIn in which his lila country was In Involved 1 and the seriously for not taking war var enough and from all aH 1 I was as able to observe of or him during the tho visits no lie paid mo me after the resumption of or our relations aCer these criticisms were well founded The ne newspapers however always which were wele naturally Inspired 1 brought his name name to the tho front whenever whenever when when- ever the arm army he lie was wa accredited to made an any successful sho ln showing Just as the they did In the ease rase o of the kaiser I 1 noted that the crown prince seemed to b ht be vitally laly Interested In lii his personal appearance and In iii other trivial things M which one would hU have thol thought ht he might very verv well wel have Ignored in those times He lie le was sas waMUl still Ul as loud fund of oC jewelry apparently as he had ever been two new enty rings which ho wore affording him him much mich satisfaction He lie le showed me a anew anew new wrist watch attached to an clas elaR- tic linked tc bracelet of or which ho seemed to be ver very ery proud and asked me inc what hat I thought of It I. I It I was more on the tho or order or- or tier der of or the lie wrist watches worn sorn by lIy I ladles ladies dlos than o of the tho style which Is la fa favored fa- fa ored b by arm army men 4 of r Crun Cron He lie le tal talked ed about aboul a new now two seated roadster which he was driving and was very cry touch much elated over a new rain raincoat raincoat coat oat he was as wearing In fact before ho hue left lef that dl day Ia Princess August 1 Wll- Wll helm her slater sister Carolina o of anti several sc ladies ladies- In waiting In had assembled In m my salon to wait walt for 01 or him and when I was through with him him he put on hl his new raincoat and warning Into the tho salon alon strutted 1 up and down In front of or the ladle ladIes Inquiring how the they lk liked d tho the cut of his new coat The Tho war seemed to be bo about aboul tile the lust u l thing on huts his mind During his hil various visits to mo me I 1 tried to draw him out a little Itlo on different dif elif- ferent aspects of or the lie Inlet international national situation sit alt nation laton but the Ideas ho expressed were sere not nol of or much moment moment Tho allies think we will wil run r short of or manpower ho hi said on one occasion but weve we've got youths growing grow grov- rowIng row row- ing up Ull and well we'll wel soon bo be able to put them In time the war var There's Theres no danger of our running short of men but really real real- ly hy I I wish It were cn all al over This war Is Isa Isn isa a n lot of damned nonsense you OU 1 know 10 He talked as If the tho ln gro growing growing- up Ut youths of Germany German were ere created for forthe forthe forthe the to use as they ph plen pleased en s ed Another remark he made which In Indicated Indicated indicated In- In how sadly he ho misconstrued the thuc making epoch significance I of or the tho great groat war in which tho the whole world orld was In Involved In- In was quite characteristic ith Ih so inan many men inca mel at tho the front he said Ild the men at home ought to be behaving behaving behaving I having a fine lne time with wih the women cU oh el what Do you OU see sec man many good looking girls In Berlin now hind Int Friend In this connection I Inn may mention menton that many of the more sober sobel ocier officers told me th that t the they ISO were wele dh with wih the manner mannel In which the tue Crown Prince was wan acting at t his Isis headquarters SIt It ll Is 11 ral really a disgrace rac thc they complained for 01 the Crown Prince to have so U many women visiting him It I certainly doesn't set much of or an nn ex- ex ample for 01 the time rest ret o of the staff star The Time whole situation appeared appealed to tn tho the Crown Prince very velY much In the tho light of ol a a. joke Ive Ivo Just come from the Die western front ho lie e told true inc He My Iy Iy men are aro up tip to their 1 in water vater and mud Jud Weve We've been having ha lots of or fun pumping humping the water out of our out trenches Jute Into the French trenches Well Veil I 1 suppose the French pump it I right ight back again dont don't they Youre ouro quito quite quie right juitO right That's exact exactly what thc they do Real Really It Its It's a great lark Remarks of or this k kind Inc rather sickened mo me of this self satisfied young man I Y realized ed of course that his lart part In Inthe inthe the tho war vai WUI was played at such Much a sate Hafe distance from front the thc front In lines linos s that ho was probably not familiar with wih all al the lie horrors of trench warfare and yet Ct It could not be he possible that he ho was una unaware un un- a Ware aware of the tho terrific loss of life lre and the tho untold aion agony and amid suffering which millions of Ms his IN people hail had ha l to endure while the n nonsensical W war tr continued That the Crown Prince had very little Influence In the Internal affairs of or his country was Indicated Indicator perhaps by an Incident In which ho attempted to do dome dotre me iro tre a favor Left Auto uto In Germany I I had a now Mercer car which I had had hind sent over O fi om roni America just be before before be be- fore forc the war started d. d I had hal been Leen able tc to use uso It I hut but little because the u use e of automobiles by civilians was vas prohibited as lS soon as hostilities began and In fact most of the thc cars were seized by hy bythe hythe the hue military authorities For some reason however er m my car did not appeal to them although they prompt promptly confiscated d the tho Urea tires I de decided decided decided de- de to sell cl It I In one of the Scan Scandinavian vian countries or oi send it I back hack to America Amer Amner- ica ka but I had har been unable to Set got permission permission per per- mission to do so 50 and I asked the th Crown If he could arrange It for lor me Ill Il arrange that for fOI you OU all right ho he promised A fow few weeks later he wrote wrote- me tue that I If 1 would take the matter mater up again with wih tho the authorities it would go so through without a hitch aa as 18 ho hl had notified no no- titled them about It I and had asked ed them then to grant rant my request I J accordingly ly applied l to th the thu proper official to whom I gave avo the crown princes prince's leter letter but apparently It I carried car Cr- vIed ried very cr little weight They kept the letter r and the car Is still in Berlin In marked distinction to the tho Indifference indifference indifference ference of or tho the crown prince to tho the horrors honors of or the present war was vas the at attitude at- at of or tho the crown princess She he Ire Ire- l quent expressed t to me inc tho the sorrow she sho felt fel for all the wounded and amid the tho surviving of the time killed After the sinking ln of the Lusitania I told her that It R looked as If Ir that tragedy tragedy trag trag- edy edv would bring the tho United tl States into the war It I Isn't that serious Is It I she asked Yes indeed I 1 replied It r will wil be difficult now no I imagine to restrain Americans and arid I would not be at all ni surprised 1 If I war were serc declared without without without with with- out further negotiations Cromi Crun u War nr She looked somewhat startled I thou thought ht but bitt ut the next time she called sonic some two to days later Inter sho she was all al wreathed In miles and amid said that my foar fars ears were vere Ill founder l-founder There would be no JQ declaration of or war between America and anti Germany Two or OL three thre days da s 's later came Germanys Germany's agreement to give I up UI her hem ruthless submarine warfare Evidently E she sho knew whereof she sho spoke That her information was not al always al- al ways based on out such sound foundation however was Indicated later on an when whets war seemed scorned Inevitable Again gain she sho was tas most optimistic and I sought to elicit from tram her the grounds for lor her assurance Well Wel theres there's ono one thing thinS you ou seem to overlook o doctor she sho answered cr very wisely wisch There Thero are arc no 10 less lens than 20 Gei man Americans or Americans Amer h ans o of German Gernian antecedents In your our country Their influence will vill wil be sufficient sufficient suf suf- you ou ma may depend upon It I to avert ert war between the two countries They rhey will wil taJ take e care that America never declares war against Germany German I haven't ha any doubt about it I at all nil alL I Although of course she alma was quite wron wrong In this supposition as this was tho the sentiment expressed ell no doubt In Inthe Inthe inthe the kaisers kaiser's palace she was a gifted and well balanced balanced wel-balanced woman and I could not help thinking that If I the time ever evor came caine when her husband became ruler of Germany hem hI wisdom ml might ht perhaps mako make up UI In part palt for tor his unfortunate unfortunateS S shortcomings h o I n g gA s. s A After ft e r d diplomatic i p 1 o in a I I c rei relations a t i o mm s s' s ere were etc broken oft off between America and German Germany Ger Get man many tho the crown prince prince- and his family fam fam- am- am thy ily Iy ceased coming to ins me They The They wore were afraid no doubt of or public criticism although h the tho kaiser was not I Of or the kaisers kaiser's other children Prince William Eiel Frederick and Prince I Oscar were teru Wert the lie only ones I lover ever met To io 0 Do lie Continued Tomorrow |
