Show j 1 t The e Secrets 50 of the 0 ern I I i 1 Jr 1 STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE UFE OF KAISER KASER AND CROWN PRINCE AS I i S S TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HEL TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX t t. t EDITORIAL NOTE William IC IC- Queux who ho here Lere chronicles chronicle for forS III hili S friend nd Count on the latter lotter of the Inner life of the Imperial German court hos Jong lone been recognized throughout Europe En Eu- rope n nil ni the the of ot ItH Iti Innermost The English Who Who a o of him bim lie ITc hn baa hus Intimate knowledge o of the service of Continental coun- coun and J Is III considered by the government government govern govern- ment nent of or Great Britain an authority ou on such matter Another authority nys Few FeTT people have bare been more cloudy na- na with or know more of the S 4 astounding Dinner machinery of Germany Germany Ger Ger- many than be he e LeQueuX probably has ban more sources of or secret Information nt at his bin command than nay any contemporary In dill civil life Ute and I for the lost last six years the British Government Government Government Gov Gov- ILas muda va valuable use ulle of his bis vast allt tore store of secret Information through n a specially organized department deportment with which LeQueux works n nil as n a voluntary S as Count von became an In Intimate Intimate Intimate In- In of several years prior to the outbreak of the war he has been living Eying In retirement In since August 1014 and It was there that LeQ Le- Le Q Queux received from the crown princes prince's late Jute personal adjutant permission slon to tomake make moke public these thelle revelations revelation of the Inner life Ufe of the that the democracies of the world might come to know the real but heretofore hidden personalities of the two dominant dominant domi domi- nant members of the tho autocracy It Is III Isnow now arrayed against S With the Kaiser on His HisS Yacht Private S S S ERMANY'S greatness Is d due e to beef beer and BIsI Els- Els I marck declared the katser kalser kaI kal- ser to me Inc with a laugh as l 1 I sat o one e summers summer's afternoon with him himin in the business cabin aboard the HoWe Hop Ho- Ho S p S CS We were going on our annual cruise cruiseS up P the Norwegian fjords as far as S Hammerfest and even farther north to the Island of Spitzbergen if r permitted S It is str strange how often small S things occupy great minds The reason of S the the emperors emperor's good humor that afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon was vas because he had learned that the restaurant cafe-restaurant in Potsdam of which he was proprietor had paid a handsome profit The place is called The Historic Mill Im and was and sun still S is Js managed by Herr Moritz 1 one one of the theold old stewards of the Neues Palais The TheS S emperor on purchasing the place places U called old Moritz and ordered him to serve the best liest est coffee procurable e in inS S Potsdam And even eyen today anybody can go there and nd nd pay 30 for a acup up cup that is unequaled In all Germany In consequences consequence the place Is well wen patS patronized pat pat- S and on many occasions his majesty will halt upon his walks and sample cample If S I. I A Mania for Tr Traveling v lIng S A At 1 that moment the emperor emperor was S bus busy making up his diary lor the forthcomIng forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming month a diary of constant S travel Such a mania has bas the kaiser for Cor traveling that upon occasions he has been known to sleep In the Imperial imperial Impe- Impe impe impe- S. S rial railway saloon kept at the Wildpark Wildpark Wildpark Wild- Wild park station at Potsdam ready for an arly ly journey next morning On such o occasions the whole railway traffic Is Isk disorganized for express trains must k 4 not run on that line Une There must be beno no DO shunting or whistling l lest st it dis dis- S hub the imperial sleep and so on Indeed Indeed In In- 5 deed the socialists once made a public pub pub- lie lic protest protest aga against the emperors emperor's 4 of holding up traffic by preferring to sleep in a railway c coir car r to reposing In 4 his own bed half a mile distant That summers summer's afternoon as we S Asat et er and while he smoked his J. J S very rank cigar elgar he dictated certain S entries into his private diary Suddenly he grumbled about the expenses expenses ex ex- of a journey journe which he had to toj tomake j S S make malte to Vienna to see the sovereign sovereignS S whom he so so openly ridiculed Francis FrancisSc Sc JosephI Joseph I OIl must be there on September the theS eighteenth he said Even though S I Sr hold the old Idiot and his empire I in inthe the hollow hollo of my hand I suppose I must gra grace e his capital wi with h my presence pres pres- ence ence But I begrudge the money Helt- Helt I have haye no further lurther Influence S to gain gahi In Austria It Is I in L. L England that my future work lies Bes Esery Every Every Ev Ev- ery mark spent there is to our tage We Ve shall have much yet to do doIn doS doin in Great Britain S The kaiser and his Imperial spouse w were r a parsimonious pair in most diS dire di di- S re Only it was In the Interests Interests In In- of the empire were they lavish in their expenditure The German f public pub have never yet realized that 5 since William II ascended the throne they have paid marks into the civil list and arid of th these se S have been expended upon a pageant of vainglorious splendor with a a staff of 1500 persons that goes to o make the highest nil the great war lord S The Tine general public have no conception conception concep concep- tion of the extent of the thc German imperial im S penal court the Immense suite of ladies la- la 1 IS S dies and gentlemen in waiting ng mari marshals marshals mar mar- i equerries masters of the hunt S chamberlains treasurers overseers ot ott of t the e plate gentlemen of the cellars S gun Bun Un chargers chief chefs with the 1 1 crowd 1 of f footmen coachmen chauffeurs chauffeurs feurs grooms and imperial couriers And most of them were usually a n grumbling crowd being upon I tion dI diet t their remarks approaching dangerously near lese majesty majest- At the tine emperors emperor's orders as we sat on board the imperial yacht that afternoon aft I rang for Herr von Wedell Vedell VedellA A short thickset man in uniform too tight for him tho the rabin cabin bow bow- Ing lug To him the emperor c complained of ot an undue expenditure in regard to the last court ball whereupon Von Yon Wedell pointed d out that while huge sums were spent upon his majesty's journeys little was spent at home In a moment the emperor with his keen brows narrowed silenced him Wm by exclaiming But I thought you liked to be minister min mm- Is ister er of the royal house hous eh Von Wedell bowed a and d a second later retired The emperors emperor's egomania asserted itself itself itself it it- self that afternoon A Scene on the On that calm blue summer sea that afternoon an Incident occurred upon the which accentuated the i imperial egomania towards rm me e- e nials There occurred a grave grave scandal which has ever since been whispered up and down the fjords of Norway with all nIl kIn kinds of ridiculous embroidery manufactured by the powerful all in in- S fluence nce of German gold As I happened to be one of the principal principal prin prin- cipal actors In the drama I may may perhaps per per- Imps haps be permitted to here place thereal thereal the thereal real truth upon record Herr von yon Wedell Vedell having bowed himself himself himself him him- self out of the imperial presence his ls majesty with all good grace signed some papers I put before him SighIng Sighing Sighing Sigh Sigh- ing he be rose and with his gloved hand drew away his chair Abominable I 1 I cried the tha emperor Von Wedell Vedell of all men dares to contradict me I IThe IThe The highest all-highest ascended to the upper upper up- up per er deck and I followed for It was liIs its habit on a w warm rm afternoon to sit 1 on a lounge chair beneath the awning and dictate te orders and dispatches At that time the system of wireless telegraphy pad had just b been en Installed installed In In- stalled upon th the imperial yacht T The c two twoS operators had a n cabin to themselves themselves them- them selves elves full of a accumulators detectors and other paraphernalia and were at odd times in touch with the G German admiralty station at Norddeich On the tine deck the emperor Instead of seating himself in the cozy nook sheltered from the wind which the empress had only a few minutes b before be- be fore ore vacated strode into the wireless cabin abin while I was compelled by etiquette etiquette etiquette eti eti- eti- eti quette to remain outside I stood gazing out upon th the blue dIstant coast of Sweden for we were till still within sight of that broken land with the on one side and His His- singen Ingen on i h the oth other r steering due west Into nto the Rack t towards wards the tle Nase fase the most point of N Norway The sat close cloe by deeply engaged engaged en- en aged In conversation with the old Countess von wife of the court ourt chaplain and laughing with her At last the emperor came forth from th he wireless room room an and 1 motioning meto me meo meto to o follow descended again to t the e cabin In n which we had been working On entering he rang hl hi his bell and summoned the captain who In a n fe few moments appeared cap In hand as beame became became be- be came ame him We Ve will go farther east spI the all nIl We Ve are too far out Johannsen the N Norwegian n eglan pilot Is 1 L Lu III ii YUUL- YUUL LY I une captain bowing Then tell teU the man Johannsen saId aid the emperor and he lie turned to his table able dismissing th the captain of the Imperial yacht The Defiant Norwegian Pilot Three minutes later there came loud raps aps upon the door and the emperor hImself gave the order to enter whereupon where- where upon a n short thick set seaman In blue jersey jers-ey ersey and a typical North Sea pilot came caine in We are too far out but get nearer Into in into to the othe the coast his majesty commanded comma In n Imperious tones We Ve are not too far out replied ed edthe the he man in German I Who are you to dictate to fo me shouted the emperor In fury You iou are emperor on land but I Carl Johannsen of am in charge of this vessel w while she is in Norwegian writers waters and I take orders from nobody And with that the man coolly turned upon his heels and saluting left The Tine emperor was wils white with rage at nt the tine rebuff He flung the papers from him him and pac paced th the cabin In silent anger Yet an hour later Inter he ascended to the bridge and presented the nan with a with the Imperial crown and cipher in diamonds a fact duly reported to Baron von the thc kaisers kaiser's press cossack press agent who duly gave an account of the emperors emperor's munificence without of course referring to the defiance of the imperial command On that same night after the kal- kal serin had retired I found the emperor walking the deck alone and behaving very erf strangely He was wavIng waving ing his healthy arm wildly above his head and groaning Then he would break brenk out Into nto fearful Imprecations agaInst all and sundry A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCES PRINCE'S PRINCES PRINCE'S PERSONAL ADJUTANT ADJUTANTS S JO ro WILLIAM LEQUEUX POSSESSOR OF THE THE S 5 SECRETS OF EUROPE Nadon Nation S par sur nur et Marne 1017 My lUy dear 0 I have c Just finished bed rending reading the proofs proof of your our articles article describing S my life as nil an nn official nt at tile the Imperial court court nt at Pot Potsdam dam and the tw tn or orS S three small mall errors error you made I have dul duly correct corrected cd S The gross scandals and wily Intrigues v whIch I have related to YOU yon o were many of them known knowD to for fore as the Intimate friend of Luisa the ex crown princess 6 of f Saxony yon 00 were before betor the war closely associated with many of those at nt court whose names appear In these articles The revelations ThiCh I ba have JIDe e made and which you ou have hove recorded here ore ire but n It tithe of the disclosures which I could make and If the world desires more I shall be pleased to furnish you OU other and more startling details which you OU may also put Into print My lily service Ice as nil personal adjutant to the German crown crOWD prince lit is hap baP happily pUT pill at nt an nn end nod and now with the treachery of Germany against chili- chili ration glaringly revealed I feel In my retirement no compunction lon In inS exposing nil all I know concerning the secrets of the kaiser and und his bis son lion S With most cordial greetings from Your sincere friend Signed EIt ERNST ST VON A AAA A A A A L A. A I In alarm I called Von Yon V Wedell edell and together we approached him Together er we managed to get his majesty below below below be be- low and hand him over to his valet and the court ph physician without any of the crew being the wiser The Kaisers Kaiser's Amazing Sermon Next morning he appeared fresh and active fictive and apparently quite normal but that evening at at sunset he be ordered the officials suite suit officers and crew to assemble on deck and then appearing in clerical garb he he preached a most marvelous and und amazing sermon I 1 am Gods God's instrument I 1 he cried He has sent me meto to the sword against th the world to lead on the armies of our e empire p re to victory and to world power I J In me he cried you see the cone one sent unto you as a deliverer deliverer de de- de- de the highest all upon this earth your earth your kaiser I He raised his arm arni toward the sun and shouted The uThe enemies of Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many shall wither as grass before the ther fire r I am your emperor your deliverer deliver dellver- er your you master I Next morning at Von Yon Wedells Wedell's Instigation instigation in In- the captain swore the whole crew the of officers cers and the entourage to secrecy but the old Norwegian pilot was was a month l later ter indiscreet when he got ba back k to hence the sen sensational onal report which appeared In the Globe In London a report report- which of course was promptly denied by the Wolff bureau Three da days das s later we were winding our way In the smooth wat water r between the Jio Island of and the that rocky little north of The emperor whom his royal spouse regarded with greatest greatest greatest great great- est concern seemed to have recover d. d I had had a most strenuous time for his majesty had thad dictated all nIl sorts of wild dispatches and made all sorts of extraordinary dismissals of high officials of of- fl ls together with the most amazing appointments Beneath his eye I had been compelled com corn Jelled to seal up the papers in the heavy leather dispatch bag and they had been landed with the imperial courier one at the little fishing fish fish- tag ing village of at the entrance to the Folden fjord Another matter which greatly perturbed perturbed per per- me was the fact that my assistant assistant assistant as as- the personal adjutant young Rudolph udolph von Lantzsch had while I listening to the kaisers kaiser's astounding sermon exclaimed In his amazement and imd loud enough for fOl all to hear That man Is no emperor he Is crazy l' l S The kaiser had heard him and had turned his eyes towards him for an Instant Instant Instant In In- stant without pausing But well did I know the fierce imperial vindictive vindictive- i ness ess I In desperation I sought the empress empress empress em em- press In li h her tr r pale pale-bl pale gold e gold and s salon iori I found her seated alone I referred to o the unfortunate events and begged begge her to allow me mc to use the wireless and und sign an imperial o order der in her august august au |