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Show I The Kaiser as I Knew Him I for Fourteen Years I By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, D. D. S I coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (Copyrlslit, 1018, by tho McCluro Newspaper Syndicate) II CHAPTER XI Continued. I 7 I Wo accordingly entered a very Inrgo I sitting room. Tlie empr'-.s, In a ncgll- I geo of lier favorite royal purple, en- I tercd Olid shook hnnds with inc. cor- I dlnlly. Sho looked very worn, ami It I wns plain that she nnd licen sulTct ItiK I considerable pain and loss of sleep. I Sho lmd n htindsomo figure and was I stately In her cnrrlugc, but her crown- I lug Glory wns n profusion of white I hair. Sho waa then fifty-four years old, I hut her hair had turned white many I yenrs before. It was snld, Indeed, that tho chnngo I had been brought nbout rather sudden ly ns n result of certain drugs sho had taken In nn effort to nvcrt a tendency to nvolrdtipols which bnd developed. I know tho knlser loathed fat women. wom-en. On moro thnn ono occasion ho hnd snld to mo as ho bado mo farewell fare-well : "Well, Dnvls, you hnvo kept roo hero talking fo long you havo' nlmost spoiled my morning walk, but I'll tako a walk through the Tlcrgnrtcn Just tho Mime," and then ho would add disgust edly, "whero I presume I will havo to greet all Uto fat Jewesses In the parlcl" Dut to return to tho kalscrln: Tho knlscrln's physician Joined us, and tbcro wcro several mnlds very superior supe-rior young women In attendance upon their royal mlBtrcss. After I had cxnmlncd tho empress I and hnd given my advice, the physi cian explained to mu In u low vnlco that It was necessary to bo cautious and not do much, ns bo was afraid of her physical condition. "Anything you do for her mnjesty," ho explained, "would require giving an anaesthetic Sho Is not In condition to stand puln without. The only mines-thetlc mines-thetlc Iter majesty will tako Is chloroform, chloro-form, l'vo administered It to her eleven times and I know Just wiiat It menus. I'm nfrald of her heart at this time. Indeed, Just ns soon an I can get her Int condition I want her to go to Niitihclni for tho cure." Ills alarming words caused quite n flurry among tho mnlds and they crowded around tho empress nnd begged her to hnvo nothing done that j day but to enduro her suffering a little ; longer In tho bopo that relief would (" como without tho necessity of an opcr- atlon at that time. Their pleadings prevailed upon tho patient to postpono tho treatment. This made tho kaiser very angry nnd he wulkod up and down tho room Im-, Im-, patloutly. "Here," bo said, "l'vo got Doctor Davis to come In on a Sunday afternoon, after-noon, nnd you want to bo In shapo for tho ball on Tuesday, and now you won't havo anything done I That's tho way with tho women 1" Then bo turned to mo nnd said: "Well, Dnvls, I'm Sorry to hnvo spoiled your day." And bo dashed out of tho room, apparently much provoked. I felt I hat) almost witnessed u family quarrel, but tho Incident Indicated to mo that whatever hopes thu kaiser might entertain of onu day dominating dominat-ing tho world, ho had not yet acquired undisputed dominion In his own household! house-hold! I did not sco tho kalscrln ngnln for nearly n year, when sho camo to my ofllco with n lndy-ln-wultiiig. Sho arrived In her own car. Its np-pronch np-pronch was heralded by tho Imperial "Tadl-Tnda" without the concluding "Tn-Tn," which latter was reserved exclusively for the kaUer, nnd not even tho knlserln was allowed to use It, Tho kalber's "Tiull-Tuda-Tu-Tu" was tho subject of much sarcasm anions tho proletariat, who satirically put It j to tho words: "Celerle-Salat-Tu-Tn," H; an allusion to tho luxuries of the royal H tnlilo which contrasted most unfavor- ably with tho slinpla meals to which Ihey wcro accustomed; while tho so-cla so-cla lists showed their sentiments very H plainly by Improvising tho words: "Von Unscrn ' Gcld-Ta-Tu," meaning, "From our mnney-tn-tn," referring to thu royal Immunity from taxation which was ono of their bitterest pills. It was not long after I had known (ho knlserln before sho made clear to mo that sho possessed a most dicta-tnrlnl dicta-tnrlnl manner, which was qulto In con-trust con-trust with that of tho kaiser, at least ) when ho was In my olllce. Sho objected strenuously to rcmov-fl rcmov-fl , lug her hut and sho usually wore u large ono with a veil but finally yield- c! when I explained that I could not accomplish, my work satisfactorily un less shu did. When I placed cotton-i cotton-i oils In her mouth, she Insisted that ns , eliu did not llko tho sensation of the cotton ugnlust hor lips or tougue, I would have to enenso tho cotton in rubber. I told her politely hut firmly that my H work would bo done In my own way, nid sho finally acquiesced, adding: H " Veil, If you mnko such u point of It, HI' octor, I suppose' I shall havo to let . you have your Way." Hi ', From that tlmo on tho kalscrln camo Hi' to mo more or less rvgulurly. Her HJ; lackey usually followed her mo the Hft Iiousq carrying an nrtlfitlc lunch box .or Hnl bag containing sandwiches and boull- Hit Ion. of which tho empress partook In HJJ uiy offlre, Tho 1'rlnccss Victoria ssHfi I.oulse, tho knlsor's only daughter, I niny menllon, usually enmo similarly provided. No German over lets nny-thing nny-thing Inlerfero with his second breakfast. break-fast. The empress never spoke on polltl-i polltl-i cnl subjects. Sho was not particularly ' brilliant nnd evidenced some reluc-; reluc-; tancu to nlr her views on International ; nffnlrs, as though bIio wcro not qulto suro of herself. Certainly, sho was not nearly ns talkatlvo ns tho kaiser. When sho did unburden herself, It wns usually In connection with domestic nubjects. It was said In Germany that her only interest In life was represented represent-ed by tho "thrco K's," Kinder, KIrcho 'and Kuchc children, church nnd 'kitchen and there Is no question nbout it that sho seldom spoke on other subjects sub-jects when talking with me. Tho knlscrln camo to mo after tho war with America started, but apparently appar-ently sho bnd felt some hesitation nbout doing so, because tho knlser told mo shortly beforo her visit that sho Intended coming, but pointed out that sho had decided to do so only upon his recommendation. In June, 1017, I received n letter from tho knlscrln's physician Inclosing Inclos-ing ono which ho snld hud been written writ-ten by the kalscrln, but which was both unsigned nnd unaddresscd. It requested me to visit tho roynl palaco nt Ilomburg v. d. Ilohe, which, In con-Junction con-Junction with tho adjoining town of Kreiir.nnch, was then tho location of the great army headquarters. During tho tlmo I wns tbcro I could not help observing how extremely timid tim-id tho servants seemed In bo of tho kalscrln. Ono expected to llnd tho utmost servility among tho kaiser's ymlcrllngs, hut I confess It enmu rather rath-er ns n shock to mo to sco tho mnlds walking so timidly and talking so fearfully fear-fully when In thu presenco of their wl.ltc-hnlrcd royal mistress. I noted particularly how very gently they knocked nt tho door beforo entering and how, "ufter knocking, they Immediately Immedi-ately placed their heads against the panel that they might catch tho knlscrln's low command to enter tho first time, nnd so mnko It unnecessary unneces-sary for her to repeat It. Their demeanor de-meanor wan particularly notlccublo because be-cause tho kalscrln never Bcemed to display tho slightest impatience or Ill-temper Ill-temper when dealing with her servants. serv-ants. Indeed, she seemed to mo to net no differently from tho humblest haus-frail haus-frail In tho country. Ilcforu I left lloinhurg, sho naked mo whether I wns comfortably situated and If everything was all right for me. f told her that everything was qulto satisfactory and mentioned particularly particular-ly bow nlcu It was to have food exactly us we bad bad It before the war. "Ves," sho replied, "wo havo everything. every-thing. I am very careful whut I cat. I wutch my health very closely." I remarked, too, how wonderful It must be to havo sixty palaces like tho Ilomburg establishment, tho beauties of which bad deeply Impressed me, adding: "Ills majesty, I understand, has sixty of them, has ho not?" "Not quite sixty," sho corrected. "Uo-tween "Uo-tween fifty and sixty." IJetween fifty nnd sixty pnlncesl I could not help thinking of tho remark re-mark the knlscr once mil do to me when talking of the manner In which American Amer-ican millionaires niiulu their fortunes: "It breeds socialism!" When the time camo for mo to return re-turn to Ilcrllii, the l.iilserln bade mo, udlcu, Inn tutored not a word of thanks for my lmvlMg given up my practice for tbreo days to work exclusively for her. CHAPTER XII. Tho Crown Prince and Others. I first saw tho crown prince professionally profes-sionally In tho spring of 1005, u few mouths before his marriage, lie was then twenty-three yenrs old. Ho was In tho uniform of n German army oil!-cor oil!-cor but looked moro like u corps student stu-dent except for the fnct that his fnco wns not marked with a scar from duelling, duel-ling, ns la usually the enso with most members of thu German fraternities, 'ilo bad a habit of placing his bands on his hips uud his coats were always flared In nt tho waist which, with tho spoity anglo nt which he woro MS cap, gave him a swagger which was qulto foreign to tho rest of tho olllcera of tho army. Ho was of slender figure, which was accentuated by bis height. Ho wns nearly six feet tall. He camo Into my olllce, I remember, wKh a copy of Llfo lp bis pocket. Ho took It out and opoiied It nnd showed me u cartoon of himself which apparently appar-ently caused him considerable amusement amuse-ment nnd which, ho said, ho Intended showing his family. There wcro two beautiful rings on his left hand and ho woro a wrist-watch, wrist-watch, although at that tlmo wrlst-wutches' wrlst-wutches' wcro used nlmost exclusively by women. Ho seemed to bo bright nnd quick, but by no means brilliant. Vcrhnps tho quality exhibited by him that Impressed mo most on tliat first occasion was his exccsslvo nervousness. Hp trembled all over. Jt was plain to tfepha.Vvna Ureadfuliy'nfrnld of pain, and ho evidently realized that I had noticed his condition. (... I,.,,. - "1 supposo tho crown prlnco nnd tha futuro ruler of Gcrmnny ought :rto bo bravo- nt all times," ho rcmnrked, "but I Just hnto to hnvo to go to n dentist I" Ho asked mo if I hnd Been nny member mem-ber of tho court lately, nnd I told hfm Hint the knlsor's court chnmberlnln, Count von Kulenburg1, hnd been to see mu tho previous day. V "1'ln not surprised ho has to go to tho dentist j bo cats too muchl" tho crown prlnco declared. "Ho can't expect ex-pect to havo good teqth; he's ulwnys eating. An for myself, I cut very little. I want to remain thin. I hnto fnt people." peo-ple." . ... Tho crown prlnco nnd I did not get nlofig'vcry well nt that tlmo. Apnrt from the fnct ho wns ,such n physical coward that it was nlmost Imposslblo to work on him sntlsfnctorily, bo' seemed to hnvo no Idcu of tho monnlhg of nn nppolntmoht. Ho would agree to be nt my ofllco nt 0:30 nnd I wbuld plnn my dny accordingly. ac-cordingly. Af nbout ten ho wns opt1 to cull mo up to sny ha would bo on hnnd nt eleven, nnd ho would actually, nrrlvo nbout twelve. This hupptne'd scleral times, nnd I told him that I couldn't havo my work broken up .In that wny. Although I did not sco tho crown prlnco ugaln professlonully until ll)15j tho crown princess enmo to mo In 10in, nnd from that tlmo on pntdlno more or less regular visits. Sho wan n woman of grcnt charm and Intelligence, Intelli-gence, nnd although sho was morn Itusslnn thnn Gertnnn In her ideas, nnd for some tlmb after her marriage was rather generally criticized b'n that r.ct count, sho coon beenmo 'extremely popular nnd today Is very much nd-mired nd-mired by the German people. Sho was ono of tho most democratic nnd lnformnl of my roynl patients. I remember ono day when I was working work-ing on Princess Hntzfcld, wo henrd a loud "Hoo-hoo" from tho. anteroom'. Tho crown princess had heard that tho Princess Hatzfcld, who was a great chum of hers, wns In my ofllco nnd hnd followed her Into my place unannounced. Tho Princess Hntzfcld, I may mention, men-tion, wns nn extremely Intelligent nnd benutlful young woman, nnd because of her Intimacy with tho crown princess, prin-cess, I took n keen Interest In tho views sho expressed from tlmo to tlmo. Her mother was nn Amcrlcnn. When sho culled on mo on ono occasion occa-sion after tho war had started, I repented re-pented to her tho gist of a conversation conversa-tion I hnd hnd n few days beforo with her father, Kxccllenz von Stumm. Ho informed mo that ho had been trying to convince all Germans of lnflucnco thnt It would bo n serious mlstnko to annex Ilclglum. "From morning to night I hnvo been trying to tench our people some sense," ho had declared. "With tho history of Poland nnd Alsacc-Lorrnlno In mind, why should we tako moro responsibilities responsibil-ities on our shoulders by rctnlnlng Ilclglum? Tho Lord only knows we hnvo our hands full as it is. .1 don't sco nnd I never hnvo seen how Gcrmnny Gcr-mnny enn possibly win this war I" . "Your father seemed to bo very pessimistic pes-simistic regarding tho outlook," I told her. "Tho Bad thing about It," sho replied, re-plied, "Is that father Is always right I I never know him to ninko u mlstnko in Judgment." When tho crown prlnco called to sco mo ugaln I was surprised to llnd n considerable chnngo In ills general nn-penrnnco. nn-penrnnco. Although, of course, ho wns ten yenrs older, ho bad aged more than I would hnvo expected. There were lines on his face which madu him look older than his thlrty-threo years. In tho outer world ho wns generally believed to bo ono of th'o lending spirits spir-its of the military party In Germany, but among his own people ho was not ' credited with midUient ability or In-1 In-1 llucneo to bo much of n factor. Indeed, In-deed, within tho past year he hud been criticized' rather sovendy In army circles cir-cles for his Indifference to the crisis, In which his country wns Involved and i for not taking tho wnr seriously! enough, nnd from nil I wan nblu to I obfervo of him during the visits he! paid mo after tho resumption of our relations, theso criticisms were well founded. The newspapers, however, which were naturally Insplrey", ulwnys brought bis mime to tho front whenever when-ever the army ho was accredited to inn do nny successful showing Just as they did In tho case of the knlser, Dining his various -visits to mo I tried to draw him out u little on different dif-ferent aspects of tho International situation, sit-uation, but tho ideas ho expressed were not of much moment. "Tho nllles think wo will run short of mun-powcr," ho said on one occasion, occa-sion, "but wo'vo got lt.000,000 youths growln; up nnd wo'll soon be able to put them In tho war.. There's no danger dan-ger of our running short of men, but, really, I wish It were oil jver. This war Is u lot of damned nonsense, you know I" He talked as If tho two million mil-lion growlng-up youths of Germany wero crented for tho Hohcnzollerns to use us they pleased. Another remark ho mndo which 'indicated 'in-dicated how sadly ho misconstrued tho epoch-mnklng slgnlflcnneo of tho great wnr in which tho w)o!o world wns Involved was qulto characteristic. "With so mnny meu nt the front," ho snld, "tho men t'.t'liomo ought to ho bnvlng a flno tlmo with tho women, eh, -whnt? Do ynij,. seo mnny good looking girls In Berlin now?" In this connection"'! may mention thut many of tho moro sober officers told mo that they wero disgusted with tho manner In which tho crown prince wns nctlng nt his hendqunrters. "It Is rcnlly n disgrace," they complulned, "for tho' crown prlnco to havo so mnny I questionable women visiting him. It ccrtnlnly doesn't set much of nn ex-umplo ex-umplo for tho rest of tha stuff," Tho wholo ultuntlon nppenrcd to tho crown prlnco very much in tho light of n Joke. "I've Just como from tho western front," ho told mo. "My men nro tip to their knees In water nnd mud. Wo'vo been having lots of fun pumping pump-ing tho water out of our trenches into tho French trenches." ' "Well, I supposo tho French pump tt right back ngnln, don't they?" "you'ro qulto right, qulto right. Thnt's exactly wbnt they do. Really, It's a grcnt lark." : Itcmarks of this kind rather sickened mo of this self-satisfied young mnu. I realized, of course, thnt his part in the wnr wns played nt such n snfo dlstauco from tho front Hues thnt ho was probably not fumlllnr with all tho horrors of trench wnrfnre, and yet It could not bo posslblo thnt ho wns unaware un-aware of tho terrific loss of llfo nnd tho untold agony nnd suffering which millions of his pcoplo had to enduro whllo tho "nonsensical" war continued. , After diplomatic relations wcro broken off between Amcricn and Germany, Ger-many, the crown prince nnd his family fam-ily ceased coming to mo. They wcro afraid, no doubt, of public criticism, although tho kaiser was not. ' Of tho kaiser's other children, Prince William Kltel Frederick nnd Prince Oscnr wcro tho only ones I never met. Prlnco Adclbcrt, tho kaiser's third ron, wns a very handsomo nnd charming charm-ing man. no always camo to mo attired at-tired In n nnval officer's uniform. I s.iw him but a few times, ns ho was seldom In Berlin, nnd ho never talked on matters of general Importance. I never saw him after Amcricn entered the war. Prince August Wllhelm, tha fourth son, wns perhaps the most democrntlc them all. Ho Bomctlmcs enmo to fee ma in nn ordtnnry tnxlcab nnd ho wns tho only ono of tho knlscr's sons 'iiom I ever snw In civilian dress. Ho 'fvus tha first member of tho royal family fam-ily to come to ma after tho murder 6f the Archduko Franz Ferdinand, and l.jn was In mourning when ho called. Ho looked very sad nnd dejected and gnvo mo tho first tntlmntlon that the tragedy of Snmjovo would nlmost Inevitably In-evitably lead to n general wnr. In Jnnunry, 1018, In speaking of tho pnrt that Amcricn would tnko In tho war, ho mentioned that his officers hnd told him thnt 60,000 Americans wcro on tho western front. "Wo don't believe be-lieve tt, however," lie added. "How could they get tbcro without our knowing know-ing it? Our U-bonts would ccrtnlnly hnvo found it out. No, Davis, it's not true." Prlnco Joachim, tho knlsor's youngest young-est son, and ono of tho last of tho royal family to visit me, reminded mo very much of bis eldest brother, tho crown prlnco. Ilo wns tnli nnd slender and would hnvo been good-looking but for a retrcutlng chin which wns very pronounced. Ho had ns little respect for public opinion ns tho crown prlnco, nnd whllo tho U-boat Deutscbland wns on its wny to America principally to bring bnck a cargo of rubber, tho sup-lily sup-lily of which wns exhausted In Gcrmnny, Gcr-mnny, this sixth son of tho knlscr wns driving around tho country In n big rnr and using up enormous rubber tires, whllo rubber wns worth Its weight in gold und mnny enrs for tho army wcro supplied with plain Iron wheels. Tills prlnco was tho only member of tho roynl family to get near enough to tho firing lino to get shot. Tho In-Jury, In-Jury, which ho received whllo lit thu western front, wns only n slight flesh wound of tho thigh, but It wns enough to sturt him limping through history, it wan such n superficial wound thnt lt'couldn't havo caused htm one-half us much pain ns It gavo tho wholo royal family pleasure. Tho fnct that ono of tho knlscr's own sons had actually been wounded uud shed his roynl blood In active service ser-vice wns something thut the Inspired press will never stop crowing over, but by Just wbnt accident thu prlnco happened to como within riingo of thu bullet hns never been disclosed. Nevertheless Nev-ertheless he received tho Iron Cross of llio first class, or, ns some onu who realised thu significance of tho Incl-(tint, Incl-(tint, remarked, "A first-class Iron cross for n sccond-tinss wound." As ha limped Into my office, tho young prince ho is now only twenty-eight twenty-eight rcmnrked: "Seo wbnt ono of your dujnned Amcrlcnn bullets did to mo IV "How do you know it was an American Amer-ican bullet?" I asked. 'The Itussluns bars nothing else I" -I told him on one occasion that tho people wcro complaining of tho food shortuge. !They hnvo fowl enough," ho an-sworcd. an-sworcd. "Tho best thing they da is to complaint Don't they complain in America? Tho fnct Is they hnvo too much to ent, nuywny. They don't know What thoy wnnt." CHAPTER XIII. The Kaiser at Army Headquarters. To what extent tho knlser Is responsible respon-sible for the failures and entitled to credit for tho successes of his armies In tho present wur, I am not in n portion po-rtion to say, but If ho did not actually dlrcqt the military policy, ho ut least kept tiosoly In touch with everything thnt wns going on. From tho very beginning be-ginning of hostilities ho lived tho major ma-jor part of tho time nt tho great army headquarters nnd wns In constant consultation con-sultation with his military leaders. I had sovcrol opportunities to sco tho knlscr whllo ho wns at tho vurlous grcnt nrmy hendqunrtcts, In .tho spring of 1010 I received a long-dlstnuco telcphono luessugo from llio-great nrmy headquarters, which was thou In tho pnlaco of tho Trlnco Yonjl'U-sji nt liess, to tho effect thnt thotealscr wanted mo to go tbcro. During tho courso of my work ono of his prlvnto secretaries enmo in ro-perftedly ro-perftedly with lelcgrnms nnd messages for tho Knlser, nmb ho would usually excuse himself nnd rend them. Sometimes Some-times ho would bo Hummoned outside to consult with Importnnt persons who wcro thero to sco him, but ho wns never gono moro tbun ten minutes nt a tlmo. I did not think bo looked exceptionally exception-ally well. Ho seemed to bo very tired nnd ho hnd very Httlo to sny in itself nn Indication that bo was not exactly normal. When my work for the morning wns over nnd his vnlct, who iind nsslstcd me, hnd been excused, tho knlscr gnzed at me for n moment or two nnd then, apropos of nothing, burst out with tho rather rcranrknblo announcement: announce-ment: "Tho tnnn who brought this cntnstropho on Uio world, Dnvls, should bo strung up by the neck, nnd thnt man is not I, ns tha world seems to think I Tho czar of Ilussla and tha king or England, when tncy wcro nt the wedding of my daughter guests at my own house, mind you, nnd my blood relatives hatched this plot ngnlnst mo. They wcro envious of my power, but they will now Icnrn wbnt thnt power is." In tho Bnmo breath nlmost ho tuada tho inconsistent remark: 'lEnglnnd. will never bo nblo to ralso an efficient nrmy; it took Gcrmnny ono 'hundred yenrs to accomplish whut sho has done!" , Some tlmo nftcr this, one of tho biggest big-gest mcrchnnts in Berlin told mo thnt ho hnd henrd on tho stock exchnngo that tho knlscr hnd mndo tho remark thnt tho king nnd cznr had batched tho plot against him, and as I hnd repented tho knlscr's statement to no one, I realized thnt ho must havo told tha snmo thine to others. If. this ver sion of tho stnrtlng of tho, war wns put Into circulation with tho Idea of absolving ab-solving tho knlscr, It ccrtnlnly didn't enrry conviction even among tho Germans Ger-mans themselves. The merchant who spoke to mo nbo'jt It, nt nny rntc, mndo fun of the Idcr., nnd I nover henrd tho point scrlowiy rnlsed by nnyono clso of lnflucnco. Beforo I left tho. knlscr thnt morn-lag morn-lag ho epoko of tho Anglo-French lonn which lind been floated in America nnd condemned us saTcrcly for countenancing coun-tenancing it. When I told him thnt G'jrmuny lind nlso flontcd a lonu In Amcricn, ho replied: "But ours wns only $10,000,000, whllo theirs Is $500,-000,0001" $500,-000,0001" to which I nnturnlly rejoined thnt tho slzo of tho lonn could ccrtnlnly ccr-tnlnly not affect tho question of our neutrality In floating it. Ilo ciltlolzed our bnnkers who han died tho lonn, nnd when I asked htm if bo hud ever seen tho number of Geo ninn n nines thnt nppenrcd on tho list of bankers who wero Interested in It, ho snld ho hndn't rend tho list, but he wns qulto suro thero wns ono bunk In Now York which wouldn't touch it "That bank wouldn't touch anything thnt would bo detrimental, to Germany Ger-many I" ho added. Several months later I was cnl led to PIcss ngnln nnd wns shown to tho snmo room I bad visited on the former occasion. When tho knlser entered ho stood erect, with his hnnds to ids side, clicked his heels togothcr nnd saluted mo ns n soldier salutes a superior officer, offi-cer, smiling as bo did so, nnd I know ho was In good humor. Nevertheless ho hnd but llttlo to ony. nis criticism of Mr. Wilson on this occasion oc-casion I hnvo recorded elsewhere in theso pages. In Juno of 1017, nftcr tho grcnt nrmy hendqunrters hnd been rcmorcd to Ilomburg v. d. Hohe, nnd Krcnznnch (two neighboring villages) I was called tbcro to sco tho knlscrln, nnd three weeks Inter I went thero 'ngnln to sec tho knlscr. I noticed at tho station the knlscr's prlvnto train composed of five dark green enrs upon each of which was plainly mnrked tho liupcrlnl cout of arms. Tho enrs lind spcclnl folding steps. Two roonin wcro nsslgncd to mo on ono of the upper floors of the palace and my menls consisted of tho mine kind of food ns I had always had he-, foro tho wnr, although tho hunger epidemic epi-demic wns raging throughout the country. coun-try. It was nlmost worth tho trip for tho snko of tho meals nlone. , After I bnd treated tho kaiser In tjie morning I went to my rooms, as I know it would ho tbreo o'clock beforo lie would bo rendy for mo again. Ho never allowed anything to Interfcro with his nftcr-dlnncr imp. (TO BE CONTINUED.) |