Show th S f ih H h 1 0 0 ena ditol 0 M f STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZEN DORFF TO WILLIAM VILLIAM LEQUEUX Wil killinen linen leli alifi 41 fi 15 lite here chronicles tor or 1 lil I artle d C count c urn I 1 son on the antle ria rew revelation elation nf f file lie inner eifle alfr of the he I 1 irrin Gera rinn nn court line in bern throughout ruile air as tile the loo oo or of it KM innermost ri r i the ulion who wb narn 1 blat ll 11 1 ife HP linn ilea initiate t knafl my x of at th cret service of nf contin tal roun coun irlen and it in considered by the lip mirat of f rent an 11 thorild oa iii le matters another no aasni kw few people have hae been inure closely tim IM so elated etli or know more inure of tie ahr 0 w in inner m er ae ry 0 of 1 OT lier th alln a it lie be II 11 queue queux probably lina liar more f r ae Prot at it lili 1041 con imand any coulee 1 lie in clio it kv f and tor for tile joint nix ink yenry the 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know the charming ini im highness the lie crown princess of saxony us its she often came cn n visits to the but I 1 luul had never spoken enuich with tier her until tit nt naster 1002 the emperor went to visit Jr dresden esden lie ile took with him among other people one of tits ills ua untitled titled loon boort judicial councilor lohr roeln acin a stout flabby faced hang er on oil IM nt at the time possessed great int over him louisa was its tho the most popular la in saxony rind deservedly so 60 for hers had been lccy it lovo love match after tier marriage to the saxon sason rown crown prince the kalser in one of tits his whimsical moods beannie greatly nt at to tier lier because of tier her frank faank nass tie ss tier her love of outdoor life ancher 1 hilgh educational attainments clience wo often had tier her I nt at or tit nt tho the berlin schloss she was as i known to bo be one of abo few feminine ti i royalties in whom tho the falser took lite hie interest at the he grand ball of easter I 1 found myself chatting with louisa who I 1 iro collect wore it n most charming and sr artistic Ustle gown of sea aea green grean cht callton fron ilc ife collete of course with pink carnations in tier lier hair and a fow few diamonds upon lier corsage us its well na as tho the order of st elizabeth and tier her magnificent f rope of pearls which went twice round tier her neck and reached to bior knees a lit historic torte set which had V once belonged to marlo antoinette the rhe story of tho the crown prince told As wo we stood chatting lit in it corner of 1 the he room watching M at citing tile scene of un f i lisel brilliancy because of the alio kaisers keisers kai sers ence the princess turned to tile me XI VV 11 it curious thing happened biern about it month ago site said 1 I was at that moment the nn em aar inthe in tho uniform of tile second of saxon grenadier f which 34 to wits chief and wearing i order af c Cr ancelin of tho the house 0 abony eldrodo up and standing before us exclaimed well louisa what Is the very in I 1 topic of oe conversation conversi atlon eh ch duex imperial impe ilal highness hesitated its as endeavoring to avoid an esplan a but next second she sha waved glicr ter lace fan fail quickly and suld well recently friedrich august and elf have moved into rooms in the uller older wing of the palace frooma that aavo avo nut not been occupied for nearly for Ss 0 years they are old world charm charin sma and remind me lite constantly of au an austus tile the strong and tho the times lit in uhichi lie ho lived just about it month rago sigy the king und and queen of were paying pacing us ua a visit wo we were tit at elenner ell and while wo were all laughing prisms talking for carmen sylva silva lind imd telling us une one of tier her stories we imgard at a great clatter of horses hoofs the heavy rumble of wheels just as though a stage coach was crossing t the niall emall courtyard all ot of us listened i anil and lit la tile the silence we heard it receding distinctly I 1 at once sent my aly la walting to ascertain cylio hall arrived arr ivied or departed four wheeled coaches ew aches being quite nowadays it seemed just its as though the coach aad driven out of tho the palace gate the brought brou glit back from the guardi soom was that no carriage car ringo had en esterell terell eor r teft left I 1 told this to those around tho the table and the queen of who abiad taken much Int interest lit in omens and aal klor seated opposite me lite seemed ridi impressed tind end even perturbed then ilien tilt noise you heard must ha hava ve been un ail uncanny one oil achl naked asked tile the r avi ply interested einig e two to of the women tit nt tilt the table declared that it must have bom been thunder and then the conversation proceeded 1 I however confess canies conies co nies to your majesty that I 1 was very much puzzled pulled and ail tile moro more so because only two nights lights ago while vo no sat bat at dinner friedrich I 1 august and myself en fa wo we heard exactly the same sounds again I 1 really I 1 laughed the emperor quito quite uncanny un conny I 1 hope hero here in dresden you ou tire not believing in spooky na its london society believes lit in them not tit nt till nil said the princess earnestly ri 1 I dont belles believe in omens but curiously enough tile icing told me yesterday that tits ills two old mints aunts who formerly fonn cily lived in our wing of tho pill pal nce act had sometimes som ethues heard the clatter of horses borses hoofs tho jingle of harness harn cbs the grinding of brakes and the lie rumbling of heavy carriage wheels ilin II nil I 1 grunted tilt the emperor ive heard that samo same story before louisa tin the departing coach means trouble to the reigning family fa nilly that Is 14 exactly what tho the king said to mo me only last evening answered louisa frankly does docs it mean trouble to me I 1 wonder certainly not I 1 declared your imperial highness need not worry for one moment over such things lings ti nobody nowadays novi adnia regards such buch ahei phenomena loleena us its presage of evil there Is no doubt some perfectly natural explanation of thi the sounds every old palace castle arld even private house has its traditions the kaisers keisers Kai sers merry mood then the emperor after acknowledging tile salute of baron georg von controller of tile royal household it a toll tall thin crafty eyed ced man with hair tinged with gray and wearing a dark blue uniform and many c hanged changed tho the topic of conversation veis atlon the kaiser wits was lit in particularly merry mood bat night lie ho had gone to dresden against tits lila inclination for lie had long lone ago arranged tin an raster easter review va en tin the feld but the visit wits I 1 know knew fur for the alic purpose of consultation sul tation lit in secret with tile the king or of saxony several times time I 1 wondered upon what tits hla majesty of saxony had stumbled that morning tho the emperor null nud ling hing had been closeted alone together for fully three hours and the outcome of the secret conference seemed to havo have tint put the ull highest into a most excellent mood tho the saxon crown prince and tits ills wife were nt at that flino time a most devoted couple though nil all of us know knew that tile the modern ideas louisa had brought to dresden from the court had much shocked old king george and tits his consort the saxon court was unused to a pretty women with buoyant i spirits rejoicing in life with a capital L according to the court whisperings trouble had started a few days after marriage when the king having given give tits ills daughter ln in law a tiara of diamonds a royal roial heirloom with strict injunctions to wear them just jiust us its they were a stylo style of the seventeenth century lie he ono one evening tit at the opera saw tier lier wearing the stones reset re ic set lit in that stylo style known ns as art nouveau nouv cau the king icing bedtime furious and ordered them to bo be set again lit in their original settings setting whereupon louisa coolly deturi rL re turi d tile the present pie sent such wits was tile commencement of tile the old lit kings ill feeling toward tier lier the state ball that night was certainly a brilliant one fr for such it a bignall court and next net day wo we ill all returned to potsdam louisa in ill 11 depressed mood for while dancing with count von casti castal il of the prussian guard tier lier lovely rope of pearls tall suddenly parted as though cut by it ii knife A mysterious ab absence sence before wo we left dresden however I 1 met tile the crown princess in one of the corridors it was nino nine in tile morning she wore tier lier alding babit having just cornu collie lu in from tier her morning canter well councill co count 1 she bhe laughed so you ou are leaving us unexpectedly I 1 I 1 shall be coming coaling to pay another visit to potsdam soon the emperor invited mo me last night au an revo irl iter her imperial highness paid tier her promised cd to the tho empress at the houes noues palala in ill july at the time of tier her arrival tile the emperor hall left suddenly bud denly and gone away to when anything aidi thing unusual upset him he always went titer there I 1 overheard overl nard him tile day before ins his tit departure shouting tu to loblein us as I 1 pasted along one of tile corridors the judicial councilor seemed to bo be trying to pacify him but apparently entirely without avail you are arc as sly as all 1111 tho the rest I 1 I 1 heard tho the emperor declare in that shrill bagh ditc hea tone which always denotes tits ills anger ill hear none of it no ao excuses I 1 want no fawning no jew juggling the net I 1 heard was that tho the kaiser had left for unit that lonely retreat to which lie went when ho heo wished to bo be alone lit in those periods of arazy impetuosity which elzea him N V Y A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANT 10 0 WILLIAM LEQUEUX POSSESSOR OF THE SECRETS OF EUROPE beneux nation par albret mur kur loing seine et february uary leith 1017 mr illy benr I 1 leave just juat finished read leris the of your lex describing my lite life nn an an official lit at the imperial court sit fit and the two to or three adall errors you ninde I 1 hae duly corr corrected ted the kromi need wily vl lih ill to I 1 have related to yoa birre ninny many tit then heni known to yourself youri elf for no n the intimate friend of louana lo ulna the ex cron priner xio of ony you yoa were vere before the viah many litany of those nt at court whole those mantes appear la in theme the I 1 anse lin ninale nilet and which you yon have recorded berea are hut hill a ilbe of tile the disclosures I 1 could inke mail aad it tie the horld mure more I 1 be planed to furnish you with other anil and even evea more inore ileta llev aiu may olio also put into intel print my lily arrile UK as personal pern per oual monal to tie the gernian crown prince let li loop pilat nt at tin nn end and nim the lite trench rry of vit r anny against bation resen ledo I 1 feel lie in my lily no compunction la in ex till nil I 1 know concerning the secreta of 0 the kaiser and bin non mufit cordial arrel logn front your sincere friendt friend Sla signed ned TON and further that lie ho had taken with him its his crafty crony during that mysterious absence when the tinseled world ot of potsdam seibel seI lel at peace the good looking saxon crown princess arrived I 1 was on duty on tho the dallva ra llva platform to bow over tier her hand and to welcome tier alit ah I 1 count von well lid did I 1 not say that I 1 should not bo be very long before I 1 returned to pots dame dam eh site she exclaimed then kith a merry laugh do you ou those clattering hoots hoofs and my br lien rope of pearls nothing lias has happened yet an angry emperor throe three lays days later un an incident occurred which caused me lue a good lent deul of thought and an truth to tell mystified my stifled ill me considerably that somewhat indiscreet journal tho had published it statement to tile effect that friedrich august of saxony and the handsome louisa had hall it a violent flu arrel it a fact which caused a great deal of gossip throughout court circles old von Donau donaustauf stauf who at that time lino was master mast 01 of the ceren ceremonies at the emperors court bulled himself by spreading strange scandals regarding the crown princess louisa louesa titer therefore in tho the circumstances I 1 it t struck me lite as strange that tier hir highness sho should bild lild have been invited to the puritanical and hypocritical elide circle at Pots potsdam daw that afternoon soon after tile the guard lind had been changed change I 1 chanced to bo be writing lit in my lily room which over the big central court cour yard ard when I 1 heard bieard the guard suddenly turn out lit in great commotion by which I 1 kne knew that tits his majesty had suddenly returned front from ton vil minutes later my telephone rang und tint passing the sentries I 1 went by order to tits his maje study that chamber of plots and secrets hung with its faded green silk damask its iti furniture covered with the same material and its not net curtains at the windows thre threaded adea with ribbons of tilt alia same shade tho the moment I 1 entered the emperors countenance showed tile me that lie he was very lingo angry lohlein had returned with him und and stood blood watching tho the emperor as tho latter impatiently paced tho the room loom I 1 saluted awaiting orders lit in sl lonco but so preoccupied was lots ills majesty that lie did not notice ni lily presence but continued tits his outburst of furious wrath only see what von hocus brooch lias reported I 1 lie ho cried 1 I tint am being made a laughing laughingstock stock and you sou know it Lohle hil it has been salti said of us that it 11 woman a whim or it a word will today raise tiny any person to high rank lit in our empire ern 1 that blackguard black guard harden has actually dared to write it lit in tits his journal well wo we shall see bee that woman sho bho shall suddenly lie ho realized that I 1 was present and hesitated next second both his tono tone and tits his manner changed I 1 I 1 you sou to go to dresden and take a private letter it will ile be really ready in halt half an ail liou hour say nothing to anyone oncoming concerning your departure but report to me here at four 11 A secret mission to the saxon court As commanded 1 ai l reported but the kaiser was with tho the empress who la in one ot of tier her private apartments was holding petit cercle the princess loulou being present pr eisent indeed as I 1 entered that deml circular salon the kaser was standing astride before louidas Lou isas hair chair laughing gayly galy tier her ile HP could alter tits his moods just juht as lio lie changed tits his three hundred odd lid doruis 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