Show th S 6 f f ah 11 e re s 0 e CM M f STARTLING EXPOSURE OF I 1 11 IER ER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZEN DORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX L AL lom le lc ann who ito here chronI eIe or h lill 1 aro count vois MII I 1 iel r ich I 1 a t ter it of I 1 trip the loer site biff it i the Caer german nian cou court t ban limit been re un iu capi OH am the of jim sier cre relm th the U lair who enyx mii of I 1 lie he line ham k tit of 1 abr I bervice ot of antni coun conn arlem and in by the hie govern anent of delit relit it it tin on nn on a nio itter another authority mamo few aile have hate been lit inore ore elt iely n nn rated rr or know knor nire more nf if uie the dx inner machinery ut of gerny r anny lid cef Ivlue 1 u ux plin bly ais 1 l mure 1 r of arct cc ret ut at him c milt a aar lit in clil life vind sor irr th taut alx cura lie go alum annile ume un ut of 10 lila wax u ore or mecdet throng w mp erini y organized miltia sidele si delt cli lequeux hvorka as n a voluntary olun tury Q count v on no in lint 11 ir of lecuit gelernt years prior to the lie at break of the etarl lii lie hn lilii been 1111 zig in in france since inre august 1011 1 anti anil it air tax there that lr le ir ved froin ah iha brorn prince g clr au iiii inice public theme revel r of 0 like he inner life of the ilie blob e that the ithe d I 1 th be e burhl inzlicht ronie to 0 o know the real lint but heretofore eddei p arx of the two di d I paiit ot of the nut autocracy abey lie tire stow now urra array fit ed 41 0 THE MYSTERIES I 1 H OF FRAU KLEIST f clever intrigues of frau bruu M kjelst were unknown to tiny any y whitside tile court circle at pots lilii sho she was indeed it a queer only less ot of at personage than limn his majesty its prince billow to tile nio one lay day ns as wo we nat hut to gether lit in my room lu in tho the berlin schloss arnu kleist was the court dancing t whose fasti fastidious dlou i judgment aind liall to bo be satisfied by tiny young debu finite or officer before they presumed 10 to lo dance before royalty tit nt tho the state balls slie site was seventy iler her cal zeal a age I 1 never knew truly fruit with her noat neat waist arid thin refined face was a very striking figure lit at tho the berlin court the intricacies of the mad ami gavotte ns its well tie ns those of ortho tho old world in which alch site delight vl pit were taught by tile lie old lady to joachim and princess victoria tj ulso both of whom always went in tile adly fear of her caustic tongue and overbearing ina manner I 1 tile the emperor never permitted tiny any dancing nt at court which was not up to a high stan stand ml ird of excellence and nil who mho sought to lo danco dance were ero compelled to pass before tile critical eye of the sharp tongued old lady in her stiff silken gown whence pho edie had conic collie or who had ipsen responsible for her ter appointment nobody knew one thing was quite certain that though nt at nn mu ago when usually rheumatism prevents agility clyot file was till nn export expert dancer the old woman lived in considerable slyly in it it lilt fille house close to tile tho i Ollen teke bridge tit at potsdam beneath tahe 1 lie Bab gabelsberg elsberg a power to bo be reckoned with by till who desired to enter the bourt urt circle Ile garding tier her ciany strange were allott one was that she aho was nil all ex flancer dancer tile llie mother of the famous clo clo Dur durand lind pro pre danseuse duns euse ot of the paris opera anti and ta nother was ans that she lind been nils luls tress ot of tile ballet tit at the imperial opera in Petro petrograd grad in the days of the alexander hut but so grent great a mystery were tier her antecedents that nobody inea anything for certain bao that tit nt tile age of nearly seventy she lind had access nt at ony any hour to tho the kai keisers kaisers sers private cabinet I 1 have often seen tier lier whisper to hla his majesty strange crets creta which she had picked up tip hero here and there ther secrets that tant were often trans berred to certain confidential quarters those tit nt court aniio ho secured the be iril gnant smiles of frail kleist knew that ahat their future path in III life would bo be full of sunshine but woe betide those ampon whom hom blip aishe knit tier brows in III disapproval frau kleist kept tier pretty ahouse and her big car upon the secret money payments pay monta sho she re from those nho ilio for value begged her favors with many young officers the payment to fruit kleist was to open the back door to tho the em derors rora favor we vv in III tile the neues nelles paints new palace know knew it but surely it did dia riot not fun cern us tie for all of us looked askance at those who lie strove so strenuously and tind eagerly for commands to court bunc atlon tt lon and really we were secretly glad st the lie parvenus parmenus par venus of both sexes wore were well feill before they were permitted by irray ifyu erna to make their obeisance berro royalty the palace world at every european ourt court Is n narrow little world of its own WD unknown arid and unsuspected by the lanan in the lie street there one sees the alie worst side of human nature without any leaven lent en of the best or even nobler mad the salary grabber the military adrea the pinchbeck diplomat she be commercial parvenu arid the fist together with their jowel jewel bedecker bedecked womenfolk elbow each other oilier lit in order to secure the notice of tile nil 1111 highest one ole I 1 who ho in fit that hut green upholstered estered private room wherein I 1 worked with etli lint often sullied smiled tit nt the unseemly bus llo 10 while lillo lie calmly discriminated among men find women according to their ine merits rits it Is in that calm discretion that tho the emperor escen possessing almost tin foresight 1 I know I 1 frail kleist line lias told me I 1 were cro the words his hi majesty used on oil allany occasions when han I 1 had ventured to express doubt regarding settle scandalous story or serious idle knolon ga tion therefore I 1 was confident hint the seventy year cur old dancing mistress whose liosi pit amit st was it complete mystery ni story ns its tin nn important secret agent of the emperors ali anil what more likely the kaiser us ns ruler of that complex ern empire pire would naturally seek nerk to know the truth con corning berning those alio ho sought glit ills his favor before they were cro permitted to click their heels liccia or wag their fans and bow if alio 10 luce 1 0 lit in ills his imperial presence prison cc anti and lie 11 e had no lie doubt with that innate cunning appointed ills its creature to tim the position s of court dancing mistress emperors first view of an airplane on oil october 17 1008 1 I had returned with the emperor find and his suite from where ills his majesty nid jesty had been present at the file launching of one of ifert baffino Baff ins monster american liters liners I 1 was mas seated tit nt the side table in fit ills its private room in the berlin schloss Sch losiS tilting down certain confidential instructions which lie ho wished to ln be sent nt at once by ono one of tile imperial couriers couil ers to the coin ma liandi t of posen Slid denly von kahlberg my illy colleague entered with matli a iness tind and handed it to ids its majesty the alio kniser kaiser tit nt once inice grew excited and turning to tile mo sold said the crown sends vm word front from potsdam that the american Amei lom orville wright Wrt glit la is hi flying ing on tile fold feld wo must go nt at once old r the cars cara and d yon von Kr ahlberg inform tier lier majesty tit nt once she will accompany us no ila doul t quickly I 1 placed before his majesty one of ills his photographs knowing that it would lio he v anted for presentation to tile daring american and he took up lits ills pen pell and scrawled ills his signature across it within n quarter of nil ail hour three of the powerful cars care were cre on their way to pot slain the alic emperor with ith anton a high german caal nt at constantinople and professor Ian ibery lit in the first alir nr the kaiser ln with bior ter daughter victoria aulse ond the hitters lat ober governess with one of the lie court ladles ladies in tho the next while lit in the third I 1 rodo rode with major von scholl one of tile equer rles ries on arrival tit nt the fold feld it was already growing dush arid a great disappointment awaited us the crown prince rode up to inform us its gravely that ali it the flying was over for the day at this the lie dulser grow grew angry for lie ho lind had been acon out once before upon a chute only to find that hint orville wright tini had gone lionie home declaring tho the wind too strong at its fathers anger however wlllie willie burst out laughing declaring that lie he was only joking tin and that till nil was in readiness indeed ns as lie he spoke tile aviator came up and I 1 presented liliu him to ills his itin majesty jesty then while lie stood alone in the center of the groat great sandy plain mr ar h ville allo 1110 wright clambered into his iain clione and rising nindo many circuits high above nuovo its the ejup emperor eror stood with nelt schol schel anti tho the shaggy old professor straining its ills eyes with keenest interest it nus the first time his majesty lini seen an ail nIr pInne in light flight much find been of von zeppelins zeppelina Zepp elins invention yet tile tho german had find until those demonstrations by the american aviator taken but little heed of the heavier than mr air machine at that lint time indeed tile emperor had riot not take yon von zeppelin arid and it was wai only after seeing orvllle orville wrights demonstrations st that lie ho entered with ith tiny any enthusiasm thu thusia sm into nero aeronautical nautical problems high above us against tho the clear ere rung ning sky wherein the stars had already begun to twinkle tile daring american rose dipped and banked his machine ironing droning like a huge gadfly much to tile interest and astonishment of the emperor marvelous 1 hp ho exclaimed as I 1 stood inside beside him with tile empress on lila his right illow how Is it dono done the sight of a roan man flying in the air maneuvering his machine tit at will rising swiftly anti and then pinning down with the engine cut off wile was one of the he most amazing spectacles tho the loyal potsdam ers had ever seen liven even the emperor with all his dreams of world power could never for a moment havo foreseen what a groat great factor airplanes would be in war at last wright came down in it spiral banked slightly steadied himself nud aud then come camo lightly to earth within it few yards of where we stood having been the first brat to exhibit to tho the emperor liow low completely tho the air had been conquered V V V V V A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANT TO WILLIAM LEQUE LEQUEUX UX POSSESSOR OF THE SECRETS OF EUROPE nadon par aigret mur mir lount seine et harac february ali ja 1017 sly dear LeQue I 1 lime huse judt finished reading the proof of nf tour four articles mr in life no am nn an 0 deini lit at the I 1 ln ni verial court nt at and the lie no or three errors error you made I 1 anve duly corrected 1 I rhe lie schomm and willy intrigued hildeb cb I 1 line have relented to you were may many of lit ahcin n known to yourn yourself yon relf elf fort for as a the friend a of f aul a the ri ex crown princess of you were before the barp blomely with anany man of thue rhone nt it court naaem appear in theme artl ex T alip 1 ie 4 1 I lime coindet iii nile and which you ou lime have reca crded beret are but it A tithe ut it the rem which thich I 1 could junket anti and it tile lie world more I 1 be plenard jo nu with other and eten inore startling de tallmo I which you ii luny inar mra put into print my aly not nn personal pernal to tn the lerin nn crunn prince to tn tini pi ally I 1 yo ul tit nn an end and with levim the treachery tren chery of Gerni german nur dellill I 1 feela feel in nty my retirements no compunction in sit nil I 1 know concern liiK the secrets of 0 the kaiser and liln him son on alth cordial front your sincere friend signed VON A though it lind had now no growl kromp alark the lie emperor by tile the powerful headla nips of tho the three cars titer hughly examined tho the americans till nl rinno the aviator explaining every det loell lon till ll from that lint moment for months after wards the kaiser was constantly anik ing of aviation ho commanded pho tog plia of various arlous types of airplanes with nil all Utera ture on tile the subject to be placed before him indeed ile ho sent over oer to britain in fit secret two to officers to attend the airplane meetings liell held tit nt doncaster Uon cater and Black brackpool blackpool pool where a n large number or of photographs arc were taken anti duly found their alu lr way ay to his anble the dancing mistress visit I 1 have hao recalled tile emperors inper ors farst sight of nil ail nIr phine lit in flight in coln coin puny pany with alth ilcin anton hentschel Helt schel and professor Vai libery of nu an incident which occurred that same day just before midnight the emperor was vas giving tile 1110 certain instructions to be sent to carlton house terrace when hen the ali door opened without any knock of permission and upon tho the threshold there stood fra arnu kjelst I 1 your maje permission to enter she asked of course of course replied the emperor turning in his chair come collie in arid close lie ho door it lias has turned quite cold tonight well lie ho asked looking tit nt her inquiringly the court dancing mistress hesitated for a second recall their eyes met ant and in ili lint glance I 1 saw complete understanding 11 may I 1 speak in corkil confidence dence with your majesty mn jesty she elie allied advancing into the room except the court ladies she was the only female tit nt court whom tit alio sentries stationed nt at tho the end ol of tile the corridor allowed to pass to his its maje private cabinet hut fruit frail kleist lind had access every whre llor eyes were ere the eyes of the emperor 11 ny it diplomat fInan financier cler military or naval commander has been raised to position of favorite favor llo because lie jie first secured the good graces grace of the ex bellerina and bias I 1 many a good honest man loan has been cast out of if the fill potsdam circle into oblivion because of the poisonous polso noua declaration of that smiling be jeweled old woman of what do you wish to speak inquired tile emperor of the affair was tho the old womans comans low reply at 1 ir words the kaiser frowned slightly and dismissed me I 1 bowed roy sel out and closed the he door upon tile the and his clever female spy that she should have tit nt that uto ito hour come collie from potsdam for looking down into the courtyard I 1 saw thu lights of her big biff showed that omo underhand work was vaa lu in progress by handling cs as I 1 did hundreds of secret reports which reached tile tho emperor I 1 hod learned much concerning lie kierr auton anton and from old von on donaustauf Donau stauf master of ceremonies I 1 had find also been able to obtain certain missing links concerning tho the intrigue a burly round faced fair haired prussian or of quite superior type held the position of chief director of we the ottoman batik bank in constantinople ti ills ill duty illy for tho file post past three years sears tin biad been to conciliate tho the sultan anti to lend lead german money to any industrial du enterprise in which tiny grain of merit could possibly bo be discovered ile ho had find been singled out taken front from the dresdner bank and sent to cou con by the kniser kaiser in order to play Gernin nys secret game in turkey especially of tile the bagdad rall any wn antl to combat with gernian german gold grent great diplomacy |