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Show PRINCESS CSES Foul Slander and Intrigue, Hermine Says, Were Used By Enemies. By s. i). yi;yi r( (Copyright. 1922, by International News Service.) DOORN, Holland, Nov. 4 Princes Hermine of Reuss, who will be married mar-ried tomorrow to the former German kal' r. comes to Doom today, not as a happy bride, but with bitterness in! her soul. The Intensity of the princess' bitterness bitter-ness Is equalled only by her determination determin-ation to Ret een with t hose who made this day of "Joy" one in Which she feels that the whole world is again: i her. Hermine to put it succinctly came to Doom with the defiant will to win and punish She bad poured out her heart to the correspondent, but bagged that her revelations and her declaration; to "get even" not be( printed until .'lie left Germany and arrived ar-rived In Holland. BURSTS INTO '1 BARS. Conseejuenlly, her interview can be given to tho public today. The correspondent asked the princess. prin-cess. ' What about that mysteriouK trunk Which is said to have arrived in Doom the other day'.' It was said to contain con-tain the crown which the former kaiser is personally to place upon your head." A bitter. Jerky laugh was the first reaction from this question. For a moment the princess struggled With herself, then she arose and Joined her hands high above her head. Gazing upward at tho celling with an air of despair she burst into tears. Then amidst convulsive sobs she exclaimed ex-claimed : "So that Is the latest lie"" T suppose sup-pose they want to make mo out s vain, ambitious creature v hat is it you call it in the United States' Oh ampod tho kaiser. A crown? A crown of thorn.', perhaps' '1 he;, n. vial vi-al ready poisoned my wedding. T i y hayo given me a foretaste of hell upon up-on earth " EXPLAINS ATTACKS. Asked whom she meant by they," the princess gradually calmed down And explained "I mean those who. for selfish or sickly sentimental reasons are opposed to our marriage. They have trlod to, prevent it by every conceivable mean". I but mostly by foul slander and dia l bollc Intrigues. "Yes. among those who fought and humiliated mo are some of the kaiser's own relatives, but they are not the worst They are fighting and have been doing so more or less In the open. "The chief opposition has come from schemers who felt that they would be cheated of their spoils," or feared for their Jobs." Princess Hermine's Hps tightened, her eyes flashed, while she doubled up her Jeweled hands into two small but angry little fists. "The worst of all the meanest of all arc the Camarilla." she snapped hetween clenched teeth. "Listen" sho leaned forward tensely, her eyea hard and penetrating "The kaiser today to-day is ju:st as much isolated as he was throughout his return In Germany. "He Is Isolated by a cordon of cour- j tesans who fawn upon him and play i their own game all the time They are parasites. They live upon him (the kaiser) ',' GUARD ABOUT OASTDK, Special precautions hie been taken, bv thi local commandant of the Dutch gendarmerie for the protection of the! I ; I ex-kalser's castle, and all th. principals princi-pals and guests until the wedding cclo-j oration Is over. Tho princess explained tho 'mysterious 'mys-terious trunk" by Baying. "It contained nothing but some of my books." |