Show PLOTS 1 IN EN HOLLAND y N no 0 4 by dr franz fralia Seelig cr asked cd the chancellor to wait and at once to lo his majesty repeat conversation iii an fn such manner r ad athe the was I 1 the kaiser keeping ills his fin finger ger of affairs in III germany upon jon the pue alle tle the world p pictured him as are a repentant and broken brokell monarch decidedly I 1 agree with the he mant Il machine lachine guns esto was nas his reply h lie used in fit the streets with et ef feet tell ebert thit that I 1 lio hope pe gill irai secure the good will of the sally kiel ind and draft some of them to 39 s at it la 16 he capt capital tal assure eberl that by all hese riots I 1 am not in the least dis curbed he and I 1 ate ae in complete agreement ire ement brhen hen returning to the instrument gave the chancellor the emperors emperor s jes jessare aes sage two days later old count von edel the evil genius genii s of tm the konig strasse arrived at amerongen Ame ailing himself herr beek beck and was alone with the emperor for inwards of two hours of the details f tahe the conversation I 1 had no moans means if discovering having occasion to aass ss the door I 1 heard the kaiser rats rais ug ng his voice excitedly shouting I 1 will I 1 will nothing will deter 1 11 1 ag i e 1 I 1 halted and listened but next his voice died down and I 1 could ily hear indistinct mumbling it 1 l knew however hoever the grim object hat was being discus discussed seo and ar anaed a double tragedy to take bace ace in paris and in the very near future ithe ahe kaiser who had quite recover d from the wound was out motor ag with von plessen both had dressed in civilian clothes and had aken count car in order ot to attract attention in secret he be had gone to tb the lague a visit in connection bilth he be increasing demand ot of the allies aliat liat at he should be extradited on the previous day he had receive d a high personage of the dutch government overn vern ment and chancing to be pres nt at 1 I was writing a letter I 1 list ned to the conversation between hem w at bif your majesty agrees said the avoy the baron will be ready to re eive youat the palace chave lave the allies made any further lemand from holland inquired vilhelm eilhelm eagerly well yes they have both eri dri aln la and france have raised protests rhe lie fact act is we desire your loin m as to how they shall be answer T I 1 but surely your government has lo 10 intention of being browbeaten by 16 e allies exclaimed the kaiser rot not in the least we have been i feutral atral throughout the war and we main neutral now when the chamberlain had gone wilhelm fil helin turned to me and said i 1 these dutch give themselves re isable airs it is a pity ve e did not occupy their country in as we did belgium it would ve ave saved so much trouble though he endeavored to preserve calm exterior I 1 could see that he I 1 as s nervous and moreover his nerv asness increased next morning when e entered the room in a brown freed suit and before leaving with on n plessen dictated to me a letter addressed to a certain kierr gurt yachter achter but which was in reality a I 1 ecret letter for herr ebert who I 1 Ome sometimes times passed under that name in it he revealed ills his fears regard ig 9 the spartacus Sparl acua movement and lid aid s when I 1 granted you audience I 1 hinted out to you as chancellor the isinger anger ot of liebknecht being allowed it liberty to act against us in con unction with rosa luxemburg and elm trUde uhl each day that man mail fv ves renders it more diar difficult tor for you 0 o secure peace or effect any ny pre ended disarmament i am glad that u have dismissed the police prest bant ailt ot of berlin von Elch El chhorn born could hot at compromising documents lie be ouirl 1111 among ills his effects showing the poney oney lie he lies has spent nt upon apon spartacus supporters and how lie he has provided ded hem with arms I 1 suspect that lie he pas 21 been in active communication alth ith the russian bolshevists who v ho ave supplied him with funds surety documentary evidence ot this could b be III scoured and ills his arrest effected do not forget that the punishment of trat traitors tors is death As regards lle liebknecht boknecht bk I 1 repeat the I 1 suggestion I 1 made to you on the occa occasion ion of your visit that some accident should befall him for ills his death would ie lie a very serious blow to the spartacus and by arresting its progress even for a few days you and your friends would be allowed time to effect a more peaceful regime provided that you put down the extremists tre mists with a strong hand this letter I 1 took to tb berlin while the kaiser balsir and his crony motored to the hague as I 1 have described A few hours after my return to amerongen Ame I 1 learned of the secret arrangement ills his majesty had made at the hague by a letter to prince 1 max or of daden baden which wilhelm dictated to me ordering TOO me at the same time to send a copy by the same I 1 courier to hindenburg JIin denburg 1 I have at last arranged matters lie he said I 1 if wilson and lloyd george press seriously for my extradition which lias bot not yet been done then I 1 shall go at once incognito to sweden I 1 where another castle is already wall waiting for me and thence probably to russia I 1 have friends here who intend to resist strenuously any demand made by the allies and to deny the right of any tribunal to indict me personally such then was the result of the emperors secret visit to the hague a visit which was the first of several indeed two days later lie he again dressed in civilian clothes and at his orders I 1 accompanied him with general von grimbau Grim maii and colonel count von moltke both in mufti in the car to the hague where at a rather dingy house in in a side street ahe the driver stopped and entered Q in a room on the first floor a paunchy man with a big pimply face came caine forward and made low obeisance speaking in german the kaiser somewhat impatiently asked are they here yes your majesty they were delayed by bad weather and only arrived two hours ago good he replied approvingly approvingly 1 I will see them whereupon two well dressed men who looked like englishmen were ushered in and introduced by our fat at host I 1 stood amazed when I 1 heard the names uttered of 0 two great international financial magnates one whose headquarters were in london and the other the elder in new york both spoke german excellently and no wonder for I 1 quickly discovered that they were both german born and being I 1 in the countries where they lived nadi been able to act as personal agents tor for the kaiser and for the fatherland ever tince kince the outbreak ot of war the subject ot of discussion as soon as the emperor had seal sealed ed himself and alid placed the pair at their ease ws the position of the kals Kai keisers kaisers ers sers privation fortune which he had invested in england canada and the united states A most illuminating ds discussion us it proved to be both men whose names were hou household abold words in high finance whom I 1 hesitate to name assured majesty that he had nothing to tear fear to be continued |