Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-22

| visit are beginning now 20 DC heaIu
In the French press.
The emperor. accompanied by n
] trusted Berlin business mana banker
! and not nobleman or an army OIL
! cer--arrlved In Paris early IN the morn
ing, on the through Parls-St Peters
! burg express. The Berlin banker
who has Paris at his finger tips-took
him Immediately In an ordinary Paris
cab picked up In front Of the station,
! 10 pied-a-terre apartment OF his own,
IN the sleepy Rue de rUniyerslte, at its
| least aristocratic end
The impatient emperor would have It
! that they must make their first visit to
| the exposition the same day. 1t was
/ only a quarter of an hours walk to the
| nearest gate. The visit was accom-
/ plished without incident The emperor
| was enchanted. The next morning
they received visit from NJ. Lepine
| project Of the Paris police In person.
1t was a great surprise for william
| II and his companion the Berlin
banker who. in his despair at being
discovered. was not sure that he ought
not TO commit suicide, The great
chief Of police soon relieved their APP
prehensions. While ne would not have
UtfA human llOl " triumph NulFAAe
In the perfection of his detective SER
vice that, in IL hours, had come on a
diplomatic secret unknown to his cOun-
try's own diplomats. he desired to show
that I'm republican France an untitled
project OF police can also prove him
self bon prince. Nov that your inn
perial majesty is here" he said, 1--WE
must do the best we can for your i'm
perial highness."
william IL acquiesced grudglngly,
and for a week three untiring policers
selected by Nj. Lepine performed their
duty with perfect tact In that time
three Germans, two Frenchmen and
one Russian were sent to the cooler to
prevent their chatting" they having
recognized the august presence. Two
others Of higher social rank, both for
eigners, were warned and Swallowed.
II is said that NJ. Lepine took 1t on
himself not to acquaint the president
Of the republic or his ministry with a
fact which would bring them rather
embarrassment than pleasure. They
knew nothing Of the visit, officially or
uuoflcially
How much worry even the most un-
official visit of a William III Is capable
OF causing a French ministry may be
imagined from the now wel-knoWn
events OF the emperors trip to the eX-
hibition OF 1859. on that occasion he
was not SO free. True the visit was
secret The story goes that, in spite
OF the recruitment caused In France
shortly before that time by his cele-
brated Frankfort discourse, William
insisted on his visiting the exhibition
OF 1889. He communicated his desire
to the French ambassador at Berlin
who. much troubled at first cOunseled
against it, and then begged that the
thing be done with the most absolute
secrecy.
The only persons in France made ac-
Quainted with the unwelcOme facts
were President Carnot. the ministers
of foreign affairs and Of war and the
director OF the surete generate, H.
Cazeies, today a state councillor. The
high functionary designated a dozen
special agents OF the prefecture Of po-
lice Of Paris ana his own STAFF TO watch
over the imperial visitor whom they
took turns IN accompanying, six at
turn. In his most insignificant move
ments.
In Germany the emperor cOndded his
intentions TO the captain of the HOhen-
zOllern, 10 the grand chancellor Of the
empire and the empress, and immedi-
ately started of with two friends ana
a valet.
During his four days stay his great
est pleasure was 20 take a common
street cab, accompanied by one of his
friends, and promising a large graft
fntiOn to the "cabbie," attempt 10
cygde the detectives. lie never sue
ceeded In doing g.
He had visited the exhibition three
times, He had Intended 90 stay ten
days. On the fourth however, an fire.
sistlble curios led him TO stop hiv
cab in the fol. Place de n Concord
before the Strasburg statue that pit
ful memorial of the French nation
mourning for her lost provinces TO
which the faithful bring ever new fun
eral wreaths on anniversary days Be
sides being In bad taste this stopping
before the statue was unlucky As
William stuck his head out of the cab
an unknown gentleman was seen to
stare at him with surprise and insist
| ence, The police escort observed the
movement. one Of them. standing be-
| hind the gentleman. overheard him tell
ing a companion that he had recog-
| nized "his emperor"
! The recognition was fatal one. both
20 the emperors trip and the strange
| gentleman's liberty OF the moment
| While William much disturbed, hast
ened TO prepare for his departure from
| Paris. the strange gentleman, who Il
turned out, was a Prussian army officer
on leave, found himself conducted 10
the depot OF the prefecture. there 20 Doe
locked mp twenty-fOur hours witho,S
! explanation.
Returning to his capital by way Of
London. Hull and Norway. william
tactly confessed his mortal fear OF be-
ing the center Of a popular Partisan
riot. on this occasion he has shown
more nerve.
He knows that the sentiment OF the
French people has changed greatly with
respect to him during the last 1--WE
years There is no doubt OF IL. the
French secretly admire William IT. As
a sovereign he has every quality 70
please Frenchmen rather than Ger
mans. He Is SNOWY decorative thea
trlcal He Is always doing something
| new. William knows this This time
he was not afraid 10 come 20 Paris as
a simple tourist. though disguised by
the waxing down of the Protean mus
tache They say that he never will
be contented until he can promenade
the streets OF Paris freely. as does the
king Of the Belgians. Leopold Is a Wis
ting sovereign for you. on his last
trip 20 Che exhibition he put mp at the
Elysee Palace hotel. in part owned by
Ms friend and business associate. the
hnancier Nagelmackers. lie took a
whole wing Of the hotel provided with
O little door on the Rue Galllee. They
wanted 20 give him a concierge. or Jam