Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-02-25
The True Story of an
Interview Told In 1918.

deck of an ocean steam1 that the
late emperor Was impoliti.
Not at all There was always a
method in his madness"
what method could there possibly
have been in that affair Of the sup
pressed interview which stirred up
the whole world and put the emperor
in humiliating position"
"The secret history Of that affair has
never been published 1t was never
known to more than three persons be-
sides the emperor and his chancellor,
and l am now the only person living
in possession Of it."
"What, your
Eyes, I. And. what's more I'm 60
ing to give it to you. Listen. There
was then in William service a man
whom he consulted more on matters
of statecraft than even Won Bulow.
Baron Trengel was during the period
Of his intimacy with the late emperor
between the ages of thirtyfve and
forty. He was handsome as a pic
tuTc anu WOulu nave DecH
to women had he taken any interest
I'm them. But he was n pronounced
woman hater.
"While travelling In Egypt Trengel
fell In with party of your country
men from New York. among them a
Miss Rebecca Wray. She had come
over and remained with her fellow
travellers by permission. having it was
understood. been graduated from
school the previous spring. Her trip
was intended as finisher to her edu-
cation
"Trengel had never before fallen I'M
der the influence Of one Of your mcon-
ventional. coquettish American girls.
His ideas II women were derived from
the German fraulein Of noble blood
and more especially from an old
maid sister ten years his senior who
kept house for him. Miss Wray
made nothing of visiting the ruins OF
the temple of Karnak with him I'M
chapcroned or sailing alone with him
on the Nile.
1.-THE next heard Of Miss Wray she
was In Berlin chaperoned by an en-
tlrely different party from that which
she was supposed to have Travelled
with in Egypt. She had not been there
long before she received Invitations to
houses whose owners were In high
life and dined with the late emperor
and the now dowagcr empress. She
spent some time ostpnsibly visiting
Trengers old maid sister, and while
there she was riding, driving and
hunting In madcap fashion with the
baron.
zone morning Trengel was summon
ed to Berlin by the emperor for con-
ference Your countrymen were get
ting rather too thick with the .Iapa-
nesc to please his majesty, and he de-
sired to head them off. At this inter-
view number of different matters
were taken up. all Of them Of imInr-
lance in European complications. Tren-
gel when IN conference with the en-
pcrOr was accustomed to jOt down the
points discussed also Williams views.
On returning to his schlosS he found
Miss Wray. who had rcmlincd during
his absence with his sister. and WAS
so delighted to be reunited with her
that he did something he had never
done before He tossed his notebook
on his desk In the library t" hasten
out for Il ride with the girl who had
infatuated him.
"That was the last he thought of the
notebook till the next morning. Then
he hurried to the library to find 1t
gone breakfast was waiting for the
guest, who had not yet come down.
After waiting some time for her tie
baron sent to her room. She as we'll
as the notebook had disappeared.
"The CONSERVATION that seized upon
the baron was nothing to that of the
emperor when Trengel went to Berlin
and told him the story. The police
were notified. and the secret service
men got on the case In n hurry. Not
train in Germany that was not I'M
der surveillance OF government ennis
sarics each having II detailed deScrip-
ton of the American girl. They failed
to catch her A boy excited some SuS-
piciun but got across the frontier
without being detained, the German
detectives having been instructed to
look out for girl 1t was after
ward supposed that this boy was the
slippery Miss Wray in disguise.
"NiiSs Wrays identity and position
aftcrward became known to those of
us in the secret She was the daughter
OF a poor professor In an American
university. She was twenty-five years
old ut that time and had taken nearly
every honor In woman's college for
which she was eligible for compcti-
ton. Leaving college. she went to
New York and worked on one Of the
principal papers there 1t was this pa
per that sent her abroad for news Of
certain diplomatic questions Of inter
est to the people Of the United States.
Miss Wray. who had always known
the want Of money and consequently
knew its value, saw a chance for
fortune She wrote out an interview
with the emperor Of Germany and sold
1t to London paper for 100000.
Since she could show Trengers note
book containing confirmation Of what
she put In the emrcror's mouth she
had everything her Cwn way.
"Now comes the part taken by the
emperor. He never visited on his
friend Trengel any punishment or dis
pleasure. bearing the obloquy heapcd
upon him for doing too much talking.
Trangel. however. shut himself up in