The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-27
KAISER IS ANGRY
At LOSS OF DIARY
Revelations in Volume Said
to Be Staggering
NEW GUN DISCOVERED
Sixteen Inch Weapon With Projectils
Weighing Nearly Ton-Is I'm
likely That 1t Will Be Used
on German Battleship
BY MALCOLM CLARKE

Berlin, January 26.--(Special. )--Ihe anx-
iety at the new palace over the loss of
the diary of Princess Frederick Charles
of Hesse continues TO be quite feyerish
The kaiser has resorted to all sorts of
ruses 20 ascertain from the household
of his eldest sister an idea of just what
the diary contained. The princess Is the
opposite OF her imperial brother and one
of his severestt critics. 1t Is reported
here that the telltale book is now on its
way across the Atlantic to an American
publisher. to whom 1t has been sold-sub-
rosa.
The revelation said to be contained in
the lost diary are said to be sufficient to
stagger less excltable person than Will
helm the Second 1t is the second case
of the sort come to trouble the imperial
repose.
Thirty-five years have passed since
Princess Charlotte welded the hereditary
prince of -Meiningen. and the prin-
cess diary has been growing ever since.
And once, when the princess had returned
to Berlin with her husband, the diary fell
into his majesty's hands. Never in his
life did William II writhe so agonizedly
ments upon the imperial doings as were
contained in the secret narrative of
Princess Charlotte. Nor was the kaiser
afraid to show his resentment, for he
Immediately banished his sister from Ber-
lin and sent her husband to command
the troops at Bresau, one of the dullest
cities in Europe.
The intensity of his majesty's anger
may be judged by the fact that when
I ha 10 prinpeEq Fedora
of Sake Meiningen, was married at Bres-
lau the kaiser refused to go to the we'd
ding although he was residing on an
estate only two hours distance, 1t was
the kalsers eldest sister, by the way,
who created so much heart-burnlnE at
the Prussian court some time ago. by
attending a prize fight at Monte Carlo,
where she had taken reserved seats just
after Police President Won Jagow had,
under imperial instructions, interdicted
boxing entertainments in the German
capital.
good deal has been made in shauvin-
ist circles in Berlin recently of the report
that a new gun is to be used by the
German feet that will easily eclipse those
of all other nations. The weapon In q,es-
tion is a 16-inch gun, with projectile
Weighing not far short of one ton. 1t Is
extremely improbable, however, that such
n gun will be mounted on any German
hattleship for some time yet, although
the existence of the weapon seems 20 be
established and particulars as to its con-
struction are given in the latest German
naval guide. the 'raschenbuch der
Kreigsnotten" d9l5).
The gun is indeed several sizes larger,
10 speak familiarly. than the most DOW
erful type at present used In the Ger
man navy. Even the latest of the Ger
man vessels to be launched, the 2l,700
tons battleships KONG, Albert and Frin-
zrecent Tnltpold, and the vessel OF the
same class the Kaiserin (Which has al
ready been launched thirteen months, ana
is not vet In commission) are designed
for nothing heavier than the standard
Finch gun.
little nride 20 overflow is not. as a mat
tor of fact the heaviest gun that Is
made The American Bethlehem Steel
cou1pany cataiogued an 18-inch gun. This
giant has a projectlle weighing nearly a
ion. This, however, Is surpassed by a
p1,u of lesser calibre, the Schneider
t.reuset 10 centimeter gun, which is OF
slightly smaller bore than the Krupp and
smaller than the Bethle-
hem gun
The proiectie of this gun weighs 800
against go Kilograms of the Krupp. and
e41 Kilograms of the American. The
heaviest projectile fired by any gun on
any ship in commission is. said here to
be SGT Kilograms projectile of the British
1876 guns.
one of Berlins fashionable hotels has
that one of it's honored guests.
known as tho Marquis DOrville. and be-
fore whom even the experienced porter
made obeisance, and for whom the page
boy called private motors. immeditey
the elevator boy signalled his descent
from his handsome first-foor. suite. was
not the person he pretended to be. Count
D,Oyrille arrived some weeks ago, and
captivated mine host and the
staff He were half dozen highly dis
ting,ljshed orders. was always dressed to
the 'sNines," and though evidently
wealthy, was neither snobbishly extrava-
giant nor too conservative. Every even
ing he occupied box at one of the the
atres and supped in company with peo-
ple as distinguished as himself. One
evening he vanished. The hotel made
frantic Inquiries. ebcause it feared that
some misfortune had overtaken the no
BILE guest The matter became public.
and D'Orville's disappearance was a so
ciety mystery. His actual misfortune
was. however. arrest by the police as he
drove In a private car to the head post
office to get his poste restante letters
from his acccmpices. Monsieur lie Mar
auis D'Orvlle. so dubbed. not by himself,
but by the hotel proved to be William
Kumberg, BARRIERS assistant, and later
a footman who forged his masters check
for a large sum. and then calmly REIN
carnated himself In an hotel within =