Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17
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the courts Of Europe
And yet It might b
well to narrate the circumstances uu
der which relinquished this post, II
the holding Of which I had so fre
Quently received the royal encomluma
The manner Of my resignation Is al
eloquent commentary upon the uncel
tain fortunes which he must expeo
who puts his faith In princes.
The dominant feature Of my periot
of service was the intense hostilit,
that existed between the royal house,
of England and Germany, and was re
dected between the two nations. Ye
the time came when Edward and tn.
Kaiser did in some measure settlt
their differences. If rivalry remained
they at least gave up the rather du
bious methods that they had been con
strained to use, in the fulflment o.
which had been the weapon ever al
King Edwards hand, as Stapfhaui
was that of the kaiser.
The enmity between stapfhaus and
myself reached such a point that Il
was bound to be settled once and for
over between us. On more than on<
occasion-on that of the North. ses
adventures, and that of the czar'i
had outwitted me
He had brought the prestige of Eng
land low and exalted that Of Germany
Yet l, too, had won from him at times !;
altogether, each of us feared the other
and felt that In him his country had
Its most dangerous enemy.
In other words, both Stapfhaus and
I had determined that we would kill
each the other, whenever our paths
crossed again.
think King Edward recognized and
understood this, for his face was
more than usually grave when he
called me to appear before him at st.
James palace one morning, upon that
occasion of my service as his courier.
which was to prove the last-tbough
this did not guess.
captain Adams," said the king,
in very kindly way, II have selected
you out of all my representatives be.
cause I have the most confidence in
your ability, and because you alone
can checkmate the designs of our
cousin across the North sea. I want
you to start for Washington imme.
diately.
"As you know, the ex-president and
the kaiser are men possessing a vast
admiration for each other, and they
draw the bonds uniting the two coun.
tries exceedingly close. Nevertheless.
the kaiser could not induce the pres.
ident to form an alliance. One presi-
dent shrewdly saw that this would,
in the end, strain the ties Of friend
ship between his country and Eng
land. But the present executive has
been less cautious.
''He has not, indeed, been willing to
enter into hard and fast treaty, but
he has been induced to execute pre-
!iminary agreement for joint action
against China, in defiance of the clear
treaty rights of England. This docu.
ment, containing the signature Of the
kaiser, is on it's way to Washington.
If we can lay hands on it, the more
threat to publish it will abort the
whole scheme. But we must have the
document. 1t is in the pocket or
wallet of Stapfhaus, the chief German
agent. You know him. He sails on
the Kaiserin Augusta from Hamburg
Today, direct for Baltimore. It is not
the commonest route. and stapfhaus
has chosen it to avoid the chance Of
= detection. The Kaiserin Augusta is
rather an old and slow boat; and she
will call ct Southampton tomorrow
morning. stapfhaus will be on board.
Follow him, and secure the treaty be.
lore the ship touches port across the
water. Then open the sealed or
.aers-" he handed mo ii envelope
.and follow instructions that they con
tain. That IL all that I need tell you.
except to reiterate that the whole fu-
.ture Of England depends upon your
success" e. , '..'.-: >:,::t ..~ =
He shook hands with me and wished
No we'll: have never seen him from
that day to this. But how was L to
know what manner Of mission this
was upon which he was sending me?
! went in good faith and carried out
ats comands, 50 far as could. 10y
ally.
Early the next morning was at
Southampton, waiting for the Kaiserin
Augusta to enter port for her brief
stay of an hour. My plan was a very
simple one: was going aboard in a
double capacity. Firstly, had Sc.
cured private stateroom under an as.
:sumed name; secondly, l had been &C.
,epted as a first cabin steward under
another alias. This was done through
she medium of the home secretary, in.
asmuch as the Kaiserin Augusta was
licensed to carry English mail, and
consequently hint to the London
coard sufhced to have instructions re.