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rate a guilty knowledge of tho

affair.
The result was that Count and
Countess Fritz Hohenau withdrew
from tho court OF tho kaiser and from
Berlin. taking up their residence at
their superb Castle of Albrechtsberg,
near Dresden, which tho count had in
hcrited from his father, Prince Albert
of Prussia. He retained his commits
sion of colonel in the Prussian army,
as well as all the consideration which
ho and his wife had enjoyed while at
Berlin. and for the remainder of his
days divided his time between AL
brechtshcrg. his villa ut Niareggio. In
Italy. and his great estate of Ochcl-
hcrmsdorf, in Silesia. where he has just
died. His widow, Countess Fritz lIo-
henau. as | mentioned In these letters
the other day, was tho first woman In
I Berlin society to rido astrido In tho
Thiergartcn.
The late Fritz IIohcnau must not
he COMPOUNDED with his elder brother.
Count William Hohenau, who until
1907 held the rank OF licutcnant- gem
eral in tho Prussian army. and as aide
dc-camp general OF tho Kaiser, form
ed part of the latters military house
hold. being In constant attendance
upon him. Count William, however.
was implicated In those unsavory
scandals which brought about tho
downfall of Prince Philip of Eulen-
burg and OF several other officers Of
high rank. AS the result of this. he
was deprived by tho Emperor OF all
his honors and digniticS, turned out OF
the army, banishcd from court, and
virtually forced to cxpatrIate himself
He now lives in hiding some where
abroad
Count William Hohcnau'3 disgrace
excited great sensation ut the time,
owing TO his own popularity, and to
an Ia Ia. L. kte.t
princcss Marguerite OF 1Ioheniohc. and
Il cousin both of the Emperor and OF
the Empress. II refer TO this episode
ut all, IL is because the name of IIo-
henau unfortunately suggests it, and,
as / wish to make it quite clear that
the late Count Fritz Hohcnau and his
eldest son and heir. Count Albert IIo-
hcnau, have had nothing Whatsoever
to do with It,
Count Albert Iohcnau Is rather
festive youth, and just TO what extent
his marriage Is a happy one, Is Il sub
jet for speculation For last year
ne furnished rather odd testimony In
lawsuit at Vienna. Prior 20 his mar.
rage with Countess Linka Bourtour-
line, he was infatuated with Vicn-
nese danscusc. OF the name OF Marie
Eocrstadt who was known on tho
stage as Marie Ferrari After he had
bccomc bencdlck. the fair Marie fell
INTO the hands OF II man or the name
OF Kohcrer, and was instigatcd bv him
not only to draw bills upon tho count.
but also to forge his acceptance there
OF, which bills were subsequently, dis
counted by loan mongcrs at Vienna
The danseuso and i[obcrcr were In
due cours" arrested and placed on trial
Tor perjury ana fraud ut Vienna. at
the instance OF the bill discountcrs.
and Count Albert Ilohenau was sub
poenaed rs witness. During tho
course OF his examination, Count Al
bert admitted that lie had been com
PEELED by his parents 10 break off his
relations with tho danscusc sorelv
against his will, and forced to marry
an hetress; that. while he had promised
TO SEQ that Marie was never In want.
his allowance from his half-Ancrican,
half Russian wifo was too small to
permit him to authorize tho danscusc
10 draw upon him, or TO indorso his
name to notes.
Tho count admitted that ho still
greatly admired her. and expressed his
regret that IL was untrue that no had,
rs asserted in court, married Il for
tune OF 10000, 900 or &c, coo, 900 florins."
IT he had had any such amount at
his disposal. he would not have hest
tated 20 give 'at least 100000 or p
100000 To Marie to cXtricate her from
her troubles" His evidence excited n
good deal of attention Mt the time, and
conjecture was INDUCED In by society.
rs to just what the outcome would he
when 1t reached the cars OF his rich
wife.
Emperor Williams now assistant
private secretary. Gottfrcd Dryander.
hitherto Deputy Governor of that nor
ton OF the province OF SchlcswiC which
lies along tho Danish border. is the
only son OF Tho Eaiser's chief spiritual
adviser and principal chaplain. DR..
Ernest Dryandcr The latter. who is
dean of the Cathedral of Berlin. vice.
president Of the Supreme Synod OF tho
Lutheran Church in Prussia, and a
member OF the Prussian House OF
Lords. in addition to having received
the predicate of cXccllcncy, rs if he
were Minister OF State or ambassa-
dor, is one of the most influential pco-
pie AT court. All the Emperors chill
dren have received their religious in
struction from him, have been chris
tened by him, and confirmed by him.
and he has been closely associated
with the Emperor and Empress ana
their children In every one OF their
joys and sorrows. In fact, he is tho
most trusted adviser OF ali of them.
Although not noble, Yet DIR. Dry
ander belongs to an old family. which
has fourishcd for several hundreds OF
years past. chiefly at Halle, among his
most famous ancestors being Johannes
Dryandcr. the astronomer. who died
in 1860, and Jaime Dryandcr, profess
sor OF theology In the University OF
StrasburG in the latter part OF tho
sixteenth century. The original name
OF the family was Eichmann, and Il
was the astronomer who transformed
1t into Dryander, which is the Greek
translation OF Elchmann.
Copyright, 1914, by the Brentwood
Company
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