The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
1t Was in 1873. as Prince William. He
Braved Popular Feeling Against
Everything German and Remained
in Paris for Ten DAYS

dent Grevy az the guest of the nation
was hooted and mobbed by the popu-
lace in the most disgraceful manner for
no other reason than that he had ten
days previously been invested by old
Emperor william with the honorary
colonecy of n Prussian lancer regiment
at the close Of the grand manpuvres
of the German army. which he had
been attending. Under the crcum-
stances the visit of the mos, promising
scion Of the reigning house of Prussia
Of the future Kaiser. to the French cap
ita was attended by no little peril ant
although he was most considerate. ur-
affcctedly cordial appreciative of every
thing that was done for him. and kecrly
Interested. Yet his departure was "a dis
tinCt source of relief
When William arrived in Paris his
small suite consisting of the late Col.
Won Liebenau. chief of his household:
Lieut.. Won jacob now IA General and
one of his sovereign's most intimate
and trusted retainers. and the Princes
very clever and wideawake valet. had
already been engaged three weeks pre-
viously in plotting around Paris his
eldest sister Princess Charlotte. and her
husband. the Crown Prince of Sake
p
Countess Hedwig Bruhl. a relative of
my mother. and the late Count Gotz
seckendorff. Chamberlain OF Empress
Frederick.
Seckendorfr and the Countess spoke
English perfectly. M do also the Prince
and Princess of Saxe-Meiningcn. My
old friend Albert Gigot. then project of
police ut Paris. had been given to un-
derstand that Princess Charlotte and
her husband were younger members of
Queen Nictoria's family. and the fact
Tint a couple of Scotland Yard de-
tectives. accustomed tn Continental
work. went about with us everywhere
served To confirm the impression that
they belonged to the regnng house OF
England. When Prince William Joined
the little party the pref t was quietly
Informed that the future Kaiser was
merely another youthful scion of her
British Ma iesty's family.
Possibly the project was aware Of the
Identity Of William. of his sister and of
her husband. But II So he gave no sign
thereof. He accepted my explanations.
such as they were. with his customary
bland and ingenious smile-hc was the
most innocent looking high police Off
Clal that II has ever been my fortune to
encounter. At any rate my royal
charges We're subjected to no espionage
on the part of the French police, or II
there was anything of the kind IL was
so skifu'ly and unobtrusively done as
to escape the attention and watChful
care of our two Scotland Yard detec-
tlves
During the entire stay of the three
visitors in Paris they did not go near
the German Embassy in the Rue de
Lille, and although the Ambassador, old
Prince Hohenlohe. knew Of their pres
ence, he affected to ignore il. beyond
greeting me silently with a most por-
tontous wink and qul24ical smile one
night when | encountered him at an
official reception after the royalties had
retired for the night. only on one &C
casion did one OF the German Embassy
stan put In an appearance, and then by
inadvertence. 1t was on the morning
when We Wen, up In the huge captive
balloon from the site Of the Tuileries.
Count Arco. then Second Secretary Of
the German Embassy and who after
ward died as envoy to the United States,
had met us by chance while walking in
the Rue de Rivoli. and was invited to
Join the aerial expedition, on the con-
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late Sir Richard Wallace, in the Bots