The Harrison times., 1914-10-24
Kaiser Led to False Belief He
Had Won England From
Triple Entente.

AFTER my experiences with the ear
lier stages Of the French, English and
German situation l was quite prepared
for the most unexpected developments
What occurred In the middle Of Oc'
MQber, 1911, was, however, beyond
bat | had imagined
- The Morocco incident had shown the
German emperor that the entente cor
dale was indeed solid. England and
France would stand shoulder to shoul'
der In war. Being used to the ways
of German diplomacy, | knew that
from the Wilhelmstrass would come
a quick countermoye. | guessed, too
that when 1t came | would be EN-
ployed. 1t stood to reason that, know.
ing so much Of the trend and impor'
tance Of the affair." had seen the in
trigue grow step by step-I was the
logical choice.
Nor was my reasoning at fault,
soon received the expected summons,
and It brought me into the most amaz.
Ing Of my diplomatic adyentures-a
mission which showed me the utter
ruthlessness that character2es EN-
perors and kings, particularly when
the vital interests OF their countries
are concerned.
The Black Forest Summons.
Word 70 appear at the Wilhelm.
strV VAA ame when the autumn holi.
days~Eere in full swing, The usual
procedure OF the foreign office having
been observed, found myself in Count
Won Wedells private study. After an
invitation to be seated, the count sur.
prlsed me, He complImented me on
my previous missions on the entente
cordIale situation, and handed me a
pretty substantial check, 1t was actu'
ally 10000 marke-$2, ,500-which the
stubs Of the royal check book will
show.
As took the money he remarked
"Seine Majestat"-foreign Office brev.
ity for conveying that his majesty
was satisfied, Without more ado, Won
Wedell plunged into the subject, Lean.
ing back and crossing his legs, he be.
gan to talk In his abrupt way,
81 want you to 90 with his excelloh'
cy, Herr Won Kiderlin'Waechter, as his
private attendant and secretary" be-
gan Won Wedell, 81 have selected you
because Of your knowledge Of English
and your insight into the whole mat.
ter in hand, There Is to bo meeting
OF certain statesmen In a certain spot
IN the Schwar2wald (the Black For
est. You are TO be the sole attendant
Of these gentlemen You'll see to It
that nothing Of their identity becomes
known, You will look after them in
every way, You will destroy all writ,
Ing such as paper and botters, You
will burn any such things IN the pres,
ende. OF Herr Won Rldorlln.WNechter," "
He, iuused impressIyely and | found
my mind in u whlrl, What his words
portended | could not guess, This
mission promised to bo very interest,
Ing indeed,
81 want you TO be at the place Of
meeting" Won Wedoll continued,
"three days before the arrival OF these
gentlemen You will have to make
arrangements as regards catering and
40 forth Youll be the only attendant.
Means have been taken to assure
strict privacy In the district Under.
stand that wo want this to bo thor.
oughly clookod suggest to you the
idea Of n hunting party The details
leave to you, The gentlemen In queas
ton may or may not be known TO you,
| shall write you their names"
The Tremendous Import.
His pen began scratching across Il
>re Of paper, and ! had moment
which to realize the grave impor.
lance OF this missions the future OF
Germany menaoed; complete isolation
was IN the making between England,
France and Russia; and the kaiser
was about to save Germany by mas
ter stroke OF diplomacy. Of what tre
mondoue importance II was, however,
! did not learn until had gone down
into tho forest,
Looking up, Won Wedol tossed y
piece OF paper across tho desk to mo
II bore thoee names In hla handwrlt
Ing
Viaeount Hadane, Wlnaton Spencer
Churchill, Admiral Won TlrDitg, Gen,
era Won Hesrlngen, General Moritg
Ritter Won Nuremberg, Herr Won KIder
lon.Waeohtor,
| suppose, had n been my first 40,
eretaeryiee mission instead of the
climax Of eleven years IN the service,
Aould not have controlled my sur.
e, TheBe men, all meeting In a
~ely spot In The Black Forest range
foretold u grave situation Especially
was this true In Wow OF the nowBpa.
peru OF Europe, Here was all the
press having Germany and England
ready TO rush At each others throats
IN war, II was the time Of the Ger.
man any scare In England And now
here we're the two powerful members
OF the Englieh cabinet meeting the
haieefe minister OF war secretly
hut Won Wedell was not yet through,