American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-10

that l have to attend to. 1t would be
as we'll to tell them at my Office that
I have been called to Hamburg. Can
you hear me2'
"Perfectly,' was my reply. Il quite
understand your orders, sir, and will
attend to them at once. I shall leave
for The Hague tomorrow night"
Good. And bring me another suit
Of civilian clothes"
Then there was a sudden buzzing In
the instrument, a sharp click, and all
was again silence.
I put down the receiver in wonder.
1 saw that to telephone to me at the
palace was impossible, as 1t would go
through the exchange there, and some
body might be listening. For that rea-
son he had sent me to the Adlon, and
from his conversation he was evidently
representing himself at The Hague to
be a prosperous German merchant, as
he had done at Nice and other places.
At nearly two o'clock in the morn
ing 1 passed the sentries on duty, and
re-entered the Potsdam palace. 1t was
then too late to give the kaiserin her
husbands message, therefore l waited
till morning. and gave 1t to her YER
baIly when alone with her In her break
fast room.
The empress seemed greatly relieved
when I told her of the telephone con-
v~ersation, and during the day wrote me
a note to hand to the emperor on my
arrival at The Hague. That night
left for Holland, and next morning
duly inquired al the Hotel des Indies
for Herr Zeller. l vas conducted to q
small suite of rooms on the first floor
where, dressed in a gray suit, his ma.
jesty rose to meet me, smiling at my
establishment.
well, you heard me plainly on the
telephone, eh?" he asked. "Ah, I see
you are surprised that 1 am here. /
too, am equally surprised to find my
self here. And, further, I do not know
how long l shall remain"
81 have brought the Clothes" l re
marked, and afterwards drew the EN-
press letter from my pocket and hand
; ed 1t to him.
"Her majesty should have left 70
Prague yesterday" he said. ibid sh
go2"
mo. She was still at the palac
when l left at eight o'clock last night.
The emperor gave ven to a grunt o
dissatisfaction. From the books lyin
about his room l gathered that b
passed his time in reading, preferrin
not to go out In the day time for fea
, Of being recognized. Apprehension o
that score was unnecessary, for tn
kaiser. shOrn Of his uniform and dec
r%ations, presents in civilian attire
very ordinary appearance and NJ
readily recognizable by the man in tn
. street. For that reason he was Ofte
: able to spend a week in Paris. Mic
or on the Italian Riviera without an,
body being the wiser.
Mystery of the Royal Scheme.
1 engaged a room close to that
= Herr Zeller, and for some hours r
. manned with him while he signed
I number of state papers which l hs
3 brought with me. He seemed strange
J. absent-minded, 1 thought, but presen
! ly he took up one of the formidab
u blue documents which, by the headin
q 1 saw was an urgent report from Il
= imperial chancellor.
= Look, HeltzendOrffl Look at this
u cried the emperor.
III err chanceiiOs reports that the &c
: tor OF the Cologne Gazette has call,
y at the c~hancellery and inquired he
H. long it was intended that I should
main out Of the country? Think Of
70 My absence is knownf"
y "That may be so" 1 responded, %
your maJesty's whereabouts is U
known to all save her majesty the e
~ press"
Eyes, yes" said the emperor inn
y tiently. "But our police will CONNER
making inquiries, and l shall be traC
= here"
u "why not leave at once" 1 sugge
ed, in the hope of calculating the tru
Go "Ah! That Is just the unfOrtuni
ne point. l am unable to leave" he
piled. 81 must remaln-and 1 do
iu know for how longT
Further than that he would tell
nothing. The fact that his absei
Ou from Germany was known greatly
ct set him. II seemed to me as thou
Jus by that truth leaking out some Gle
secret plan OF his had been thwarte