New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03

i uTtW u loIlS DTtutI, ~ - ! 'Sp'
away unseen l recollected the kaiser's
%unrelenting vindictiveness.
Poor princess! l knew that the red
talons of the H%ohenzOllern eagle would
sooner or later be laid heavily upon
her.
She left Berlin two hours later, but
half an hour before her departure
found a hurriedly scrubbed note upon
my table explaining that she had had
"a few unpleasant words with the EN-
peror," and that she was leaving for
Dresden n day earlier than had been
arranged.
A fortnight passed. Twice Baron
Won MetZsch came to Potsdam, ana
was on each occasion closely closeted
with the emperor, as well as having
frequent consultations with judicial
Councillor Lohlein. | had strong sus-
picion that the conspiracy against the
lively daughter of the Hapsburgs was
still in progress, for | felt assured that
the kaiser would never forgive those
words of defiance from Il woman's lips,
uilu tllul Ills NtISVuiNNt nip" M" >"
tie, would assuredly fall upon her.
| did not know at the time-not, in
deed, until fully three years later
how the actions of Won Metzsch, who
was a creature Of the kaiser, had from
the first been i~nstigated by the all
highest, who, from the very day of the
princess marriage, had. notwithstand-
ing his apparent graciousness toward
her, determined that n Hapsburg
should never become queen OF SaXony.
For that reason, namely, because
the emperor in his Overweening vanity
believed himself to be the heaven-sent
ruler of the destinies of the German em-
pire, was much opposed to an Austrian
| princess as Il potential queen mt Ores
den, and had set himself the task to ruin
the poor woman's life and love and to
arouse such a scandal concerning her
that she could not remain In SaXony
with every finger pointing at her IN
%Opprobrium and scorn.
Decipher a Message for the Kaiser.
A fresh light, however, was thrown
upon what l afterward realized to be
an astounding conspiracy by the re-
ceipt of a cipher message late n No
vember night at Potsdam. l was at
work alone with the emperor In the
pale green upstairs room, reading ana
placing before him a number of state
documents to which he scrawled his
scribbly signature, when the telegram
was brought.
"Declpher that, Heltzendorff." he
commanded. and went on with the
work of reading and signing the docu-
ments, while | sat down with the red
leather-covered code book, and pres
entity found that the message, which
was from Dresden, read:
Frau Won Fritsch today had an in
terview with Giron, the French tutor
to the crown princess children, but
unfortunately the latter refuses to adj
nit any affection for Louisa. Giron
angrily declared his intention to leave
Dresden, because of Won FritSch'S Sug-
g~estion. This course, | saw, would be
unfortunate for our plans, therefore
urge the king to induce Louisa to re-
quest him to remain. She has done so,
but to no avail, and Giron left for
Brussels tonight. May | be permitted
to come to discuss with your majesty
a further elaboration of the plans!-
Won Metzsch."
The emperor read the secret mes
sage twice.
"We go to Erfurt tomorrow, do we
not?" he said. Photograph in cipher
to Won Metzsch to meet us there to-
morrow evening ut sever And de-
stroy that message" he added.
| obeyed his orders, and afterward
continued to deal with the state pa
perS, much,kplightened by the news
transmitted by,the emperor's creature
l confess tAat | felt the deepest
sympathy for the helpless victim. AT
the Schloss, high above the Old-world
town of Erfurt, Won Metzsch had a
long conference with the emperor, but
| was unable to Overhear any word of
it. All | know is that the controller
of the Saxon household left Erfurt for
Dresden by special train ut midnight.
Poor, defenseless Louisa! You, my
dear LeQueux. to whom the princess n
few months afterward fled for advice,
know well how sterling, 10Y wOmanly
and honest she was; how she vas one
victim of many of the u%nscrupulou>
intrigues by which the arrogant wal
lord of Germany has until the present
managed to retain his throne.
Well, l watched the course of
events watched eagerly and daily,
Twice | had received letters from her
imperial highness, short notes in her
firm. bold handwriting.
Fr.sn Won Metzsch came several
cipher messages to the emperor after
we had returned to Pots1am, but Zorn
Won Bulach. my colleague, deciphered
all of them, and, as he was not my
friend, | did not inquire as to their
purport. l knew. however, that mat
tiers in Dresden were fast approaching
a crisis, and that the unfortunate
Hapsburg princess could no longer sus-
tain the cruel and unjust pressure be-
ing put upon her undoing. That a hun.
dred of Germany's spies and agents
proyocateurs were busy l realized
from the many messages by telephone
and telegraph passing between Berlin
and Dresden. and l felt certain that
the ruin of poor Princess Louisa was
nigh.
A significant message came to Pots
dam late n December night-a mes.
sage which, when / deciphered it and
handed il to the emperor, caused him