News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-09-05

the Marble palace at fOISudln.
l, as his imperial highness' personal
'adjutant, had been travelling all day
with him from Cologne to Berlin. We
had done a tour of military inspec-
tons in Westphalia, and, as usual,
"Willie's" conduct had not been exact
ly exemplary.
OnSthe night in question much had
happened. The emperor had, month
before, returned from a visit to Eng
land, where he had been engaged by
speeches and handshakes, public and
private, blowing a narcotic dust in the
nostrils Of your dear but too confiding
nation.
''HeltzendOrff ~ exclaimed the crown
prince, as he suddenly entered the
room where was busy attending to
pile of papers. do get through all
those letters and things. Burn them
all if you can. What do they mat
ter?"
MANY of them are matters of grave
importance. Here, for instance, is
report of the chief of military intel
ligence in Washington"
"Oh, old Friesch! Tear it up! He
is but an old fossil at best. And yet,
Heltzendorff, he is designed to be of
considerable USE" he added. His
majesty told me tonight that after his
visit to England he has conceived the
idea to establish an official movement
for the improvement of better rela-
Ppit
The dear British are always ready to
receive such movements with open
arms. At Carlton House terrace they
strongly indorse the emperor's ideas,
and he tells me that the movement
should first arise in commercial and
shipping circles. Herr Balm will gen.
crate the idea in his offices in London
and the various British ports, while
his majesty has Won Gessler, the ex-
ambassador at Washington, in view |
as the man to bring forth the sugges-
ton publicly. Indeed, tonight from the |
Wilhelmstrasse there has been sent a |
message to his schloss on the Mosel |
commanding him to consult with his
majesty. Won BernStorff took his place |
at Washington few months ago."
'But Won Gessler is an inveterate
enemy of Britain" l exclaimed in sur
prise, still seated at my table.
"The world does not know that. The
whole scheme is based upon Britain's
Ignorance of our intentions. We bring
Won Gessler forward as the dear, good,
Anglophile friend with his hand out
stretched from the Wilhelmstrasse. !
oh, Heltzendorff ~ he laughed. at is
really intensely amusing, is it not2"
1 was silent. 1 knew that the deep
ly laid plot against Great Britain was
proceeding apace.
Get through all that-tonight if
you can, Heltzendorff," the crown
princess leaves for Treseburg, in the
Harz, tomorrow, and in the evening we
go to Nice"
ITO NIGEL" 1 exclaimed.
EYES," he said. 81 have a friend
there"
A friend there 1 reflected. / could
only suppose that the attraction in
Nice was of the feminine gender.
''Then the lady is in NIGEL" 1 re-
for sometimes 1 was permit
ted, on account of my long service
with the emperor, to speak Familiarity.
LADY, nor he retorted. at is a
man. And / want to get to Nice at the
earliest moment. SO get through those
Internal documents. Burn them all.
They are better out of the way" he
laughed.
The Trip 70 Nice.
Just before eleven O'Clock on the
night we left the Marmor
palace. His imperial highness trav-
lied incognito as he always did when