Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-08-31

I'm the crown princes room at
- the Marble palace at Potsdam
|. as his imperial highness' personal
adjutant, had been travelling all day
with him from Cologne to Berlin. We
had done tour of military inspec-
lions I'm Westphalia. and. as usual
"Willie's" conduct had not been exact
ly exemplary.
On the night in question much had
happened. The emperor had, a month
before, returned from a visit to Eng
land, where he had been engaged by
speeches and handshakes, public and
private, blowing 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
nil If you can. What do they mat
TERI?
MANY of them are matters OF grave
importance. Here, for instance, is a
report of the chief of military intel
ligence i'm Washington"
'Oh, old Friesch! Tear 1t 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-
lions between Britain and Germany.
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 Ballin will gen
crate the idea in his offices i'm 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 q
message to his schlOss on the MOsel
commanding him to consult with his
majesty. Won BernstOrff took his place
at Washington u few months ago"
But Won Gessler is an inveteratt
enemy of Britain / 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. 1T il
really intensely amusing, is it not?"
was silent. i knew that the deep
~ laid plot against Great Britain was
proceeding apace.
Get through all that-tOnight il
you can. HeltZendorff." the crown
princess leaves for Treseburg, In the
Harz tomorrow, and in the evening W,
20 to Nice"
''To Nice!" l exclaimed.
YES" he said. Il have frient
there"
A friend there. reflected. | coulc
only suppose that the attraction In
Nice was of the feminine gender
Then the lady is in Nice" | re
marked. for sometimes | was permit
ted, on account of my long Servic,
with the emperor, to speak Familiarity
Lady. no." he retorted. 1T is ;
man And 7 xtant A Unf IN Mo I'll.
earliest moment. So get through thos,
Internal documents. Burn them all
They are better out of the way" n,
laughed.
The Trip to Nice.
Just before eleven O'Clock on IN,
following night we left the Marmo
palace. His imperial highness trav
eled incognito rs he always did wher
visiting France. assuming the name o
Count Won Grunau. With us was hi
personal valet. Schiller, the militar,
secretary. Major Lentze, and Eckardt
the commissioner of secret police fo
his highness' personal protection.
After restless night-for Their
were many stoppages-I spent mex
day with the crown prince I'm long am
firing discussions on military affair.
l endeavored to obtain from him som
reason why we were proceeding t
Nice. but to all my inquiries he wa
smilingly dumb.
Only n fortnight before he had ha
q quarrel with his wife.