Middletown transcript., 1917-07-14
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EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS
T0n nv cOMT ERNST Won LTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEX

At first l tried to dissuade him, but
he was SO persistent that described
at which table she sat at lunch, and 1t
was agreed between us that while we
were eating our meal he should come
to the door Of the dining room and
peep in.
This the emperor did, and cleverly,
too, for she never saw him, being at
that moment engaged in conversation
with waiter.
When I rejoined him in his room
he said: mo, Heltzendorff, I have new
er seen her before"
"Well, majesty" declared. Il am
certain have seen her or her photo
graph somewhere, and that she Is not
what she represents herself to be-"
"She's an adventures most proba-
bly," replied the emperor. "Many wom-
en- are. Indeed, 1t is difficult to dis
| cover one who does not adventure ell
Their in love, in politics, or in crime"
A Trip to Berlin for information.
His words impressed me. An hour
later I went to a photographers and
arranged for surreptitious portrait
to be taken of Madame Rosales the
next time she took walk.
All day the young photographer
haunted the vicinity Of the hotel until
the light faded. Yet next morning as
she came out he snapped her without
her knowledge, and in three hours l
had a rough print Of it in my pocket.
That night, after writing down
great mass Of memoranda, instructions
to various departments of the state, l
left again for Berlin, with orders to
ring up Herr Zeller on the telephone
from some unsuspicious place every
night at ten o'clock.
I returned to the Berlin Schloss alb
solutely mystified, and next day spent
the greater part of the time visiting
the chancellor and the various minis
tiers, and giving them the emperor's
commands. Then at about six o'clock
I called at the chief bureau of police
in the Alexander Platz, and entered
the private room of old Leibbrand, who
at that time was chief Of the detective
service.
To him I showed the surreptitious
photograph Of Madame Rosales. The
astute thief catcher removed his spec
tacles, and examining the picture with
the aid of big reading glass, gave
vent to loud grunt.
In response to his bell a younger
and more alert man entered, and to
him he handed the photograph, saying
"Please see if anyone recognizes
this. believe debut may be mis-
TAKEN"
He then became inQuisitive as to
where and how 1 had obtained the pic
ture, but naturally said nothing.
give been away on a journey"
said, land meeting the woman,
thought her suspicious"
"And If my memory serves me prop
erly 1 think, Count, that your suspi-
cions are very we'll grounded"
"Why?" 1 asked.
"Let us wait for the report from out
side," replied the old fellow. Then, IN
order to turn the conversation, he ask
ed news Of BALI, who was at that mo-
ment the detective in attendance on
the kaiser's person, and whose vigl'
lance the emperor had, of course, evad-
ed.
ooh! He's at Potsdam," laughed
81 haven't seen him lately, for I've
been away on a mission"
"The emperor is in Thuringia," Leib-
brand said. "There seems to be some
mystery as to his whereabouts, but
BALI telephoned me today to say that
his majesty has gone to Thuringia
without any staff or personal attend
ants"
'AThat is so, I believe" was my re
DIV, but I smiled, for the Thuringia
myth had been invented by myself be-
fore 1 had left for Holland. 1t Is al
any time difficult to impose upon the
Berlin police, but, Of course, news CIV
en- out officially from the court they
naturally believe to be the truth.
Peril Of the Emperor.
A quarter of an hour later Leib'
brands assistant re-entered the room
and, handing back the photograph
placed file of papers before his chief
saying: ,
"The woman is famous Spanish
dancer, and one of the most active
members Of the anarchist society OF
Geneva-the society which committed
the bomb outrage upon King Alfonso
and who were responsible for the re
cent attempt on the king Of Italy,"
"An anarchist" gasped.
; "Yes," answered the official. "And
very dangerous one, too. II she pu'
foot into Germany, we should have
her at once under lock and key"
"Why2"
Because it is known that there Is
conspiracy on foot, organized by thai
, l.league in Geneva, against his majesty
the emperor. We had news OF 1t from
the Swiss police month ago."
seIs there really a plot against tht
EMPEROR asked, much startled.
. "There certainly is In Geneva" re
piled Leibbrand. "At the present mo
ment we are watching for this dancer:
. appearance in Germany. l thought
was not mistaken when l first saw hel
picture"
I stood in that bare official room ut
terly staggered. I dared not tell those
two men the truth or give them warn
/ Ing Of the emperor's peril.
I saw, however, that I must act IN
stantly. In FIVE minutes I had gathered
that the woman was one Of the mos