The Washington times., 1917-04-29

Metzsch, has told you Is, I repeat, a
foul and abominable lie," was the
reply.
And 1 knew that the unfortunate
princess was defending her reputa-
tion, which her enemies at the Court
Of Saxony had torn to shreds.
"Yeu LIe.-
mo woman ever admits the truth,
OF course" sneered the Emperor. 81
consider you disgrace to the Dres-
den court"
$50 this Is the manner In which you
openly insult your guestsr' was the
princess retort. "You, who believe
yourself the idol of your people. now
exhibit yourself in your tue light as
the traducer of a defenseless womanr'
How dare you utter those words
to me-" cried the All-Highest One, in
fury.
81 dare defend myseIf-even though
you may be Emperor" replied Luisa.
in cold, hard tone OF defiance. AZ
repeat that your allegations are un-
true, and that you have no right to
make them. Surely you can see that
my enemies, headed by the King of
SaXony, are ell conspiring to effect
written proof OF it,"
"Bosh! You say that because you
know that the statements are true"
You lie" she cried. fiercely. They
are not true. You cannot prove
them"
VERY WELL" answered the Emperor
I'm that tone OF cold that
knew too well. 81 will prove the
charges to my entire satisfaction"
Words That the Kaiser Would Never
Forgive.
I was startled at the manner in
which the princess had dared to call
the Emperor a liar. Surely nobody
had ever done SO before.
1 drew a long breath, for as I crept
away unseen I recollected the Kaiser's
unrelentfng vindictiyeness
Poor princess! i knew that the red
talons of the HohenzolIern .eagie
would sooner or later be laid heavily
upon her .
She left Berlin two hours later, but
half an hour before her departure I
found hurriedly-scrfbbled note upon
my table explaining that she had had
"a few unpleasant words with the
Emperor" and that she was leaving
for Dresden q day earlier than, had
been arranged -,--,-
Baron Won Metseh Calls.
: A fortnight passed. Twice Baron
Won Metzsch came to Potsdam, and
was on each occasion closely cIoseted
with the Emperor, as well as having
frequent consultations with Judicial
Councillor Lohlein. I had strong sus-
pfcion that the conspiracy againss
the lively daughter OF the Hapsburgs
was still in progress, for / felt as
sured that the Kaiser would never
forgive those words of defiance from
a woman's lips, and that his veng-
eance, slow and subtle, would assured
ly fall1upon her.
did not know at the time-not,
indeed, until fully three years later
how the actions of Won Metzsch.
who was a creature of the Kaiser, had
from the first been instigated by the
who, from the very day
OF the princes marriage. had. notwith-
standing his apparent graciousness to-
ward her, determined that a Hapsburg
should never become Queen of Sax
ony.
Fer that reason, namely. because
the Emperor in his over7Yeaning van
sent ruler of the destinies of the Ger
man empire. was much opposed to an
Austrian princess as a potential Queen |
at Dresden, he set himself the task
TO ruin the poor woman's life and love
and. to arouse such a scandal concern
Ing her that she could not remain in
Saxony with every finger pointing at
her In opprobrium and scorn-
Deeipher q Message for the Kaiser.
A fresh light, however. was thrown
upon what / afterwards realized to
be an astounding conspiracy by the
receipt Of a cipher message late on
a November night at Potsdam. was
at work alone with the Emperor in
the pale green upstairs room, reading
and placing before him a number of
state documents to which he scrawied
his scribbly signature. when the tele-
gram was brought.
"Decipher that, HeltZendorfH." he
and went on with the
work of reading and signing the
documents. while sat down with the
red, leather-covered personal code
book, and presently 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
admit any affection for Luisa. Giron
angrily declared his intention to
leave Dresden because OF Won
Fritsch's suggestion. This course, L
saw, would be unfortunate for our
plans, therefore I urged the King to
induce Luisa to request him to re-
main. She has done so, butIto no
avail, and Giron left for Brussels to-
night. May ! be permitted to come
10 discuss with your majesty a fur
ther elaboration OF the plan?-Von !
Metzsch."
Decided to see Won Metxseh.
The Emperor read the secret mess
age twice.
We go to Erfurt tomorrow. do
we not?' he said Telegraph in |
cipher to Won Metzsch to meet us
there tomorrow evening at Z. And !
destroy that message" he added.
I obeyed his orders, and afterward |
to deal with the state
papers, much enlightened by the
news transmitted by the Emperor's
:reature- \
confess that I felt the deepest |
for the helpless victim. At
the Schloss, high above the old
world town OF Erfurt, Won Metzsch |
had long conference with the EN-
oeror, but I was unable to over |
hear any word OF II. All l know is |
hat the controller OF the Saxon /
left Erfurt for Dresden by |
special train at midnight.
Poor. defenSeless LuIsai Sha was