American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-17

"Why. l don't understand. But his
majesty told me that you would ex-
plain. The young lady and her mother
are friends of mine."
Exactly. That's just It'll" he ex-
claimed. you apparently know but
little Of them-eh7-or you would not
call them your friendsl"
These words surprised me, but l was
the more astounded when he contin-
ued:
you of course know Of those dis
graceful anonymous letters which have
been continually arriving at court-of
the emperor's fury concerning them"
replied in the affirmative, for, as a
matter Of fact, for the past three
months the whole court had been flood
ed with most abusive and d~isgraceful
correspondence concerning the CANA
rilla that had again sprung up o
the kaiser. The emperor, the empress,
the crown prince and princess, Prince
Eitel, Sophie Caroline, Prince Henry Of
Prussia and others had received let
ters, most of them in typewriting, con-
tanning the most intimate details of
scandals concerning men and women
around the emperor.
Fully a dozen Of these letters adj
dressed to the row prince he had
handed to me-letters denouncing in
some cases perfectly innocent people,
destroying the regulations of honest
men and women, and abusing the heir
to the throne in an outrageous manner.
On at least three occasions willie
had shown me letters addressed to the
kaiser himself, and intercepted by the
kaiserin, who. in consequence Of this
flood of anonymous epistles that had
produced such a terrible sensation at
Potsdam, had ordered that all such
letters found in the imperial postbag
should be handed at once to her.
1.-THE identity Of the writer is the
point that is engaging my attention
the baron said, as he opened a drawer
and drew forth a bundle Of quite
hundred letters, adding: "All these
that you see here have been addressed
either TO the emperor or the empress
and he handed me one, which on scan
ming l saw contained some outrageous
statements. allegations which would
make the hair of the all-highest bristl'
with rage.
"Well," I exclaimed, that certainly
is a very interesting specimen O.
anonymous correspondence"
Eyes, It is - exclaimed the baron
"In Berlin every inquiry has been mad
Z to trace It's author. Schunke (head o
. the detective police) was charged b,
: the emperor to investigate. He did 50
and both he and Klewitz failed utterly
> Now 1t has been given into my hands.
A Typical German investigation.
Presently. when I sat with the barol
at his table, he switched on an intens
electric light and then spread out som
o Of the letters above a small, sQuar
:, mirror.
You see they are on various kind
: of note paper, bearing all kinds Of wa
. termarks, of French. English and Gen
man manufacture. Some we have her
: are upon English paper, because it /
> heavy and thick. Again, three differ
ent makes of typewriter have bee
i used-one a newly invented importa
ton from America. The written LET
= tcrs are, you will see. mostly in
mans hand"
u YES. l see all that" I said. "Bu
; what have you discovered concernin
their author? The letter I receive
. bore a French stamp and the POSTWAR
: Of Anglers
He placed before me quite a doze
Il envelopes addressed to the empero
1t and empress. all bearing the POSTWAR
of that town in the Maine-et-LOir'
Others had been posted in Leipzil
= Wilhelmshaven. Tours, Antwerp. Be.
p lin, Wilmersdorf and other places.
2. "The investigation is exceeding
e difficult. l can assure you" he said. .
q have had the assistance Of some Of tn
e best scientific brains of u empire I
I, making comparisons and analyses. II
II deed, Professor Harbge is with me fol
le Berlin"
Ie A few minutes later the prOfessC
"a himself, an elderly, specialized man
gray tweeds. entered the room.
Is knew him and greeted him.
le sixteen different varieties of papC
. have been received at the Neues an
I Marmor palaces" the baron remarked
10 "Well. I have worked for two month.
u night and day, upon the inquiry.
have discovered that eleven of thes
70 varieties Of paper can be purchase