New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Another Victim Of
the Grown Prince

ATE on the night of November
Is, 1912, l was busily mt work
in the crown princes room at

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-
lions in W%estphalia. 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 a narcotic dust in the
nOstrils of your dear but too cOntiding
nation.
"HeltzendOrff !" exclaimed the crown
prince, as he suddenly entered the
room where l was busy attending to a
pile of papers. "D0 get through all
those letters and things. Burn them
all 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 in Washington"
"Oh, old Friesch. Tear it up! He
Is but an old fossil ut 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-
tons between Britain and Germany.
The dear British are always .eady 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 nan 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 BernstOrlf took his place
at Washington II few months ago"
but Won Gessler is an inveterate
enemy of Britain" l exclaimed in sur
prise, still seated ut my table.
1.-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, Heltzendorf ~ he laughed. ut is
really intensely amusing, is it not?"
1 was silent. / knew that the deep
ly laid plot against Great Britain vas
proceeding apace.
Get through all t~hat-tOnight if
you can, Heltzendorff," the crown
princess leaves for Treseburg, In the
Harz, tomorrow, and in the evening we
go to Nice"
ITO Nice" l exclaimed.
"Yes," he said. II have a friend
there"
A friend there /! | reflected. l could
only suppose that the attraction In
Nice was of the feminine gender.
Then the lady Is I'm Nice !" l re-
marked, for sometimes l was permit |
ted, on account of my long service
with the emperor, to speak Familiarity. |
Lady, now he retorted. ut is a
man. And l 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 to Nice.
Just before eleven O'Clock on the
following night we left the Marmor
palace. His imperial highness trav-
eled incognito as he always did when
visiting France, assuming the name of
Count Won Grunau. With us was his
personal valet, Schiller, the military
secretary, Major Lentze, and Eckardt,
the commissioner of secret police for
his highness. personal protection.
After a restless night-fOr there
we're many stoppages-I spent next
day with the crown prince in long and
firing discussions on military affairs.
/ endeavored to obtain from him some
reason why We were proceeding to
Nice, but TO all my Inquiries he was
smilingly dumb.
Only a fortnight before he had had
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