Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-05
|, The Secrets Of he Hohnn3d|emJ%
STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND PRINCE
TOLD BY COUNT ERNST Won HTZENDORF TO WILLIAM LEOlBW

so often been addressed-the kaiser
broke of short In his conversation.
Turning to me as he still sat at his
Uttered table, he said In that quick,
impetuous way Of his:
"Count Heltzendorff, the crown
prince has informed me of what has oc-
CURED this evening In the Lenne-,
strasse. l wish you to convey this at
once to Count Won Leutenberg and to-
give 1t into his own hand. There Is no
reply"
And his majesty handed me rather
bulky envelope addressed in his own
bold handwriting. and bearing his own
private cipher impressed In black wax.
Thus commanded, I bowed, with
drew, and took a taxicab straight to-
the Lennestrasse, being ushered by JO-
sef into the presence of husband and
wife In that same room l had quilted,
a couple Of hours before.
/ handed the count the packet the
emperor had given me, and with trem-
bling fingers he tore it open. : .
From within he drew three letters,
those same letters which his wife had
written to London, and which had been
intercepted by the secret service-the
letters which had read in his high
ness room. ,.,
AS he scanned the lines which the
emperor had penned his face blanched.
A loud cry of dismay escaped his wife
as she recognized her own letters, and
she snatched the note from her hus4
bands hand and also read 1t.
"TeIi His Majesty Hisscommand Shalt
Be obeyed."
The light died instantly from her
beautiful countenance. Then, turning
to me, she said In a hoarse, hopeless
tone:
THANK you, Count Won Heltzent
dorff. Tell his majesty the emperorI
that his command shall be-yes, IL
shall be obeyed."
Those last words she spoke in q
deep, hOarse whisper, a strange, wild
look of desperation in her blue eyes.
An hour later reported again al
the imperial palace, was granted aux
dience Of the emperor, and gave him
the verbal reply. =
His majesty uttered no word! mere]
ly nOdding his head slowly In approval.
Next afternoon a painful sensation
was caused throughout Berlin swhen
the "AbendpOst" published .thRs,hews
that Count Won Leutenberg, the mah
so recently promoted by the efnperor.
and his pretty wife hid butfE beea
found dead In their room. DnrihgAh&
night they had evidently burlsd srm&
papers, for the finder was found ipsthS
stove, and having agreed Ia. DE Stos
gethen they betng so much ,aSienad
during life, they had both takehprp1
sic acid in some wine, the bottle aha
halfSemptied glasses being still uptM
the table. 81
The romantic affair." the truth DC
which here reveal for tile first time.
was regarded by all Berlin as an in-
applicable tragedy. The public ara
still unaware of how those intercepted
letters contained serious warnings to
the British government of the ems
perOr's hostile Intentions towards. Brit.
ain, aud the ppbable date of'tIie but,
break Of war. Indeed, they recoupted
Il private conversation which the c6un-
tess had overheard between the kaiser
and Count Zeppelin, repeating certain
opprobrious epithets which the ALL
highest had bestowed gPSn 01e or tyo'
British STATESMEN, iand she also point
ed out the great danger of d peSdiAg
rupture between the two powers, as
well as explaining some details, re-
sarding the improved Zeppellns in
course of construction secretly on
Lake Constance, and certain scandals
regarding the private life Of the crown
prince. ....... II
Thus the well meant warnings of
an honest EnglisAwoman netert
reached the unsuspicious address to
which they were sent. and thus did
'Willie"-who, as afterward discov-
ered' devised that subtle vengeance
let as the emperor's catspax.
1917. by William LeOueuxA