The Ordway new era., 1917-08-10

Afterwards. though it had no"
grown dark. the emperor, by the pow
erful headlamps Of the three cars
thoroughly examined the American
airplane. the aviator explaining every
| detail.
From that moment for months after
wards the kaiser was constantly talk
| ing of aviation. He commanded pho
tographs of various types of airplanes
together with all literature on the sub
ject to be placed before him. Indeed
he sent over TO Britain, in secret. two
officers to attend the airplane meetings
held ut Doncaster and Blackpool,
where n large number of photographs
were taken, and duly found their way
to his table.
The Dancing Mistress Visit.
I have recalled the emperor's first
sight of an airplune in flight. in COM
pany with Herr Anton Reitschel and
Professor Vambery, because of an in
cident which occurred that same day.
Just before midnight the emperor was
giving me certain Instructions to be
sent to Carlton House Terrace when
the door opened without any knock of
permission, and upon the threshold
there stood Frau Kleist.
Have l your majesty's permission
10 enterT' she asked.
"Of course, of course" replied the
emperor, turning in his chair. "Come
In and close the door. It has turned
quite cold tonight. WeIl?' he asked,
looking at her lnqulringly.
The court dancing mistress hesitated
for second. Their eyes met, and in
that glance l saw complete understand
ing.
MAY I speak in confidence with your
majesty?" she asked, advancing into
the ROOM Except the court ladies' she
was the only female at court whom
the sentries stationed at the end OF
the corridor allowed to pass TO his
majesty's private cabinet
But Frau kleist had access every
| where. Her eyes were the eyes of III.
| emperor. Many 4 diplomat, financier
military or naval commander has beer
raised to position OF favorite becaus,
he first secured the good graces of tn,
ex-ballerina. And. alas many Il good
honest man has been cast out of TIL
Potsdam circle into oblivion becaus
Of the poisonous declaration of tina
smiling bejeweled old woman.
.Of what do you wish to speak," in
quired the emperor.
"Of the Reitschel affair" was tn
old wornan's low reply.
At her words the kaiser frowne
slightly, and dismissed me. 1 bowe
myself out and closed the door upo
the emperor and his clever female sp.
; That she should have at that lat
hour come from Potsdam-for. lookin
down into the courtyard. l saw ii
/. lights Of her big Mercedes-showe
: that some underhand work was
: progress.
] By handling, as l did. hundreds
5 secret reports which reached the 81
!, peror 1 had learned much concernir
e Herr Anton Reitschel, and from o
] Won Donaustauf. master of cerernonie
[ l had also been able to obtain certa
t missing links concerning the intrigu
= Reitschel, burly. round-faced. fal
i haired Prussian Of quite superior tyI
l. held the position of chief director
the German-Ot Ottoman bank in Consta
= tinople. His duty for the past thr
y years had been to conciliate the suit
n and to lend German money to any
e dustrial enterprise in which any grn
e of merit could possibly be dIscovers
D. He had been singled out, taken fro
the Dresdner bank, and sent to CT
1 stantinopIe by the kaiser In order
n play Germany's secret game in Turk
especially that Of the Bagdad RI
r, way-and to combat with German u
g Great Britain's diplomacy with Tew.
n Pasha and old Abdul Hamid. in vi
st of "The Day" which the emperor h
n- long ago determined should soon day
r, As old Won Donaustauf had put 1t
r, "Our employer intends that, notwi
e. standing Britain's policy in the n,
es East, Germany shall' soon rule fr
Berlin to Bagdad. Herr Reitschei
a in reality charged with the work
n 'Germanizing' the Ottoman empil
p That already. knew By the many
q. cret reports of his which survived
y lconsfantly fsom Constantin0pss.
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