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the Marble palace at ROCSQan.
I, as his imperial highness' personal
adjutant, had been travelling all day
with him from Cologne to Berlin. We
had done q tour of military inSpec-
lions In WestphaIia, and. as usual,
s'Willie's'' conduct had not been exact
~ exemplary.
On the night in question much had
happened. The emperor had. 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 cOnfding
nation.
''HeItzendorff !" exclaimed the crown
prince, as he suddenly entered the
room where I was busy attending to a
pile Of papers. do get through, all
those letters and things. Burn them
all IL 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
ugence in Washington"
ooh. old Frieschi Tear it up! He
is but an old fossil at 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-
lions between Britain and Germany.
The dear British are always ready to
receive such movements with open
a 10
strongly indorSe the emperor's ideas,
and he tells me that the movement
should first arise In commercial and
shipping circles. Herr BaIlin will gen
crate the idea in his offices in London
and the various British ports, while
his majesty has Won GessIer, the ex-
ambassador at Washington, In view
as the man to bring forth the sugges-
ton publicly. Indeed, tonight from the
Wtlhelmstrasse there has been sent q
message to his schloss on the MoseI
commanding him to consult with his
majesty. Won Bernstorff took his place
at Washington few. months ago."
But Won Gessler is an inveterate
enemy OF Britain" exclaimed in sur
prise. still seated at my table.
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.
Z Oh, HeItzendOrff ~ he laughed. cit is
really intensely amusing, is it not?"
was silent. 1 knew that the deem
~ laid plot against Great Britain was
proceeding apace
Get through all that-tonight if
you can, Heltzendorff," the crown
princess leaves for Treseburg, in the
Harz, tomorrow, and in the evening we
go to Nice"
ITO Nicer" I exclaimed.
Yes," he said. 81 have a friend
there"
friend there! reflected. I coulo
only suppose that the attraction In
Nice was OF the feminine gender.
Then the lady is in Nice y, re-
marked, for sometimes I was permit
ted. on account of my long service
with the emperor, to speak Familiarity.
Lady, nor he retorted. st is a
man. And 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
were many stoppages-I spent next
day with the crown prince In long and
firing discussions on military affairs
I endeayored TO obtain from him some
reason why we were proceeding to
Nice. but to all my inquiries he was
snilIngly dumb.
Only fortnight before he had bad
> quarrel with his wifes