Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-30

Was grave in my turn now. What
ever could do? No prisoner In a
criminal dock ever felt worse than [
did on hearing the captains words.
tvidcI tly German secret service was
no profession for ME. That dag.
So 'ftIY decided In my mind. would be
the Iast day that the Argus Institute
would see me. | surely could find 1,
more satisfactory and less dangerous
mode Of livelihood. ! had srippcd
hCiH o, u rcdhot torch-but ] could
drop it II the Emperor had a sense
Of hun.or tassumed and granted. Of
course. that the man IN the gold
rinimed spectaclos was the Empcror) |
might be forgiven. but / had never
herd that Wilhelm II. had anything
humorous about him. except his zcst
for telling and hearing funny" stories.
| felt ill-was / coward? No. come
what may, would face the matter
through 10 the end.
The reader who Is not A German NAV
not easily appreciate my position. II
is one thing in Germany to offend a
man Of your own social position"
t"ticssed." but stupid phrase) or one
above II. but to insult the German En-
ie:or in person. unwittingly or not
vel. what would your German Of the
Eishest social or military standing feel
i!k-. had he done such thing? His
knee would knock together until such
tI!he iS he ieatnen OF ms punishment
which most likely would be conane-
mont ir a fortress for several years.
This German Kaiser. this mere man.
has been so advertised from your
school days upwards that the very
mention of his name contures up to
the German especially the earth
quake. thunder. lightning and the
storn"--a form of hallucination which
all Germans OF whatever position or
rank suner from,
The brave die only once. towards
die many dcaths'-with this philoso-
pnic reflection turned to nv studies
NJ library" was d very exhaustive
- the zeppelin" everything was
infinitely detailed. About the Zeppelin
| recalled a remark Of Count Per-
poncher's 70 Major Kauch-tho major
told me this himself: The Emperor
has the greatest faith IN the Zeppelin
ithcn in its infancy, or rather embryo)
He says that In time IL vii! be rs
great factor In warfare as the Ger
man army. SO formidable VIII be the
Zeppelin airship that the English Will
never venture 20 enter into host.lities
with the Nater!and. The Zeppelin will
make us feared by all nations. and
make US friends BY this Dread
nought Of the air the whole world
viii be conquered" Old Count Per-
poncheT. / may say. Sss not an anglo
pnohe. His wife was to- wears tho
chief lady in waiting 70 the late En-
press Frederick. and nc himself can
eN-lord chamberlain OF the Berlin
court. as have stated. had erea,
."Ne Cor England. As his name i'm
plies, Count Perponcher was o! French
descent. and TO the day OF his death
he had the French manner o. thint-
inE-!r short, though he Mas Teuton
born and bred his Latinism co,ored
all his opinions as all the diplomats
OF Europe who knew him Will AZ once
admit The Kaiser knew this well
enough: and the fact may account FOR
feEPoncher's REIMBURSEMENT" OF his
post - lord high chamberlain. No
pro English have been suffered in
tho tmperor's encourage since His
Naies'y's accession The fact. perhaps.
is bette known in Berlin than in Lon.
don. The Emperor has never been
proud OF his English blood Ills
oFtni"n Of his mother Is quite enough
she was an English -" That was
his oft-eEpressed opinion TO his init
mates OF the fine accomplished and
artistic Englishwoman who had
brought him into the world and tried
Ea!nly 10 Introduce real culture into
The royal household: the royal house
hold. be II remembered. which at her
adNan; betrayed the unhygicn!c and
h!thN conditions Of the worst s!ums
OF Europe. The Empress Frederick.
!nteralia, had no affection 10. the an
cestra!. wooden beds in the Schloss:
hugs do not appeal TO an English
woman. let alone TO one O: the fines,
nnshsh princesses in history If the
Empress Frederick did nothing else.
She transformed the beds OF the roval
palace from eaten lice-ri!den
structures to the hveienic metal cop