The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-07

Kaiser had Gained down little and
returned to his desk. But suddenly
he snatched up a sealed envelope, ad-
dressed to himself, and evidently not
observed before, from amongst the
tumbled papers, and with a surprised
frown tore it open to glance over its
contents A hoarse, half-choked,
snarling outcry. broke from his lips;
he glared at the terrified Kaiserin
with convulsed features, and then
collapsed in his chair in one of the
slight epiliptic seizures to which he
has long been subject. After these
attacks he was for a time wholly I'M
reasonable and absurdly suspicious.
When help had again been hastily
summoned, and the Court physician
had rushed to the side of his master.
Wilhelm was carried to his bedroom
close at hand. The Kaiserin soon re-
Joined me, trembling and overcome
but another shock awaited her.
What can It mean, Emilie?' she
tearfulIy exclaimed. "What was in
that letter to upset Wilhelm so dread
fully must know!"
In the Kaiser's study we picked up
the crump1ed letter he had dropped;
and my mistress hurriedly read it
through.
Terrible Accusations.
| Briefly, it was an anonymous note
such as some years ago showered in
scores upon German Court circles. 1t
roundly accused the Kaiser of bring
| ing about the disastrous war, and pro-
ceeded to a violent attack upon the
characters and conduct of the Hohen-
zollerens - Wilhelm's own Irregular
tiles. The repeated scandal of the
Crown Princes behavior, and-here-
| in lay the sting of it-ridiculously
limited that the Kaiserin herself was
much too friendly with Court Marshal
Baron Won Gersdorff-my mistress
trusted and special favorite of all the
! Household.
The Kaiserin was terribly distress
ted, plunged in the greatest jndigna-
ton and horror-above all, that this
1 vile and groundless insinuation should
have come to Wilhelm's notice. She
would have torn the letter to frag-
ments; but I dissuaded her, sure the
Kaiser would ask for it, and knowing
his suspicious, intensely jealous dis
position, fearing he might even take
it's destruction as sign of guilt.
I had barely succeeded in soothing
my mistress when the hasty arrival OF
the high officials from Berlin was an.
nounce. The Emperor, while recov-
ering quickly, was yet unable to see
any one; and the Kaiserin-althougt
she loathes Hindenburg, and Falken-
hayn has always been her enemy
pluckily determined to interview
them herself.
Accordingly, at her request, I ac-
companied Auguste Victoria to the
lecture-room on the ground floor Of
the Palace, where they waited
here, in her agitation and excitement
vital document.
This news threw both Falkenhayr
and Hindenburg into extreme dismay
and annoyance, which they took small
pains to conceal Won Hindenburg
indeed-always contemptuous of the
Hohenollerns, and specially arrogan
now as the idol of the German pub
lic-was brutally disrespectful of the
Kaiserin's presence and feelings. Hi:
deep-set eyes under their bushy brow:
cleaned with wrath, and he raped
out in his big voice.
Il LID ZONES 1EOHl Ills majesty
constant meddling in aairs that are
. our province and not his! Now hi
has put that scheme of operations OF
paper, and it's been stolen-to be
smuggled away to the Entente, anC
cause us endless trouble. If the Kai
ser would only confine his energies
to their proper sphere"
Auguste Victoria drew herself up il
, proud rebuke and anger.
; Remember, sir she exclaimed
that he is your Kaiser and Suprem,
Head of the State
The Kaiserin turned her back OF
: him and swept out in SPECIFICS in
dignation, yet acutely conscious alst
of the power of this big, roughly
, spoken man, who is now the rea
ruler of Germany
WiIheIms Cruelty.
= In their subsequent interview will
s the Emperor an entirely new militar.
t scheme was evolved and decided up
: on; while Won Wedel was fnstructet
Y to organize, with the chiefs of polio
D and detective departments of Berlin
an instant, widespread search for tn
: fugitive thief and the missing docu
: ment.
But to return to the matter whicl
e more personally concerned my mis-