El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-10

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 IL mean, Emilie2" she
tearfully exclaimed. What was in
that letter to upset Wilhelm so
dreadfully-I must know"
IN the l1aiser's study we picked up
the crumpled letter he had dropped,
and my mistress hurriedly read il
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
bringing about the disastrous war
and proceeded to a violent attack up
on the characters and conduct OF the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT own ir-
regularities. The repeated scandal Of
the crown princes behaviour. and
herein lay the sting Of Ridiculous
~ limited that tae kaiserin herself
was much too friendly with court
marshal baron Won GersdOrff-my
mistress's trusted and special favor
lite Of all the household
The kaiserin was terribly dis
tressed-, plunged in the greatest in
dignatiOu and horror-aboye all, that
this vile and groundless instination
should have come TO Wilhelm's no
tice- She would have torn 1.-THE letter
TO fragments, but / oiSuaded her,
the kaiser would ask for it, and
knowing his Suspicion, intensely
Jealous disposition, fearing he might
even take its destruction as a sign
Of guilt
Van Hinderbury Disrespectful.
The news of the theft Of the dOcu-
ment threw both Falkenhayn and Him
denburg into extreme dismay when
they arrived and they took small
pains 10 conceal it. Won HinderUurgs
indeed-always cOntemptuous Of the
HohenZoIarns, and specially ar
rOgant now as the idol OF the German
pubEc-was brutally disrespectful TO
the kaiserin's presence and feelings
His deep set eyes under their bushy
brows cleaned with wrath, and he
raped out in his big voice.
This comes from his majesty's
constant meddling in affairs that are
our privince and not his. Now he has
put that scheme Of operations on pa
per, and it's been stOlen-tO be SNUG
gled away to the entente, and cause
US endless trouble If the kaiser
would only confine his energies TO
their proper sphere"
AuEuste Victoria drew herself up in
proud rekuke and anger.
Remember, sir, she exclaimed,
that lie is your kaiser and supreme
head Of the state"
him and swept out in sPeechless in
dignatiOn, yet acutely conscious also
of the power Of this big roughly
spoken man, who is nov the real
ruler Of Germany
Mnhelm's Cruelty.
In their subsequent interviews
the emperor an entirely new military
scheme was evolved and decided up
on- while Won Wedel was instructed
TO organize, with the chiefs Of police
and detectives Of Berlin, an intent,
widespread search Tor the fugitive,
thief and the missing document
But 10 return TO the matter which
more personally concerned my mis-
tress Later on that dreadful day
the summons from Wilhelm for which
she waited IN dread came 10 her, and
afterwards the kaiserin sObDed out
in my arms the story OF what had oc-
cured between them
She had found the kaiser recovered
from his seizure, but, because OF the
days events. and specially through
the anonymous letter and its insinu-
ations, in one Of his most fiendlsh
moods
There's no smoke without fire.
he had flung at her, beating down the
kaiserin's tremulous denials- ~GOtti
am I TO be shamcd and betrayed in
my most private relationships You
and this accursed scullon Gersdor1t
-Himmel. III have the fellow kicked
out Of the palace, bounded from the
emnIre-
wilhelm. listen to mer' the
kai-elin had pleaded, passiOnately-
Its al a foul uufouuded falsehood!
Barren Won GersdOrtt is a gentleman.
a loyal and trusted friend"
Ave, trusted.' RACED her uurea-
s0nably, rabidly jealous lord. Too well
trusted. il seemsl Don't whine and
lie TO me, Dona- III bri & you two
face TO facet
He STROBE towards the bell, but the
kaiserin intercepted him desperately.
Wilhelm, YOU must nOt- she
painted. You cannot mean to repeat
that vile accusation before himt II
would be an unforgivable insult 10
me. ] say you shall mott"
The imperial bully was beside him
self with ungovernable fury
-Nhat-7 he raved- lyon dare not
confront him before me-
And then. raising his hand. VIII
helb violently pushed his wife from
him.
The kaiser held to his threat. also:
and court marshal con Gersdorff-
though without any reason being
given to him-was instantly turned
out Of the imperial service
An Execution.
Within a few hours the thief who
had taken the document was tracked
and seized in Berlin, with the paper
still in his possession. His name was
Gustav Kleist. and. although en-
pl0yed In the royal household, he was
an extreme Socialist in opinion. For
this and other reasons, IL appeared
he had Just been given notice OF dis
missal By baron Won GersdOrff.
Under rigorous examination kleist
confessed that, bearing grudge
against the court marshal, he had
conceived the plan Of lnjuring him
in the kaiser's eyes through the
anonymous note. He admitted also
having been heavily bribed by a Rus
sian secret service agent in Berlin
TO attempt TO secure state documents.
kleist was shot at daybreak a few
mornings later.
A few hours after the poor youth
had met his fate, the kaiserin told me
that she had not slept, s1ch had been
her sad thoughts. On the contrary,
the kaiser appeared well satisfied,
and had even made merry at the
breakfast table. remarking that So
cialists were fond CT extreme meas
urec-
Two days later baron Won Gersdorff
attempted suicide. but his hand had
faltered and he only gashed his
kaiser's action in having dismissed the
baron was bitterly condemned, the
more so as no one believed for a mo-
ment that either the kaiserin or the
baron had been ludiscreet
The kaiser smiled cruelty when he
was informed Of the barons better
ment
fool" he said callously. This is no
time for doddering imbeciles. Hands
that shake at blood letting are no
use to Germany"