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

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Frightening a little. And when war
I was about TO be declared s pleaded
/ with Wilhelm to avert it if possible
I for the sake Of our sons safety, but
! he scoffed at my fears
Have no concern on that score,
I Cora he said 'As my sons and repre-
/ sentatives they must figure as lead
I ers in this great conflict, which viii
/ make Germany mistress Of the world
/ But I shall see that not one Of them
/ is in actual danger or comes TO any
4 harm"
The Eaiser's Cowardice.
/ AIy mistress had uncOnsciously iml-
. speech. 10 my carefully concealed
I amusement But I could not help
I rejecting that the Eaiser's selfish
I words had been fulfilled-aud they
7 have been to this day The House Of
I HUhenz0llern is frequently referred to
+ in war worn Germany as the family
/ that has lost no member" and long
/ before I left that country there was
3 much discontinued mutterings and
I critical comment upon the fact.
Il am worried also about VIII
/ helms own safetr-and his healtns
{ the ksiserin went on Il don't remem-
! Der whether I have told you, Emile,
: Of the fright the kaiser got some
/ years ago when we were at the
] marble palace One morning he
! learned that the prince Of Schoenberg,
! who lived in q villa quite near the
/ Neuer garden, had died suddenly Of
I diphtheria- Wilhelm turned pale and
+ Instantly ordered the chamberlain on
3 duty to have all his things packed
and sent to the Berlin Schloss at
I once He has never lived at the
Marble palace since"
At the Neues Palais a wardrobe at
tendaut Of the empress fraulein
I Schrader, had consulted the court
} physician about a slight teverish
! sickness Following the prescribed
I treatment, she was lying In bed az
midnight. in a prOfuse persplrauon-
I when she was reused by the kaiser
+ imperative orders TO leave the palace
7 Immediately The poor girl, sick and
shiverinE. was bundled into car
riage and hurried away to a hospital
only TO be told that there was no
room for her there Finally she was
. admitted 10 pauper's ward Of the
Lowest class. and given cot next 10
] some poor wretch in the thros OF
7 death. And as a result Of the shock
I and horror Of Ter experience. coupled
with the exposure. fraulein Schrader
herself died in those miserable sur
roundings a few days later
Treated Like Beasts.
] The kaiserin and I had drifted into
talk Of such incidents, and Of Vel
helm IFS general attitude to the
swarm Of servants employed in the
I royal palaces; though it was DIFF
/ ficult for aguste Victoria. loyal and
4 long suffering wife as she is, TO speak
/ frankly even to me on the matter
For the plain truth is that the
kaiser's treatment OF his III paid. III
fed domestics is nothing short Of
Z bOOrisl brutality Good morning.
. or Good evening"" is an unheard OF
civility from their royal MASTER ana
for any request TO be prefaced with
. word OF thanks WOuld De as star =
ling as it Is unknown GU there-
he invariably shouts at any one OF
/ them. man or woman, when necessity
arises for "the all highest's' lips TO
address such inferior beings with
question or command
Indeed. the kaiser's surly contempt
for these underlings would seem TO
amount 10 virulent hatred
A Startling Crime
soon after the above converse ton,
q strange and disturbing affair oc-
T CURED at the Neues Palais- which
bears out what j have been writing
One morning the kaiser had been
] cl0sered for hours in his study. en-
gagged in drawing up scheme Of i'm
+ portant military operations, prior TO
. setting out for a war council al the
+ KoniEs-Platz in Berlin with Won
3 Ka1keuhayn. chief Of the general
4 the hope Of Germany
The kaiserin had discreetly kept
I out Of her lords way But, hearing
the loud whirr Of motor, I looked
T from a window OF the palace, 10 see
the kaiser entering his big car with
Z the fmperfaI eaele emblaZoned upon
it. and Informed my mistress OF his
departure A minute or two later /
I had occasion to accompany the
I kaiserin towards her dressing ROOM
adjacent TO the royal bed chamber
We had Just reached the great
f.! folding doors leading towards the
dressing room when the kaiser burst
into the study and strobe hastily 10
his writing table A fierce. startled eN-
7 clamaiOn arrested u.s. and giancinS
round 7 saw Wilhelm tossing ABOUT
the papers on his desk in feverlsn
-Donar" he roared. in a terrible
voice Come here-and YOU, too,
CONTEST A few minutes ago le1t
I an important document on my desk
and now it's gone-"
-Tes-EOne-" he shouted, In rising
excitement and alarm. Ny military
I scheme-I forgot IL. and hurried back
I and now it's missing Colt IN
Himmel. IL must not be lost one OF
YOU must have interefered with it.
no one else has been near this ROOM
Wilhelm ragged and sWore like a
madman, while my mistress and 1
stood in helpless. indignant silence
He rang furiously for one Of his ad-
Z futants. and order him to summon
I Hindenburg and Falkehayn to Pits
dam instantly, and also Won Wedel
chief Of the secret service
The Thief.
j Then followed an extraordinary de-
I veloumenr AS 7 stood, Quaklng ana
I uncomfortable. I suddenly caught
Z peculiar sound from within the great
U stove close beside me. At once q
] keen suspicion flashed into my mind,
and I ventured to hurriedly interrupt
the fumiug kaiser
Your majesty" I stammered,
/ pointing to the stove, i beg you
Z look-look in there-
Wilhelm glared at me as u ne
/ thought I had lost my senses, but
stopped TO wrench open the massive
door Of the stove. Then savage, as
I founded cry escaped him. and ne
7 erasped and dragged out from its
lurking place a wild eyed. livldfaced
youth. who I recognized as minor
official about the palace
The laiserin screamed, and the en-
Deror gasped in astonished fury as
he clutched and shook his captive
But the youth, frenzied with terror,
in his desperate struggle TO escape,
literally hurled himself upon the
! kaiser. and sent the all highest
] staggering back 90 crash upon the
noOr-then dashed wildly away
through the door at the other end of
the apartment In the excitement the
youth had cOntriTed to vanish
shows Himself A Coward.
The kaiser Gained down a little.
& and returned to his desk. But sud
denly he snatched up a sealed en-
velope addressed 10 himself and