The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-01

II suppose the crown prince and the
future ruler OF Germany ought to
be brave at all times" he remarked,
but Just hate to have to go to a
dentIstr'
He asked me II had seen any mem
her OF the court lately. and ! told him
that the kalser's court chamberlain.
Count Won Eulenburg. had been to see
me the previous day.
"T'm not surprised he has TO go to
the dentist: he eats too much r. the
cnown prince declared. "He can't ex-
pect to have good teeth; he's always
eating As for myself eat very little.
want 10 remain thin. hate fat peo-
Pile"
The crown prince and did not get
along very well at that time. Apart
from the fact he was such physical
coward that It was almost impossible
TO work on him satisfactorily, he
seemed 10 have no Idea Of the meaning
Of an appointment,
He would agree to be at my Office
at D 80 and would plan my day nc
cordIngiy. At about ten he was apt
TO call me up to say he would be on
hnnd at eleven, and he would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
several times. and / told him that !
couldn't have my work broken up In
that way.
Although ! did not see the crown
prince again professionally until 1915,
tile crown princess came to me In
1913, and from that time on paid me
more or less regular visits. She was
woman OF great charm and lntelli-
gence, and although she was more
Russian than German In her ideas, and
for some time after her marriage was
| rnther generally criticized on that ac-
count, she soon became extremely
| popular and today Is very much adj
mired by the German people.
She was one OF the most democratic
and informal of my royal patients. /
remember one day when was work
Ing on Princess Hatfield, we heard a
loud "Hoo-hoo" from the anteroom.
The crown princess had heard that
the Princess Hatfield, who was a
great chum OF hers, was In my office
and had followed her into my place
unannouneed.
The Princess Hatzfeld. may mem
ton, was an extremely intelligent and
beautiful young woman, and because
OF her Intimacy with the crown prin-
cess, / took a keen interest in the
views she expressed from time to time.
Her mother was an American.
When she called on me on one occa-
sion after the war had started. re-
peated to her the gist OF conyersa-
tlon had had few days before with
her father Excellenz Won Stumm. He
informed me that he had been trying
to convince oil Germans of influence
that II would be a serious mistake to
annex Belgium.
''From morning 10 night have been
| trying TO teach our people some sense"
he had declared. with the history of
Poland and Alsace.Lorraine in mind.
why should we take more responsible
tiles on our shoulders by retaining
\ Belglum7 The Lord only knows we
have our hands full as 1t Is. don't
see and l never have seen how Ger
many can possibly win this war;
"Your father seemed to be very pes
slmlstlc regarding the outlook" told
her.
"The sad thing about IT," she re-
! piled. is that father is always right
l never knew him TO make a mistake
in Judgment"
When the crown prince called to see
me again / was surprised To find a
considerable change in his general APP
pearance. Although, of course, he was
ten years older, he had aged more
than | would have expected, There
were lines ON his fuce which made him
look older than his thirty.three years
In the outer world he was generally
believed to be one of the leading spir'
its Of the military purity In Germany
but among his own people he was not
credited with sufficient ability or In
flueuce to be much OF factor. In
deed, within the past year he had beer
criticized rather severely In army cir
cles for his indifference to the crisis
In which his country was involved ant
! Tor NOT hlkihE lhe war seriously
enough. aud from all was able Il
, observe OF him during the visits h'
. paid me after the resumption Of oul
relations, these criticisms were wei
founded, The newspapers, however
which were naturally inspired, Away:
brought his name to the front when
ever the army he was accredited 4
: made any successful showing just n
! they dld In the case OF the kaiser.
! During his various visits 10 me
! tried TO draw him out little on off
: ferent aspects of the International sit
: uation, but the Ideas he expressed
. were not OF much moment
: ''rhe allies think we will run shor
I Of man-power." he said on one Occa
! sion. "hut we've got 2,Oo0.O0o youth
) growing up and Wen soon be able Z
3 put them in the war. There's no dan
. ger of our running short OF men, but
}, realty, | wish it were on aver. Thi
E war is lot OF damned nonsense. yol