El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-13
CROWN PRINCE IS Threatened
WITH EXPOSURE; KAISER ANGRY
Scandal in the HohenzoIlern Family Follows Crown
Princes Conduct With Daughter Of BALM; Kaiser
Storms Over the Affair But Finally Gives
Money to Buy Off the Woman.
BY COUNTESS EMILE ALsENBORG
(Forner Lady Waiting Kaiserin Of Germany

against me-" the kaiserin told me.
I Not content with quarreling con-
stantly with her own husband, Ce--
] ellie makes trouble between me and
mine. I suppose there must be some
I truth I'm this tale she has raked up,
! but Cecilie's sure 10 put the worst
{ aspect on things Ny sons own eN-
D PLANTATION might be quite different
The crown prince speedily had an
I opportunity Of explanation or denial,
I for the kaiser peremptOrIly sum-
moned him TO P0tsdam- Wilhelm
could not deny that lIaj. Won LOwen-
/ STEMS wife had really been too much
I in his company
Proceedings for Divorce.
} What passed between the imperial
father and son I cannot tell. yet 1
judge that the kaiser had suormed
and raved, and, doubtless, pointed out
the relationship Of Olga Won LOwen-
stein TO Herr Balm He had steruly
insisted on the crown prince imme-
diately breaking off the intrigue.
] Other complications were promptly
20 I0LoW- The affair reached the
ears Of Mai. Won LoWeustein, on ac-
I tive service in Flanders he applied
at once for leave. and rushed home in
passionate wrath His wife had re-
turned To Berlin-having Travelled
back with WIIe-and people said
! that she was openly unrepenrant and
defiant The crown prince would see
she did not suffer whatever steps her
husband took, so she declared. and
Ma1. Won LOWenstein had furiOusly
Z left her to institute immediate pro-
] ceedings for divorce.
Meanwhile the crown prince was
/ constantly about the gay and fash
iOuable resorts Of Berlin with his
boon companions and kept strictly
away from Olga As came out later
she wrote pressing him 10 come 10
her. but he made no response She
+ telling him her nHrE-
bands attitude. and that she had left
Z her husbands house for a flat in the
PorsQam StraSse- Willie cursed and
sWore uneasily. but was the more
determined not 10 80 near her Then
finally, driving in the Thiersarten,
he brutaly cut her dead. ana from
that moment I believe Olga Won Low
enstein-cast Off by her husband,
abandoned by her royal lover 10
heartbreak and rulu-set her mind
upon revenge.
The kaiserin. I know, thankfully
believed the affair 10 have blown
over. But one day, when I was with
her in Berlin. the empress caught
the steps Of his palace in the Ecu
ghaus Platz- He had not been 10
see her for some time, and stopping
the car. she alighted and hastened
after him.
I could see that the crown prince
looked gloomy and furious, and re-
turned only snappish replies TO the
kaiserin's anxious inquiries as she
followed him into the palace.
TeIltaIe Letters.
what is the matter, Wilhelm" she
asked. rs there some further trou-
bic with Cecilie-
Not yet" Willie answered suuenly: /
"but there viii be sOOn-Over that
COMPOUNDED Olga Won Lowenstein
again.
But Willie" exclaimed the kali
serin. II thought you were done
with that dreadful woman"
shes not with me evidently he Z
retCrCed- That's just the trouble Z
she's mad at my breaking IL Off es-
pecially as Won LoWenstein is divorc-
ing her. Ny name will be dragged
into that-stiu we might have kept
lr out Of the papers But now Olga
writes threatening 20 put all my let
ters 10 her in Ballin's hands and have
them published in the -Tageblatti'
"Oh. Wilhelm the empress cried I
aghast- That would be too dreadful
such scandal would be disastrous I
But there must be some way OF avert I
ing this, she went on desperately 3
Now that the Woman's husband has
left her she may be in need Of money
You must buy those letrers-no price 7
would be too high to pay for them 4
Crown Prince in Debt.
The crown prince laughed dismally. /
Himmell She can't get IL from 7
me I'm up 20 the ears in debt as 4
usual And I don't suppose you have {
any money TO spare-'
II haven't" sighed the kaiserin- I
But III DO what I can to help you. I
she added braveiy and. I think nObly. I
For the empress shows her best side 4
as mother, and throughout the rest 4
Of this sordid business fought with I
plucEy unseltishness for her SON
III speak TO the kaiser-Iu ask 1
him for money TO buy over this wick (
ed woman"
Il wish you luck" said the prince [
with a doubtful shrug OF his sloping Z
shoulders. But even if you persuade I
him to part with the cash you won't /
get me 70 20 and offer it TO Olga !
I know better"
That very evening the empress, /
who had told me all this. braced her I
self 10 the unpleasant task OF asking I
the kaiser for money
Kaiser shows His Greed
understood what that meant; I I
was TOO wei aware Of the kaiser's I
amazing greed and nlggardliness, ]
which results in even common nee
essities Of the household being al /
kaiserin wants any little thing extra I
for herself, she has more trouble 10 /
procure II than IL she were an ordi- J
nary workman's wife.
remember once a glass DeluH 4
broken in her majesty's dressing .
room. and IL took ten days. with as +
many requests and complaints 10 have .
It replaced. The chambermaid took
the broken pieces to the house mar
shal. who carried them TO the court I
marshal. and he TO the treasurer. who I
returned a message that no funds /
were available for new one
But I must have it," cried the an /
cry empress- and the whole ridicu- ]
lous performance was gone through I
repeatedly until at length the few 4
marks required 10 make the purchase !
were forthcoming. The officials, Of I
course. were not TO blame but the I
kaiser, who with an his millions, viii (
not spare enough TO run his royal 4
residence decentlv
Had Difficult Task.
Now TO have 20 ask him for thous- [
ands unon thousands Of marks TO 4
bribe Olga Won Lowensteiu- I did ]
not envy the kaiserin.
After supper at the Neues Palais /
coffee is served in the ''Tassen" cham f
ber-s0 called because the room is .
shaped like a cup. Then the kaiser .
usually escapes at the first available .
moment 10 the billiard room. where 4
he delights in hearing his adjutauts .