Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-11-30
REVELATIONS FROM
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cool politeness and studied detachment
with which we were everywhere ie-
ceived, that the verdict ad already gone
agains us, and that the kaiser's sate-
| lites, who merely echoed the war lord s
opinions, were satisfied that Rupprecht
was to be deprived of his commane and
disgraeed. The fact that the kaiser had
made no proper provision for our re-
ception pointed unmistakably in this
direction; with the result that we were
boycotted Or cold-shouldered in every
direction.
The effect of this treatment upon
the prince was soon made apparent. He
assumed a sternness and hauteur that
soon set the gossips Of Berlin and pa
varia-a rumor that he did nothing to
set at rest. Bavaria" he said to me
one night when dining incognito at one
of the most fashionable restaurants in
Berlin, Bavaria is sovereign in
dependent state, whose people will fol-
low their rulers. And if those rulers
elect to withdraw from the present con
.flict-so much the worse for Prussia! +"
But though the words Travelled far
and wide, they succeeded not a whit in
cooling the feeling towards us, and, but
for the welcome extended to us BY two
residents of Berlin, we might have been
almost strangers in the city, Of whose
hospitality the kaiser was wont to
boast in almost every speech he made.
BY strange irony the first of those
residents was none other than the crown
prince of Germany himself, who, sent
for in hot haste by the kaiser, after
one of his innumerablc eseapades, was
now cooling his heels in Berlin, pend
ing the return of his father.
The Crown Prince in Trouble
Little Willie, had welcomed us with the
vocifcrous and almost boisterous genial
ity that he could assume so well when
il suited his purpose.
"We should be friends" he told the
Prince Rupprecht, wringing his hand
heartily-'fclose friends. We have the
same enemies, and ought to act togeth-
er. The same people who poison my
fathers mind against me, take care to
set him against you also. We must
take steps to have them removed. Pots
dam and the marble palace want a new
broom badly. The kaiser is proving un
equal to the strain of war, and he must
be made to listen to younger men, who
are the moro in touch with events. If
needs be, he must be compelled You
and | can do it. You have Bavaria
behind you, and l all Berlin and half
Germany" and he went on in the boast.
full strain. he so constantly assumes, di.
lating at length on his hold on the
people. Aa
Prince Rupprecht listened to this out
burst with the cold and restrained hau
tour which he has SO often assumed
that it has become part of his nature.
That he was greatly surprised, I do
not suppose. 1t is, Of course, well
known that Little Willie and his father
have been for months, nay years, at
each others throats, and have not hesi-
tatcd to use the most envenomed weap-
ons against each other. More than
once the kaiser has been actually in
danger of losing his throne to the mad
cap son, who has tried him beyond en-
durance, but whose popularity, strange
and inexplicable as it is, renders him
too powerful to be summarily dealt
with. For the crown prince has sue
ceeded in convincing huge masses of
the German people that the kaiser, and
the cold gang" have robbed them of
victory, and that, had matters been left
in his hands, all would have been well.
The kaiser, on his part, while longing
to wound, is yet afraid to strike at the
idol of the people,
An Evil Fate.
To those who know the Hohenzollerns
there is nothing new or strange about
this. An evil fate has pursued the dy-
nasty ever since the earliest days. Fred
trick the Great was sentenced to death
by his own father, and lived to speak
Of his nephew and successor with scarce
ly disguised contempt. The kaiser him.
self was at variance with his prede
cessor, Frederick, the Noble, who in his
turn had been ruthlessly thrust aside
by Bismarck and the king. From the
earliest dawn of the dynasty down to
our own day, the house of Hohenzollern
has been riven by hatred, intrigues and
treachery.
Hence the crown princes speech
caused little surprise, and Prince Rup-
precht accepted with avidity an invita-
tion to dine with him that evening. an
evening that, as it happened, was dcs-
tined to be fruitful of remarkable de-
veiopments, and which 1 do not think
| shall ever cease to remember.
For one thing the contrast between
the two men was remarkable. The
crown prince was, as is his wont, true
'ulent, loud-voiced, and impcriaus.
Prince Rupprecht was taciturn and sar-
donic, listening to the others glowing
periods with a calm scepticism that |
speedily detected.
eve young men," little Willie said,
"should learn to trust, and know each
other and act together. 1t is true, as
l have told yon, 0aN the kaiser must
be made to adopt moe vigorous meth
DDS, or to make way for more vigorous
men, He drained his glass, and then
struck the table with his clenched fist.
at is time we acted,n he said. "The
people are sick with the sickness of
hope deferred. They have been led to
expect an early victory, and that can
not be secured for them unless and I'M
til the kaiser listens to reason. We
need more vigorous submarine pol
iey'' which he outlined. adding: IsGadl