The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-21

ence of the crown prince to the horrors of the present war was the attitude of the crown princess. She frequently eN- pressed to me the sorrow she felt for all the wounded and the surviving fam | lilies of the Killed.
 After the sinking of the Lusitania I told her that it looked as if that tragedy would bring the United States into the war.
 "It isn't that serious, is it?T she asked.
 Yes. indeed" I replied Ut will be difficult now. I imagine. to restrain Americans, and l would not be at all surprised if war. were declared with out further negotiations"
 She looked somewhat startled, I thought, but the next time she called, some two days later, she was all wreathed in smiles, and said that my fears were ill-founded. There would {, be no declaration of war between America and Germany. Two or three ldays later came Germany's agreement
 to give up her ruthless submarine warfare Evidently she knew whereof she spoke.
 That her information was not all ways based on such sound foundation. however was indicated later on when war seemed inevitable. Again she was most optimistic and sought to elicit from her the grounds for her assurance.
 Well. there's one thing you seem to overlook, doctor" she answered, very wisely. There are no less than 2O, 1000 900 German Americans, or Amer ticans of German antecedents in your country Their influence will be suf- cient you may depend upon 1t, to lavert war between the two countries They will take care that America never declares war against Germany. haven't any doubt about it at all" Although. of course. she was quite wrong in this supposition, as this was lthe sentiment expressed no doubt ir the Kaiser's palace. she was 8 gifted and balanced woman, and IT could not help thinking that if the time ever came when her husband be- came ruler of Germany her wisdom might perhaps make up in part for his
 unfortunate shortcomings.
 After diplomatic relations wer'
 broken off between America and Ger
 many the crown prince and his fam
 fly ceased coming to me. They were
 afraid. no doubt, of public criticism
 although the Kaiser was not
 Of the Kaiser's other children
 Prince William Eitel Frederick ant Prince Oscar were the only ones
 never met.
 FRINGE ADELBERI . Prince Adelbert. the Kaiser's thirt son. was a very handsome and charm ing man. He always came to me at , tired in a naval officers uniform. saw him but few times, as he wa seldom in Berlin, and he never talked on matters of general importance. never saw him after America entere, the war.
 ) Prince August Wilhelm, the fourtl son, was perhaps the most democrati } of them all He sometimes came t' : see me in an ordinary taxicab and h.
 was the only one of the Kaisers son whom l ever saw in civilian dress
 He was the first member of the roya family to come to me after the mur der of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand , and he was in mourning when he called He looked very sad and dejected ant ! gave me the first intimation that th
 tragedy of Sarajevo would almost in evitably lead to a general war. l In January 1918, in speaking of thu part that America would take in tn war, he mentioned that his officers ha, told him that 60.000 Americans wer, on the western front, We don't be : lieve 1t, however" he added. How