The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-12

! tlict SO much the worse Tor truS>'".
! But though the words Travelled far and
! wide they succeeded not 4 Will III cool
! INK the feeling towards us. ana. Tor 'He
! welcome extended to us ~ TWO resi-
dents OK Berlin. We might nav" nfc''
| almost strangers in the ritE. OIL WHOSE
; hospitality the kaiser was wont 10 boast
] n almost ovcry Spcscls h" made. 3y a
strange irony tn. first Of those resi-
| dents was more other than the crown
prince OF Germany himself. who. sent
! fer m hot Ens:c by the kaiser. after ono
, of his iunumerabls cscapudes. WAS now
! cooling his heels In Berlin. pending the
return OF his father.
! TWO Crown Princes IN Troubles
| I.tttto Willie had welcomed us Win
! tho vocifc-ous and almost eolsterouS
! yenialltv that he could assume 30 we'll
when it suited it purpose.
| "Iya should be friends" he told Prince
Rupprecht. wringing his hand heartily
| -"clcer friends. We have the same en->
enios, and ought 10 act together. The
| sarne people. who poison my father =
| mind against me. take care 70 SET him
J against YOU also We must take Stops to
! have them removed. Potsdam and the
Marble Palace want n new broom badly.
| The kaiser Is proving unequal 10 the
strain OF war. and he must be radc 10
| listen g younger men. who are more IN
! touch With events. If needs he. he must
he compelled. You and can do It. You
have Bavaria behind you. and I all Der
lin and half Germany" and he went on
in the boastful strain he 80 constantly
ass,rAes. dilating at length on his hold
on the people
Prince Rupprecht listened TO this out
burst with the cold and restrained hau-
teur which he has so often to assume
! that Il has become a part of his nature.
That ne was greatly surprised DO not
suppose. 1t is. of course. well known
that Little Willie and his father have
been for months. nay years, at each oth-
er's throsts and have not heSltated 90
use the most eavenomed weapons
against each other. More than once the
kaiser has been actually in danger OF
losing his throne to the madeap son.
who has tried him beyond eodurance.
but whose popularity, strange and in
exprtcablo "a II is. renders him too pow
ertul TO be suramarily dealt with. or
tho crown prince has succeeded in con-
vincsng hugo masses OF the German poo
pla that the kaiser and the odd gang
have robbed thsm Of victory. and that
had matters been LETT in his hands. all
would have been we'll. The kaiser. on
his part. while longing to wound. ls yet
afraid to strike at the idol OF the people.
An EVIL Pate.
To those who know the Hohenzol-
! lerns there is nothing new or strange
about this. An evil fate has pursued the
dynasty ever since the earliest days.
Frederick the Great was sentenced TO
:! death by his own father. and lived to
speak of his nephew and successor with
scarcely disguised contempt. The kali
ser himself was at variance with MS
predecessor. Frederick the Noble. who
!, in his turn had been rutnlesSly thrust
: aside by Bismarck and the king. from
. the earliest dawn Of the dynasty down
to our own day. the house OF Hohenzol-
lern has been riven by hatred. intrigues
\ and trcachery.
, Hence the Crown Princes speech
caused us little surprise. and Prince
Rupprecht accepted with avidity an in
; ritation to dine with him that evening.
an evening that. 1t happened was
destined to b fruitful Of remarkable de-
: yefopmenrs and which 7 DO not think I
l shall ever cease to remember.
For one thing the contrast between
l the two men was remarkable. The
: Crown Prince was. as is his wont. tru-
| cunnt. loud-roiced. and impcvtoua.
: Prince Rupprecht was taciturn and sar-
donic. listening to the others glowing
periods %ltn q calm SCcplIClSln tHal l
: Epordil.' detected.
: W. Young men" little Willie was
sarirg. SHOULD learn TO trust. and know
, each other AMI &C; together. It IS true
:, Us have told you tina; :he Kaiser mus {
b. made to adopt more vigorous meth
= DDS -or To make VIZ to- moro vigorous
mca." lie drained lis glass. and then
, .t~r:cl; ii.. table with lbs ct"nrhed fist
II, is time We acted" ;ic said. THE
/ people are sick with tic sickness OF
= hope deferred. They have been led 10
, expect an early history. and that cannot
be secured for them unless and until the
: Kaiser listens 20 reason. we need
= more vigorous submarine policy" which
he outlined. adding: Cad II you and
= had control over the German war ma
chine We would have Europe at our tect
, within six months"
:, "Rut as We have not" said Rupprecht
r calmly. What. therefore. do you pro-
pose .
The Crown Prince sunk his voice 70 =
! vhisper ITO supplant the Kaiser" nc
e said. Already people are beginning tc
realize that he and his advisers are
3 ctfete Half the army are on my slde
t Let Bavaria como over to us" and he
1 slapped Rupprecht on tho shoulder. and
= we shall be masters OF the SITUATION aho
: able to dictate terms.
Whatever other details the Crown
3 Prince had then In his mind concerning
/, this plot against his father. we were
not to learn them that evening. FOR but
2 n moment or 80 later he was interrupted
Baroness Elsa Baronin Schmetrin. ono
t OF the many ladies at whom no had set
his can. joined the party. whose Bohe-
} mian character became now so OBVIOUS
E as To make the discussion OF anything
2 like high politics out OF the question
Tho Baroness was witty and Ttracious
= companion who had attracted the Crown
= Princes attention while still member