Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-11-14
Count Won EuIenburg, had been to see


me the previous day.
"Pm not surprised he has to go TO
the dentist; he eats too muchF" the
crown prince declared. "He can't ex-
pect to have good teeth; he's always
eating. AS for myself, eat very little.
| want to remain thin. hate fat peo-
pie"
The crown prince and did not get
along very well at that time. Apart
from the fact he was such physical
coward that II was almost impossible
to work on him satisfactorily, he
seemed to have no idea of the meaning
of an appointment
He would agree to be at my office
at $50 and l would plan my day ac-
cordingly. At about ten he was apt
to call me up to say he would be on
hand at eleven, and he would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
several times, and l ,old him that l
couldn't have my work broken up in
that way.
Although 1 did not see the crown
prince again professionally until 1915,
the crown princess came to me In
1913, and from that time on paid me
more or less regular visits. She was
a woman of great charm and intelli-
gence, and although she was more
Russian than German in her ideas, and
for some time after her marriage was
rather generally criticized on that &C.
count. she soon became extremely
popular and today is very much ad-
mired by the German people.
She was one of the most democratic
and informal of my royal patients. 1
remember one day when / was work
ing on Princess Hatfield, we heard
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
unannounced.
The Princess HATFIELD, l may men
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, l re-
peated to her, the gist of converse
ton l had had few days before with
her father, Excellenz Won Stumm. He
informed me that he had been trying
TO convince all Germans of influence
that it would be serious mistake TO
annex Belgium.
'Fepm morning to 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
Belgium? The Lord only knows We
have our hands full as it is. l don't
see and l never have seen how Ger
many can possibly win this war!"
Your father seemed TO be very pes
simistic regarding the outlook" l told
her.
1.-THE sad thing about it" she re-
piled, SIS that father is always right
1 never knew him TO make q mistake
in Judgment"
When the crown prince called to see
me again l was surprised TO find
change in his general ap-
pearance. Although, of course, he was
ten years older, he had aged more
thar i would have expected. There
were lines on his face 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 party in Germany,
but among his own people he was not
credited with sufficient ability or in
fluence to be much of factor. In
deed, within the past year he had been
criticized rather severely in army cir
cleS for his Indifference to the crisis
in which his country was involved and
for not taking the war seriously
enough, and from all / was able to
observe of him during the visits he
paid me after the resumption of our
relations, these criticisms were well
The newspapers, however,
which were naturally inspired, always
brought his name to the front when
ever the army he was accredited TO
made any successful showing just as
they did in the case of the kaiser.
During his various visits TO me L
tried TO draw him out a little on diff
ferent aspects of the international sit
uation, but the ideas he expressed
were not of much moment
1.-The allies think we will run short
of man-power.r he said on one occa-
sion, "but we've got 100000 youths
growing up and Well soon be able TO
put them in the war. There's no dan
ger of our running short of men, but,
really, / wish it were all over. This
war is lot OF damned nonsense, you
know!" He talked as if the two mill
lion growing-up youths of Germany
were created for the Hohenzollerns to
use as they pleased.
Another remark. he made which in