Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-13

Gven as G00 0lSpi6yc0 none Wflcn
hor husband ordered outragcs upsa
the women and children of Belgium,
Northern France and the eastern
countries and when his representa-
tfvcs IN Turkey winked ut tho kill
ing OF q million Christians and tho
cruciffxion OF hundreds OF girls and
babies.
The Baroness continues her story.
SavaseTy In tho House of the Dead
II ever wife and mother ought to
have stood UP for another wife and
mother; IL ever woman ought to
have thrown the halo OF womanly
love around anotheR-thHt waS the
ttmei What did Aueuste Victoria
DO? She said che would coiae TO
EriedrtchskroA as soon as her crepe
gown was ready.
Meanwhile, wfllfnm had declared
tho property rights of all the people
In tho palace-his palace-forfeited
for the uno being; as the feudal
lord of old'seixed a bondsman's per-
sonaI estate while the body was yet
warm. 30 had the presence of death
"a fathers waxen fnco-no re-
straining influence over tho new
master. The lato Enperor's, his
wtfo's and daughters writing desks,
their strong boxos, trinket-boxes,
bedrooms. and boudoirs, were sub
jected to a rigid examination before
the owners were allowed access
again And In tho midst of the
rumpus a four-horse coach brought
tho new Empress!
Kaisar4n Frederick had no pa
t1ence to hear AuguSte Victoria de-
claim.
Send Brockdorff away" she said.
curtly. And then the proud old
woman unbent enough to ask, nay,
tmpIore. her daughter-in-law to
stop Williams rawlings.
by ell that is holy to you," she
is said to have exclaimed, stop that
man from desecrating my home and
TO his love, to his sense of decency,
to his man1fness. It is your turn
now. Talk to him with the author
ity of a wife and mother. He must
listen to you And unless you ex-
pect to be treated by your sons ns
I have been treated by my son
during the last two hours-restrain
him, re-cstablish me as mistress
within my own walls, and I will be
forever grateful to you"
Auguste Victoria went into the
library, and returned after a few
moments, her face flushed and
trembling.
II can do nothing" she faltered
out; "'Wfllio Is here as Emperor,
and cannot interfere with his off,
cial business"
Empress Frederick Chascs Away
Empress Augustc Victoria
'"rhen have the goodness to go
back to your Marble Palace and play
with your children" cried the wild
owed Empress hotly.
~ ha IaufiIitiaS ronna1nd
In the interval occasioned by the new
Kaiscrin's reception, William had in
formed his mothers officials and
servants that he was their master
now and that they must obey no
ones orders but his own.
Thereupon the old Empress:
whoever refuses to carry out any
of my commands promptly and will
ingly, will be instantly dismissed and
forfeits his rights to pension"
Victoria had furnished her Court
marshal with a list of persons who
were to be admitted to the house IN
order that they might have a last
look at her dead hero. Frederick's
personal and political friends were
on the list, but William tore it up.
Have ever such scenes occurred in
tho presence of death? The new
lords battle-ground tenor" cutting
short the impassioned speech of IN
outraged vito and distracted moth
er! Entreaues, appeals, threats. on
tho one side; cold indifference, scorn,
sneering references to facts" on the
other
There was no peace between the
reigning HohenZollerns and the
proud mother, shorn of power.
thereafter. A resemblance of ia
intnrnn1rcn lynnf q
long as the Empress Auguste lived,
but after her death tho Kaiser's en-
nifty to his mother became mat
ter of political significance. German
statesmen trimmed their snils ac7
cording to its fluctuations.
Tho Empress Frederick ana Au-
guste Victoria had ono more mo-
mentous meeting when the negotia-
tions for the Dowager Kaiserin's re-
moVal from Castle Friedrichskron
were pending.
The older woman strenuously op-
posed her sons claims to the prop
erty, first because she herself de-
sired to retain the house whore she
had lived SO long, and, second, be-
cause she feared William would ruin
himself in the possession of this cas-
tie, whose vastness and splendor Of
fer particular temptations for cstab-
fishing q Court out of all proper
tons to the Kaiser's revenues. How
ever, the "Augustenburger" would
not see it in that light. She was as
eager to branch out La Versailles
as her husband.
After three months of widowhood,
Empress Frederick left Friedrichs-
kron. She was crying bitterly as she
went through the park AID halls,
taking leave of everything and every
body.
There I have spent the most boau-
dful days of my married life. and
afterward endured the awfullest
hours woman can endure" she re-
marked to General Won Lindequiss,
| then commander Of Potsdam. To
tho officials and servants. each of
whom, she shook by tho hand. she
said: ''If you ever want to sec your
old mistress again, you must come
to Berlin, where I will make you
welcome with pleasure. May palsy
strike my foot If ever I thrust It over
this threshold again."
Empress Frederick n Good Inter
| AS was to be expected from n wo-
man of her character, she kept her
word. Occasional quasi enforced Wis
| its between their Majcstics and EN-
press Frederick took place on neu-
trail grounds. The Dowagar Kaisorin
received her son and daughtsr-in-