The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-01-24

8 II suppose the crown prince and I!
o future ruler Of Germany ought
, be brave at all times" he remarke
, but / just hate to have to 60 to
, dentistl"
, He asked me II had seen any mef
2 Der Of the court lately, and told hi
? that the kaiser's court chamberlai
: Count Won Eulenburg, had been to Il
7 me the previous day.
2 "Tm not surprised he has to go
the dentist; he eats too muchl" Ii
crown prince declared. "He can't e,
pect to have good teeth; he's Away
eating. As for myself. 1 eat very littl,
want to remain thin. hate fat pet
pie"
The crown prince and / did not &c
I along very well at that time. Apar
; from the fact he was such a physica
: coward that 1t was almost impossible
to work on him satisfactorily, b
seemed to have no idea of the meaning
Of an appointment
He would agree to be at my ofhc'
at $50 and would plan my day &C
cordingiy. At about ten he was ap
to call me up to say he would be or
hand at eleven, and he would actually
arrive about twelve. This happened
several times. and I told him that ]
couldn't have my work broken up In
that way.
Although I 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 ac-
count. she soon became extremely
popular and today is very much adj
mired by the German people.
She was one Of the most democratic
and informal Of my royal patients. I
remember one day when l was work
ing on Princess Hatfield, we heard a
loud "Hoo-hoo" from the anteroon1.
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
unann0unced.
The Princess Hatfield, may men
ton, was an extremely intelligent and
beautiful young woman, and because
of her intimacy with the crown prin-
cess. took 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, re-
peated to her the gist Of a converse
ton 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 1t would be serious mistake to
annex Belgium.
"From morning to night have been
trying to teach our people some sense"
he had declared. with the history Of
Poland and Alsace-Lorraine In mlnd,
why should we take more responsible
Ities on our shoulders by retaining
Belgium The Lord only knows we
have our hands full as 1t is. don't
see and / never have seen how Ger
many can possibly win this war;
"Your father seemed to be very pes
Iin1istic regarding the outlook" told
Ter.
'"The sad thing about It," she re-
Tod 10 hof 70 To- IL II
never knew him to make q mistake
q judgment"
When the crown prince called to see
,e again / was surprised to find q
considerable change In his general ap-
Although, Of course, he was /.
N years older, he had aged more ;
ian would have expected. There
ere lines on his face which made him y
ok older than his thirty-three years. :
In the outer world he was generally :.
lteyed to be one Of the leading spir- :.
5 Of the military party In Germany, :
1t among his own people he was not :
edited with sufficient ability or In :
renee to be much Of q factor. In =
ed, within the past year he had been :.
iticized rather severely In army cir .
es for his Indifference to the crisis =
which his country was involved and =
r not taking the war seriously =.
ough, and from all / was able to -
serve of him during the visits he ~
i'd me after the resumption of our -
Iations, these criticisms were well ~
unded. The newspapers, however, -
itch were naturally inspired, always
ought his name to the front when
er the army he was accredited to .,
lde any successful showing just as -
ey did In the case of the kaiser. -
During his various visits to me /
ed to draw him out little on diff -.
ent aspects of the international sit -
lion, but the ideas he expressed
re not Of much moment !.
The allies think we will run short -
man-power," he said on one occa-
n, but we've got 100000 youths -
wing up and well soon be able to ~ ="
them In the war; There's no dam a.
Of our running short Of men, but, -
lily, wish 1t were all over. This -
+ Is q lot Of damned nonsense, you w.
wi" He talked ~ II the two mil
! growing-up youths Of Germany
e created for the Hohenzollerns to T