Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-26

conversations between thrun ,hl"fs
and between them and the kairrt
and from all those I could not h' 49,
berouing convinced MAT 'N"ulful
daya were NJ huud Then came ihr
collapse of llulgnria. n put tho IN
ishing touch tu'ths already critical
situation Tho doom OF the liuhen.
aollrrns was Signed
Rcarroly "a week after tho collapse
OF bulgaria ! rrceiVed orders from
the kaiser 10 hold myself In rvAdl'
nesw Ia accompany him Ia Wilhelm
shoe. ! was In great suspense dur
ing those days
THE SAD JOURNEY
To MIl,Iii1.MSiiOE.
Then, finally. tho day came Ac-
companied by Iudendorff. Prince
Max and Won I,crG. tho chief Of tho
imperial civil Htaff. wa arrived at
Wllhoimshoc. I personally attended
upon tho kaiser during all these
days During tho journey he wore
tho undr~ss uniform Of u colonel OF
tho Deaths Head hussara Never IN
my llfo had I seen him 80 sad, lie
was pale and very hagsard and worn.
During tho journey he smoked
heavily and drank moro vino than
usual, IIe was nervous hut never
gave way to anger. Cnce looking
out Of the window he remarked to
me. what a beautiful yiew. nature
In serene" Then, after n few min.
utes pause. no said. half to himself.
There ara times when human be-
insS wish they might emulate tho
serenity Of nature" What aid he
mean Did no mean that he wished
that he himself did not fcei the
aGohies OF those trying daysY II
vss true. Tho very COLOR Of his sad
faoe betrayed his suffstinsA
Whom tho train reached tho sta
lion tho kaiser walked out of the
oar, followed by General Ludsn.
eorffs Prince Won BerG and myself.
On the platform General Ludendorff
offered his arm 20 the kaiser and
toGsther they mounted the steps Of
the Schioss. Prince Mas and yon
1srg walked together whils I Nas
the Last In line With the smpssor's
vailse In my hand.
: The duchsss. the smpsror's daush.
ter. greeted her father ~ the head
ef the stAirs. Then. aecompa nisd BY
Prince MAx. General Ludendorff and
Won Berg, ne entered his writing
room. while ! answered a few ques.
eions put TO me sxcitediy by the
0OhMoNEss INvrTED To
IMPERIAL COUNCIL
They were closstsd there nearly
ewo hours. Finally the bell rang.
and responded. on entering tho
room ! realised that wsiHhty sub
1ects had been discussed. was
ordercd to summon the court stsnoH-
raphera IN about five minutes I re-
turned with two Of them. one q
woman. the private secretary Of the
Duchess. tho other, q young man, tho
private secretary of the court cham
bsfMin, while Prince MAx dictated
20 the lady secretary Herr Won Rers
busied himself with the male secre.
tary; tho kaiser eat silsnt and stone
like. General fMdendorff then die
tated to me short kilograms and
ordered mo 10 send them at once 10
Herr Hchiedemann, Herr Haase and
Herr E'smen. summoninH them 10
como at once 10 Wilhelmshoe for a
council. knew then that tho end
wac In sight Never before IN tho
history OF our fathsrland had un.
Titled persons belonging to tho reich.
stag been summoned 10 an imperial
wrong ms I soon witnessed.
lat once attended to the sendlns
Of the messages The kaiser retired
10 his suit while the three other
members Of the council remained IN
the kaiser's smoking room.
At six or nearnbouts the duchess
Games to my sitting room and told
me that her father. the emperor, wa'
unconsolahle. Hhe herself was hvs'
tsrical ahe walked hack and forth
IN my room. murmuring something
ursudihle. Occa sicnallv she raised
her voice and cried loudly "Oh, my
God my God' what IL going 10 hap.
pen 10 us all The then threw her.
self IN n chair and after casing into
sparr for n few minutes rh~ again
bur-, into tears I was annoyed and
felt ashamed ~ her demesnor had
known her from her childhood and
had never before seen her ~ nbiec'
IN behavior. che had always been dc
fisnt During former conversations
I had heard her proclaim n defiant
attitude whenever revp'u,ion wa
mentioned and she had always told
me that whatever happened the mon.
effnN fonlN 'hNF 'hVf w hNFW HNN
would strike ,o the dust any nttem y,
I. .aEalnst her fathers authority.
"Your royal hlrhness has heard
bel news" asked
she had scarcely dried her tears
when the Countess EldNrf entered
the room hurrlrdly The duchess
Jumped on her feet and made mn ef'
fort 10 nupear that she WIS stlll cool
and confident Then she turned and
rid tn me. Yes. We have heard
much bad news our allies have
TUNED traitors. hut remember. they
will ,e, receive the traitors reward -
The Countess ~ Fliortr ~ n very
cool and well balanced woman and
observed that she did not ioin on.
Enthusiastically with the duchess ia her
childish threat
she slmply bowed hu, made No
rrplv Then addressing the duchess
she informed her tina, the emp iNus
wished h~r 10 accompany her 60 her
fathers presencc The duchess lef'
immediately. white the countess 70.
mained In tho room with mo. W.T.,
well arguair,rd with the countess NJ
In the mast there had been many oc
rnsions whom We had EXCHANGED con
fISencen aalyd her " " was 'ru'
that the kaiser had como to WI
helmshoe with especially bad news
che yn. very angry towards Austria
o. ,nyry that rhc could hardly con
tain herself She said that the "r
nero, and his staff had received Al
,ec, no,,ce from vienna to the "tirD
,h., Austria wAs about tn sn" 'o
resoe .sparaaeiy from uermuuN Tn