Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-23

cial ambassadress in London town. He
had asked Princess Pless to try to per-
suade Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts
to come to Germany for stay at her
house. and she did his bidding, right
or wrong. giving no thonght to possible
consequences, / dare say.
Wilheim's Spies
People have exaggerated the Kaiser's
reputation for gallantry. In the early
years of his reign. when at last free
to lay his hands on millions. he indulg
ed in~a succession of mistresses, it is
true, but the anonymous letter scandal
and his growing intimacy with the Eu-
lenburg coterie cured him of that weak
ness For the last ten years and more
women have merely served him as SO
many "Countesses Castigliones." Their
ladyships were made to believe that the
kings crust was better than their Lord 8
dainties and were fiattered into the con-
viction that special privileges had been
conferred upon them and that under "Ah
Highest guidance. diplomacy was to
be their oyster.
The acts of diplomacy" assigned to
them were spying at home or abroad,
and the dirtier the work for the Kaiser's s
greater glory, the nobler it was in the
eyes of true patriots! And the lady
spy's reward? If successful: Royal dec
orations for herself. titles, advancement
for husband, cousins, uncles or sons
If found out: Banishment from court
and society.
What Wilhclm's Special Ambassa-
dress Did In London
Wilhelm's idea, superinduced by the
play of Diplomacy, was to make Kitch-
ener and Roberts, England's leading
military men, prisoners of war in the
midst of peace ! ! He intended to lure
them on a hunting trip into the very
heart of the Central Empires, midway
between Berlin and Vienna; there to
sequestrate them in the lonely castle of
Pless, without reach of post, telegraph
or phone.
impossible" you say, "there are no
such wild and woody places in Ger
many" Yes, there are: KAISER
MADE, for when Wilhelm stays at a
country house, the entire postal and
telegraph services are suspended for all
other inmates, and nothing short of the
All-highest II command" makes the
post come forward and sets the phone
and wires working. There can be no
manner of doubt that il Lord Kitchener
had accepted the Kaiser's invitation to
meet him at Pless in the last weeks OF
July, 1914, Wilhelm would have man.
aged to isolate him from London and
the British Embassy in Berlin, for the
time he wanted him isolated, as thor
oughly as IL the future British Minister
of War had been on a visit to Mars
him and Lord Roberts, who was also in
vited "as a surprise" for Lord Kitch-
ener.
End of May, 1914
Expecting many callers on the Kai-
ser's business, Daisy, after a short stay
at the Savoy, leased a furnished fiat In
Jermyn street, Piccadilly, unique es-
tablishment for none of the servants
spoke a word of English. Perhaps the
circumstance that the same apart
ment has frequently housed William,
Jr.. when in London incognito, accounts
for that.
Such were the London safeguards.
But what about the proposed victims?
The Kaiser intended to decree a real
rest for his friends; absolutely moth
ing to worry them!" The chase, agree
able company, lordly splendor and his
(Wilhelms) boon companionship would
make their days and evenings a delight.
And there would be new war inventions,
shown by special favor, to interest
them: Krupp would send cannon and
Wilhelmshaven models of submarines.
There would be professors to talk eco
nomics. old sabre-tasches, great mobiles,
industrial barons and pretty women.
The Plot
At the same time, unknown to his
British guests, the Kaiser would con-
tinue his notwithstanding activities
through a thousand and one channels (;
royal scamps like Tino. over-rated pop
pinjays like Buelow. pleaders for organ
lied dishonesty like Bethmann Hollweg,
and through diplomatic devilry of the
John Bernstorff sort; through his paid
and voluntary press agents in all parts
of the world besides. And he would be
at it until the time was ripe for his
war provoking ultimate to Belgrade,
Petrograd and Paris. Then, after
creating "a military necessity that