Evening star., 1919-03-25
Mind of German Emperor
Constantly DWeIt on Wars
and Revolutions.
DECOMPOSING PROCESS
IN RUSSIA DISCUSSED
Stories of Crime, Folly and Ex-
cesses in Court Circles Are
Brought to Light.
BY A. r.. DECKER.

BY A. r.. DECKER.
Special Cable to the Evening Star
and Chicago Daily News. fCopy-
right, 1919, in the United states and
European countries by the Chicago
Daily News Co. All rights reserved,
including translation into foreign
Iangu0ges1
PRAGUE, Bohemia, via Paris March
24.-The private papers of Coun!
Czernin give a most amazing dis
closure regarding the death of thc
head of the general staff of the Ger
man army, Count Geor Won Huelsen-
Haesler. from apoplexy while dancing
in women's clothing. Intimate dis
closures such as these, as we'll as th'
revelations of court life given IN
these papers, show how truly the
German autocracy caste made fools
of people. Stories of the excesses OF
other royal counts, as well as abuse
of power by the men into whose
hands had been given the destinies
of thousands. are repeated in the eVi-
dence given in these papers. The fol-
lowing extract from the diary re-
CZernin to Donaueschingen in May,
1908, when the kaiser had just given
to the London Telegraph his cele-
brated interview on Germany's want
ing a place in the sun and on the
German navy. This interview precIpi-
imperial chancellor, did not properly
assume responsibility for the kaiser's
wild talk and soon thereafter had to
resign. Count Czernin's diary says
Donaueschingen, November. 190S.-
Throughout two days the kaiser hac
been strongly attacked by an parties
because of his personal politics tThe
kaiser had permitted an interview to
bes published by an English news
paper.) Won Buelow gave him ". He
had to promise that 1T viii not
happen again. etc
Kaiser Easily Irritated.
The kaiser is. greatly depressed and
frightfully grieved. He was weeping
with Max and ls then reported to have
hut to show. himself" Max consoIed
Kaiser Wilhelm. He is pleased that at
last Max trusts him. To deal with the
kaiser is very difficult because he is
very easily irritated and is more auto
cratic than ever. He did not speak with nth
me about it. Apropos of a remark, ut
is very hard for Archduke Franz to
face his DOWNFALL" he merely remark
ed casually, Every man sometimes
has to go through hard times" (The
reference is to Francis Ferdinand,
then heir to the Austrian throne. but
the exact meaning is not clear)
The kaiser is full of praise of Arch
duke. Franz and Sophie, although two
years ago he announced that his wife
would reflect carefully before accept
ing such a colleague. Now he found
her charming; the helpful wife of the
archduke is great resource for him,
and so on. The position Of that arch
dukes children is not so difficult. If
they are open-minded they can be-
consort of Archduke Ferdina nd was
OF noble but not royal blood, and
hence could not have become en-
press. She was murdered with her
husband at Sarajeyo.) The kaiser
came through from Ekartsaet, where
he shot seventy-three elk in two days.
The archduke is the grandest organ
izer he ever has seen and is the right
man in Austria. He has some hu-
NOR. too, something we need for this
business.
Covering Up a Scandal.
The kaiser said: 1.-THE Austrian min
listers are absolutely satisfied, as six
weeks after their overthrow or after the
downfall Of the cabinet they receive
their pensions" This was the first time
the kaiser pitied the archduke because
he had to look on at mismanagement by
the old emperor. (Misrule by Francis
Joseph.) At my departure he gave me
a diamond pin.
On the day before I arrived a Zeppe-
lin with the crown prince aboard flew to
Donaueschingen. The kaiser was filed
with joy over the Zeppelin.
Astronomic lectures about long known
facts He looks miserabIe-bad, very
bad-but he talks necessarily, as If he
wished to annoy me.
Huelsen- Haesler in the salon ballet
dancing in Irna's dresses. Struck by
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and dressed him
(the crown prince tells me this). August
Bismarck said to me: "If it becomes
known that he died while ballet dancing
in women's clothes it will be terribly
used against u.s. 1t must be concealed
They would Immediately connect it with
Gutenberg, cabaret, etc. (This refer
ence is to the notorious Gutenberg scam
dal exposed by Maximilian Harden.)
Visiting the Kaiser.
Political conversations of Count
Czernin with Emperor William II of
Germany during the races at kiel in
June, 1906, in which the American
built yacht Meteor took part:
Kiei In May l received from Count
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