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Many Women Claimed His Attention When Discarded Received Scu
Revealed Illicit Letters

Countess, a ring which is made of two
narrow bands bound one to the other.
They will remind you that so It shall
ever be in the case OF our friendship
while life lasts.
"'"PRINCE WILHELM.
The relations between the two lasted,
according to the lady, until she went
to America in 1898, when the Emperor
settled on her a pension OF less than
fl00 a year-to be exact, 1900 marks.
The Countess Hohenau was once
the object Of one OF Wilhelms
caprices and an accident discovered
to the world some years ago the en-
tent to which the Kaiser's sentiments
had become involved with this very
beautiful woman, who was distantly
sSxnectad with the 9ohenzouaSn
family, and had all the advantages
for meeting her admirer as a cousin.
A few years back the correspondence
carried on by Prince William with
the Countess fell into the hands of
lackey who subsequently transferred
his services TO an Rttache OF one OF
the Powers at Berlin, and sold them
to his master. whose curiosity had
been stimulated by what his valet had
told of having read in the love letters.
Very probably the epistles will be
published by a French Arm: several
have already found their way into
private circles and were published in
Paris paper. Here are a few ex-
cerpts:
Crowns are naught 10 me beside
thy love, o. sweetest woman Of
Elysium! Thy letters are the sole
comfort OF my lonely life. for as the
great Corsican has said, greatness is
ever lonely, Is ever sad. Oh that
the streams OF my imperial love might
flow unto thee. my souls sweetest
life; that I might feel the gentle
heaving OF thy bosom against my
royal and imperial chest. Nay, the
only song that now delights mine ear
Is that to which we have so often
listened In the Silly star bedecksd
night when the air was laden with
the scent OF summer roses. Sure
thou must. remember, too, that song
which We have sung together under
our breath In the shady bosket
namely:
lch mochte dass meme Liebe
| erSrosse SIGH.
.(Oh, would that my Love could
pour Itself out)
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"'Tis this song which 7 now most
often command my singers to chant TO
me, and then, o woman given OF God.
/ think OF thee and thy true blue
eyes read into my princely and all
commanding soul. Hast thou
received those poor verses OF mine
which once composed as the drums
beat, as I thought OF thee in my bare
and lonely. soldiers room" Write to
me as often as thou think'st upon
me, Blumchen. and think upon thy
Willy as the castle bell tolls out each
hour that travels on to Eternity
where our souls shall Irvine together
IN one immortal and love stream out
pouring kiss"
The Kaiser even tried his hand at
writing English verse, while making
love->e an Ereks h woman. ard he's
Is a specimen of his love poetry, with
his own peculiar ideas OF English.
Rise, my poetic soul, arise!
Play, Muse, the dulcet Tyre.
While tender thoughts Of tasted Joys
My bosom fond inspire.
Mark, Muse, the passion stricken loon
Note thou his heaving breast!
And thou, o Tyre. sound the toon
That soothes the lover best,
Let epic poets sing OF war,
Let lazy lovers sigh.
| But the minstrel harp will pawr
And serenade thine eye.
Bright eye, thou skylight OF my soul,
Art brighter thou. by far,
| Than yon bright orb In stellar role
Men call the Evening Star.
The Kaiser deemed himself lead.
ing authority upon bringing up chill
dren. and wrote to an Englishwomar
as follows:
II frequently whip my boys wher
they displease me. and ! do so like
any common father. There In much
potent value In the stick, believe me
for both girls and boys, and please
God II I shall become the father o.
girls. them too shall have beater
with the stick. Too much foolish deli
cacy of feeling is shown by mothers
and fathSrs and sovcrncsscs in ~
treatment OF girls. This il not prop
err: as the boys are made TO suffer, 81
girls, In order to train them to goo,
behavior, should have the stick APP
Piled. ....
in che concluding chapter Of III
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distance north OF the northernmost
steamship lane and more than two
miles above the surface Of the earth
This current. according to Capt. Sund-
stedt, travelling always from west to
east, Is constant and reliable. For sew
eral years he studied 1t and tho foSs
around the coast and banks of New
foundland, and various other meteoro-
logical phenomena Of the North Al.
lantic.
After satisfying himself that he had
absolutely accurate information about
a condition which would aid materially
in the transatlantic flight, Capt. Sund'
stedt and a companion, Lieut.. Kie
Nyegaard, a French military aviator
of Norwegian birth. came to the
United States in December. 1915, e
make arrangements here for the build
ing OF an airplane in which to attemp
, the flight. Then the United States on
tered the war and the attempt had b
be Indefinitely postponed. Lieut.. Nye
| gard returned to France, but Capt
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Ex-Kasers Secret Life Barred Merclessly in New Book

drinking and duellins club will re.
ceive the true direction of his life
from the spirit therein prevailing
''l3. pledged myself at my acces-
sion never to strive for empty world
dominion
IA. We Germans are the salt of tho
earth"
The Kaiser's mistaken ideas about
Britain were freely expressed n few
years before the war by Count Won
Arnim, who said: Peace loving Brit
ain will never make war. whatever tho
provocation. Britain in the past has
been the great colonizing and civilig-
ing influence in the world. But the
people have become fat, lazy. effete.
too cowardly to fight for what they
have and too mean to pay for ii. 1t il
Germany's destiny TO seize the sceptre
that has fallen from the nerveless
grasp of the people and TO take her
place in the world. The German peo-
pie are united. virIle. patriotic and be-
licvo in the destiny of the German
empire"
Tho Kaiser is a great believer In
Treitschkc. who has said:
fngland y at her heiGrt and must
inevitably soon decline. Who will
seize her realm and her magnificence?
Has not Germany a right to a place
in the sun? Is this England so vast
that growing old she has the right TO
bequeath her Grandness to her kin
across the seas? The English soldier
Is Aof poor courage and the army be-
meath contempt.
England is forever begging us to
disarm, because her strength is fail
ing. England is in the autumn of her
empire. and her stolen fruit is for the
gathering. Panic tears through her
press at every word OF Germany's
preparation for the Day OF Reckoning
as it ran aforetime through the
streets OF decaying Rome when word
came that the German was at her
gates"
The writer finally concludes:
The records of four years have at
last proved, however, that both Ger
many and her Germanic fellow wor-
shippers in other countries were pros
! trating themselves before an idol
whose feet were OF that commonest
matter which is nothing near so re-
spectacle as honest clay. The only
/ genius on a throne to quote the apos-
tolic iarEon, was proved TO be an ass
/ in the stolen pelts of many dead lions.
ANA the only consolation left to
many of ms tG-dav is that perhaps II
maI once have been written in the
book of human destiny that the mad
act'uf lunatlc emperor should prove
the dawn or wisdom for newer and
better world. II that he SO then even
Kaiser Wilhelm has not lived IN vain"
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lice, who in reply 10 the Minister'S let
ter declared, also by letter. that
was not only a mistress OF Prince Will
lam Of Hohenzollern, but was also a
woman OF doubtful character .
Every indignant as you may mag
Inc, sought and obtained an inter-
view with Baron de Rlchthofen, who.
while admitting that he had never be-
fore beheld me, declared that / had a
liaison with the Prince, that had
displaced the Countess Hohenau in his
affections, and that. for fear OF trou-
blesome complications. had better
leave the city. I replied with great
heat that I was we'll aware how the
secret police frequently chose an en-
tirely innocent victim with a view to
prepsIiSS the.yR" for~r scandal OF
higher political Import; but that never
theless should move heaven and
earth in order to expose him and his
conspiracy.
"'The Baron retorted that they were
perfectly well informed OF Prince Will
Jams movements, that they had their
spies acting for them and had seen
IiC tltcIlI6 LOtSudul accompanied ny
the Princes equerry on enc visit when
I was shown to his private apartments
explained that was accompanied or
that occasion by an Austrian officer
and that we had obtained permission
TO visit the royal suites. BY way Of
reply the Baron produced the replies
of a portrait which. he said, I hat
sent the Prince in order TO obtain hi
favors. They had. Of course, sent thi.
portrait themselves in accordance will
their schemes, for can assure yop
should never have dreamed OF doins
SO unwomanly a thing.
"I threatened then TO reveal L
Prince William that he was the objec
OF n conspiracy. and that behind the in
trigue which was directed against hin
| was q Waldersee who was actually the
author OF the anonymous letters. TIL,
Baron was ashast. and sought to par
ley with me: but would listen 4
nothing he had to say and left tn,
place vowing vengeance on my en-
emies. Subsequently com
planned to the Prince Of the intrigue
against both himself and myself. an,
received from him the following lette
in, February, 1883. some months be
| fore his accession to the throne:
$3.50 that you may never sgaii
doubt OF my ioge iur You, / semi ycu
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volume the writer sums up the mega
lomania Of the former Kaiser. begin
ming with that now famous proclama-
ton of September IS, 1914, in which
Wilhelm said:
THE spirit OF God has descended
upon me because 1 am tho German
Emperor! am the instrument of the
Most High. 7 am His sword and
His representative upon earth! Woe
and death TO those who dare to oppose
my will! Death TO the infldel who
denies my mission. Let all the enc
mics of the German nation perish, for
God demands their destruction-God
WHO through my mouth summons you
TO carry out His decrees."
"In all political histoNy, or in all the
history OF even the most mediocre
OF monarchs," says the book. mo man
has ever spoken so many or such fatu-
Gus words as Kaiser Wilhelm. Here
arc a few samples OF the 'Apodictical'
phrases which the KSiser since his
accession TO the throne of the Hohen-
zollerns has rccled off for the benefit
OF contemporaries and the mystifica-
ton of -poster!ty. that will wonder
what manner 81 monarch was toler-
ated in the twentieth century:
Il. I want no war. Nevertheless !
am a soldier and all tho Brondenburg-
ers are soldiers. We fear God and no
one else"
"2. We belong to each other-the
army and myself--for peace or for
| war"
"S. It is the pride of us Hohenzol-
! a. al hn be
most intellectual and most cultured
OF nations"
-. You know that I regard my
whole position and task as assigned
especially to me by God
"5. To him who is with me, I am
grateful Him who is against me,
shall crush"
IS. ! only wish the peace of Europe
lay in my hand. II should never bt
broken"
~. AS Il was with my great ances'
tor. the Elector. so too there lives II
me the spirit 10 go forward in my owr
way. despite all defiance and opposi'
ton
rs. represent Monarch by RICH
Divine: En- me ndtd men corond-mI
crown was born because was born.
80. The theatre is ono OF my weap
ons for tho promotion Of the highes
intellectual good Of the Fatherland."
j 10. We are called TO greatness, II
glorious days will 7 lead YOU
III Tho pen must he supported b!
the strength of tho sword when !
grand decision in politics has TO III
made"
40. II is my firm convection tina
every Young man who enters a bee
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only TO prove a good hausfrau, but
also to understand that she must ex-
pect no monopoly OF her husbands
attentions.
"Just as King Leopold had his
peculiar taste in females, so II Is well
known in Berlin, since the women must
frequently be seen by the households
OF the Emperor's private establish
ments. that Kaiser Wilhelm affects the
French girls OF the northwest Of
France. And they are girls of good
academic education too, whatever they
may prove In social education.
There are German, French, English
and American women who are said TO
possess letters of his In which he
unveiled his deeper sentiments. A
we'll know EEsp~h woman. yho was
once a Star q the demimonde Of
Paris. asserts in a book published by
her that In 1900 a certain wealthy Graf
Won Bromberg paid her a prolonged
visit in Paris. 1t Is now known to be
fact that in this year Wilhelm II
visited France incognito under that
title.
I'm the more profound depths OF
love the Kaiser's name Is associated
prominently with the fair Counties:
Of Wedei, who was the cause Of more
heartaches In the Fatherland thar
probably any woman of modern times
The liaison goes back now a good
many yeas; the sensational divorce
in Berlin is still fresh In the memo
ries of men who are interested in cos
mopolitan events and episodes. and the
| lady has since written a work entitled
My Relations With His Majest,
Kaiser Wilhelm H. Schmidt o.
Zurich being the publisher.
Regarding her associations with tn,
then Prince William of Hohenzollern
the lady states that in 1887 she wa
residing at the Persian Ministry II
Berlin, the Persian Minister to Ger
many being particular patron o
hers. She writes:
"'During the first few weeks after m.
arrival at the Minister'S house I wa
the constant recipient OF a series o
! anonymous letters. Nest OF then
were conceived IN SO gross a vein tina
at first I used to throw them on tn
FIRE and take no notice :. A
last I could carry forbearanee no far
Their and complained 20 the Minister
lie decided to investigate. took tn
case to Richthofen, then chief OF pc
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two pilots, who will be Capt. Sund-
stedt and Lieut.. Paul Mfcelli, pilot
of the United States Army, and be-
hind them two mechanics. Either pilot
may fly the machine, for capt Sund-
stedt will need relief during the flight,
when he sets. with the usual navigating
instruments or blythe stars, the course
he has already determined on. A dash
board in front of the pilots holds all the
instruments needed, as well as navy
compass hung in gimbals.
Two Liberty engines, built by, the
Hall Scott Company. propel the Craft.
The engines are either side Of the
fuselage, between the wings, and the
propellers are bolted directly upon
them. Each engine is Of 220 horse
power. II anything goes wrong with
ono during the flight a mechanic can
step from the cabin on to the strong
lower plane and make repairs without
difficulty or danger. The engines make
1,400 revolutions minute.
kstored the supply OF oil and gasolene.
There is room and carrying capacity
for 100 gallons of oil and $50 gallons
Of gasolene, enough, the aviator is
sure. to carry him safely with the aid
Of the fifty mile wind current over the
long leg OF his flight. The speed of the
engines alone. the captain believes, will
send the seaplane roaring through the
air at eighty miles an hour, and the
fuel he carries Is enough for twenty &c
twenty-five hours. according to his cal
culations. The Liberty engines have
already shown their power and endur'
ance in an eighteen hour test in Sar
Francisco. The propellers, nine feet
long, have two blades, and are set be-
hind the engines.
The fuel. oil and crew carried will
total about three tons, so that wher
fully loaded machine and cargo viii
weigh six and a half tons, a weigh
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Aside from his naturally phlegmatic
disposition II is probable that Capt.
Sundstedt's seeming indifference Ia due
to his long experience with both air
and water craft. A seaplane Is a hy-
bird. and It has all the perversities as
we'll al the virtues>et both aerial and
aqueous parents. Capt. Sundste edits
sea education began when at IS he
became a cadet In the Swedish navy.
For ten years he devoted himself to
the sea and then at 20, III 1909, he be-
came interested In the new American
invention, the airplane. On frequent
leaves from the Swedish navy he
visitei France and other countries,
examining aircraft. studying them.
and finally combining his knowledge of
sea and air for the benefit of the
Swedish navy.
He attracted the attention OF Henri
Fsrman during one Of his trips to
France. and the famous French avia-
tor predicted great things Of him, say
ing that he was a FIRST class aviation
expert. In 1914 Capt. Sundstedt proved
Farman's opinion good.
In July. 1914, the month before the
war. the Captain, then In Paris, pur-
chased a Farman biplane. a good ma
chine as machines went in those days
Of frequent mishaps and invarIable
breakdowns, when any flight at all was
considered worth space In the papers
and many accounts of flights were also
obituary notices.
How are you going to get II back TO
Swcden?" friend asked him, think
ing OF the trouble and expense OF
transporting the bulky machine over
half Of Europe.
"F1y H." he replied, and that was
what he did. incidentally In making
the flight, about 1900 miles, Capt
Sundstedt made nonstop recort
which, it is believed, remains unbeaten
| to-day. His time for the fight be-
tween Buc, France. and Stockholm was
thirteen hours and twenty minutes.
His knowledge Of aviation proved OF
much value to him in connection with
his work In the Swedish navy, and he
| was rapidly advanced until he reached
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THE SUNRISE sEAeAs.E. I1AT ~ sSass the ATLANTIC
Interesting Person of lndomiabe Will and Excessive Calm,
Faces Many Setbacks in Preparing His Machine
for Flight From This Side

black curly hair. worn longer than is
usual. and REINFORCED by short side
whiskers. His movements are invari-
ably deliberate; so Is his speech. and
beyond an occasional smile his face Ii
immohile.
His temperament is Of the coolest.
as is proved by various incidents
which have occurred recently at
Bayonne, where he Is extremely busy
getting his seaplane ready for a
winter journey in high ATTITUDES across
the Atlantic. On the day she was
launched the plane, moving diagonally
out from shore instead of straight
ahead. on account Of unequal engine
speeds. crashed into a small landing
dock. shivering the stout hsndrsll and
shattering the taut strung nerves Of
the builders and friends Of the aviator.
who were watching from shore. A
wing Of the plane herself was nicked,
but not 30 Capt. Sundstedts calm.
Then came day when, after the
damage done had been repaired. the
seaplane cast of for her trial flight
on the broad and little traversed
waters Of Newark Bay. AS she drifted
northward the air starter was tried,
but failed to spin the huge propel|ers.
For a good part of the afternoon, as
she slowly drifted ub the bay. the
mechanics tinkered with the air tank
unavailingly. The plane was towed
back and the chilled crew FASTENED to
the warm rooms Of the Pavonia Yacht
Club. which volunteered accommoda-
lions for the Captain and the plane.
Then came gales from the north and
prevented testing for several days
Throughout all these mishaps the Cap
tain remained calm.
mo. have had no bad fortune" he
declared when sympathy was offered
These things always happen when a
new plane is tried out. They are flea
bites. am in no hurry to get started
except that I must start before any
one else does. Before go the sea-
plane will be tried on the water and
in the air empty. with half her load
OF sasolene and oil, and then with the
full burden. But when We do go We
will go fast"
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Come back to-day week. Herr Pape,
and be sure you have the right king
of hearts"
He returned at the appointed time:
Your Majesty, I have found out
who Is the king of hearts. I have got
the right one this time"
The Kaiser laughed and colored in
pleasurable anticipation: SHOW me
your king of hearts, Pape."
The painter opened his portfolio and
drew out the courtcard bearing a por-
trait Of the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul
Hamid!
IT was well aware that your Maj
esty had certain intentions with re-
gard TO Turkeyaand its-cultureless and
unhappy lands. Well. now. let us por-
tray the Sultan Abdul Hamid-who
between your Majesty and myself is
| an old harem worn scoundrel-as the
king Of hearts and the trick is as good
as done. What says your Majesty"
When the Kaiser had finished with
the imperial painter they carried what
was left Of him down stairs, and the
egaiEer explained.&ssthe ksSerin AT
luncheon: at Is the first time in my
royal and imperial career, my dear,
that ! have ever kicked a painter in
the stomach. But think Of 1t! Abdul
Hamid as the king c. hearts Gott In
hilnmel! DO you blame me?"
In the chapter on the Kaiser and
womanldnd the writer states that the
Kaiser has had more than one love
affair"
1.-THE principal serious affaires de
occur which have marked Kaiser VII
helms associations with womankind
were connected with the Countess OF
wedel, the Countess Of Hohenau. Elisa
Celberg and an American woman OF
the plutocratic and social cosmopoli-
tan world. There were. however
many minor affairs Of the heart and
for some years succeeding the birth OF
his third son, Wilhelm was known
among his good Berliners as being
member of that band OF wealthy anc
hish placed MOBILES and financiers who
10 use the phrase current in gay
circles of the Prussian capital, bat
.couriers on the road That Is to say
he had agents who more or less dis
creetly looked after the imperia
harem.
"In Germany. more particularly IT
Prussia, the custom of looking FOL
ones pleasure beyond the home y
EAR conmoner than n ~ac In Franc1
Woman in France always has beer
the companion of her husband as II
America. in England and TO some ex
tent In Italy. In Germany, she nearl,
has always played the role OF first o
.hc lords harem. and even In nobi
and princeiy fsmiliea is expected no
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the rank OF Captain and commanded
the flying station at Carlskrana. While
in the navy he made at least eight
flights Of more than 1000 miles.
During 1912, 1918 and early 1914 the
German navy, for reasons best known
TO the late Imperial German Govern
ment. was extremely busy in North
Atlantic waters. During naval ma
n9uvres great observation balloons
and airplanes were sent aloft, and
within a short time the German Gov
eminent became possessed OF a great
mass OF data which showed precisely
the strength, direction and period OF
various air currents that had not been
known before. Capt. Sundstedt was
able as a Captain in the Swedish navy
to secure charts and much more of this
information.
1t furnished what he believed was a
solution of the problem Of flying across
the Atlantic. For an air current flow
ing at a rate OF from fifty to seventy
Ave miles an hour was shown some