The Washington times., 1922-12-13
SHE Tells
OF old
LOVE
Frau Won Rochow. Shows Pet
Names Wilhelm Wrote on
Photo He Sent Her.

Revelations of the former Ger
man kaiser as "lady's man" and
lover-G side of his character that
sOas hitherto hidden to tho oHtstde
sUorld-Gre made today IN on er.
clxsive Interview tOtth Frau Co
briele Won Rochov, to whom the er-
War lord Vas secretly engaged for
si1' months. This engagement, Gs
Exclusively told by International
Neps Service yesterday, 0as
broken off by the former kaiser as
The result of pressure from mem-
bers of his entourage. In the fol-
lo,Uing exclusive story Frau Hon
RoGhOw tells of letters from WI
helm cven after his marriage to
Princess Hernainc Of Reuss.
BY 8. D. WEYER,
81, International News Service.
copyright. 1879. by International News
BERLIN, Dec. 13.-"Nothing 10
more terrible than to see your
HES idol and your ideal in life
shattered at your feet"
Frau Gabrielle Won Rochow,
"the other woman" in the love
triangle in which the former
kaiser is the central figure, fixed
Q pair of steel blue eyes upon the
correspondent in a brave effort
to stem the flood Of tears that
were yelling up.
"Life to me-" she continued,
"now seems like one great, yawn-
ing emptiness. Can you imagine
an altar that is without its
deity?"
Shows Wilhelm's Letter.
In her hand, Frau Gabrielle held
q four.page letter written in steep,
awkward German script. strangely
contrasting with the signature.
which was none other than "Wil-
helm" written with the usual flour
ish that used to impress officials
I'M the old German empire.
The letter had just reached
Frau von- Rochow today, although
Il was dated "Doorn, Holland. No
vember g." 1t did not come
through the ordinary mails. 1t was
brought to Berlin by q trusted
courier. -
Suddenly her hand frightened It's
grip and the letter crumpled up in
her fist as she exclaimed: why
does he write to me? Why does he
send me these effusions extolling
the beauty and capabilities Of his
new wife instead of just saying one
single word which would put q stop
to the campaign of slander against
NE.
Writes Of New Wife.
Here he writes to me that
Hermine is wonderful: that she
u just the kind Of wife for him.
Then he tells me about George
Vierdeck ian American journalist)
having visited him at--Roorn and
TO watch for the article that Vier-
eek will publish about him.
But there Is not q single word
saying he IL sorry for the way I
was treated. And to think that I
have been his intimate friend since
1884 and for six months was Sc
cretly engaged to marry him. II IL
dreadful. And then I have been
called his 'houseieeeper' In stories
obviously INSPIRED from the house
Of Doom to serve as an alibi for
Princess Hermine."
Pet Names ON Photo.
Frau Won Rochow looked at the
letter and continued:
Here on this separate half page
he has written a dedication to me
which he asks ~me to paste in n
COPY Of his memoirs he had ordered
his publishers to send to me-"
Frau Won Rochow tossed a pic
ture Of the former Kaiser upon q
table. asking the interviewer to read
the Inscription on It. Wilhelm had
written: ITO his dear mark graefin
from Margaret" These were pet
names by which the couple had
known each other for nearly four
decades.
She said they had been chums
since Wilhelm was twenty and she
was eighteen.