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I STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS
1 TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX
iriHTOIKI %| \«TH. — Witlluu. If.
M"' **h*-re rhroui«'lr« for hi*
tn^md. I »mi I rn*i % ui Hr ll rmdorff.
,kr latter* re* rial ion* of the inner
iile of Ike iaapcrtal l.muan court, han
l--rn rrcugaUrd tti r»uu h«*ul lla*
****** *•* ikr fHMM*eo»«*r of ft* lnurrmo*t
* ^ • *cil*h **V% ko* Who** «ny« of
kin* "lie ha* intflioair kaimltticr of
*^r o-i ret on Ice of t ontlaental ooun
*rte* and I* **«»««|tiered ky tkr Ktnrrn*
meat 11*| (.real Itrimlm an authority on
• «*ek ■natter*.** taofker authority *aya:
“if* pe«>plr katr keen more elo*rl> a*
aoefnled aalth or kuoaa more of the
aatoaudlac Inner tuarhiaery of t.cr
aaanp ikaa he. *
ie«|aaena probably hn* aaarr aourrr*
of orrei Information at hi* command
than nay contemporary la rltll life, nnd
for tkr last *i% year* tke llrlll*h Hol
ers. meal ka* made \ninat»le u*r of hi*
• •*« a lore of term lafwranatlon throuicb
a ape.ia i% • rxaala d drparlitn*ut aalth
aahfr h I rtfurai wark* a* a \oluutary
aaalataat
< onnt %oa HeliceadorfT hrr.inir an in
f.iaaie of I r(|«rut aneral year* prior
«** *he ont break of the aanr; ke hn* Item
It * lac In retirement In Kraarr *lncr
%*ca*l. ICIl. nnd it a*a* there that l.e
M«rn» frrr I * rd front the eroaan prince**
late perwaal adjutant per*til**ion to
■take public ibrar re% elation* of the
•tier life of tke Hokracollcrn*—that
tke drn- ra« te* of tke aaorld mltfht
c.«me to kaoaa ikr real, hut heretofore
hidden, p- r*oaalttle« of Ihr ta*♦» douii
■ail araibrr* of tkr autocracy It I*
aoaa arrayed aaaia*t.
With the Kaiser on His
Private Yacht.
Gl l:S! VIC VS greatness is due
to lecef. lw*er and Bis
marck," declared the kai- i
er to me with a laugh, as
1 sot •mi.- summer's afte-ruoon with him 1
in tti- bii»i:i«-s* cabin aboard the Ihe
hrat.-IU m.
H.- w.-r. gmng on our annual cruise
up the \ TWegtan fjords as far as
Ha: i .-rfest. and even farther north,
to t! . -laud of Spitsbergen, if weather
permitted.
It s strange how often 'ttiall tilings
occupy great minds. The reason of
’he emie-ror's gms! humor that after
I.— n was because had learm-d that
the <-afe-restaurant in Potsalani of
wtii<-b he was proprietor had paid a
handsome profit. The place is called
“Tte Hi--one Mill.” and was and still
is managed by llcrr Moritz. Otie of tile
obi stewards of the Nodes Ibtials. Till'
emperor. on purchasing the place,
caiie-l ■ Men:- and ordered him to
s-r the • . «t i offi-e j-r M-uralde in
I*.. <u.! And. even today, anybody
crg th. re „te* pay .'Ml pfennigs for a
■ up t! !' -pia! -d in all Germany.
1 ■ •!.— : . . the place is well pat
rol. r ! : on many occ asions his
tmi.i v : at it u;*<n his walks and
sample it.
A Manta for Traveling.
At emeu I the emperor was
bu-y : .g up his diary for the forth
coming ••nth. a cliary of constant
travel, s b :l !:in;, has the kaiser .
for trie’.- :.g that upon ‘H-ca-ions he
ha* been known to sleep in the impe
rial m; si.bsin kept at the Wibl
park sta- .-t. at Potsdam. ready for an
early journey next morning. i >n suc-li
■■ -ri».- tn wi, ie railway trattic is
dl-organfor express trains must
not run on th.!' lnen There must lie
no shunting or whistling lest it dis
turb the imperial sleep, and so on. In
• • d — . !i-t« once- made a pub
ic pr ete st . itist the i-iiijs-ror's iiabit
of h*d i n. up traffic by preferring to
sics-p in a railway car to re i-osing in
his own heel half a mile elistant.
That summer'* afternoon us we
sat together iiliel while lie smoked his
very rank ■ gur. he elie-tatesi certain ,
entries into Li* private diary.
. about I lie ex
penses <<f a journey which he had to
make f«i Vienna to -e-.- the sovereign
wb.:u he s., openly ridieuled. Francis
Jearph.
! i.iur- iii* men* on i'iiiimt me
• he said. "Even though
I hold the .Id idiot and his empire in
the hollow nf my hi|d. I suppose I
: iust gran l:i« capital with mv pres*
I' 1 ' - • Helt
nduriT. I have no furtlier influence
• ga -i in Austria Hungary. It is in
I gtaiwl that my future work lies. Ev
ery mark spent there is to our advan
tage. \Ve shall have much yet to do
In Hcrtnuuizing On-at Britain.”
The kaiser and his imperial s|musp
w.-re a parsimonious pair in most di
r*-liens. *»nl> when it was in the In
ten-sts of the empire were they lavish
In their expenditure. The Herman
public have never yet realized that
since William II ascended the throne
they haw paid l*kU»iiMmO marks into
the civil list. ;.ud of thi*se l.'SU,00t».UtK>
have heetl expended I,;. a pageant of
v a inglorious splendor, with a sr?fT of
1 'ssi p«*r»ens. that goes to make the ;
ad highest the gr.*at war lord.
The general public have no concep
tion of the extent of the Herman im- !
pefiai the inimenae suiti* of la- j
do * nd g.mi.-tneti in waiting, mar
•tiui- >•! Ion. • t isters of the hunt,
«-l.::i: -'alio., tri-usurers, overseers of
tto- pi..ii*. giutli-iuen of the cellars. 1
gut, cliarg. rs. .-hief chefs, with the !
. hnii'ii. chauf
feurs grooms and imperial couriers, (
And most of them were usually a'
grurnl i. being u|s.„ *tarva
Uon diet, th.ir remarks approaching
tengemusly near lese majesty.
At tin* emperor's orders, as we
on tionrd the imperial yacht that aft
ernoon. 1 rang for Ilerr von Wedeii.
A short, thickset man in uniform too
•ighl for him entered the cabin, bow
ing- To him the etn|s*ror complained
of an undue expenditure In regard to
the last court hall, whereuiam Von
edell (stinted out that w hile huge
Sums were spent upon his majesty's
Journeys little was spent at home.
In a foment the emperor, with his
*teen brows narrowed, silenced him by
tidaiunng r
“Hut I thought you liked to be min
ister of the royal house, eh?”
Von Wedell bowed, and a second
later retired.
The emperor's egomania asserted it
self that afternoon.
A Scene on the Hohenzollern.
<tn that calm blue summer sett that
afternoon an Incident occurred upon
tin- llolionzolleru which accentuated
the imperial egomania towards me
tiia's. There occurred a grave scandal,
which has ever since been whispered
up and down the fjords of Norway,
"i'll ali kinds of ridiculofls embroidery
• anufucttired by the all-powerful in
fluent.. German gold.
As 1 happened to he one of the prin
cipal actors in the drama. 1 may per
haps he permitted to here place the
real truth upon record.
Herr von Wedell having bowed him
self out of the imperial presence, liis
majesty with all good grace signed
stone palters I put before him. Sigh
U- he rose, and with his gloved hand
drew away his chair.
“Abominable!” cried the emperor.
"Von Wedell. of all men. dares to
contradict me!”
Tin- all-highest ascended to the up
per deck, and I followed, for it was
Ids habit on a warm afternoon to sit
on a lounge chair beneath the awning
and dictate orders and dispatches. At
ihnt time, the Telefunken system of
dr.!. o telegraphy had just been in
called upon the imperial yacht. The
two operators had a cabin to tliein
— Iv. s. full of accumulators, detectors,
and other paraphernalia, and were, at
odd times, in touch with the German
admiralty station at Norddeieh.
< >n the deck, the emperor, instead
of seating himself in the cozy nook
sheltered from the wind, which the
etnprt" had only a few minutes be
fore vacated, strode into the wireless
> abin. while I was compelled by eti
quette to remain outside.
I stood gazing out upon the blue
distant coast ,if Sweden, for we were
'till within sight of that broken land,
with the Skaw on one side and Hls
'ingoa on the other, steering due west
into the Skager Hack, towards the
Na'e. the most southernly point of
Norway.
in* Kai serin sat Close ny. ueepiy en
g:ig*-d in conversation with the old
Countess v*>n Stoecker. wife of the
*•• mrt chaplain, and laughing with her.
At last tile entperor came forth from
the wireless room and. motioning me
to follow, descended again to the cabin
in which we had been working.
< *n entering lie rang Ills bell and
summoned the captain, who in a few
moments appeared, cap in hand, as be
came him.
"We will go farther east." said the
all-highest. "We are too far out.”
" h-bannseii. the Norwegian pilot is
in charge, your majtsty,” replied the
captain, bowing.
"Then tell the man Johannsen.”
-:rd The i tnperor. and lie turned to his
table, dismissing the captain of the
imperial yacht.
The Defiant Norwegian Pilot.
Three minutes later there came loud
raps upon the door, and the emperor
himself gave flic order to enter, where
upon a short, thick-set seaman in I tie
jersey and senboots, a typical North
Sen pilot, came in.
"We are too far out; get nearer in
to tin- coast.” his majesty commanded
in imperious tones.
"We are not too far out,” replied
tile man in German.
"Who are you to dictate to me?”
shouted the emperor in fury.
“You are entperor on land, tint I,
Car! Johannsen of Ekersund. am in
charge of this vessel while she is in
Norwegian waters, anti I take orders
from nobody.”
And with that the man coolly turned
upon his heels and, saluting, left.
The emperor was white with rage
at the rebuff. He flung the papers
from him and paced the cabin in silent
anger. Yet an hour later he ascended
to the bridge and presented the man
with a scnrfpin with the imperial
crown and cipher in diamonds, a fact
duly reported to Baron von Uichlofen,
the kaiser's press eossack (press
agent), who duly gave an account of
the emperor's munificence without, of
course, referring to tiie defiance of the
Imperial command.
on that same night, after the kai
<crin had retired. I found the emperor
walking the deck alone and behaving
very strangely. He was capless. wav
ing his healthy arm wildly above his
head, and groaning. Then he would
break out into fearful imprecations
.against all and sundry.
in alarm I called Von Wedell. and
together we approached him. Togeth
er we Ilianaged to get Ids majesty be
low ir>d hand him over to his valet
and the court physician without any
of the crew being the wiser.
The Kaiser's Amazing Sermon.
Next morning he appeared fresh and
active, and apparently quite normal;
but that evening at sunset he ordered
the officials, suite, officers, and crew to
assemble on deck, and then, appearing
in clerical garb, he preached a most
marvelous and amazing sermon.
“I am God's instrument!” he cried.
“He has sent me to unsheath the sword
against the world, to lead on the
armies of our empire to victory and to
world-power! In me,” he cried, “you
sec the one sent unto you as a de
liverer!— the all-highest upon this
earth—your kaiser!”
He raised his arm toward the sun
and shouted; “The enemies of Ger
many shall wither as grass before the
tire. I am your emperor, your deliver
er, your master!”
Next morning, at Von Wedell's in
stigation, the captain swore the whole
crew, the officers, and the entourage
to secrecy, but the old Norwegian pilot
was, » month later, indiscreet when he
A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE’S PERSONAL ADJUTAN
TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX, POSSESSOR OF THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE.
Veneux \adon,
par Morct-sur-l.oing,
L Seloe-et-M:irnf.
February 10th, 1017.
3Iy dear LeQueux:
1 have just finished reading the proofs of your articles descrlbli
my life ns an official at the Imperial court at Potsdam, and the two
three small errors you made 1 have duly corrected.
The gross scandals and wily Intrigues which I have related to y(
were many of them known to yourself, for, as the Intimate friend
l.uisn. the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the xxi
closely associated with many of those lit court whose names appear
th«**c articles.
The revelations which 1 have made, and which you have record'
here, are hut a tithe off the disclosures which I could make, and if tl
world desires more. I shall he pleased to furnish you with other ni
even more startling details, which you may also put Into print.
My service as personal adjutant to the German crown prince Is. ha
pily, at an end. and now, with the treachery of Germany against civil
zatlon glaringly* revealed, I feel, in my retirement, no compunction
exposing ail I know concerning the secrets of the kaiser and his so
With most cordial greetings from
V our sincere friend,
(Signed) ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF.
got back to Ekersund; lienee the sen- |
saflonal report which appeared in tlie
Globa in London, a report which, of
course, was promptly denied by the
Wolff bureau.
Three days later we were winding
our way in the smooth water between
the island of Smolen and the Hatlerns.
that rocky archipelago a little north of
Christiansund. The emperor, whom
his royal spouse regarded with great- I
est concern, seemed to have recovered. 1
I had had a most strenuous time, for
Ids majesty had dictated all sorts of
wild dispatches and made at! sorts
of extraordinary dismissals of high of
i ticials together with the most amazing
appointments.
Beneath ids eye I had been com
pelled to seal up the papers in the
heavy leather dispatch bag. and they
bad been landed with the imperial
courier, one N'atzmer. at the little fish
ing village of Fosnaes, at the entrance
to the Folden fjord.
Another matter which greatly per
turbeil im> was the fact that my as
sistant. the personal adjutant, young
Rudolph von Lantzsch. had, while
listening to the kaiser's astounding
sermon, exclaimed in his amazement,
and loud enough for all to hear:
“That man is no emperor; he is!
crazy!’
Tin1 kaiser had heard him, and had
turned Ids eyes towards him for an in
stant without pausing. Dut well did I
know the fierce imperial vindictive
ness.
In desperation I sought the em
press in her pale -blue-and-gold salon.
I found her seated alone. I referred
to the unfortunate events, and begged
her to allow me to use the wireless
and sign an imperial order in her au
gust name.
I could see that the poor lady was
greatly upset and extremely nervous.
“It is all most unfortunate. Count
von Heltzendorff.” she said. “I only
hope that we may he able to prevent
the people from hearing of Ids majes
ty’s actions. It was truly regrettable
that Captain von Lantzsch should have
made that very untimely remark. The
emperor is absolutely furious regard
ing it.”
"very naturally, i sain. i.antzsen
showed a great want of tact. But. your
majesty,” I went on, “I am more per
turbed regarding the contents of the
dispatch bag now on its way to Ber
lin. Natzmer is now traveling by road
to Trondhjem, where he is due at noon
tomorrow. Thence by rail he will go
down to Christiania and on by the de
stroyer awaiting hitn to Hamburg. He
will be in Berlin on Thursday.”
“I agree. The bag should be
stopped,” said the empress. ‘‘Yet I
fear what the emperor may think if I
assume his authority. Cannot you ef
fect it by any other means?”
Stopping the Dispatch Bag.
I revealed to her some of the dis
missals. There were insulting notes
addressed to the imperial chancellor
and also to the crown prince, and an
open declaration of war to the French
ambassador In Berlin.
Her majesty, in her gray silk gown,
sat there, pale and nervous. Somebody
tapped at the door, but she replied:
“I am engaged. Come later.”
“I will endeavor to do my best,” I
went on, “providing that your majesty
will support me.”
“I certainly will. These dispatches
must be stopped at all hazards.” she
said. “Cannot you yourself land and
overtake the courier?”
It was a wild suggestion. Natzmer
had gone off in the steam pinnace an
hour before, and the boat, returning,
had already been hauled up. I could
not step ashore for at least a couple
of hours, and then at some point on
that ragged coast where I might be
compelled to drive by some circuitous
rout by carriole down to Trondhjem.
Further, the emperor would miss me,
and would consequently suspect.
In a few brief sentences I pointed
all this out to the empress.
“Try—do try—for our empire's
sake!” she urged. “I will assist you
with all my efforts. You must arrive
at the iu^ierial chancellery prior to
those dispatches. The emperor Is not
himself. Count von Heltzendorff, you
are a trusted servant of our house.
Into your hands I place the solution
of this most difficult problem.”
“Will not your majesty allow me to
wire in your name to our legation in
Christiania to recall the courier?” I
suggested. “X will send a wireless mes
sage which the minister. Von 1‘etsch,
will receive within a couple of hours,
and watch will then be kept for his
arrival by train. To overtake him
now is, I feel sure, impossible. ”
For the next few seconds the knis
erin was undecided. To reverse the
orders bf her Imperial husband was
almost more than she dared. In her
own sphere she was autocratic, and j
ruled her court just as sternly as did
the emperor rule his army. But to
overrule the emperor 1
“Yes,” she said, after a few mo-1
nients' further reflection. “You are
quite right, count. I give you orders
to act just as you wish. Please give
your commands in my name.”
In a few seconds I had written out
tin imperial dispatch to bo transmitted
liy wireless, and to this tlie empress,
grave and sad-eyed, appended her sig
nature.
A quarter of tin hour later that mes
sage to the German minister in Chris
tiania was being taken down by the
wireless operator at Lagesund, in the
Christiania fjord.
A Sudden Apparition.
That same evening I was reading in
my cabin when Itudoiph von Lantzsch,
in the uniform of the Rial Hussars of
Potsdam, entered. He was a tall, fair
haired man. a typical Prussian cav
alryman.
“Well. Ileltzendorff," he laughed,
“my remarks during the emperor’s ser
mon seem to have stirred up quite a
lot of trouble.”
“Trouble for yourself, I fancy, my
dear comrade,” I said.
“Well, after all, 1 only spoke the
truth. Didn't he declare to us that
lie lias been sent by providence as the
war lord of Europe? Why. Heltzen
dorff. any man who would talk like
that is crazy.”
“Hush!” I cried, starting up—the
next second to find ourselves in the
presence of the kaiser himself.
We both started, staring at the fig
ure in naval uniform, pale and hollow
eyed, standing before us like a sudden
apparition.
•‘So I now know the opinion you
hold of your emperor. Von Lantzsch!”
liis majesty said very slowly, his gaze
fixed upon his assistant personal ad
jutant.
“Your majesty. I have nothing to
retract,” replied the hussar.
“You declared me to be irrespon
sible.”
“For your words, your majesty; not
for your actions,” was the cool re
tort.
The emperor, boiling over with rage,
f"- he had never before had such
plain words spoken to him. made a
spring forward and struck the captain
full in the face.
The latter, his cheeks scarlet, reeled
and clutched at the table.
liis first impulse was to hit back;
but. with self-possession, he drew him
self up, clicked his heels together and
saluted without a word.
The kaiser, his face white as paper,
turned and left the cabin.
1 siood aghast.
“Well,” exclaimed Rudolph at last,
"he shall pay for that blow, even
though he he emperor!” and lie strode
out. leaving me speechless vi,h sur
prise.
A few minutes later I ascended to
the deck in order to refresh my mud
dled senses. I was walking tip the
deck when suddenly I saw before me
several of the personal suite, who sa
luted as the kaiser, haughty and erect,
passed with quick, angry step.
As he approached I saw a figure
emerge and stand in his path. It was
that of Von Lantzsch.
The kaiser lifted his hand, and, with
some imperious words, struck the man
who stood in liis path.
In a second Von Lantzsch, in a fury
of passion, raised his fist, planting a
direct blow at the emperor's jaw and
sending biin spinning against some
deck chairs.
Wild shouts arose from the officers
who had been chatting near, two of
whom rushed toifnrds the emperor,
but the latter had instantly recovered
himself, and with a grim smile con
tinued his walk and went below.
Naturally, we all expected the hus
sar captain to be put under arrest.
Rut he was not. He entered my cabin
smiling and merry an hour afterwards
—the only man who had dared to give
back blow for blow to the emperor.
A Midnight Command.
Among the entourage there was. of
course, much gossiping. The cause
of the fracas was to them a complete
mystery. What had occurred previ
ously in my cabin was unknown to
them, and as a loyal servant of his
majesty at that time it was not my
place to reveal anything whatsoever
of a private nature. Therefore the
EAPON
Indisputably the Most Terrible
Instrument of Defense,
Says Observer.
BIG GUNS OFTEN INACCURATE
While Necessary in Offensive Warfare
Heavy Artillery Is Not in Same
Class With Machine Guns
in Defensive Tactics.
BY A FRENCH SOLDIER.
(In the Chicago Daily News.)
Paris.—Months of furious assault on
the French liues at Verdun, which
have brought into play the most pow
erful known means of attack, have
barely succeeded in bending the ad
versary's lines. There is, it is true, a
diminution of forces on botli sides, and
one may look forward to the day when
the accumulation of material and the
superiority in numbers of men on the
side of the allies will enable tlte latter
to break more rapidly the adversary’s
tenacious resistance.
Put why is it, one asks, that despite
the accumulation of heavy cannon it
costs so much in men :yid money and
time to break the enemy’s resistance?
It is because this war is being fought
in a period of development of the art
of war, in which the means of defense
are vastly superior to the means of
offense in the facility with which they
can he brought into action and manu
factured at low cost, and above all in
their efficacy, arising bolb from the
difficulty which the adversary finds iti
demolishing them, and frota the abso
lute accuracy of their a' -.
Means of Defense.
To understand this one has merely
to review the means of defense at the
disposal of the armies in the field.
First, besides the trenches, and the
barbed wire that prevents access to
them, which are the basis of the pres
ent system of defense, and of which
the shell hole wherein the soldier con
ceals himself from the enemy, is but a
variation, the two great arms of de
fense are the machine gun and the
“75” cannon, the last resort of the
French army and one of the great de
fenders of Verdun.
In the factory there is nothing
easier or relatively cheaper to make
than the machine gun. And at the
front there is nothing simpler to trans
port than this light arm, which three
or four men can carry as they run.
Its aim is most accurate; it can. when
necessary, fire from 500 to 600 car
tridges per minute, sowing death on
every side with incredible speed. But
against a trench It Is powerless, and
therefore It is pre-eminently the arm
of defense. When properly handled,
it is so redoubtable that one alone has
been known to stop an entire regi
ment. Ir Is indisputably the most ter
rible instrument of war.
Yet a well-directed battery of “75”
cannon, sweeping a space of ground, is
more certain to leave nothing alive.
These, then, are the primordial
means of defense, to which naturally
are to he added the numerous rifles
of the defenders of the trenches, those
trenches In which are invisible loop
holes where the enemy awaits our ap
pearance.
Heavy Shells for Offense.
What are the adversary's means of
annihilating these hidden, powerful de
fenses? Only heavy artillery 1 the large
shell, the huge torpedo, the heavy pro
jectile of steel, inclosing a violent ex
plosive, Is capable of demolishing a
netting, of demoralizing those occu
pants of the trench whom it does not
kill and keeping the adversary’s nerves
on edge by the menace of its sudden
arrival several kilometers behind the
lines. Thus the means of offensive are
the heavy cannon, the large trench
mortars, the large caliber howitzers,
the formidable marine gun mounted on
rails, all that is longest, most difficult
and costly to manufacture, to trans
port. to set in motion. A machine gun
can be installed anywhere in two min
utes or less. A month is required to
install the “320” trench mortar. To
put a naval gun on rails In running
order rtecessitates months of work and
the installation of a railway. Even
guns that are easy to handle, such as
I the “155,” are moved '»ith difficulty;
at times it takes two or three days to
place them in a battery.
And this is not all. The heavy ar
tillery is naturally less accurate than
the field artillery. When one consid
ers that heavy guns soon wear out, as
the big gun can lire only a more or less
limited number of shots, as its caliber
increases, and as it must constantly
be replaced, one understands why it is
so much easier to take the defensive
than the offensive, and why the situa
tion on the western front, at all points
well defended, was stationary for so
long a time before the means of at
tack were sufficient to permit of an
offensive.
Arizona Peopled Ages Ago.
There are ruins in Arizona that
prov» beyond a doubt that it was peo
pled generations before the pyramids
of Egypt were erected. Of course,
outside of these ruins we know noth
ing of these prehistoric tribes, but the
evidence of their occupation are with
us.
Paradoxical.
“Your blunt people seldom live up
to their name.”
“How so?”
“As a rule, they generally come to
[ the point.”
amount of whispering that went on on
board that evening may be readily
imagined.
Just before midnight, as I was about
to turn in, I received a command to
go to tlie emperor’s cabin wherein he
worked.
On entering I found him seated at
his table, his uniform tunic unbut
toned. his hair slighly ruffled, by which
I knew that be had been writing hard.
“Von Heltzendorff,” he said, as I
stood beside his table, “you were wit
ness of the insults placed upon me this
afternoon. Does anyone except our
selves know what occurred in your
cabin?”
“I have not told a soul, your ma
jesty.” was my reply.
“Hut the officer who has raised his
hand against the sovereign to whom
lie swore allegiance may have done!”
he said. “There is but one way in
which he may atone for his offense
against majesty. Hand this to him.”
And he gave me a letter addressed
in his own hand—addressed with all
Von Lantzsch’s titles and distinctions.
It was sealed with the emperor's well
known black wax.
Ten minutes later I handed the cap
tain the emperor's letter.
He tore it open, read its contents,
and then gave a queer, nervous laugh,
it seemed to me.
“Thanks. Heltzendorff. It was my
turn tonight to he on duty with his
majesty, hut I did not feel equal to it.
Good-night.”
Early next morning one of the im
perial stewards entered and. awaken
ing me. asked me to go to Captain Von
Lantzsch's cabin.
On entering I found him lying dead
on his berth with blood oozing from a
pistol wound in the temple.
Upon the little shelf of the folding
wash-stand was a note addressed to
me.
On opening it I found these words
scribbled in pencil:
“Dear Heltzendorff: I have taken
my life at the order of his majesty.
Am I not a loyal subject after all?—
Rudolph.”
By noon the hody of the kaiser’s
victim had been landed at Bodo, where
it now reposes in the little cemetery
beneath those high snow-clad crags
which rise against the gray, turbulent
sea.
Many fantastic reports have been
whispered concerning the incident, hut,
being one of the actors in the drama,
I am able here for the first time to
reveal the actual truth.
(Copyright. 3917. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
The Art of Conversation.
A recent essay by a distinguished
American philosopher and essayist
announces the paradoxical proposi
tion that as a nation, we talk too
much and converse too little. The
terms are not. as most people have
thought, interchangeable. One may
be able to talk a great deal and yet
never know the first principles of
genuine conversation. The essay in
question attributes the loss of con
versational powers to the modern de
mand for action, the speedier the bet
ter, so that we have reduced speed)
to terms of business and action. Our
conversations in ail the relations we
sustain to our fellow-men are ob
jective and must, therefore, be limit
ed to the accomplishment of some im
mediate end, says the Pittsburgh Ga
zette-Times. Interchange of thought
is confined to such things as may be
within the scope of our vision at the
time. Antecedents are wiped out so
rapidly that we h.’. v*? no background
and. therefore, no real perspectives.
The motion-picture screen is the
crowning emblem of our modem
mental processes. We live by flashes
of light immediately before our eyes,
while the entire surrounding areas
are inclosed in pitch darkness.
Another Fallacy Shattered.
Contact with young people is sup
1 posed to be rejuvenating! Indeed, this
contact is the only good thing many
see in that absorbing and in every
i other way desirable profession of
teaching. Was ever so false an idea?
How could so obvious a fallacy’ get
the popular ear? Think how little
aware of passing years we should be,
were it not for the young! Their very
presence proclaims our greater years.
They themselves seem to have con
spired together to help us to a suitable
awareness. Every possible aid is of
fered, and offered in the kindest spirit
of courtesy. One is helped into wraps,
relieved of carrying loads or opening
doors, guided up and down steps, de
posited in easy chairs, and generally
treated as fragile. It is all delightful;
but the force of suggestion as exerted
by so many vigorous young minds will
sooner or later have its effect. We
may resist for a time; ultimately, how
ever, we shall take ourselves at the
| rating of the community in which we
J live. I have seen my friends capitu
! late one by one. accept the verdict of
j the majority, and settle down into the
accepted properties of middle-age.—
Atlantic Monthly.
Author Was a Jurist.
“The Clockmaker,” by Thomas
Chandler Haliburton, who used the
pen name of “Sam Slick,” was pub
lished originally by a Boston house
Haliburton was a native of Windsor
N. S., and was born there in Decern
ber, 1796, and he died at Isleworth
near London, England, August 27
1865. He was at one* time chief jus
tice of the court of common pleas of
Nova Scotia, and when that court was
abolished in 1840 was appointed a
judge of the supreme court. He re
signed from the bench in 1856 and
went to England and remained there
until his death.
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HE CALLED THE DEAL OFF
Prospective Purchaser of Diamond De
cided Not to Buy After Getting
Owner's Opinion.
“Will you please examine this dia
mond, ” said a man who had stepped
into a jeweler’s shop, “and tell me
what you think of it? If it is a good
stone I think I will buy it.”
The jeweler took the gem, which
was unset, and looked at it critically.
Then in confidential tones he said:
“Well, to tell you the truth, that Isn’t
a very good stone. It hasn’t much fire,
it is badly cut. and there Is something
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London Answers.”
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Cheating and Thieving.
“You simply cannot trust anybody.
Everyone seems to he dishonest now
adays," declared the woman. “My
maid, in whom I had the utmost con
fidence, left me suddenly yesterday
and took with her my beautiful pearl
brooch.
“That is. too bad, sympathized the
friend. “Which one was it?”
“That very pretty one I smuggled
through last spring.”
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