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STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS I TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX | r *141 % I Noll.. — V% i Ilian: le «4*. who here >h'«>alr|r* for hi* 4 Kraat v«a Helt»end«rlff, <k hthfh rrtrlailea« of the lamer tile « 4he Imperial uraie mart. ba» • a rreufaivol throcshoaf F.a rwpe •* the pwrwi r of It* taaeruaont TW I asthh -Who* U hi." way* off kiaa: -He haa Intimate knowledge «,f the aeem «rr%W of < oatineatal rt.an trlrti and In runeUrroi lay tke gutrra* meat f «.reat Hrlndk* an aathorftty «■ •aei auttrn - % mother satburity nay a: -f rw fM-wpir have krra raotr elo*e|> M* nar-taied with or know a«rr of the Mteaadlac lamer aui< kiaery of c.er ama y tku he. ’ 1 v*4 ur an peokahly kw more *our«-e» •f ne- ret la format torn at hi* eomtunad than may eoatemporary la elvll life, and f*»r the last alt yearn the ftlrltl»h *•«' rraarat ha* made valuable ume of Lin *ani •tier of *r* rrt laformation through n Ope-tally r* u aired department with wki«-k letlarai work.* an a vvlaaiary analwaat « «uat im lieStaeadorfl beenme an in timate of letgoeat ueverai year* prior «a tke out break off the war; he ha* been iJvtac la retlremeat la I roan- »iaee %a«not. 1*1* aad It wan there that l.e «iaeas re* * i% rd from the erowa prtnee** late pemoaai ndjataat pern»l»*i to make pahlte * krvr revelation* of the tairr life of the Hobeanollerao— t l»at the depone melon of the world mticht * me to know the real, bat heretofore hidden, personalities ol the two dotui r* , i the aula rao they are I rf a&alpnl OH-H tllllllllllllllli t"H T T * The Kaiser's Secret X ♦ t X Trip to the Hague, i ^ i i i it ,--t * 1 ■* ON. I... CM - 111 1 «*T 1 WHS i,iI.ylag •* "he ternu* of the . of li:ilt*erg. at that :t> s*---- "h of the l_*e J - . rr Srtaa. uh*>m the «ci- r >r ‘ftea v. sited. *«'. 'll,.' ■ -.Us gill U'e iiinl arrived with * Lu,:..«-r *u* state and a large tturr.tter attendants. a:ul C.r.i,; 'h.- .loumey h.« majesty .bail a v• ci * receiving the daily re j~ r- - - grnug iloTineub that had been -•:."*'l * ■ 1... . atwi di-"u::ng - ae jnermami letters tn French to certain aovanipw with whom he wu« on fr.e;,-; 1. r.t.s 1 * blt-k. however tliat "Ur l. ■*: t>e eacie *"Ti ■., irritated at the frequent Tt»tt» if t « imperial guest, for certain ly what with 'be estubi.slmietlT of the ip" u. *i-o-griiph '■* Berlin and a spe cl*. offi • and the finding of ac > -bit .n f« r the • - wd of te-rson al afetciab's. each vis.t must have -• ;.r . V.«n a c Uiiider *i*.e am -uat. 1 t.. ready t-ren busy upstairs in the r i-uried to Hie, and had colue • u- • a vadk in the warm and w»- - '■,.tisb.,n» when suddenly 1 saw ", 1 ■ emperor in a suit of brown civilian -* striding toward* me. I!- -.-exed t be in a humorous tuond and . ».-• w.t • •- as I v.alkeid lies. ie him. Sou halted, as though re C'.-ie- -mg - itnethiag and a»tged: ‘ U- t*et rff. have you with you some .f r paper for 1:14s.riant docu ments'*'' '» er*ain’t.” my r«-p.y. Ah * 1 • e11 pie: place Some of it with envelopes upon my table, and also v - t. I> rim to send here ten cou riers." "Tec count rs? I e- hoed in surprise. ' d •-* ten. I may want ewe twelve or more." I * '-1 and re*titered the schloss ' put th. imperial command over the wpe ... wir* i tter wh I took out and pia- —d u|s •, the .mper.-r's table •otue -beets of that sp-.-ial dark blue paper -> b, b '--an* the imperial crown and cipher embossed in black, with .fie a or*d* tn • small ”d*a-unient of ■h. b.gbeat ini|« .rtance." the fonnid - » ng env.-b.prs to match bear .» the same words. Jus- before eight o'clock that night - « informed that the couriers were ■ting below, uni on descending .:. i si 1 "f tii- imperial messengers : t iur tr-cii 'he ministry of foreign -- ready to travel anywhere, even t he uttermost ends of the earth. * atupencous Hoax *■ Informing hi* majesty, the lat ’er 1—1 to in- about thirty of the »r*:i' ue envelopes containing “docu n.-:. >1 th- highest Imi-ortauoe," ad dress'd la Ills own hand to various of : -r- .f state, princes. princesses, an(j ■■■• ’ ;-r • ht i ■ -pie in parts af fhr empire. “These are to be taken at once. Ilelt ■ . -r* ” the cl [—r<>r said “Th- mes «—pur« ue to bring as replies. “ "In -very eaaeV I asked. I • - In every case.’ hr answered. Then I carried the batch of corre •’ideljee l-eb-W. and lull- ti pUZZted at ■I nature <-f this latest activity in I r • Mter-wrifing. I handed them ’be uners. who sorted them out «..vl . • r.-.uted them among them selves. lia.. a: hnur later the d-H-utr-ents ■ aveyed to various parts -»f the empire V I th- k:. ser laugh-nc quietly to »■< Mpdnaa *hat eaa The rr»s-a. Ur signed Home docu mmam I read to Mm. but ever and anon a broad smile would cross hie usually fern features. Until a week afterwards I did not learn the cause of the Imperial m-rrl c-ent. but when I did I burst into loud laughter myself. Those envelopes containing “docu t • at* of high-— Importance” each con tUucd only a comic ta-stcerd. which emperor had purchased during a *i“it to Saart-mck. The kaiser had played a huge Joke at- those whom he despised, for the delivery of these formidable imperial dispat- h-s created a great stir in the i* of their recipients. Old ancces were awakened in ihe middle - f tile night ti* be handed dispatch fro::: tie emperor; old prl:*esses jurair-d out of tied to receive an im I»crial communication; officers tore p-n th> envelopes eagerly expecting high appointments: the admiral of the grand fleet believed that war had been .- ■ ;.r--*!; and insignificant foreign di plomats were under the impression 'hut 'he emperor had at last deigned to notice them. Tie v. t >|e tiling was u huge joke in • t. • liv the kaiser on the castle ter ra'-.-. and ftie court and the imiierial family were in fits of laughter over it - for a week. A Message to the Emperor. One afternoon when we were back again at the palace at Potsdam the i.per. r was explaining to me u cer tain order h wished carried out. Pres ently on- "f the flunkeys entered with . private note for his majesty. The :::p* r >r r*-ad it. and instantly I saw •hat his - ountenance grew pale and r:: s manner changed. lb read it again, and then re-read ' hi- lips compressed, his eyebrows narrowed, and his cheeks unduly pale. Afterwards he struck a match and ■ urtie ! the left* r in the grate. T! it missive no doubt contained s"!a- grave news, the nature of which 1 : -• gu> ss, because he suddenly Lis work. and. telling me to meet him iii the study at eight o'clock •; • evening he strode out. \\ .. h. had gone out I picked up * tinder and examil ■ d it. • • wa» - - charred that I could not re;.: :.r:y . though from the two t:.ariis af the pen 1 realized v •:» ■ l.:i-l been written by the hand I of a woman. it I it r I learned that the eni 5-r-T had 1 ft Potsdam. He had by ..that letter evidently become seriously j»nurbed. I called the flunkey who had handed * r: - missive and questioned him. lb 1.:. 1 r-ceived it fr cn another serv : *.t v.; lu.d re-viv .1 it from someone ■ ■;« uat at last I discovered that it * >•,. handed by a young girl to ■ of -entries on duty outside the I a lace, who in due course had sent it .u to majesty. ' ridors tl: t evening 1 met bald-headed ••Id Vo;, Klupfel. who was at that time grand ' hamberlain. ami be beckoned me i;.-o his cozy room. Then, when the b~ r >.as closed, he asked— "What has happened? The emperor has left incognito utid all of a sudden. The stg’e 1 ; II toiiii ;to\v night lias been cancelled." "Cancelled!" I echoed. "Where has emperor gone?" "N dj kic vs—except Herman, i - personal valet, whom he has taken with him." “Cur ms.” I remarked, thinking of the le'tcr. though, of course. I told Von Kl : nothing of it. Whatever tran s; red within his majesty's study was • ■ .... n t. M re than one serious family quarrel . ! urred there in my presence. "\V. - tnething serious has cer tvinly iic. urred. That is my belief,” d-ciared the old chamberlain. “‘Uncle' 7.- ppelin was coming to the palace to morrow ot> a visit, and I have just sent him a telegram to postpone his jour • uey.'” “P !,i< majesty had two important engagements tomorrow, and. in addi t :i a military parade In Berlin,” I wild. All i- canceled, my dear Von Helt zendorff." replied the old fellow. “The • peror t.: - left for a destination un - own I suppose 1 had better report : ids absence to the imperial chancel lor?" he added. "No. if I were you I would say noth ng. " 1 replied. “For some private rea son his majesty has evidently been forced to go on a journey. Without d >ubt I shall hear from him tomorrow. As soon as I do so I will tell you." A Telephone Message From “Herr Zeller.” My expectation was realized, for the 1 ! next day just after six o'clock in the • evening I received a telegram dispatch- ! •si from Haarlem, in Holland, ordering ! me to go to the Adion hotel, in Berlin, j at once and register there. The con- I eluding words of tjie message, sent in j English, wire: “You will receive a j , telephone call at 10:30 tonight.” It' was signed “Zeller,” one of the names i u— ! by rile emperor when he traveled j incognito. I ordered the car and drove into Ber >::i. t sing with me a small bag. and | engaged a room in Herr Adlon’s hotel, | which was a telephone. Soon after ten o'clock I told the j !• phon** operator that if anyone rang nc- up I should ho in my room. Half-past ten came, and then slowly j tiie hands of the clock passed round to eleven, and past. Suddenly there was a sharp ring, and I took up the receiver. A strange voice sounding far away asked fi r me, and I replied in the af firmative. Then in a few seconds another voice —which I instantly recognized as the emperor's—asked in English— “Is that you. Von Heltzendorff?” and having receive*] my reply, he said: “I am Zeller, speaking from the Hotel des Indes. at The Hague. Will you tell madame I am here? Instruct Klupfel to cancel all my engagements for the next fortnight, and tomorrow night come here and bring any papers that I have to attend to. It would be as well to tell them at my office that 1 have been called to Hamburg. Can you hear me?" "Perfectly.” was my reply. “I quite understand your orders, sir. and will attend to them at once. I shall leave for The Hague tomorrow night.” "Good. And bring me another suit of civilian clothes.” Then there was a sudden buzzing in ... ; A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE’S PERSONAL ADJUTANT ;! TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX, POSSESSOR OF THE ; SECRETS OF EUROPE. ] * Veneux Nadon. ’ par Moret-nur-Lolcg. 4 , Sclne-et-Marne. , | February 10th. 1J)17. < J i ’ My dear I^Queoxi 1 i * I have just finished reading the proofs of your articles describing * | my life as an official at the Imperial court at Potsdam, and the two or 4 1 , three small errors you made 1 have duly corrected. 4 | ► The gross scandals and wily intrigues which 1 have related to < were many of them known to youraelf, for. us the intimate friend of < * Luisa, the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the war, * , i ‘ closely associated with many of those at court whose names appear In ] 1 ► these articles. < ► The revelations which I hate made, and whL*h you have recorded < * here, are but a tithe of the disclosures whicb I could make, r^d If the * * world desires more. 1 shall he pleased to furnish you with ether and ' " even more startling details, which you may nlso put Into print. * , My service as personal adjutant to the German crown print*** Is. hap- , ► pily, nt an end. and now. with the treachery of Germany against civil!- < , * ration glaringly revealed. I feel, In my retirement, no compunction in 4 , I * exposing nil I know concerning the secrets of the kaiser gnd his son. * , * With most cordial greeting* from , * Your sincere friend, 4 (Signed) ERNST VOW HE1.TZEN DORFF. ^ - ■*•**•* **--*• * ns nr--*--*- ^4 the instrument, a sharp t ick, and all was again silence. I put down the receiver in wonder. I saw that to telephone v- me at the palace was impossible, as it would go through the exchange there, and some body might be listening. For that rea son he had sent me to the Adlon, and from his conversation he was evidently representing h : self at Tin* Hague to be a prosperous German merchant, as h- had done at Nice and other places. At nearly tw , o’clofl in the tnom iu- I passed th- sentri-s on duty, and re-entered the P rsdam palace. It was then too late t give 'he kaiserin her husband's rues- _ . th- rvfore I waited till morning, and guv it to her ver bally when alott- with l.er in her break fast room. The empress -eemed greatly relieved when I told her of th- telephone con versation. and during the day wrote me a note to hand to the emperor on my ; rrival ut Th- Hagu- That night I left for Holland, and nest morning duly inquirei] at th- Hotel des Indes for Herr Zeib r. I was conducted to a small suite of rooms on the first floor, where, dressed in a gray suit, his ma j. sty rose to meet me, smiling at my astonishment. "Well, you heard me plainly on the telephone, eh?" he asked. “Ah. I see you are surprised that I am here. I. t " am equally surprised to find my self here. And. further. I do not know how long I shall remain." “I have brought the clothes.” I re marked, and afterwards drew the em press' letter from my pocket and hand ed it to him. "H- r majesty should have left for Prague yesterday," he said. "Did she •'No. She was still at the palace when I left at eight o'clock lust night.” The emperor gave vent to a grunt of dissatisfaction. From the books lying about his room I gathered that he passed his time in reading, preferring not to go out in the day time for fear of being recognized. Apprehension on that score was unnecessary, for the kaiser, shorn of his uniform and deco rations. presents in civilian attire a very ordinary appearance and not readily recognizable by the man in the street. For that reason he was often able to spend a week in Paris, Nice, or on the Italian Riviera without any b.Kiv being the wiser. mjr&Lcrjr oi inc rtoyai ©cneme. I engaged a room close to that of Herr Zeller, and for some hours re mained with him while he signed a number of state papers which I had brought with me. He seemed strangely absent-minded, I thought, but present ly he took up one of the formidable blue documents which, by the heading, I saw was an urgent report from the imperial chancellor. “I.ook, Heltzendorff! Look at this!” cried the emi*eror. “The chancellor reports that the edi tor nf the Cologne Gazette has called at the chancellery and inquired how long it was intended that I should re main out of the country? Think of it. My absence is known!" “That may be so,” I responded, “hut your majesty’s whereabouts is un known to all save her majesty the em press.” “Yes, yes,” said the emperor impa tiently. . “Bat onr police will commence making inquiries. and I shall be traced here.” “Why not leave at once,” I suggest ed, in the hope of elucidating the truth. “Ah! That is just the unfortunate point. I am unable to leave,” he re plied. “I must remain—and I do not know for how long!” Further than that he would tell me nothing. The fact that his absence from Germany was known greatly up set him. It seemed to me as though, by that truth leaking out. some clever secret plan of his had been thwarted. From his countenance, as he re-read that document, I saw that serious trou ble was brewing for somebody. His majesty, seized by his mania for travel would very often at five minutes’ no tice leave Potsdam and journey to the farthest end of the empire. But the papers were always at once informed, and the kaiser never went out of his country without first acquainting the chancellor of his intentions. In this case, however, he slipped away by a night train, and nobody knew until next morning. The Dark-Haired Woman. On concluding the correspondence, I went out for a stroll, when, not far from the hotel. I noticed a well-dress ed, rather handsome, dark-haired wom an approaching. To me her face seem ed familiar, and I was puzzled to know where I had seen it before. I passed on, and, entering a cafe, sat down to smoke and to think. Mem ory of that woman's face still haunted me. I felt that I had met her some where, and had had good cause to re | member her, yet, for the life of me, I could not recall the circumstances of our meeting. An hour later, on returning to the I hotel, I saw her speaking with the eon ! cierge. She was evidently staying there, hence a few minutes afterwards, when i she had ascended the .ft. I questioned ihe man. and learned that she was Madame Rosales, fr m Malaga, in Spain. She had arrived with her hus band three days ago, h it monsieur had j left the same morning for Paris, and she was now awaiting ins return. The motive of the emperor, usually so restless and pompous, in remaining virtually a prisoner in the hotel, and | posing as a merchant, was certainly most mysterious, and • en a chat with Herman, his majesty's chief valet, eli cited no information. That night, as I sat .done eating my dinner—for Herr Zeller took his meals in his private sitting room—the dark haired woman sat at a table near me. With her was a pretty, girl in a pale pink dinner gown, evidently a friend who lived in the town. The pair chatted tog* ther and laugh ed merrily over their meal, while I watched them covertly. Why. I cannot even now tell. • but I held Madame Rosales n distinct sus picion. Yet I could not recollect where we had met before. N w. however, as I sat there in the corner eating my meal I felt convinced that, on her j part, she had recognized me, and ! further, that she had pointed me out to her companion. Later in the evening X made other in- j qulries in the hotel, and learned that Madame had several friends. The eve ning that her husband left for Faris a tall. thin, pale-faced young man had called upon her after dinner, and had J a long chat with her in a corner in 1 the lounge. Afterwards they went out , together for a short walk, and. return ing. he smoked a cigar before he left. On the following day another man. of rather unkempt appearance, called and • lunched with her. Needless to say, I watched madame ; carefully, and managed during that evening to catch several glances of her. After the pair had dined they spent a ; short time in the lounge, where they | both smoked cigarettes. Then, it being a beautiful moonlit night, they put on i their coats and went for a stroll. i nc tmfjcror rccpg in. So interested had I become in the j ' woman that I followed, and, unsus- • pected, I dogged their footsteps for j nearly half a mile, until they entered a | , dark, forbidding-looking house which i faced a weedy canal. W hen the door opened a man greet ed them, and slipping in quickly, they disappeared. They were there for over an hour— yet I remained keeping constant vigil, until at last madame emerged alone, retracing her steps hurriedly to the hotel. Next morning I met her In the lift at about eleven o’clock, and we de scended together. She was dressed to go out. but in the hall the porter hand ed her a telegram. This she opened, afterwards writing a reply, and tak ing it herself to the post office. I was much irritated because my memory was so at fault. There were, I felt, some peculiar circumstances con nected with the woman at the time I had known her. but what they were I could not recall. I saw. however, that i her memory was better than my own, : and that she knew me. and because of | that fact had already grown apprehen sive. It was not in Berlin society that I had met her. Of that I felt assured; just as cerfnin. indeed, that her real name was net Rosales. While I h=d been out watching the woman on th« previous night the em peror had also taken a stroll through I the city. What, I wondered, would the | Berlin police figve thought if they j knew that William was walking about at night unguard<*d and unattended at The Hague. As I sat with hire attending to some correspondence and taking down a number of instructions regarding im portant matters at the Wilhelmstrasse. he suddenly broke off and told me how he had, on the previous night, spent an hour drinking Dutch beer at that popular resort of tradesmen and their wives, the Royal Brasserie. “Nobody recognized me.” be laugh ed. “I found out that they sold the best beer one can get outside Germany, and I really enjoyed it. I sent t'.r you, but you had already gone out. Did you go to the theater?” “No,” was my reply, and then I told him practically what I have related in the foregoing lines. “How curious!” exclaimed his ma jesty. “I would much like to see this mysterious Spanish lady. She must be interesting.” At first I tried to dissuade him. but he was so persistent that I described at which table she sat ur lunch, and it was agreed between us that while we were eating our meal he should come to the door of the dining room and peep in. This tlie emperor did, and cleverly, too, for she never saw him. being at that moment engaged in conversation with a wniter. When I rejoined him in his room lie said: "No, Iieltzendorff, I have nev er seen her before.” "Well, majesty,” I declared. “I am certain I have seen her or her photo graph somewhere, and that she is not what -he repre >ems herself to be.” “She's an adventuress most proba bly,” replied the emiieror. "Many wom > a are. Indeed, it is difficult to dis cover one win* does not adventure ei ther in love, in politics, or in crime.” A Trip tc Berlin for Information. His words impressed me. An hour later I went fo a photographer's and arrang.-d for a surreptitious portrait to be Taken of Madame Itosales the next time she took a walk. All day the young photographer haunted the vicinity of the hotel until the light faded. Yet next morning as site camt out he snapped her without her knowledge, and in three hours I had a rough prim of it in my pocket. That night, after writing down a great mass of memoranda, instructions to various departments of the state, 1 left again for Berlin, with orders to ring up H< rr Zeller on the telephone from some unsuspicious place every night at ten o'clock. i returnee to me joeritu acuioss ab solutely mystified, and next day spent the greater part of the time visiting the chancellor and the various minis ters. and giving them the emperor's commands. Then at about six o'clock I called at t: chief bureau of police in the Alexander Platz, and entered the private r< in of old Leibbrand. who at that time was chief of the detective service. To him I showed the surreptitious photograph of Madame Rosales. The astute thief catcher removed liis spec tacles. and examining the picture with the aid of a big reading glass, gave vent to a loud grunt. In response to his bell a younger and more alert man entered, and to him he handed the photograph, saying: "Please see if anyone recognizes this. I believe I do—but I tnay be mis taken." He then became inquisitive as to where and bow I had obtained the pic ture. but naturally I said nothing. “I’ve been away on a journey," I said, “and meeting the woman, I thought her suspicious.” "And if my memory serves me prop erly I think. Count, that your suspi cions are very well grounded.” "Why?" I asked. “Let us wait for the report from out side." replied the old fellow. Then, in order to turn the conversation, he ask ed news of Balz, who was at that mo ment the detective in attendance on the kaiser’s i**rson. and whose vigi lance the emperor had. of course, evad ed. “Oh! He's at Potsdam." I laughed. "I haven't seen him lately, for I've been away on a mission." "The emperor is in Thuringia." Leib brand said. “There seems to be some mystery as to his whereabouts, hut Balz telephoned me today to say that his majesty has gone tq Thuringia without any staff or personal attend ants." "That is so, I believe," was my re ply, hut I smiled, for the Thuringia myth had been invented by myself be fore I had left for Holland. It is at any time difficult to impose upon the Berlin police, hut. of course, news giv en out officially from the court they naturally believe to be the truth. rerii ot ine tmperor. A quarter of an hour later Leib brand's assistant re-entered the room, and, handing back the photograph, placed a file of papers before his chief, saying: “The woman is a famous Spanish dancer, and one cf the most active members of the anarchist society of Geneva—the society which committed the bomb outrage upon King Alfonso, and who were responsible for the re cent attempt on the king of Italy.” “An anarchist!” I gasped. “Yes," answered the official. “And a very dangerous one, too. If she put foot into Germany, we should have her at once under lock and key.” "Why?” “Because it is known that there is a conspiracy on foot, organized by that league in Geneva, against his majesty the emperor. We had news of it from the Swiss police a month ago." “Is there really a plot against the emperor?” I asked, much startled. “There certainly is in Geneva,” re plied Leibbrand. “At the present mo ment we are watching for this dancer’s appearance in Germany. I thought I was not mistaken when I first saw her picture.” I stbod in that bare official room ut terly staggered. I dared not tell those two men the truth or give them warn ing of the emperor’s peril. I saw, however, that I must act in stantly. In five minutes I had gathered that the woman was one of the most dangerous anarchists In Europe, and I also realized that my memory had served me very well, inasmuch as I had seen her picture in an illustrated paper a year before, when she had been arrested in Rome in connection with an alleged attempt upon the life of the king. “Herr Leibbrand. will you please write down for me the facts you have just related?” I urged. “Most certainly,” was his reply, and - ij taking up his pen he scribbled the truth, signing it with a flourish. Eighteen hours later I ascended in the lift at the Hotel lies Indes to the suite occupied by Herr Zeller. Without waste of time I produced the snapshot photograph and asked him whether he recognized it. “Certainly,” was his reply. “It is Madame Rosales," adding, laughingly, “I became acquainted with her and her husband in a curious manner hi the lift last night. We were ascending together, madame. who wore a soft blue evening blouse, standing next to me. t nfortunately the button on the wrist of my coat caught in the sleeve <>f her blouse and tore it very badly. I apologized for ruining the blouse, and insisted that her husband should send the damaged garment to me so that I might replace it with s unething bet ter. It arrived only five minutes ago. and is in that little box over there.” ani; he indicated a cardboard box ly ing upon the couch. Ah . \ou haven t opened it. I see!” I exclaimed. “Tour majesty must not Pit «s, ri thisAnd I put before lain Ri*i!>brand*s signed statement of the identity of Madame Rosales. "ljen fbe emperor read it he in stantly realized the situaii'in. Luring the Kaiser. An . i see it all. Ileltzendorflf. My practical joking becoming known, the anarchists have taken advantage of it. I have been lured here, out of Ger man}. by a cleverly conceived dodge for I came here believing that 1 was T" meet iu secret General < iranovski, chief of the czar's military cabinet, v-lio wished to confer with me. And though he was due three days ago lie la.- not arrived. Instead, this woman and her friends are busy plotting iuv death." “Without a doubt. Probably had you opened that box yonder it might have been fatal." I said. “Is it not wise to leave at once for Berlin?" Herr Zeller acted promptly upon my suggestion, and we carried back to Germany the box containing the ac tress blouse. Next day in my pres ence. the box was carefully opened in the military laboratory, when we found, wrapped in a pretty blue crepe de chine blouse with heavy beaded trimming, a small canister tilled with a high explosive, the fuse so arranged that had the string of the box been suddenly released by cutting in the or dinary way a terrible explosion must have ensued. i ertainly the emperor very nearly lost his life as a result of his own practical joking. As for the Spanish dancing girl, she apparently followed the emperor, for two days later she and a man named Ferroni. a well-known Italian anarchist who was posing as her husband, were arrested at Herhestal when about to enter Prussia, and both were eventual ly sent to prison for ten years. (Copyright. 1917. William LeQueux.) Fighting Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is being vigorously fought in Australia, for though the percentage of deaths from tuberculosis in Australia is less than in most othei countries, the federal government is not unmindful of the fact that its pen sion list contains the names of many persons who are rendered physical wrecks through the undermining influ cnees of diseases of the respirator} organs. A federal committee on the causes of death and invalidity in the commonwealth is conducting an inves tigation of tuberculosis and means ol combating it. The figures for 1914 when there were 3.574 deaths from tu berculosis. indicate that the disease U most destructive in its effect between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five years, as far as both sexes are con eernod, but after this life period deaths in male cases predominate. Hunting at the Front. All game laws are in abeyance it France, and, with that strange disre gard of shell fire observable among the wild life to be found on the west ern front, pheasants, partridges, rab bits and hares have increased to ac extraordinary extent. No man’s land teems with game, while the marshes beside a certain river (which must bt nameless) are full of wild duck and snipe. There are no shotguns, and service revolvers do not make good shooting when fired at the flying birds, so the snipe and wild ducks are stalked in wary style and shot "sitting." The sport of sniping snipe in the marshes j is fraught with many dangers, and it requires a very ardent sportsman tc crawl through the reeds, amid the ever lasting mud. in the hopes of potting snipe.—From Soldier’s Letter. The Failure. The S400.000.000 distributed in gifts to workers at the year's end by the ! employers of America led George W. 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