12 The Private life of the Kaiser IMM VB>UfO>ijn> DURIBSOF THEBABOMBSS "VON LARISCH-REDDERN untsiu -mm* MaiMb ante Hah* Pima. OUf •( (h. R*ral HfOMkdAat Berßa a* Mftaa fn LI ISHRII Sillsi to th* TRDB nisi of the Berlin Oial Lair WW gov* tw.otorr C tho Kaloor to Heary WtHlam Mar, DmK Caooateao aaa Eniwtorta Mas a mam do taana, Thompson Feature Srrioe, lSlf, Copyright fThe Kaiser's "Uneasy Head" His Disdain For "Ple beians" —People Without Handles to Their Name— Glimpses of Royal Society—Diplomacy on a Grand Scale—lntrigue at Home and Abroad—The Kaiserin's Constant Jealousy—His Conversa tion "Smacked of the Stable"—Some of His Escapades—How the Kaiser Was "Shad owed" by His Wife—Some Interesting Anonymous Letters and the Facts That Lay Behind Them—A Stingy Lover Is the Kaiser—Anonymous Let ters Show German Society to Be as Rotten as Its Royal Master Baroness von Larlsch's evidence against the Kaiser is accumu lating. It draws a cordon about him from which he can never disentangle himself. He stands exposed before the world. The royal chief of household returns In her testimony to leer revelations of "social life" among the German nobility. She adds to her startling revelations of the Kaiser's habits and customs for the purpose of exposing the fraud known as "German kultur" and also tho boasted "family life" of the Hohenzollerns. Her story prows William's pettiness and deception, even In tho relations with his wife and his court. The incidents herein related have been transcribed into English by the well-known writer, Henry William Fisher, and the records bv been re-edited for publication in this newspaper. [Continued from Yesterday.] The low grade of Intelligence which ruled the Imperial Court of iQeuiiany despite its much adver tised "kultur" is glowingly set forth In these records of Berlin Court life as Baroness Larisch saw and ■superintended It. 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George A Gorgas can supply you. of Prussia, promised to pay back the millions wrung from their pockets— when their alchemist should succeed in making yellow metal. ' The castle was finished under false pretense, and the lying ne cromancer was hanged which proves that the big pile, commonly believ ed to be the Hohenzollerns private property, may be seized and sold for the benellt or the allied governments. It might be turned into a first-class hotel or factory—a point worth re membering. Wilhclm's Disdain For Democratic Society The winter fetes at our Court were institutions in their way, the splen dor of which the Kaiser's favor or disfavor might enhance or reduce, but even his enmity could not blot them out. To do that would seem too much like breaking with time-honored customs and taking away the per quisites of two mighty classes: the trades-peoples profits, and the aris tocracy's chief opportunity for dis porting its few remaining hereditary privileges. Only in case of Court mourning, or great national disas ters, may the fetes be curtailed, and never was a King more eager to take advantage of such an excuse than William. When his granduncle. Prince Alexander, died, his first words were: "Now we may rid ourselves of tlie company of the sweet plebs, for this winter at least," and the Grand-master was straightway or dered to recall the invitations for carnival. Yet one cannot mourn a relative of the seventh or eighth degree forever, and the Kaiser all the more readily consented to give one ball before the end of tho season, as the municipal council of Berlin at that time was particularly obstreperous, and as it was expected that by a lavish expenditure of money flowing into the people's coffers its good offices could be gained. So, when almost everybody had given up the hope of dancing and supping "at Kaiser's," several thou sand ladies and gentlemen were made happy by receiving the covet ed "commands." I don't deny that the average Ber lin-bred man or woman is more fit for a Third Avenue Speak-easy than a Fifth Avenue parlor, but behold their master, the "Allhighest." It was rather noticeable when the tone of his conversation with German subjects, both women and men, did not smack of the tap-room. Kaiser's Indescent Talk Once, while Wilhelm was enter taining a young unmarried countess at a hunt-dinner, I heard him in sinuate, on an innocent remark dropped by the'girl, a double enten dre which I should blush to repeat to my mistress, if I were a man. And to make it worse, he insisted upon reiterating the offensive inter pretation over and over again to the young lady's utmost chagrin. And that happened in the house of his best friend./ How Gorman Royalty Amuses Itself Madame von Scholl, wife of the imperial adjutant-general, was on very familiar terms with William; she was jolly and good looking, fat and over forty. Born in Southern Germany, Ma dame was not hampered by that punctiliousness and the conventional scruples which make the Prussian lady of quality so detestable and the most scandalous thing she ever did was stamped with the all-highest approval. The scene of Madame von Scholl's assault upon the proprieties was a hill near Havel lake, whither we had gone on the royal yaeht Alex andra to spend the afternoon. It was broiling hot and as we crept toward the near-by forest, only an occasional word was spoken. The Kaiser looked as If he wished himself a hundred miles away, and the Empress was unhappy because her lord seemed displeased. Suddenly there arose the cry: "Where Is Madame von Scholl? Did we leave her on the steamer?"— N6. Some one had seen her at the landing-place. Dignity of the Prussian Court While these questions went the rounds, we heard sharp whistling somewhere from above, and there, on the top of the sand-hill, stood madame, swinging her parasol, and turning as swiftly on one brown stockinged foot as her ponderous weight permitted. "The fat rascal!" cried William, "she must have sneaked off the pier and ascended the mountain from the other side." Then the Kaiser put his hands to his mouth and hallooed: "Stand still a second and give me a chance to fix my camera." But at that moment, the parasol and head and arms of the unhappy lady suddenly took a forward tum ble, the rest of her body followed, and, twice overturning, she roiled down the incline like an avalanche streaked wih brown tints and fes tooned with multicolored ribbons. Did the "all-highest" and their excellencies and ladyships and coi onelships and privy councillors and learned men and common every-day noblemen laugh? Oh, no! They just roared and bellowed and shouted and held their sides and danced about, and some of us shed tears at the hilarious spectacle; and when we had disen tangled our portly friend, she started in to enjoy the situation her self and we had to commence all over again to keep her company, ltalser Fools Kniserln Still, as to downright indecencies, openly practiced, our Court was hardly a patch on that of Dessau, which explains Wllhelm's frequent visits to the little Duchy, whose women enjoyed a well-earned rep utation for gayety. At one time when my mistress learned of the Kaiser's projected visit to that Sodom, she set to work to procure an invitation for herself. This was easily through the Princess Frederick Charles, sis ter of the Duke, but for quite a while His Majesty remained deaf to his wife's hints and even to direct requests to take her along. Finally, when Auguste Victoria asked him in the presence of his aunt, he had to yield, and the Kaiserin ordered a number of fine dresses. If the Des sau ladies were as handsome as her husband claimed, she meant to daz zle them, at least, by gorgeousneas. Two days before the imperial couple was to start, the Empress caught a slight cold, but nobody thought anything of it, though Wil liam remarked once or twice at table: "You had better look out. Dona, or maybe you cannot go." >Her Majesty laughed at this, and there were most elaborate prepara tions: She was to have a special car, and everything was to be done on tho grandest scale. Countess Brockdorff and myself had been ordered to accompany the Kaiserin, and early on the morning our trunks (two truck-loads for a two-day's visit) were carted away to tho depot. At ten o'clock we all partook of a hurried second breakfast in travel ling dress, and that over, Her Ex cellency received orders to drive ahead to the station, to inspect for the last time the apartment on the train, while I went to fetch the chil dren who were to say good-bye. Re turning with the pretty youngsters, I found my mistress ready, when Dr. Leuthold, the Kaiser's physician general, entered. Diplomacy on a Grand Scale "If it pleases Your Majesty," he said, "let me see your tongue. I will also have to examine your jugular glands once more." "Nonsense," said the Empress, but at the same time raised her veil and stuck out her tongue. "After a mo mentary examination, the physician pulled a long face. "Thank God," he said, "it ia not yet too late." "No, but it will be, if you do not hurry," interrupted the Crown Prince. "Papa will be here present ly." Dr. Leuthold took no notice of the child's Joke. "I perceive indications of an inflamed throat that may britjg on, most serious complica tions," he resumed, gravely. "Your Majesty must go to bed at once, and must not leave the house for three days. In this way the worst may be forestalled." "Then I am not going to Dessau?" gasped Auguste Victoria. "I cannot permit it," answered Leuthold. • The Empress dropped into an arm-chair and began to cry. "Is my wife ready?" demanded the Kaiser's voice outside. I ad vanced toward him. "Has Leuthold given an adverse decision?" ho ask ed, before I had time to explain. His valet entered simultaneously to an nounce that the carriage was wait ing. "I am sorry," said the Emperor, stepping up to the Kaiserin and kissing her hand, "but you know one cannot be too ,careful of one's throat." Then he bade her and the children good-bye, and. turning once more at the door, cried: "I will sen® back your Brockdorff. She shall keep you company." 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I remarked I did not believe Wil liam capable of such trickery. "Bah!" growled the Countess, "you may take my word for it, the Kaiser did not want us in Dessau. "Not us, perhaps, but his own wife " The old Excellency shrugged her shoulders. "And Leuthold?" "Is a man, and in such affairs men stick to each other like glue. This amiable physician-general was 'given to understand that the Kaiser intended the trip for a stag party. Hence the examination at the hour of leaving, the awe-inspiring pro phecies, and the disheartening ver dict." Even the Kaiserin Didn't Believe In William The Dessau incident happened previous to the great holocaust of favorites alluded to, and at a time when my mistress was almost con tinuously in a sore state of agitation lest she should lose her husband's love. Sometimes she chased after him for days, following His Rest lessness to Berlin, or to various hunting-boxes in the neighborhood, and we ladles had to be prepared to spend the nights on the cars, or in the half-finished chambers of pal aces wet with paint and smelling of work-people. When the Empress said: "I will give audiences in Berlin to-morrow," it probably meant that she had learned of His Majesty's resolve to leave her for a while and enjoy him self after his own fashion. But the reception accorded to our mistress, after we had caught up with the im perial runaway, was often far from pleasant. When surprised in Ber lin, the Emperor sometimes bolted as early as four or five o'clock in the morning to go on some im promptu hunting expedition, hasty preparations for which had been made overnight. Auguste Victoria would then re celve a few notables at ten in the forenoon, returning to Potsdam for lunch, and, perhaps, take another train for Berlin in the evening. Once the Kaiser vamosed from Hubertusstock, whither we had fol lowed hin\. unbidden. Going out hunting with his gentlemen at early morn, he sent, at supper-time, when j Her Majesty was expecting him, a despatch saying that business of state had called him to the capital. All this plotting and counterplot ting, the outcome of jealousy, was ridiculous, wearisome, exhausting— but tame. Kaiserin's Jealousy of Ducbcss of Aosta More interesting became the mat ter when a royal woman happened to be in the race, Letitia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, the daughter of the late Plon-Plon, and her father's rue child, for insance. Poor Auguste Victoria! if she could have anticipated the sorry consequences of her good-natured decision to lodge the former King of Spain and his blooming young niece wife in he Princess' Chambers when they came to Berlin? The Princess' Chambers are on the same floors and in the same wing of the Schloss as their Majesties' own private roorfis. 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