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' CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL novkmiu:u ii, ni Page 6 eooooooc-c ooooooooooooo The Kaiser as I Knew Him for Fourteen Years By ARTHUR N. (Copyright, ttU, ky the McClur Nawapopar BradkataJ further along her cloeeh peth" thsn sh kst idrtnced by bathing Ui world In fclood. -I bav nearly 70,000,000 people," th kaiser Mid to m on on occasion, mnd wo aball have to find room tor tfctra somewhere. Whet wo became ma empire England bad bar handa on early everything. Now wo mart fbt to got oar. That la why I am eveloplng our world markets. Just ai your country secured Hawaii and tbo Philippine as stepping atone to the markets of the tar east, aa I onder ajtand It That's why I deTeloped the wonderful city of Kiao-Ohau." Els plana In this connection were changed somewhat apparently by th developments of the present war, for ke told me that when It waa over the Germans would not emigrate to the United States any more. . "No more American emigration for s sfter the war." be said. "My people will settle In the Balkans and develop and control that wonderful eonntry. I have been down there and I know It Is a marvelous land for our purposes." The kaiser's vision of the part he would take In the reconstruction of stricken Europe was Indicated by a remark b made to me In 1916 when I was visiting him at the army head quarters at Pleas. "Her I -am nearly sixty years of age," he soliloquized, "and must re kulld the whole of Europe t" Although the kaiser so freely admit ted his designs on the world st large, ko was Impatient of any expansion en th part of other nations. He often spoke of England's "grabbing" pro pensity and viewed with suspicion our annexation of Hawaii and the Philip pines and our development of Cuba after the Spanish-American war. He professed to see In our new policy a striving after world power which was Inconsistent with the principles upon which our government was founded. He objected to our Interference In Mexican affairs, although, aa was dis closed by the Zimmerman note to Ton Eckhardt, be was making every effort to have Mexico Interfere with ours. "What right has President Wilson to attempt to dictate the Internal poli cies of Mexicor he asked. "Why not . let them fight their battles out alouer Alluding to America's threat to en ter the present war, he asked : "What right has America to Insist upon the Monroe doctrine of America and then mix In European affairs? Let her rec ognize also a Monroe doctrine of Eu rope and keep her hands out of this conflict r There Is no doubt that the kaiser Imagined that the great army and navy ke had built up would enable him to carry out his ambitious program with out effective resistance. The one power he most feared but for which he professed the utmost con tempt was England He had an Idea that England would never dare to measure swords with Germany and that he could provoke a war when the opportune moment came without much fear of England's Intervention. In 1911, when the International situ ation over -the Moroccan affair was particularly acute as a result of Ger many's having sent a gunboat to Aga dlr to demonstrate that she was seri ous In her demands, the kaiser had great hopes that war with France might thut be precipitated and he was confident that England would keep out of it "England would be afraid to war with us,' h. told me at the time, " for fear of losing Egypt, India and Ireland. Any nation would think twice before fighting my armies, but England par ticularly because she would not dare x risk the loss of her overseas colo nies." When the kaiser's ambitious project to dominate the world is considered, bis consistent opposition to the univer sal disarmament proposals is easily understood. Without a superior army and navy, his whole plan would have to be abandoned and his dream of world-wide dominion would be shat tered. On one occasion when we were dls- cussing the Carnegie peace efforts, the kaiser disclosed very positively Just where he stood on the proposition. "Look at the history of the nations of the world," he declared. "The only nations which have progressed and be come great have been warring nations. Those which have not been ambltluus and gone to war have amounted to nothing I" Shortly after Wilson had pointed the way to peace In Europe in one of bis notes to all the belligerent powers the kaiser called to see me professionally and we discussed that latest phase of the situation. "The way to peace now seems per fectly clear," I ventured. "Only your majesty's ever-Increasing army and Bavy stands in the way. If Germany will give up her armament, It seems, we would soon have peace." "That is out of the question for Ger many," replied 'the kaiser, decisively. "We have no mountains like the Pyre nees to protect us. We have the open plains of Russia with their vast hordes endnneerine us. No ; we shall DAVIS. D. D. S. renialn armed tTlhs teeth' forverf CHAPTER X. Th Kalsof Appraisal of Pub! to Men. No ono ever speaks to th kaiser un til addressed. As that monarch's opin ions on most subjects are firmly fixed and ko win stand no opposition, any erroneous Ides hs may entertain Is very apt to remain with him. His ad visers were apt to lesvs him to enrol rather than arouse his Ire by attempt ing to set him right But for the fact that he was very fond of asking Innu merable questions, bis store of Infor mation might have been extremely scanty. In the course of my conversations with hlrn be frequently expressed his views of men who were tn the public eye. Upon what basis they were founded he did not slways enlighten me, but even when I knew them to be erroneous I realized It was useless to try to change them and I did not often take Issue with him. When I did hla eyes would flash Ore, but I had ex pected that and I continued Just the same. The kaiser always seemed to take a particular Interest In American af fairs, and while he professed to de spise our form of government he watched very carefully the careers of our public men. It Is not unlikely that he Imagined, as I have pointed out elsewhere In these pages, that he could Influence our elections by swinging the German-American vote in favor of the candidate he preferred, and he made a study of our public men in order that he might know which of them would.be more desirable In office from the German viewpoint When Mr. Wilson was nominated for the presidency, the kaiser was quit positive that he wouldn't be elected. Perhaps the fact that Mr. Roosevelt for whom st that time the kaiser bad the greatest admiration, was one of Mr. Wilson's rivals, blinded him to the strength which elected Wilson, but the fact that the latter had had little ex perience in International politics un fitted him. In the kaiser's estimation, for the Important office for which ho was running. I saw the kaiser shortly after Mr. Wilson's election. "I am very much surprised at the result of your election," he declared. "I didn't think your people would be so foolish ss to elect a college profes sor as president What does s profes sor know about International politics snd diplomatic affairs?" . I haven't the slightest doubt that the kaiser pictured our president as s counterpart of the typical German professor a plodding. Impractical, un ambitious bookworm with no hope or desire of ever earning more than f 1,000 a year snd no yearning for public ac claim, a recluse, absent-minded and self-centered, who spent the midnight oil poring over musty volumes and paid little or no attention to what was going on around him I Such a man, the kaiser undoubtedly believed, the United States had elected as Its chief executive snd his surprise was more or less natural in those circumstances. When Wilson sent 5,000 men to Vera Cms the kaiser felt that he bad ex ceeded his rights. "What right has Wilson to mix in the internal affairs of Mexicor he asked. "Why doesn't he allow them to fight It out among themselves. It Is their affair, not his!" Germany bad many financial Interests In Mexico snd looked with disfavor upon any move we made in that direction. When, however, the war in Europe started the kaiser made every effort to have America mix in international affairs provided we fought on her side. When I saw him Just after the war started be said we ought to seize the opportunity to annex Canada and Mexico. "Can't your president see the won derful opportunity now for combin ing with us and crushing England?" be asked. "With our fleet on one side and America's on the other we could destroy England's sea power. This it America's great opportunity to doml nate the western hemisphere, and your president must see his chance to take Canada and Mexico!" As the war progressed and reports reached the kaiser of our Increased shipments of munitions to the allies, the kaiser's Impatience with Wilson be came more difficult to repress, and there was bardly an Interview I had with him In which he did not give vent to bis feelings In that connec tion. "My officers sro becoming so in censed st America's attitude," be told me, "It will be impossible for mo to 1 restrain them much longer." I And when, on another occasion, ha accused Mr. Wilson of discriminating against Germany, be made the re mark: "Wilson's In the hands of the j Wall street group 1" But, perhaps, the most bitter de nunciation I ever heard him make of WUjson was shortly after we entered the war. I had been summoned - to the great army headquarters to see him, and when he entered the room I hTlppeareJI lo'toln k lowering Mtf. Indeed, his condition was so apparent that the kalserin, who was also pres ent sought to excuso him with th explanation that h had been . very much upset and had been sleeping very poorly, snd sh asked m to treat him gently and tried to sooth him at the sam Urae, but h told her to leave the room and resented her show ing in that sh petted him. ' W said little whll I was at work, but when I waa through and was pre paring to leave, th kalsor stepped toward m snd said : "Davie, Wilson la a real scoundrel P My face flushed. I suppose, st this Insult to our president, and my re sentment was so apparent that th kaiser immediately patted ni on my right shoulder snd apologised. "I beg your pardon, Davis," k de clared, a quieter vole. "I know you're an American and I beg jour pardon for hurting your feelings, bat if you only knew, you would realise what scoundrel your president Is. When It comes to throat-cutting, Wil son should have his cut first 1" Whenever th sua shone for th kaiser he grew so optimistic that ks failed to pay th slightest attention to the clouds gathering on the horlson. After th Italian collapse, tor Instance, he was so enthusiastic about hla mili tary success In that arena that be failed to realls that America was slowly hut surely forging th thunder bolt that was to strike him down. "Now how foolish it was for your president to bring your country Into this warl" he said. "Americans will now see, when it is too late, what tools they made of themselves when they elected a professor for president Now America must pay the bills!" In this rvmark and others of th same Import the kaiser's expectation of being able to exact an enormous ludeiuntty as pert of bis peace terms was clearly in dicated, and he felt that America, hav ing profited the most and suffered th least of any of th belligerent powers, would be in the best position to fill hi depleted coffers. The last time I saw the kaiser when he mentioned the president waa in th fnll of 1917, shortly sfter Wilson had replied to the pope's peace proposal. "Wilson Is sn Idealist and an Ideal ist can accomplish nothing 1" was his comment "He went Into the war that he might have a seat at the peace table but be will never get it I shall pre vent it!" Of Wilson's peace notes, which were Issued before America went into th war, the kaiser remarked: "I think I am right the others think they're right America has sll the money. If Wilson ; really wants peace, let htm pay the bills and take care or trie indemnities and the war will be overt It is very simple." There was no man of modern times whom the kaiser seemed to admire so nuch, before the war, as ex-Presideit Roosevelt The kaiser was convinced that Roosevelt bad prevented war with Japan by sending the American fleet around the world and showing that It nas fit This brilliant stroke of states manship, as th kaiser termed it was topic that be referred to on several occasions. It was a forceful demonstra tion that was very much after his own heart "What I admire about Mr. Roosevelt most," be said, "Is the fact that he has the greatest moral courage of any ma I ever knew 1" The fact that Mr. Roosevelt had given Germany's fleet I twenty-four hours' notice to steam from Venezuelan waters dlan t serve to lessen the kaiser's admiration for Mm. I beard him shower praise on Roosevelt many times and I havent the slightest doubt that he was quits sincere. After the war started, when Roose velt showed very plainly that no mat ter what nice things the kaiser might have thought and said of him, be cer tainly didn't reciprocate the feeling, the kaiser was very much disappointed. "I'm terribly disappointed In Mr. Roosevelt" he declared. "After the way my wife and I entertained him when be was here as our guest, for him to take the stand he has Is very ungentlemanly. I gave a great review for him the greatest honor I could bo Stow upon him and a thing which had never been done for a private citizen. He was not president then, you know. I used to admire bim very much, but now I think the man has gone crazy and lost his mind. I never thought he would turn against us like that I" He did not seem to realize that a patriotic American owed allegiance to his own country. In 191A I asked him whether he had beard that Mr. J"ird was on his way over from America in a chartered ship with a delegation. "Who, Peace-Ford r be inquired. I told the kaiser what I bad read of the Ford expedition. "How can your country allow a man like that to do this thing a man who has played no part in the politics of his own country and Is entirely Ignorant of international affairs a man who, I understand, was formerly tn the bi cycle business and knows very little outside of business matters? "I haven't the slightest doubt Mr. Ford Is a great business man," the kaiser went on, "and I am sure be means all right but what a mistake It is to allow a man so Ignorant of world affairs to do a ridiculous thing like this!" I told the kaiser that it had been ; suggested In some of the American i papers that If Ford really wanted to end the war, all be had to do was to pay Germany $100,000,000 and buy Belgium back. ; "One hundred million dollars!" the . kaiser repeated, and then after a mo- ment's reflection, as though he had been turning over some figures In his 1 mind, "No. Davis, it will cost much more than that to art Belgium back I' It occurred to me that If th kaiser really meant what he said on that oc casion, all his talk about "pence with out annexation" was obviously myth snd that th only hop of Belgium's redemption lay In th military defeat of Prussia.' Subsequent developments amply confirmed that view. In Hi winter of MO, w wer talk ing of the sentiment In America and the conversation turned to Von Horns torff. Von Bernstortf has been doing very good work In your country," th kaiser commented. "Well, your majesty." I replied, "it It said In America that If he had not been such clever diplomat he would long ago hav been compelled to leave." "From all I bear," th kaiser said, "be hasn't bad very aay Urn of It Th American press as a wbol has been conspicuously anti-Gorman, al though I understand thst on of your newspaper publishers hss been friend ly to us. Mr. Hearst for Instance; has helped our caua very much in your country. He has been telling the truth about affairs, which Is more than most of th other pspers hav been doing t" Just before th king of Greece abdi cated, the kaiser referred to the atti tude of the American press ugaln. "The way the American newspapers snd the press of the allied countries generally are presenting the Grecian situation to the world Is absolutely false and a disgrace 1" he declared, bit terly. "They are entirely misrepre senting th farts. Mr. Hearst Is the only oue, ss far ss I can find, who hss revealed the real conditions and told the truth about them. My, I wonder what the people hav to say now that Mr. Hearst has finally exposed the whole thing 1" It was only, short time afterwards thai the king abdicat ed and revealed unmistakably which papers had correctly Interpreted th treud of Grecian politics. The kaiser snoke to me many times shout the writings of William Bayard Hole, "Have you been following Hule's ar ticle?" ha inaulred. "What he is writing sbout the war Is excellent and Is really the best material published. tl Tnlr-ea mv sentiments exactly, and It would be well for every American to follow this writer's work." I had to confess thst there was on American at least who was not only not following Hale's writings, out una never heard of the writer, and th kaiser seemed to be somewhat dis pleased. He referred to Hale several times nhaMiiientlv and In the meanwhile I bad ascertained that the man In ques tion wss the representative in Benin of the Hearst newspapers snd I sub sequently learned that be bad pub lished a book called "American Rights snd British Pretensions st Sea." which explained at once to me why the kaiser was so enthusiastic about htm. In the course of one of our many conversations on the subject of Amer ican munitions, the kaiser paid bit re spects to Mr. Schwab. "What pan one extiect from Schwab, who Is nslng the Bethlehem steel plant to work against us 7" ne ssxea. "lie is nf Austrian Jew extraction and would work against anyone for th sake of the money that's In It r "I'm following affairs In America very closely," he told me on snother occasion, before we entered the wsr. "Not all of your senators are against na Senator Btone. for instance, is taking a very strong neutral stand, I understand, and It is a pity there are not more like him." Just before I left for my trip to America in 1916, the kaiser called on me and I told him I was leaving. "Well, Davis," he said, "be careful not to run against any mines or be torpedoed. Tou'U probably be pulled info England on your way over. We understand all boats are taken there for examination." Then, with Are In hla eve. he added : "If you should see my cousin the king. In England, kick him on the sblns for me l CHAPTER XI. The Kslserin. Although I had frequently seen the kalserin tn the company of the kaiser, I did not actually meet her until she became my patient in 1912, from which time on she visited me more or less regularly. Without going deeply into ber his tory. It may be sufficient to recall that when the kaiser married her, In 1S8L she Was the Princess Victoria of Scbleswlg-Holsteln-Sonderburg -Augus-tonberg. She was a year older than ber husband. She commanded no par ticular wealth and was not as prepos sessing then, perhaps, as she became when, some years later, her balr turned white and softened her rather large features and too highly colored complexion, , My first introduction to the kalserin occurred one Sunday afternoon at the Berlin palace, where I bad been In structed to be at three o'clock. , I was conducted up the stairway and, on the first landing I met the kaiser, who was waiting for me. "Well, Davis," he said, "I hope I haven't spoiled your Sunday afternoon, but I assure you it was not for myself I sent for you, but for my wife. She has been suffering for several days and we are going to have a state ball on Tuesday and I want you to get ber In order, so that she can attend It, as It it one of the most Important social func tions of the season. Follow me, and I will take you to my wife and Introduce yon." ' W accordingly entered a very large sitting room. The empress, In a negli ge of her favorite royal purple, en tered and shook hands with me cor dially. She looked very worn, and it was plain that she had been suffering considerable, pain andIoss of sleep.1 Sli? TiuH k luTiifUome figure ami wis atstety In her carriage, but her crown- Ins glory was a profusion of whit hair. 8h was then fifty-four years old, but ber hair had turned whit msny years before. It wss said, Indeed, that th change had been brought about rather sudden ly as a result of certsln drugs she had taken In an effort to avert a tendency to svolrdupols which had developed. I know th kaiser loathed fat wom en. On mor than on occaaion n bad said to m as he bad m fare well : "Well, Davis, you have kept m her talking so long you bsvs almost spoiled my morning walk, but I'll take a walk through th Ttergarteo Just th sam." and then he would add disgust edly, "where I presum I will hsv to greet all th fat Jewesses In th park I" But to return to the kalserin: Th kalserin's physician Joined us, and there wer several maids very supe rior young women In attendanc upon their royal mistress, After I bad examined th empress and had given my advice, ths physi cian explained to m In a low vole that It was necessary to b cautious snd not do much, at b was afraid of ber physical condition. Anything you do for ber majesty," he explained, "would require giving an anaesthetic, Sh Is not In condition to stsnd pain without The only anaes thetic her majesty will take Is chloro form, rv administered It to her eleven times snd I know Just whst It means. I'm afraid of her heart at this time. Indeed, Just as soon as I can get her Into condition I wsnt her to go to Nauhehu for the cur," Ills alarming words caused quit t flurry among th maids snd they crowded around th empress and begged her to hsv nothing done that day but to endure her suffering a little longer In th hop that relief would come without th necessity of sn oper at Ion at that time. Their pleadings prevailed upon th patient to postpone th treatment This made the kaiser very sngry snd he walked up and down the room Im patiently. "Here," he said, Tvs got Doctor Davla to com In on a Sunday sftor noon, and you want to be In snap for th ball on Tuesday, and now you won't hav anything done I That's th way with th women!" Then he turned to me and said: "Well. Davis, I'm sorry to hav spoiled your duy." And he dashed out of th room, apparently much provoked. I felt I hud almost witnessed a family quarrel, but th Incident Indicated to tn that whatever hopes the kaiser might -entertain of one day dominat ing the world, he hud not yet acquired undisputed dominion In his own house hold! I did not see th kalserin again for nearly a year, when she came to my office with a lady-ln-waltlng. She arrived tn her own car. Its ap proach was heralded by the Imperial "Tadl-Tada" without th concluding "Ta-Ta," which latter was reserved exclusively for the kaiser, and not even the kalserin wus allowed to use It. The kaiser's Tadl-Tada-Ta-Ta" whs the subject of much sarcasm ninmii: the proletariat who satirically put It to the words: "Celerle-Salat-Ta-Ta." an allusion to the luxuries of the royal table which contrasted most unfavor ably with the simple meals to which they were accustomed ; while the so cialists showed their sentiments very plainly by Improvising the words: "Von Unsern Geld-Ta-Ta." meaning, "From our money-ta-ta," referring to the royal Immunity from taxation., which was on of their bitterest pills. It was not long after I bad known the kulserin before she made clear to me that she possessed a most dicta torial manner, which was quit In con trast with that of tbe kaiser, at least when he was in my office, She objected strenuously to remov ing her hat and she usually wore t large one with a veil but Anally yield ed when I explained that I could not accomplish my work satisfactorily un less she d)d. Wtieu I placed cotton rolls In her mouth, she Insisted that as she did not like the sensation of tbe cotton against her Hps or tongue, I would have to encase the cotton In rubber. ' I told ber politely hut firmly that my work would be done In my own way, and she finally acquiesced, adding: "Well, If yon make hh-Ii a point of It, doctor, I suppose I shall have to let you have your way." From that time on tbe kalserin came to me more or less regularly. Her lackey usually followed ber into the house carrying an artistic lunch box or bag contulnlng sandwiches and bouil lon, of which the empress "artook iu my office. The Princess Victoria Louise, the kaiser's only daughter, I may mention, nsuully came similarly provided. No German ever lets any thing Interfere with bis necond break fast The empress never spoke on politi cal subjects. She wat not particularly brilliant and evidenced some reluc tance to air her views on International affairs, as though she were not quite sure of herself. Certainly, she was not nearly as talkative as the kaiser. When Abe did unburden herself, it was usually in connection with domestic subjects. It was said In Germany that her only Interest In life was represent ed by the "three K's," Kinder, Klrche and Kuche children, church and kitchen and there Is no question about it that she seldom spoke on other sub jects when talking with me. The kalserin came to me after the war with America started, but appar ently she had felt tome hesitation about doing so, because the kaiser told me shortly before- her visit that the Intended coming, but pointed out that she had decided to do so only upon his recommendation. Tn June. 1017, I received letter from th kslserln't physician Inclos ing on which he said had been writ ten by the kalserin, but which wat both unsigned and unaddressed. It requested m to visit th royal palsce at llomburg v. d. Ilohe, which, In coo Junction with the adjoining town of Kreusnsrh, was then ihs location of th great trmy headquarters. During th time I wss there I could not help observing how extremely tim id th servants seemed to bs of tbe kslserin. On xpctd to And the utmost servility umong th kaiser's uudertlngs, but 1 confess It cams ratk r as t shock to m to ses ths maids walking so timidly and talking so fear fully when In ths presence of their white-haired royal mistress. I noted particularly bow very gently they knocked at th door before entering and bow, sftur knocking, they luiiuedl-; ately placed their beads sgslnat the panel thst they might catch the kalserin's low command to outer the first time, and to make it unneces sary for her to repeat it Their de meanor was particularly noticeable bo ra us th kalserin never seemed to display th slightest Impatience or Ill temper when dealing with her serv ants. Indeed, she seemed to ms to act no differently from th humblest bans-, frau In th country. Before I Iff! llomburg, sh asked me whether I ' as comfortably situated and i If everything was all right for me.) f told her thut everything was quite satisfactory and mentioned particular-1 ly how nice it was to hav food exactly j ss we hsd had It befor th war, j "Yes," she replied, "w have every i thing. I am very careful what I eat! I watch my health very closely." .1 I remarked, too, bow wonderful It' must b to hsv sixty palaces Ilk the' llomburg jstnbllshment, th beauties of which had deeply Impressed me,' adding: "Ills majesty, I understand.! has sixty o' them, has hs not?" "Not qulie sixty." she corrected. "Be- j tween Aftj and sixty." Between fifty snd sixty palaces I1 I could not help thinking of ths re mark th kaiser once made to me when ' talking of th manner In which Amor- i lean millionaires made their fortunes:; "It breeds socialism I" j When the time cam for m to re turn to Berlin, th kalserin bad m idleu, but uttered not t word of thanks for my having given up my practice; for three days to work exclusively for ber. CHAPTER XII. Ths (,iwn Prince and Others, ' I first ssw the crown prince profes-! tonally In ths spring of W03, a fow months before his marriage, lis wss then twenty-three years old. II wat In the unlfor.i of a Oormsn army offi cer but look td more like a corps stu lent except for the fact thst his face was not marked with t scar from duel ling, si Is usually the case with most member of th German fraternities. (I bad t habit of placing his hand in bis blps and bis costs were always Bared in at the waist which, with th ipnrty angle at which he wore his cap, juve him a swagger which was quite foreign to ths rest of the offlrers of the i trmy. He was of sleudur figure, which ' aas accentuated by his height Hei ses nesrly six feet tall. He came Int i my office, I remember, . with a copy of i.lfe In his pocket. He took it out and opened It and showed, j me a cartoon of himself which appar intly caused him considerable amuse-' ment and which, he said, he Intended ihowlng his faiullv. , There wer I vo beautiful rings OQi bis left hand d be wore a wrist watch, althoug tit that time wrist-1 watches wer 'iscd almost exclusively by women. I e seemed to be bright! tnd quick, but by no means brilliant j Perhaps the quality exhibited by him j that Impressed me most on thst first j (cession wu his excessive nervousness.! Be trembled all over. It was plain to tee he was dreadfully afraid of pain,! md he evidently realized that I bad lotlced bis condition. ; "I suppose the crown prince and. the future ruler of Oqrninny ought to' H brave at all times," he remarked, 'but I Just hut have to go to a lentlst !" j He asked me If 1 hud seen uny metn )er of the court It'.teiy. and I told Mm that the kaiser's com- ' - -'tin. Count von Eulenburg, had been to tot me the previous day. ; "I'm not surprised be hat to go M ths dentist; be eatt too much!" ths crown prince declared. "He can't pect to have good teeth; he'a always eating'. Aa for myself, I eat very little, I want to remalp thin. I bate fat peo ple." : The crown prince and I dl l not get along very well at that time. Apart from tbe fact be wat inch a physical coward that it wat almost Impossible to work on him satisfactorily, be seemed to have no idea of the meaning et an appointment He would agree to be at my office at 9:80 and I would plan my day ae cordlngly. At about ten he wat apt to call me up to jay he would be on hand at eleven, tnd he would actually arrive about twelve. This happened several timet, and I .old bim that I couldn't have my work broken up in that way. Although I did not tee the crowd prince again professionally until 1915, the crown princess came to me to 1913, and from that time cn paid me more or less regular visits. She wu a woman of great charm and Intelli gence, and although she wat more) Russian than German In her ideas, and for some time after her marriage WM rather generally criticized on that ac count, she toon became extremely; popular and today is very much ad mired by the German people. OR w aa. th mn SmwimH