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>' *-V TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1918. * v !The Kaiser as I Knew H for Fourteen Years By ARTHUR N. DAVIS, T>. D. S (Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) * The kaiser himself hatf but n poor] u"^ "heTrameSlately put^ opinion of the fighting qualities of the' niensure for Increasing American soldier so far as modern war i standing army from bf>0,0 requirements ure concerned. I ?to restore the balance ol "The American soldier would pes-1 F"or this purpose slbly give a good account of himself ?r Increased armam In open fighting," he declared, "but ho on capital and. in Is not built for the kind of warfare ho WRS Informed thn4 I wo Alll encounter In France. He lacks P?y my "hare. The Idea v^xhe stolidity to endure life Ip tho *nx *? uphulld the Qe Frenches. He Is too high-strung and ^"hlch was already so pi couldn't stand the inactive life which m?*?aced the peace o1 , Is such an Important part of modem ^ld not ?PPonl to me a 'I warfare. Besides, he lacks discipline "Poke to Ambassador Qer; anf) a i 9 ?ni 1 Mo nHvlonrl mo to *\n*? If ?? V auu IIUIUL'U UllR'erM. -- ?>-? W J II II ^ ^ ? agreeing with me that tl JtfW CHAPTER IX. reason why an Amerlcai required to contribute to The Kaiser's Plan for World Dominion. war budget. However. I li The history of modern Germany la, The German efforts at perhaps, In Itself sufficient Indication w,?lch were more or less of the underlying plan of the Ttuiton because the Qermans re war barons to control the whole ol bablt the German possessi j Europe and, eventually, the world. The measures adopted to conq I program has been slowly unfolding lt? merclal markets of the w< elf since the time of Frederick th? Important part of the prog Great and the present generation Is domination which Gernif , now witnessing what feas Intended to *or berself. and It Is not \ be the climax. u ?be had confined her ? There can be no doubt that If Get* those lines she might hav many had .succeeded In her efforts ts Norther along her chosen p gain control of the major part of Ru< '1BI advanced by bathing rope she would have soon looked blood. toward the western hemisphere and have nearly 70.000,1 the east. the kaiser said to me on c This program Is fairly indicated by "an(l we shall have to fli the course of events as history luyi them somewhere. When them bare, but I have the actual word an emP,re England had h of the kaiser to substantiate it. nearly everything. Nov At one of his visits tc me shortly Jght, to, get our8- 1 after the beginning of the war we wer? deTe,?P,nR our wor,d r l discussing England's participation in p?".r, country 8ecure(j BV Philippines as stepping s M "What hypocrtts. ,h. English f.1- 5"**? ?' ,h' } the kaiser exclaimed. Bland It That's why I., "The, had always treated me M c"i' Kl"?-Cl K ] well when I visited them I never be? pians in this conr lleved they would have corns Into thla changed somewhat^ nppan # . uvTCiupairuifl Ui liiv prVS' i war. xney always acted as If they ^ told me when lt , ?lkGd m?- niother w" **"!? Germans would not eml* . J you know. I always thought the any Qrfc \\ \ world was big enough for three of ua ?No more Aq> can prr and we could keep lt for ourselves- ^ >fter the wgp ? he Al that Germany could control the contt- wl? gett,p ,n the , gTVi nent of Europe. England, through her devel aud control tha II *?* possessions and fleet, could con- COUQtr_ j have been dow 7 1/ trol the Mediterranean and the far f know lt u a marvelous f | east, and America could dominate th? purposes." / western hemisphere!" kalaer.a vision of j How long lt would have been before wotdd take In the recon lN-. Germany would have tried to wrest awoken Europe ^as lnd! dominion from England can readily be remark he made to me li ]Vf 'maglned, and with the whole of Eu- j waa visiting him at the )f ?ope and the far east under her thumb Qdarter8 at Pleas. ** America would undoubtedly have "Here I am nearly six 1 proved too . opting a morsel for the ake" he aoldonulzed, "at kaiser's or his descendants' rapacious bulld the w?. of Europ< L maw to have resisted. He said that Although the kaiser so f 7\ he believed that the world wus "big <ed hlg d,.slRns on the wo I ( enough for three;" he didn't say lt fce was lmpat|ent of nnj \ \ wus too big for one. on the part of other nation t 1 What was really In his mind, how- gpoke of England's "gra I ft ever ?s lndlcate<l by a passage In an pen8|ty und viewed with s , ao?... .. he made some twenty-live anneXHtion of Hawaii and j| I 'years ago. in which, as Kev. I)r. New- plnP8 nnd our developnie | J ell Dwlght lllllls has pointed out. be ftfter the gpanish-Amerlcn I l used these words: professed to see In our n I! "From my childhood I have been tin- atr|V|ng after world power I' der the Influence of live men?Alexan- lDCOnsiHtent with the prlr r 7 der. Julius Caesar, Theodorle II. Na- wbi0h our government was ]T polcon and Frederick the Great. These Hp objected to our lnt< r Ave men dreamed their dream of a j Mexlcun affairs, although, world empire: they failed. I am | elogpd bv tbe Zimmerman dreaming my dream of a world empire, ?Ckhardt. he was making but I shall succeed 1" t0 havp Mexico interfere v The kalTer's plan to domlnnte Eur "What right has Preak . rope Included the control of Turkey, attpmpt to dlctnte the ii \ and he made everv effort to atronottio" ?~ cjM Qf Mexico?" he asked. * 1 that country so that she might be a let th<>m fl>,ht thelr battles .1 valuable ally In the war to come. Alluding to America's tl When Italy took Tripoli from Tup- fer th<> preflent wac he as key before the Balkan wnr I men- ( fjght has America to Insli tinned to the kaiser how opportunely Monrop doctrine of Amerh Italy had acted, but the kaiser die- mlx ,n European affulra? missed my remark with an exclnma?- 0(cnlze algo a Monroe docl tloo- of displeasure, realizing, of rope and keep her hands course, that Tut key's loss was In a conflict!" sense his own since he had planned to There Is no doubt that make Turkey his vassal. ,?|ma^ that the great am 1 To that eod he had sent German of- he had built up would em fleers to train the Turkish army and carry out his ambitious pr< _kad supplied them with gunsjtnd mu- out effective resistance. Bhtions. With an eye to the future. The one power ho most he had constructed the great Bag- fpr which he professed the dad railway. tempt was England He 1 When the Balkan war broke out In that England would nevi 1012 the kaiser had (rent confidence measure swords with Ge that the German-trained Turkish arm? that he could provoke a wi would acquit Itself creditably and opportune moment came wl that In the outcome of that conflict hla fear of England's Intervent European program would make cor Id In 1011, when the interni erable progress. He told me that he atlon over the Moroccan had a map of the war area placed In partlru!?trly acute as a ret his motor and that with pegs he fol- mnny's having sent a gunh i lowed tip fortunes of the fighting dlr to demonstrate that ah I armies while he was traveling. ens tn her demands, the 1"**. The Turkish defeats were naturally great hopes that war w \ a great disappointment to him. might thu? be precipitated A "These Montenegrins, Serbians and confident that Eugluud wou ft Bulgarians are wonderful fighters," he of it. f confessed to me, shertly after Xhe war "England would be afn ft began."They're out-of-door people' with us, h. told me at the ftl^end they have the strength and sfnm f#?flr of losing Egypt, India t ' i^ftpa which fighters require. If they Any nation would think ti on the^way thefre going they'll' fighting my armies, but Ei .Constantinople In a week! Con- tlc^lnrlv hwfause she woul those Turks r^JVe furnished o risk the lose of tier ovi and ^ENultl n nn<1 oles." kT"11won t When the kaiser's apibBl 4ft V> iP^lOD# to dominate tljU world Is tJ% THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER, ana navy, his whole plan wodlfl "have | vent to his feelings "Th 1 'jV to be abandoned and his dream of tlon." r? tx w?rld-wlde dominion would be shat-1 "Mv nfiwr* |Y i tered. j censed at America's attltu II If ? Y j On one occasion when we were dls- I me, "it will be imposslbli Y i cussing the Carnegie peace effqrts, restrain them much longei Y the kaiser disclosed very positively And when, on another < Y Just where he stood on the proposition, accused Mr. Wilson of dl X 1 "Look at the history of the nations against Gerniuny, he mi X of the world," he declared. "The only ninrk: "Wilson's in the h X nations which have progressed and be- Wall street group 1" X come great have been warring nations. But, perhaps, the most X Those which have not been ambitious nunciatlon I ever beard h X and gone to war have amounted to Wilson was shortly after t t t t ? t t'$ nothing!" the war. I had been si OOOOOO Shortly after Wilson had -minted the the greut army headquai way to peace In Europe in one of his him, and when he entere Into effect a notps to oil the belligerent powers the he appeared to be In a to' the German falser called to see me professl >nally Indeed, bis condition was IX) to 1KMMKH) nn<' we discussed that latest phase of that the kalserln, who wn f power, they the situation. ent. sought to excuse hi a "Wehrbei- "The way to pence now seems per- explanation that he had lent tax. was fectly clear," I ventured. "Only your much upset and had he cldentnily, I majesty's -ever-Increasing army and very poorly, and she asked uld have to nnv>' stands in the way. If Germany him gently nud tried to of paying a K,v" "P her armament, it seems, at the same Mme, but he nnnn army, we w?uld soon have peace." leave the room and resent? iwerful that "That Is out of the question for Ger- !r?H "ie that she petted hit ! the world, ninny," replied the kaiser, decisively. We said little while I w t all and I "We have no mountains like the I'yre- but when I was through a nrd about It. nces to protect us. We have the open paring to leave, the kai nder protest, plains of Russia with their vast toward me and suid: lero was no hordes endangering us. No; we shall "Davis, Wilson Is a renl [i should be remain nrtued to the teeth forever!" My face flushed, I supp the German Insult to our president, i lad to pay it. , CHAPTER X. s? ntment wus so apparei colonization, ? kaiser immediately patted of a failure The Kaiser's Appraisal of Public Men. right shoulder and npolog fused to in- 1 No one ever ?P?'aks to the kaiser un- "I beg your pardon. I)a ons, and the tn addressed. As that monarch's opln- dared. In a quieter voice uer the com- ,ons on raost subjects are flrmly fixed you're an American and irld were an an(* stand no opposition, any pardon for hurting your f ram of world erroneous Idea he may entertain is jf you only knew, you w< iny planned vefy aPt to remain with him. His ad- what a scoundrel your p inllkely that v,sprs were apt to lenve him In errog When It comes to throat-c ifforts along rather than arouse his Ire by attempt- aon should have his cut fln e progressed ,n* to 8et him right. But for the fact , Whenever the sun sho ath than she ??? he *?? very fond of asking Innu- kaiser he grew so optlinh the world In merahle questions. b*? store of lnfor- failed to pay the slightest matlon might have been extremely the clouds gathering on t D00 people," scanty. After the ItHlinn co1inpse. f >ne occasion, In the course of my conversations he wus so enthusiastic alu ad room for with him he frequently expressed his tary success In that are we became views of men who were In the public failed to realize that A er hands on eye. Upon what basis they were slowly but surely forging t f we must founded he did not always enlighten bolt that wus to strike him s why I am m?\ but even when I knew them to be "Now how foolish It wt kets. Just as erroneous I realized It was useless to president to bring your c vnli and the try to change them and I did not often this war!" he said. "Ami tones to the take issue with him. When I did his now see, when it is too late as I under- eyes would flash fire, but I had ex- ipey niade of themselves eveloped the pected that and I continued Just the elected a professor for pre lau-" j 88 mp- America must pay the bill lection were 1 The kaiser always seemed to take remark and others of the t fntl'y by the a purtlcular interest in American af- the kaiser's expectation of ent war, for ft'rs, aad while he professed to de- to exact an enormous in vas over the RP,se our form of government he pert of his peace terms wa jrate to the watched very carefully the careers of dlcated, and he felt that Ai our public men. It Is not unlikely that ing profited the tnost and ilgratlon for hp imagined. as I have pointed out least of any of the belllgei said. "My elsewhere in these pages, that he could would be In the best positii Balkans and Influence our elections by swinging depleted cofTers. t wonderful the German-American vote In favor of The last time I saw the I 'n there and , candidate he preferred, and he he mentioned the president land for our i mftde * of ?ur public men in fan of 1917, shortly nfter I order that he might know which of replied to the pope's peuce the part he 1 [hpm "ould be more desirable In office "Wilson is an Idealist, ai struction of from th* German viewpoint. l8t cnn accompli8h nothln, Icatod by a When Mr. Wilson was nominated for comment. "He went into t l 1910 when the presidency, the kaiser was quite he might have a seat at the army head- positive that he wouldn't be elected, hut he will never get It. Perhaps the fact that Mr. Roosevelt, vent It 1" ty yeara of for whom at that time the kaiser had Gf Wilson's peace notes, id must re- the greatest admiration, was one of ls8m.d bef(,re Aroerlcn wt, ,!? I Mr. Wilson's rivals, blinded him to the w:ir. the kaIser remarked: reely admit- strength which elected Wilson, but the Hm r|ght. the others think t rid at large, j fn< 1 that the latter had had little ex- America has all the money. C expansion , P?rlence in International politics un- really wnnts peaqe, let hi s. lie often titted him, in the kaisers estimation, bills and take care of the bblng" pro-' f?r Important office for which he and the wur will be over! usplclon our ' waa running. simple." ??hiiirv. I I aaw the kaiser shortly after Mr. ti,..!.. * Iivtv nuo UU U1UU Ul till nt of Cuba W80n'8 election. whom the kaiser sigmed t< n war. He! "* am very much surprised nt the n.uch, before the war, as ? ew policy a rpsu,t ?' >'our election," he declared. Roosevelt. The kaiser wa * which was ' d,dn'* think your people would he that Roosevelt had prevent iclplea upon so HS to p'prt ? college profes- japan by sending the Am founded I 8nr a's Pro8,dpnt> What does a profes- around the world and sho' rference In sor know International politics v. as fit. This brill la nf&trol whs dls- ?nd diplomatic affairs?" , nianshlp, as the kaiser ter note to Von 1 haven't the slightest dotibt that u topic that he referred tc ever effort kaiser pictured our president as occasions. It was a forceful Hh ours a coun,prpnrt of the typical German tlon that was very much al lent Wilson Pr?fpssor?8 plodding, Impractical, un- heart. aternal poll- amh,,,OU8 bookworm with no hope or "What I admire about M "Why not dp8lr* of pvpr parnlnK ?rp ,,m" ?'.<**> most." he said, "is the fact out alone?" ft y,'ar and no yparn,nK for Pu,,,tc a<> the greatest moral courage treat to en-1 c,a'm? 0 rpc,l,se, absent-minded and j ever gnew I" The fac ked * "What' 8plf-ppn,pred. who spent the midnight' Roosevelt had given Gern * UI)nn ti,p! poring over nnisty volumes and twenty-four hours' notice anil then i Pn'd Uttlo or ?o attention to what was from Venezuelan waters < i" her ree-' po'nK on around him' Such a ronn. t0 lessen the kalser'a udn T f Fu- the kn,8pr undoubtedly believed, the him. r T ?f thla States had elected as Its chief j heard him shower ?U ? 1 executive and his surprise was more Roosevelt many times nm . Vn,?or or less natural In those circumstances, the slightest doubt that ht When Wilson sent .r>,000 men to Vera sincere. iy .nn. na^y Cruz the knlser felt that he had ex- After the war started, w " ' ' "'uw' ceeded his rights. velt showed very plainly tl gram w "What right has Wilson to mix In fpr what nice things the k f. >l hnt Internal affairs of Mexico?" he have thought and said of 1 _ asked. "Why doesn't he allow them to tnlnly didn't reciprocate l umos <on It ouj among themselves. It Is the kaiser was very much <11 pr (fare' to their nffalr, not his!" Germany had "I'm terribly disapi>olnl and fnRn-v buanclal Interests In Mexico and Roosevelt," he deelured. ir when the l?ollpd with disfavor upon any move way my wife and I enter thoiit much we madp 'n direction. when he was here as our . I When, however, the war In Europe tiim to take the stand he tl_" , | started the kaiser made everv effort ???- ?- * - ? uii^raiuciiiiillij. 1 gtlVt? II K 11iuiini biiu- ^ hnye America ml* In International for him?the greatest honor i e n** *ff8,r8 provided we fought on her aide, stow upon him and a thin# t ?> uer- when 1 saw him Just after the war m.Ver been done for a prlv ont to Aga- started he said yre ought to seize the j^e waa not president then, ie was sen- 0pp0Ptm?itir to annex Canada and j UJ,e<| to admire hlin very kal?er had Mexico. now I think the man has Ith France Can't your president see the won- Hn(j iort mind. I never and he was derful opportunity now for combtn- would turn ngnlnst us like Id keep out tng with us and crushing England?" did not seem to realize that he aaked. "With our fleet on one aide American owed allegiance lid to war and Amerlca'a or the other we could country, time, " for destroy England's ?ea power. This If. .'n 191K I asked him whet ind I "eland. America's great opportunity to dotnl- heard that Mr. .I'ord was < vice before nate the western hemisphere, and your over from America In a cha igland par- president must see his chance to take with a delegation, d not di&e Canada pnd Mexico I" | "Who, Peace-Fo^dT* he li meas colo- As the w?f progressed and reports I told the kaiser what I t: reached the Raiser of our IncreasedL the Fsrd expedition. * ous project shipments of munitions to the alllesi "Hot can your country al considered son he- like th-* do thlcthlng-H c. s. c. Hat "corinSo understand, was formerly Ifa the ~bl- ' cycle business und knows very little nlng so In- outside of business matters? ide," he told ??j haven't ?he slightest doubt Mr. ' s for me to pnrd Is a great business man," the kaiser went on, "and 1 um sure he occasion, he means all right, but what a mistake scrlminating ft is to allow a man so Ignorant of } ide the re- world affairs to do a ridiculous thing unds of the like this!" I told thp kiilsor tVin? t? ? V'"4 iiuu IJCCU 1 hitter de- suggested In some of the American lm make of papers that if Ford really wanted to we entered end the war. all he had to do was to nmnoned to i pay Germany $100,000,000 aud buy ] ters to ?ee Belgium back. d the room "One hundred million dollnrsl" the werlng rage, kaiser repeated, and then after a moso apparent incut's reflection, us though he had s also pres- been turning over some figures in his m with the mind, "No, Davis, it will cost much he<*n very more than that to get Belgium hack !" en sleeping It occurred to me that If the kaiser me to treat really meant what he said on that ocsoothe him casion, all his talk about "peace withtold her to out annexation" was obviously a myth *d Iter show- nru| tlisit the only hope of Belgium's n- | redemption lay in the military defeat as nt work, of Prussia. Subsequent developments nd was pre- amply confirmed that view, ser stepped In the winter of 11)16, we were talking of the sentiment in America and scoundrel!" the conversation turned to Von Berns>ose, at this torff. and my re- "Von Rernstorff has been doing very it that ths good work in your country," the kaiser me on my commented, ized. "Well, your majesty," I replied, "It Is vis," he de- said In America that If ht hud not been f. "I know such a clever diplomat he would long I beg your ago have been compelled to leave." eellngs, but "From all I hear," the kaiser Bald, auld realize "he hnsn't had a very easy time of It. resident Is. The American press as a whole has uttlng, Wll- been conspicuously anti-German, alBt I" though I understand that one of your ne for the newspaper publishers bus been friend- ' *tle that be ly to us. Mr. Hearst, for Instance, has attention to helped our cause very much In your he horizon, country. He has been telling the truth 'or Instunce, about affairs, which Is more than most >ut his mill- of the other papers have been doing!" na that he Just before the king of Greece ?b<llmerlca was cnted. the kaiser referred to the uttlhe thunder- i tude of the American press again. I "Thn * ' I ? Iiv ??uj Iiir nuiri n nil llt'W is for your and the press of the allied countries ountry into generally are presenting the Grecian J i'rleans will situation to the world Is absolutely , what fools false and a disgrace I" he declared, bitwhen they terly. "They are entirely misrepre- ' sldent. Now sentlng the facts. Mr. Hearst Is the 1 Is!" In this only one, as far as I can iind, who hns 1 mine import revealed the real conditions and told 1 ' being able the truth about them. My, I wonder 1 idemnity as what the people have to say now that s clearly in- Mr. Hearst has finally exposed the merlcn, hav- whole thing!" It was only a short suffered the time afterwards that the king ubdlcat ent powers, ed and revealed unmistakably which on to fill his .papers had correctly interpreted the | trend of Grecian politics. I kaiser when The kaiser spoke to me many times 1 t was in the about the writings of William Bayard ' Wilson had Hale. proposal. | "Have you been following Hale's ar- 1 nd un ideal- tides?" he inquired. "What he is ' was his writing about the war Is excellent and 1 he wur that l" really the best material published. ' peace table voices my sentiments exactly, and * I shall pre- It would be well for every American to follow this writer's work." I which were * **od to confess thut there was one 1 nt into the American at least who was not only "I tliink I no* following Hale's writings, but had 1 hey're right. nov<,r heard of the writer, and the i If Wilson Imlser seemed to be somewhat dis- t Im pay the Pleased. > indemnities He referred to Hale several times i It is very subsequently and in the meanwhile I had ascertained that the man in ques odern times ,'"n w,,s representative in Berlin i? admire so of tho Hearst newspapers and I sub x l'residcr t sequent ly learned that he had pubs convinced l'sl"'d a book called "American Bights ed war with Rn<' Pretensions at Sea," which erican fleet explained at once to me why the kaiser .ving that it wn8 so enthusiastic about him. ke of states- 1 *n f*1** course of one of our many med it was conversations on the subject of Amer> on several 'cnn munitions, the kaiser paid his re demonstra- 8Pects to Schwab. i 'ter his own "What can one expect from Schwnb, < who is using the Bethlehem steel plant r Roosevelt to work ?K'linst he asked. "He Is ] that lie has ?' Austrian Jew extraction and would 4 of any man work npnlnst anyone for the suke of ' t that Mr mon?y that's in It 1" c uany's fleet ! "*'ni f?'b?wing affairs In America ? to steam vory closely," he told me on another ' lidn't "serve oconal?n, before we entered the war. t itration for "N?t ?f your senators are against t us. Senator Stone, for Instance, is t praise on biking a very strong neutral stand, I j 1 1 haven't understand, and it is a pity there are t ? was quite not more ,,ke blm." n Just before I left for my trip to t lien Roose- America l'i 101(1, the kaiser called on c tint no mut- ni<* ,in<? ' tnlc' blm I was leaving. |i alser might "Well, Pavls," he said, "he careful " ilm he oer- no* run ngninst any mines or be 41 he' feeling torpedoed. You'll probably be pulled t sappointed! ln,? Kn^'?nd on your way over. We v , understand all boats are taken there "Aft*1 t?r? 'or exan,'n?tb?n." Then, with fire In ti *r . ." ; his eye, he added: "If you should see n " ru' f In my cousin the king. In England, kick t gues , or on ^ shins for mel" ti has Is very reat review CHAPTER XI. [ * I could be- ^ i, which had _. .. . . i The Kaleerln. von know Although I had frequently seen the v ieh h it ,n the eompnny of the kaiser, } "n* '.-n ' no* usually meet her until she; 5 ** (. . f became my patient. In 1012, from which .. ?"f, time on she visited me more or lese that! He . . t' . . . regularly. H r ? C Without going deeply Into her histo his own it i,,n.7 ho cnfflnUnt ?~ ii .iI) . - - ,wn" ,,,Bi ; | when the kn??er .aarrled her, in 1881, 1 her he had Prints!* Victoria ot ? >n 1 ? way , gchieswtg-Holsteld-Sonderbtirg -Auku*- tf rtered *iip terh,.rfC she WHB a yvaT ol(,er thHn ,, i her husband. She commanded no par- g n qui red. , tjcu|Hr WPn|th ailfj was not HH prepos- p, tad read of then, perhaps, as she became jj when, some years later, her hair . How a man fyrne<j white a/^d softened her rather j features and too blKhly^fOlared' Wf , 2 f M? #i?Tlntiwhi??o? to Sf PAGE THREE * occurred one Sunday afternoon ut me Kerltn palace, where I had been Instructed to be at three o'clock. I wan conducted up the stnlrway and, on the first landing I met the kaiser, who wan ? waiting for me. "Well, Davis," he said, "I hope I haven't spoiled your Sunday afternoon, but I assure you It wus not for myself I sent for you. but for my wife. She hus been suffering for several days and wi' are going to nave ? state ball ott Tuesday and 1 want you to get her la order, so that she can attend It, as It is one of the most Important social functions of the season. Follow me, and I will take you to my wife and Introduce you." We accordingly entered a very Inrge sitting room. The empress. In a negligee of her favorite royal purple, entered and shook hands with ine cordially. She looked very worn, and It was plain that she had heen suffering considerable pain and loss of sleep. She had a handsome figure and waa stately in her carriage, hut her crowning glory was n profusion of white hair. She was then fifty-four years old, but her luiir had turned white many years before. It was said. Indeed, that the change y had been brought about rather midden-a ly as a result of certain drugs she had' taken lu an effort to avert a tendency to avoirdupois which had developed. I know the kaiser loathed fat women. On more than one occasion ho had said to me as he bade me farewell : "Well, Davis, you have kept me here talking so long you hnve almost spoiled my morning walk, hut I'll tuke a walk through the Tlergarten Just the same," and then he would add disgustedly, "where I presume I will have to greet all the fut Jewesses In the pnrk 1" But to return to the kalserln: The kalserln's physician Joined us, nnd there were several maids?very superior young women?In attendance upon their royal mistress. After I had examined the empress and hnd given my advice, the physician explained to me In a low voice that It was necessary to be cautious and not do much, ns he was afraid of her physical condition. 'Is "Anything you do for her he explained, "would require gry^yod. I anaesthetic. She Is not in condltl 0f I** ^ utlilwt i.uln 1- " ' & ........ niuiiiui. x nt" umy unaesthctic her majesty will take Is chloro- * form. I've administered It to her eleven times and I know Just what It means. I'm afraid of her heart at this time. ? Indeed, Just as soon as I can get her Into condition I want her ,lo go to Nauhelm for the cure." ~ Ills alarming words caused qnite n (lurry among the maids and they/*^" crowded uround the empress and begged her to have nothing done that ^ [lay hut to endure her suffering a little /_? v longer In the hope that relief would come without the necessity of an oper- J ation at that time. Their pleadings prevailed upon the patient to postpone the treatment. This made the kaiser very angry and le walked up and down the room impatiently. * "Here," he said, "I've got Doctor- 4 ? Davis to come In on a Sunday after10011, and you want to he in shape for , he hall on Tuesday, and now w>u ? von't have anything done! That's the vny with the women!" Then he turned to me and said: 'Well. Davis. I'm sorry to have spoiled rour day." And he dashed out of the oom, apparently much provoked. I 'elt I had almost witnessed a family luarrel, but the incident indicated tone that whatever hopes the kaiser night entertain of one day dominnt* ng the world, he had not yet acquired mdlsfmted dominion In his own house* lold! I did not see the kalserin again for learly a year, when she came to iny mice witn a lady-ln-wnltlng. She arrived in her own car. Its approach was heralded hy the imperial 'Tadi-Tada" without the concluding 'Ta-Tn," which latter was reserved exclusively for the kaiser, and not . ' wen the knlserin was allowed to use it. ?" rhe kaiser's "Tadi-Tada-Ta-Ta" was he subject of much sarcasm among he proletariat, who satirically put it o the words: "Celerle-Salat-Ta-Tn," in ".Huston to the luxuries of the royal able which contrasted most unfavor- m. ibly with the simple meals to which hey were accustomed; while the so- * inlists showed their sentiments very. ilainly hy Improvising the .words: Von llnsern Oeld-Ta-Xa," .meaning. From our monev-ta-ta," referring to he royal immunity from taxation ihlch was one of their bitterest pills. It was not long after I had known ? ' he kaiserln before she made clear to le that she possessed a most dicta* ,v, orial manner, which was quite in con- \ rust with that of the kaiser, at ieast \ k liep lie ^as in my otJ}c?. (To be Continued.) m i'lliL TKWKI, I P CONOO ltlVFR FOR THHfiK WKEIiS London, Sept. 9.?A three weeks' lp up the Congo river by a steamer i in store for Harry A. McBride, pf s >etroit. United States consul in . ondon, who left here recently on government mission which will ike him to Central Africa. Mr. Mcride, who was formerly United tates consul in Belgian Congo, exacts to spend four or five months 1 Central Africa on business for io United States government. Before departing for the Belgian ango, Mr McBride is to go to Monfta, the capital of Liberia' V ?<