KAISER’S HATED SISTER.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1920, Page 3

KAISER’S HATED SISTER.

THE SCANDAL MONGER. BERLIN, November 19

Charlotte Princess of Mejningcn, sister of the ex-Kaiser, once the mostfoarpd woman in Germany, and in'her younger days beautiful, died a little while ago at Baden-Baden, unwept, unhonoured and unsung. Yet she once swayed the Raiser and his Court. Once, but this generation has forgotten it, all the world was amabed by the painful story of 'the “indecent postcards’*'which daily found their way to'the breakfast table of. the young -Empress. They were scurrilous picture of the Kaiser and the beauty of her time, Countess Charlotte Hohenau, over the title ‘‘Willy and Letika of Prussia.” “Tho Chamberlain Von Kotze was arrested, Masters of Ceremonies fought duels and — Charlotte of Meiningen rubbed her | hands”, says the historian. A t the hack of tho whole business was Fritz von Holstein, and the object of ! the conspiracy us of so many others j was to force a way to the Emperor's confidence past the Court group led by Count Wnldorsee. Charlotte was an I agent of the intriguers. Ultimately the plot failed, and Waldersce was got rid of by von Buelow when the Boxer rising gave a chance of sending him to Chinn. The Princess bad a hand in the famous Harden trial, which broke the notorious Eulcnburp; camarilla anti (by the same token) left the way open For the generals’ camarilla which made the war. The Princess was 59. She married the Grand Duke of Meiningen, who renounced his throne a. year ago. i