_First impression, March, 1917.
Second impression, March, 1917._
THE
Secrets of Potsdam
_A STARTLING EXPOSURE OF THE INNER LIFE
OF THE COURTS OF THE KAISER
AND CROWN-PRINCE_
REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME
by
COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF
_Commander of the Order of the Black Eagle, &c.
Late Personal-Adjutant to the German Crown-Prince_
CHRONICLED BY
WILLIAM LE QUEUX
LONDON:
LONDON MAIL LTD.
39, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN. W.C.
_Copyright in the United States of America by
William Le Queux, 1917
Translation and Cinema Rights reserved_
_"Veneux Nadon,
"par Moret-sur-Loing
"(Seine-et-Marne).
"February 10th, 1917._
"MY DEAR LE QUEUX,
"_I have just finished reading the proofs of your book describing my
life as an official at the Imperial Court at Potsdam, and the two or
three small errors you made I have duly corrected._
"_The gross scandals and wily intrigues which I have related to you
were, many of them, known to yourself, for, as the intimate friend of
Luisa, the Ex-Crown-Princess of Saxony, you were, before the war,
closely associated with many of those at Court whose names appear in the
pages of this book._
"_The revelations which I have made, and which you have recorded here,
are but a tithe of the disclosures which I could make, and if your
British public desire more, I shall be pleased to furnish you with other
and even more startling details which you may also put into print._
"_My service as personal-adjutant to the German Crown-Prince is,
happily, at an end, and now, with the treachery of Germany against
civilization glaringly revealed, I feel, in my retirement, no
compunction in exposing all I know concerning the secrets of the Kaiser
and his profligate son._
"_With most cordial greetings from_
"_Your sincere friend_,
"ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF."