The Secrets of Potsdam

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William Le Queux

First impression, March, 1917.
Second impression, March, 1917.

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."