Excerpt from Private Lives of Kaiser William II and His Consort, Vol. 2: Secret History of the Court of Berlin, From the Papers and Diaries of Ursula, Countess Von Eppinghoven, Dame Du Palais to Her Majesty the Empress-Queen Toward the end of January, 1894, when the Kaiser was about to complete his reconciliation with Prince Bismarck first entered upon by the historic telegram from Guns, which Emperor Francis Joseph had inspired, l he informed the Court at supper one evening that the Duke of Lauen burg, who had been suffering from influenza, was doing well again. I will send Kiderlen to Friedrichsruhe to morrow to convey my congratulations, together with the customary bottle of Steinberg Cabinet, he added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.