The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-11-13
CROWN PRINCES
FATE is STILL
UNDETERMINED
Ex-Kaiser to be Interned in
Holland as Count William
Hohenzollern. -+..
(By Associated Press)

| LONDON, Nov. IL. - Tuesday
Crown Prince Frederick William Of
Germany was shot and killed on Mon
day morning, by German soldiers,
when trying to cross the Dutch from
tier, according to Amsterdam dis
patches to the Times and the Post.
! WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-It was Of
| ficially stated today that the Ameri-
can government has no confirmation
of rumors that the former German
crown prince has been killed.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 13.-The former
German crown prince arrived yester-
| day at Maastricht, according to dis
patch received here.
LONDON, Tuesday, Nov. 12.-Hol-
land will permit William Hohenzollern
to remain on Dutch soil on the same
terms of internment as other high Of
ficers of the German army. He has
taken the name of Count William
Hohenzollern and is expected to buy
an estate and remain in Holland, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company.
The Telegram OF Amsterdam says
that he was allowed to take only his
personal property from his train, the
non-personal property which was
brought to Holland being confiscate1,
as Is usual In internment cases. Re-
cent dispatches have stated that the
former emperor, had taken carload
of archives taken with him in to Hol-
land.
LONDON. Tuesday, Nov. 12.-Hol-
lands hesitancy in dealing with Will
liam HohenZollern is ascribed to the
extremely indefinite state OF public
opinion in Holland by the Amsterdam
correspondent of the Mail. He says
that German revolutionary soldiers
along the Dutch frontier say that they
were strictly ordered to prevent the
former emperor and his family to es-
cape into Holland.
Late Saturday night and shortly af
ter six o'clock on Sunday morning, he
says, the sound Of cannon could be
heard from German territory. 1t was
reported that fight had taken place
between revolutionists and royalist
troops and that both sides had used
artillery.
AMSTERDAM. Tuesday, Nov. Ia
Count Won Bentinck, at whose cha
teau the former German emperor is
staying, told the Handelsblad today
that 1t was only yesterday afternoon
that he received a sudden request
from the Dutch government, asking
him to accommodate William Hohen-
zollern and his suite, the number in
the retinue not being given. AS the
party numbers about fifty the major
ity Of it's members are being lodged
at two neighboring country hotels.
Amerongen Castle, where the former
emperor is living, is a splendid old
place with luxuriously adorned apart
ments. Louis XIV Of France spent a
night there in 1872
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, Nov. 12.-I
A few aged generals accompanied Viii
liam Hohenzcliern, on his flight to
Holland When they reached the
frontier, they were stopped by Dutch
frontier guards, who sent for General
Omen, chief Of the internment ser
vice and some local authorities. After
being introduced TO the former en-
peror. General Omen entered the an
tomobile which had crossed the from
tier and drove off. The bystanders
Kissed the former German war lord.
One Of the generals in the party was
in tears when the group drove away.
LONDON. Nov. ia published
statement which the former German
emperor wished to be regarded as his
reason for going to Holland, says that
the journey was not a flight according
to an Amsterdam dispatch to the daily
telegraph. His departure from Ger
many was actuated by desire to ia
cilitate the work of the new govern