The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-12
ASSASSIN" IS
CALLED AFTER
Ex.kA|SER BY
WAR REFUGEES
Former German Ruler Makes
lnglorious Entry Into Hoi-
land Village With Escort OF
Prussian Officers.
GUARDS STOP CoRTEGE
(By Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM, Monday, Nova IL
The former German emperor made an
inglorious entry into Holland, accord
ing to reports from Eysden At 1870
o'clock Sunday morning ten travel
stained automobiles driven by Prus-
sian officers were seen coming slowly
through the fog. The last Belgian vii
lage, which is almost on the border
line was still asleep. The noise II
the motors brought out crowd ..
curious villagers.
The former ruler of Germany was
dressed in the uniform of a general
with an officers cap and carried a
sword The erstwhile martial figure
was huddled and bent on walking
stick while his eyes stared straight
ahead.
The Dutch frontier guards stopped
the cortege. After some brief formal
ity the automobiles were conducted
to the railway station at Eysden.
Dutch cavalry and military cyclists
formed Gordon about the station
Crowds of Belgian refugees swarmed
~ bas Guillayms; Assassin
An imperial train arrived at the sta
ton an hour later. 1t consisted OF IA
cars, and William Hohenzollern WAC
had walked up and down the railway
platform entered the tran and chang
ed to civilian clothes
LONDON. Ncv 12.-Both the for
mer German emperor ard his eldest
son, Frederick William, crossed the
Dutch frontier Sunday morning, ac-
cordirg to cdvices from The Hague.
The fromer German emperor's party
which is believed to include Field Mar
shal Won Hirdent urg, arrived at Eys-
den midway between Liege and
Maasti ich0. on the Dutch frontier
at 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning. &C
cording to Daily Mail advices.
Practically the whole German gen
eral staff accompanied the former en-
peror, and ten automobiles carried the
party. The automobiles We're bristling
with rifles, and all the fugitives were
armed.
The ex-kaiser was in uniform. He
alighted at the Eysden station and
paced the platform, smoking cigar
ette.
Many photographs were taken by
the members of the imperial party.
On the whole the people were very
quiet, but Belgians among them yelled
out EN- voyage!"
Chatting with the members of the
staff. the former emperor, the cores
pondent says, did not look in the least
distressed. A few minutes later an
imperial train, including restaurant
and sleeping cars. ran into the station.
Only servants were aboard.
The engine returned to Wise, Bel
gium, and brought back a second train
IN which were large number OF star
officers and others, and also stores OF
food.
The German Consul from Maastricht
arrived soon after s o'clock. Dutch
railway officials soon made their ap-
pearance and many of the inhabitants
came TO the station attracted by
curiosity
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Copenhagen
quotes the Politiken as saying that
when the ex-kaiser arrived at Mas
tricht he was accompanied by the
former empress.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-William Hohen-
zollerh, the former German emperor
arrived Sunday at Count Bentinck S
chateau at Middachten at Nelp, near
Arnhem, according to a dispatch to the
Daily Express dated Sunday at Nelp
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily
Express dated Sunday says that the
former German empress is i'll at Pots
dam. near Berlin, and that the former
crown princess is at her bedside.