Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17
FLIGHT OF The KAISER
How william the Last Got Away
From Battle Front
Kissed BY A HOWLING dutch hob
Imperial Suite Narrow, Escaped
Death at the Hands of Allied Air
men Who Destroyed the Railroad
Station With Bombs But Few
Minufaa Altar Iheu 4 eft

I THE Flight of William the Last
This Is the title the Berlin Vorwaerts
gives to the following description
written by the kaiser's own attendant:
On Tuesday, October 30, at 2.3O p
m, 1 received from the castle an order
to come Immediately. / started. and,
suspecting something approaching a
departure, took the necessary papers
for a journey. When ! arrived at the
castle I received a commission TO pre-
pare with the personnel appointed to
start at IL o'clock that night for Spa In
court train. l arranged provisions
for ten days from the castles war store,
where enormous treasures Of food Of
every description had been stocked.
and had them packed into the court
train.
"On October 80, at 4 p. m, we enter
ed Spa. The kaiser. with his suite Of
fifteen gentlemen and forty-fve serv-
ants, continued to reside in the train.
"On November 3 the kaiser under
took journey to the front at Alos,
Belgium. We left this station after
some delay. Had we remained ten
minutes more we should have been no
more, for ten minutes after the court
train departure (the kaiser and some
Of his suite had left in motor cars) the
station was bombed by French airmen
land completely ruined, also q munition
transport and a hospital train full OF
sick and wounded.
Allied Aviators Overhead.
"On the return journey we saw six
enemy airmen still above our train.
but we were lucky, as they had
thrown all Of their bombs at the sta
ton.
when we returned to Spa at noon
of November we were informed that
we should leave that evening for Ber-
lin. Our JOY was great, but things
turned out differently. The kaiser had
not complied with the request OF the
general staff to retire from Spa as
quickly as possible, as his presence oc-
casioned fears of the worst, but he
took up his quarters at the Villa Fro
neuse. where he previously had lived.
Il had to contend with all sorts OF
things. because the courier who should
have brought fresh provisions, meat,
game, vegetables. ETC.. from Berlin did
not arrive. What was to do? told
a court official he must see that neces-
sary provisions we're obtained. This
was done to a limited extent.
Is On SATURDAY., Noyember 2, at SD. M
t3fe received news that the train OF the
kaiser was coming down, and that he
with all his suite, would remain on the
train. What did that mean? we asked
ourselves. After some reflection we
arrived at the right conclusion-fight.
About 10 o'clock, when the kaiser
had left the restaurant car. / was in
structed to have travelling breakfast
ready at S o'clock the following morn
ing, the 10th. for the kaiser and SIX
gentlemen of his suite and about eight
members Of his travelling service. /
was told that first breakfast must be
ready at half-past 4, as at o'clock
the motors for the further journey
1.-THE flight into Hollandl would be
ready.
Kaiser Fled in Auto.
Thus 1t happened the kaiser left the
train at o'clock in the morning and
fed in motor cars across the Dutch
frontier. We followed in the train,
reaching Eysden at 10 o'clock. Scarcely
had the train stopped when we heard
people in a factory situated opposite
the train asking the mocking question
whether we wanted to go to Paris, and,
il so, We must take the opposite direc-
tion.
"On Monday, the 11th, at o'clock
| in the morning, we left Eysden for
Maarn via Naastricht. Our experience
on this journey was simply indescriba-
Bile. Every single station we passed
swarmed like an ant heap with people
cndeavoring to surpass each other In
bowling, kissing, holding up their
hands. showing their tongues and spit
ting We reached the Maarn station at
in the afternoon. the kaiser being re-
ceived by Count Bentinck Of Ameron-
gen, as whose guest he now was in
termed.
"The kaiser seems to feel comforta-
BILE there, for he rides and tours in his
motor car and Is entirely at home. The
gamekeeper told US the only thing that
is lacking in the counts castle Is dane
Ing. Our train was now shunted on
siding, but some gentlemen Of the suite
remained until 4 o'clock. We were In
formed that these gentlemen would re-
side in the counts castle, and, as all
now alighted, we thought we were toll
erably safe.
II said to my companions In suffer-
ing that we would consume whatever
had been prepared for dinner for the
suite that evening. We made ready to
prepare a supper to be eaten in all
Tranquility when suddenly Dutch OFF,
GERS appeared and said we must pack
up all our things within half an hour
and leave the train unless we wished to
be taken into internment
"Wlllynilly we had to do what we
were told. What we previously had
read about In the newspapers we must
now experience in our own persons
and why?
I'VE conveyed our effects to the cas-
tie. twenty-five minutes distant from
the railway. where a transport motor
stood, which received the luggage. Two
other motorcars were at our disposal
in one Of which the maids were soon
accommodated. The other had only
room for the more highly placed gen.
tlemen, so I, 55 years old. who have
been twenty-five years in the royal SER
vice, was only able to find a place In
the door of the motor car.
Hardships Of Escort.
I'VE arrived at our place of banish-
ment at Amerongen at o'clock and
found a good reception in the oran-