The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-08-09
1he KAISER the Beast
Of Berlin.
Bentley Grand 1heater Friday and
Saturday August l6.l7

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Louvain, Belgium, (Sometime in
future) Wilhelm II. of Hohenzol-
lern, emperor Of Germany, was i'm.
prisoned in the Louvain district
Jail today by Belgian soldiers under
command of King Albert. The
kaiser will remain'in the jail until
the allied superior court of Allies
decides where he shall spend his re.
manning years. Marcas. gigantic
blacksmith Of Louvain, wounded
in defending his family and other
villagers when the Huns invaded
Belgium in 1914, has been selected
to act as the kaiser's jailer.
Wilhelm II was brought here
from Berlin under heavy guard,
having been arrested by Allied SOL
diers who entered the imperial pal
ace under command of Generals
Pershing. Haig, Joffre and Diaz.
On the way to the district Jail peas
ants fought with the soldiers guard
ing the kaiser for an opportunity
to strike at the ex-ruler with rakes,
hoes, clubs and stones. The ar
rest of the kaiser, his arrival III
Louvain and other incidents lead
ing up to his capture by the Allied
troops are interestingly portrayed
in The Kaiser. the Beast Of Ber-
ain,' q gripping photoplay to be
shown here soon.
The Kaiser, the Beast of Ber-
lin is the latest and most timely
of superphotoplays dealing with the
present world war. This photo
play comes here after thrilling rec
ord breaking crowds in New York,
Chicago. Boston, Minneapolis, and
other leading cities.
The Kaiser. the Beast of Ber-
lin" has been produced by Rupert
Julian from the scenario prepared
by the director and Elliott j. Claw
son. The photcplay delivers a pow
erful patriotic message and gives
the public an ''inside" story Of
the life of the man who, by his
despotic and barbarous ideas, has
set the entire world aflame. The
photoplay gives US a more forceful,
clearer understanding Of why the
United States has entered the war
Ito stamp out kaiserism. 1t
shows how the kaiser planned the
sinking Of the Lusitania and award
ed a special medal to the captain of
the U-boat that launched the fatal
torpedo. 1t also shows how the
visions of drowning women and
children haunted Capt. Won Neigel
who received the kaisers honors,
and finally drove him to insanity.
The film graphically pictures the
tearing up of the famous scrap of
paper that guaranteed Belgium
her rights to peace and happiness
by the Hohenzollern, and the kaiser's
challenge to America when Ambas-
sador Gerard informed his majesty
that President Wilson and the Am
erican people would no longer tol-
crate Germany's ruthless naval war;
fare.
Beginning the story of the kais-
er's life (from fact) the photoplay
shows the kaiser being knocked
down by one of his captains whom
he had insulted and humiliated in
the imperial reception. Knowing
the penalty for his offense the young
captain commits suicide.
Physicians who examined the
kaiser Immediately after he had
been struck have claimed that had
the blow landed three inches high
er on the rulers head that it would
have burst cancer near the kais-
-er's ear and rendered him a maniac.
Following the encounter between
the kaiser and captain the photoplay
shows how the emperor ordered the
routing Of his troops bound for
Paris, through Belgium, and with
out the use Of scenes Of land battles
or Of naval engagements, carefully,
forcefully unravels its story of Ger
man kultur, forced upoK Belgium,
shows the American ambassador
Gerard conveying President Will
sons message, asking for the term
ination Of wholesale murder OF
neutrals op transatlantic ships,
the torpedoing Of which the kaiser
has ordered and continues to visual
ize historic facts until the last reel
in which the author leaves fact for
fancy to picture what seems likely
to be the result Of the Hohenzol-
'ern's canpaign-his Imprisonment.
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Bismarck, -, 5.--Rev. John
Fontana. past61 .the German Lu-
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