The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-02

TO his own room, and is not seen by
the Bentinck family till dinner. at s
o'clock in the evening.
Inc days are over when his doctor
| considers 1t necessary for his health
that the former emperor should saw
wood. The little clubhouse in which
he performed this useful work is in
! the courtyard of the castle, close up
against the house, and the former
emperor was often seen there by the
tradesmen who had business to trans.
act at the kitchen door But now,
after half an hours peregrination at
the utmost, the exzkaiser goes to his
apartments, and there remains, with
the exception Of one curious interval
! in the afternoon. until nightfall.
l.. Closer Domestic Ties
Suffering and sorrow have brought
the ex-emperor and ex-empress into
an intimacy which before the war was
| perhaps impossible. They are now
seldom apart The ex-empress is not
more anxious and devoted in her min.
istrations to the ex-emperor than he
is anxious and devoted in nursing her
through her frequent and often very
painful heart attacks. They have be.
come thoroughly bourgeois in their az
lection, sharing the same room, sitting
! by day at the same fireside, and mani
Testing toward each other all those
| little gestures and phrases Of endear-
ment which we associate with middle.
class domestic happiness. The ex-
empress on one side of the hearth
| Will sit with piece of needlework in
! her hands, while the ex-emperor, on
the other side. reads aloud to her
from book which has reached him
either from Germany or England.
Perhaps may be allowed to say he is
now reading my book. THE vindica-
! ton Of Great Britain in which I
have traced back to its source the
stream Of causes which ended in the
niagara of war.
After luncheon, which is served in
their own rooms, the ex-emperor takes
form of exercise SO curious and so
suggestive Of Imprisonment that 1t is
difficult to imagine what pleasure he
can find In 1t or how a man of such
nervous excitability can endure it's
monotony. He walks for an hour and
a half around the gallery which looks
down upon the hall of the castle. The
gallery is dark and rather cherries.
| Moreover, it is not visited by much
/ lTeSluSSS HUH TIE outer air. Never
theless. for as long as an hour and
{, half the white-haired man, dressed
now in Prussian uniform, will here
walk rapidly, and for the most part
in silence, every afternoon of his life.
listening to the conversation of his
adjutant, young captain, whose
bright and cheerful disposition is
greatly appreciated by the former en-
peror and whose loyalty to the fallen
kaiser involves the sacrifice of his
own youth.
After his walk around the gallery
the ex-emperor returns to his wife
and sits with her till dinner time.
Sometimes he sleeps, sometimes he
writes, but as rule that part of the
day is spent in reading and CONVEX
sation
What He is Writing.
1t may be interesting for the reader
to know that the former Kaiser has
not written, and does not contem-
plate writing, any defense Of his pol
icy What he is writing very few
people know, and certainly it is most
unlikely that this document will see
the light of day until after the ex
Kaiser's death. It is perhaps some
thing in the nature of an autobiog
raphy. He is determined, as l said,
to appear no more on the world S
stage.
Thousands of letters and kilograms
reach him from Germany. He replies
to none Of them. His wish is to re-
tire as soon as possible to country
place in Germany, and onthing that is
likely 10 interfere with his yearning,
this last ambition, of William Hohen-
zollern is suffered to suggest itself to
his mind for single moment.
If the health of his wife permits,
both the ex-Emperor and ex-Empress
join the Bentinck family at diner, and
when the health Of the ex-Empress is
not too bad for anxiety. but not well
enough for ceremony, the ex-Emperor
comes down to dinner alone.
The former Kaiser takes obvious
pleasure in the society of Count Go
dard's children. He is kindly, bright, !
anecdotal, and sometime playful. He
appears at the table in uniform and is
the center of the party. always agree
able and amusing, never morose or
sullen. but no longer disposed toward
those bouts of horseplay for which he
was noted in the days of his glory.
When the ladies' have retired the ex-
lieu hdlSbG SIuOheS d cigar Will LIS
host, ana on these occasions speaks
with absolute freedom Of mind.
I like to think of this once passion |
ate and easily excitable Emperor, |
whose power the other day was so pro- |
digious and who so nearly came in
1914 to domination of the world, seat !
ed in quiet and reflective converse
ton with the Dutch country squire, |
who has ever kept himself out of pub
lie life and followed the path of sim
plicities with a quiet sense of rcspon-
sibility to God and his fellow-men.
These two men have an English bond
of sympathy. The ex-Kaiser had an
English mother and adored Queen Vic
toria, who died in his arms. The
father Of Count GODDARD was wounded
in the peninsular war and served on
Wellingto n's staff at Waterloo. Their
conversation often takes them to Eng
land and is frequently conducted in
English His first words on entering
the castle on Nov. II were in English:
And now" he said, clapping his
hands, give me cup of real good
English tea"