The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-20
With Germany's Dethroned War Lord the x-Kaiser
 Exiled at Amerongen
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 cial, who had previously spoken to
 him warning him of the kaiser's in-
 tended arrival, and had told him that
 it was quite impossible for him at Amerongen to house the whole of the
 German Court, which appeared to
 have followed the Kaiser. The Count
 in his conversation was at no pains
 to hide his feelings.
 While not wishing to embarrass
 the government" he said, T think 1t only fair to us here that you should
 be told that We cannot accommodate
 this crowd of people. Something
 must be done to relieve us of this re-
 sponsibiity.'' The official evidently
 made some reply, and then the Count broke in, Tt looks ik. being long one, then. They would never bring a whole train full of luggage and 45 men for two days stay
 It was fortunate for the comfort l of the gues $ that they had taken the precaution of bringing with them ample supplies of food and wines. While the Count was discussing with his family the means of providing a meal for the household, there sud- denly arrived from the station a, cart load of boxes containing cooked | foods, chickens, wines and fruit. This,
 at all events, relieved us of our inn
 mediate anxieties, and preparations were pushed forward for dinner. Kaiser at Dinner
 The next question to be lOnsidered
 was the seating arrangen ent at the
 ia ble. The Royal party was to con-
 sist of five members, the Kaiser, . General FaIkenhayn, Count Moltke,
 Count Plafen and Major Hirschleid,
 
 Carlos, and two other sons, and Coun-
 tess EIizabet and the Counts daugh-
 ter. made up a party of ten. The
 table in the dining room was an an-
 tiqUe oval one, and it was arranged that Count Bentinck should have on
 his immediate right the Kaiser, and i on his left General Falkenhayn. Next ] to the Kaiser was seated the Counts
 only daughter, and on her right ' Count Moltke.
 The male members of the party met in the library, and the Kaiser's s 1 general appearance was a striking ! contrast from that which he present. ] ed on his arrival. He was arrayed i in all the gorgeOusness which the mess dress uniform of the Prussian ! Guards can provide, and seemed to i he in decidedly better spirits. He "
 wards the Count, and he was particu- 1 larly gracious towards the Countess i Elizabeth, who had entered the room 1 a few moments before the Kaiser. Count Bentinck, always a tactfu1, l home1y man, led the conversation in [ to channels far removed from war, 1 and very soon had the Kaiser heart 1 fly laughing at some little incident concerning Dutch village life. l l overheard the Kaiser remark, Your i people here must be very interesting g folk. I must get to know them, and 1 see these happy homes. Nothing in- 1 terests me more than the home life i of the people"
 Dinner was announced, and the party filed in and took their seats at the table. The Kaiser glanced round the room as if looking for some one, and then inquired of Kal- hayn across the table, Where is Kcausler?' This person, I was soon to learn, was the favortte waiter and
 servant of the Kaiser, who up to now had always been in attendance upon his master at dinner. Krausler, un- 1 fortunately, was amongst those who | had been left at the railway station l to spend the night at the train. The General was for a moment at a, loss for an answer, and, too, look ed round the room. Major Hirsch- 1 leid reddened slightly, and, clicking his heels together, stood rigidly at attention, and said, Your Majesty, I must take the bIame.' Krausler | has had to be left to attend to the 1 baggage at the station" This reply evidently caused the
 Kaiser irritation, for, ignoring the 9 he +o | Falkenhayn, He of all men should | not have been left. Send for him. 3 1 "Wiu not your Majesty honor my | servant by allowing him to wait upon you for tonight?" asked the Count. l Wilhelm made TO answer, but, sud- l denly appearing to realize the Counts s
 eldest daughter was seated next to him, he turned to her and said, "It
 is long since I had the pleasure of | dining with a lady in the company.
 In the field one sees no ladies' Terrible Scene
 The Count waited until the Kaiser 1 had completed his remarks. and then
 rising, as was his custom, he offered 1 grace for food. This strongly appeal ed to the Kaiser, who, as the Count
 concluded the little prayer, uttered
 farvent "Amen,'' and the meal com | menced. Never before had I seen 1 such a lavish display at Amerongen, 1 where hitherto, everything had been | of the most unostentatious and home | ly character. There were expensive | wines brought from Germany and ] many courses. The Kaiser appeared i at first to be happy and normal, and 1 Joined spiritedly in the conversation. "Old Hans as We always called the 1 butler, was waiting on the Kaiser and l Count Bentinck, and once or twice 1 during the early part of the meal I in iced that he was displaying g 1 signs of nervousness, which increas- | ed as the Kaiser began to exhibit in dications of irritability at the slow
 ness and agitation of the old fellow. | Suddenly the climax was reached. "Old Hans'' was handing to the Kais-
 CT dish containing a sauce. Will l helm in his irritability tilted the dish, ! 11n hot of