Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-27

CROWN PRINCE
STILL IN EXILE
SAYS HOLLAND
Dutch Deny Son Has Es-
caped-Will Welcome
parture Ex-Ruler.

Berlin. June 26.-The former
Emperor William is planning
to speedily return to Germany
before the entente can demand
his surrender from Holland,
according to a Stuttgart dis
patch to the Neue Berliner lei.
tung. The dispatch states that
the Dutch government thor
Oughly approves of his return
as the former emperor is an
unwelcOme guest and his pres
ence in Holland is increasing
the problem before that cOun-
try.
The Hague, June 27.-Frederick
William Hohenzollern, the former
German crown prince, whose
escape from Holland to Germany
had been reported, was still at his
residence on the island of Wier-
ingen in the Zuyder Zee this morn
ing, it was officially announced
here today.
The fact that the former crown
prince was still at Wieringen was
disclosed by an official investiga
ton made by the Dutch minister of
the interior.
Has Not Been Absent.
Paris, June 27.-The German
crown prince has not been absent
from his home on the island of
Wieringen for some time, a Havas
dispatch from the Hague says.
Thursdays report of the escape
of the former crown prince from
his internment in Holland, it ap-
pears from the available advices,
came from British officers. The &C
curacy of the news apparently was
accepted without question in peace
conference circles).
Had Said He Would Return.
London, June 27-After peace is
signed, 1 will return to Germany to
live on my estates in Silesia and
perform my duties as landowner"
said the former German crown
prince in an interview last week
at Wieringen, according to a Brus-
sells dispatch to the Daily Mirror.
The prince is also quoted as de-
claring that East Prussia and ST.
lesia will never consent to be gov
erned by Poland. There will be
another war within ten years"
Paris Doubtful of Escape.
Paris, June 27-As the hours
have passed without further details
of the escape from Holland of
Frederick William Hohenzollern
some doubt has been created in the
peace conference circles as to the
accuracy of the advices. The Paris
newspapers today reflect this at
titude, the Figaro regarding that
the affair may turn out to have
been a lark by the ex-crown prince
in Dutch territory.
1t is pointed out also that he had
no particular reason to fee the
Dutch soil. the peace treaty not
providing for his extradition and
that on the other hand, that by en-
tering Germany he might be listed
with those for whom the entente
will ask
Nevertheless, the council of four,
the newspaper states, has decided
to call the attention of the Dutch
government to consequences which
might follow the former crown
princes escape, should it be con-
firmed that he has fed, and to ask
that the watch over former EN-
peror William be increased in Wig
ilance.
Make Appeal For Kaiser.
Coblenz, Thursday, June 26-(By
the Associated Press.)-The fol-
lowing advertisement is appearing
in newspapers in various parts of
unoccupied Germany, being a
part of the campaign that is said
to be going on through the coun-
try under the auspices of the Of
fcers' alliance:
I'VE have telegraphed the Hol-
land government as follows:
""The German officers alliance,
filled with gratitude for the hospi-
tality afforded the German kaiser
by holland, in the name of mil
lions of Germans, requests the
of the Netherlands to |
refuse to deliver the kaiser to the !
entente. We can not now defend |
our former lord with our bodies |
but we expect the magnanimity of |
the Dutch to spare us this final and
most humiliating disgrace
The advertisement is signed |
''The German Officers Alliance" |
No papers appearing in the Ameri- |
can occupied area have been per-
mitted to print the advertisement, |
which is addressed to "all Ger
p1auc"