The sun., 1919-04-06
William Hohenzollern's Wealth, De
rived From All Sorts of CONNER
cial Investments, Safeguarded by
Agreement With Present Gov
eminent of Germany

drawal to Holland was finally decided
upon. his consent thereto being given
in return for a solemn pledge by
Ebert in the name of his group that
the lives and private property Of the
Kaiser and OF the members of his
family would be safegusrded.
Signs and Receives Money.
After the Emperor had taken up
his residence in Holland Ebert and
his friends found that they would
be unable to fulfil their promise to
the Kaiser unless he affixed his sig
nature to an act OF abdication, thereby
furnishing some evidence Of his sin
| certify in declaring that he would re-
main aloof from any interference in
the conduct OF the Government Of the
German Empire and Of the Kingdom of
Prussia until his countrymen desired
his return. since his continuance on
the throne, objected to SO strongly by
the Entente, was calculated to render
the conditions OF the peace accorded
to Germany far more severe than IL he
| surrendered his crown.
william signed the act Of abdica-
ton at Amerongen under protest, and
shortly afterward received from Ber-
lin, through the agency of Ebert a
sum Of money amounting to a quarter
of a million dollars. though whether
derived from his private property or
| from the Crown lands Of Prussia It is
| impossible to state.
Since then Ebert has paid number
| OF visits to the ex-Crown Princess OF
| Germany, who remains with her chill
| dren at Potsdam, occupying. not the
| Neues Palais or any Of the other
/ larger palaces there, but the so called
| Marble Palazzino. which belonged to
Princess Liegnitz, the morgantic con-
sort of King Frederick William III. Of
Prussia, and which ever since her
death. in 1870. has formed part OF the
private property Of the reigning family
of Prussia.
The reason given for these visits OF
| President Ebert is the alleged neces-
sity OF discussing with her matters
concerning the private property of the
Hohenzollerns. with which she is en-
powered to deal by her father in law,
the ex-Kaiser. Enjoying a greater
amount OF popularity and regard than
any other member OF the House OF
Hohenzollern, she and her children
have been left wholly unmolested in
all the disturbances that have taken
place in and around Berlin since the
flight of the Kaiser to Holland five
months ago. and It is believed by many
that in the event OF an ultimate res
toration Of the monarchy in Prussia
the Crown will be vested In her eldest
son, the now thirteen-year- old Prince
Frederick william, with some such
statesman as the former Chancellor
Prince Buelow as Regent during the
boys minority.
williams Investments.
"Ci-devant" Emperor william-to
give him the designation by which he
Is described in the pages of the 1919
issue OF the AImdndch dc Gothd-has
his private property invested In all
sorts OF enterprises. Everybody knows
Of his estate at Kadinen, decided to
him by an admirer. and on which he
established kilns for the production Of
pottery. retailed at big prices, at shops
which he still maintains for the pur-
pose at Berlin, at Frankfort and in
other big cities.
'io was oASo oi'e VI tne ihrBe Stock
; holders OF the Hamburg-American
Line, and one of the naval members
Of his household represented his in =
terests on the board OF directors. He
likewise held and probably still
} holds large number OF shares in
J the Krupps works at Essen and else
where in Germany. whence he derived
enormous profits, at any rate until a
year ago. the war having increased
we'll nigh tenfold the revenues Of the
concern.
Another undertaking in which he
Twas extensively interested was the