Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-16
ALL HIGHEST" COWARD
WHILE At WAR FRONT
Always Posing and Prating but in
Mortal Terror Every Minute
From Air Raids.

,hrrc for two wears. A Charleville editor,
III Domelier, whose publication was sup
or,~sed bv the Germans had occasion to
,bserve at close range the doings of the
All Highest, the Crown Prince and their
mite. and attcrward described his cx-
neriences in series of highly interesting
srticles in the Echo dc Paris. These
articles have been issued IN book form,
onder the title eau q. O. q. Allemand,'
with preface by Maurice Barres, of the
French Academy The London Daily
Mail prints the following extracts from
lhe testimony of this vigilant and clever
witness:
"Niheln / was attended bya veritable
army of domestics. He changed his
rIothcs several times day, putting on
clean linen and clean silk socks. His
majesty disdained plebeian footgear.
Everything with him was show. He knew
Of Napoleon's simplicity IN the field, and
himself slept on n camp bedstead, lac
uuered white, but instead of erecting It IN
n tent, placed 1t In a sumptuous villa,
which he had thoroughly protected against
-.ir raids by solid armoring of concrete.
''Hls terror of air raids Was entertaining
to the people, and the French airrnen gave
Ilm a verv lively time. In April, 1915,
they dropped bomb only 200 feet from
bis villa and four more within 300 feet.
After this he changed his sleeping place
constantly. A year later the French popti-
lation heard the hummIng of the aero
planes and saw imposing colonels, lat
majors, terrified feld-grays and excited
policemen rushing In the scantlest cos
tune for shelter. The servants and
soldiers of the kaisers train, which was
kept Mt Charlevile, bolted for a dugout
lust rs bomb fell on il and were killed
10 a man: the chief engineer, personal
friend of the Emperor; the head guard,
the cooks and the other atten dants met
death in the panic fight Of terror"
"After this Wilhelm left his villa and
retired to house at n distance where his
quarters were protected by very strong
steel netting. held up By piston supports
which would yield TO blow, with very
strong steel grating underneath. Even
this did not satisfy him. He had shelter
OF concrete, tn &c feet teiok, con-
structed over his bed on huge steel sup
ports; and in the garden great concreted
dugout was prepared, which was lighted
with electricity and capable of holding 80
persons. Numerous batteries were estab-
lished to protect him. and when he went
about he was followed by an anti-aircraft
gun on motor.
"Inlike his sons, he lived simply. Thus,
on December %, 1914, the royal dinner
consisted of roast fowl, cold venison with
salad, and sweets The state banquet on
his birthday, January 27, 1915, was q
little less frugal 1t consisted of caviar and
sparkling wine, thick venison soup with
fine hook, garnished fowls with 1906 Held
sleek, pate de foie gras and 1873 Chateau
Montrose, rice and fruit, and sweets. But
his ordinary drink was beer, with hook
or Moselle at dessert.
l., Il, far hnf X
ing own the partition walls of the house
in which he lived; furniture was provided
for him by requisition COR, rs the French
s,alied il, theft. Even then he had taken
10 cutting down trees. 'By-passers were
astonished TO see the German sovereign
strip his field marshal's tunic and fall on
the magnificent trees which surrounded
the house. They laughed or shrugged their
shoulders; the kaser-workman did not
impose upon them. He distributed the
wood which he chopped up among peor
families. His aim was, without spending
halfpenny, by using the true owner 5 wood ,
10 obtain sympathy The French noted
that he was mean as well as heartless.- He
allowed the girls and women who had been
taken hv force from Lille TO labor in his
sight on the land.
Little Willie lived IN far more riot
Gus fashion. Like his father, he showed no
desire TO risk his life at the front. Luden-
dorff and Hindenburg treated him as a
mere cipher. He spent much of his time
with a French girl. Gabrielle Beurier, and
drank TO excess till the orderlies were
obliged TO carry him home dead drunk. ,
When his staff wanted to send present to
the Crown Princess Cecilie they stole a
valuable book, the 'Ardennes lllustrees,
from private library. and on their fight
they left the Offices they had used in such
a state OF filth that the French troops,
when they arrived, found the stencil so
great as almost 10 require gas masks"
That was the golden age of German
royalty. Timcs have changed since, and
the other day The London Daily Express
reported that the belongings Of the ex-
King of Bavaria will he sold at public
auction by his erstwhile faithful subjects
The Berlin correspondent Of The Express
saws the ex-king of Bavaria has made
written protest against this arrangement.
According to the Zeitung am Mlttsg.
beginning has not yet been made with the
indemnihcation of the royal house