Evening star., 1921-04-12
RITES MAY MARK
M0NARCH|ST COUP
Reactionary Party viii
Crowd Old Kaiser Town at
Ex-Kaiserin's Bier.
BY GEORGE wrrTE.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921.
BERLIN. April 12.-Germany's mon
archists will use the funeral of the
former kaiserin as the occasion for q
| royaist demonstration.
AS in the old days, hundreds of off,
GERS in full dress uniform. student or
ganiZations with numerous old Ger
man flags and delegations represent
ing the reactionary parties will crowd
the old kaiser town of Potsdam on
Saturday to pay their last homage to
the dead kaiserin.
The German nationalist party has
ordered its members to abstain from
all amusements and festivities for
! League asks it's members to wear
| mourning for four weeks.
With many Of the people the ex-
kaiserin was still popular as a typical
German mother and hausfrau. For
that reason the government expects
that there will be no hostile demon
stration on the occasion Of her fu-
| neral.
Many wreaths Sent.
By the Associated Press
| DOORN. Holland. April Il.-F'orme r
Crown Prince Frederick William ar
rived during fheday at Doorn, in the
company of tH~ H~Ourgomaster OF Wier-
ingen and Adjt. Won Jena J. r. Kan.
secretary general OF affairs Of the
Dutch government. met Frederick
William in the village
Ieiegrams of coincidence in large
numbers were received at Doom Cas-
tie. Numerous beautiful wreaths
from members of the nobility living
in the vicinity Of Doom were sent TO
the castle. Count Won Bentinck of
Amerongen. in whose home former
Emperor William resided after he
came to Holland from Germany. paid
a visit Of coincidence to Doom. Pas
tor Weiss. an intimate friend Of the
former empress. has arrived at Doom
| and is staying at the castle
The German flag today was hoisted
at half-mast over the tower Of the
| castle.
A funeral service will be held in
the castle tomorrow or Wednesday
! conducted by DR.. Won Dryander and
| be given tomorrow to all who wish
to sign the coincidence list. It is ex-
| pected the body Of the former en-
| press will be transported Wednesday
evening for burial in Potsdam.
Several members of the Hohenzol-
| here tomorrow. Prince Oscar sent
| word that he was leaving for Holland
and Princess Luise Victoria with her
| husband. the Duke of Brunswick, is
also on the way to Doom.
Count Won Der Goetz left for Berlin
| today to arrange for the funeral
Plan Sunday Memorial.
! BY the Associated Press.
| BERLIN, April 11-Unless the gov
! ernment issues. prohibition against
| it. next Sunday will be observed by
| general memorial services in all the
| churches of Prussia for Augusta
Victoria. The National Association OF
! German Officers has called on all
of it's m embers to wear mourning
| for four weeks "for our unforgetta-
BILE and well beloved kaserin and
| queen. the memory OF whom will en-
| dure for all time"
! The German nationalists have can
celed all their festivities and direct.
ed that expressions OF sorrow shall
| be given ''to the queen who broke
| her heart over the sorrow and dis.
grace Of her people"
| The radical newspapers published
| the death announcement inconspicu-
| ously on inside pages and followed
| it with the warning that the mon
| archists probably would attempt to
; empress for political purposes.
| Vorwaerts. the organ Of the so.
cial democrats. said that efforts to
| make a martyr and heroine Of the
| former empress must fail, in view of
her career. (which does not entitle
| her to more consideration than any
other German mother deserves
Freheit. the independent socialist
organ, recorded the death of the
former empress in three lines on the
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