The Washington times., 1921-05-29
EX- KAISER
IN RAGE AS
WAR BEGAN
Rumaniah Prince Reveals Anger
Of Hohenzollern AZ Assassi-
nation Story Was Received.

International News Service.
PARIS, May 28.--Here 3 chap
ter of hitherto hidden world his
tory, dramatic and uncanny in its
reflections upon the views and con-
duct Of Wilhelm Hohenzollern, then
German emperor, on the evening Of
the murder Of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife, which led
to the World War.
REVEALED BY ESCORT.
II has just been revealed by the
Rumanian Prince vladimir Ghika In
Sensational article published by the
Revue Universelle. b.
The prince was ofhcial escort of
Crown Prince Carol Of Rumania on
the latter's visit to Berlin In the
summer of 1914 His story follows:
"On the evening" of June 70 Crown
Prince Carol and myself we're guests
At the imperial dinner table. As we
entered the dining room the Kaiser
stood leaning against the window.
He was IN q visibly Somber mood. He
let the guests come up to him. place
themselves in q semi-circle around
him; for several minutes he neither
spoke nor moved. Suddenly he stepped
forward hastily, shook hands with US
and then cried in an angrily pitched
voice:
"'weii. what do you think Of this
country?
ITS terrible, unthinkable; we can
not have anything further to do with
such beasts.
ALL NEAR THUNDERsTRUCk.
1--WE were all thunderstruck. None
Of MS said word. And as II In answer
to our astonished expressions. the
kaiser continued:
"T am speaking of those serbians
who have murdered the Austrian heir
to the throne and his wife
Then he added with unrestrainsd
violence:
Those swine are not content with
numbering their own fuller. No. they
go and kill the princes of other coun-
tries. This sort of thing can no longer
be tolerated. The European powers
must come to an agreement to make
Il impossible for these obnoxious ours
to do any further damage.
Something must be done, or we
will all be done away with In the
same manner"
Icy silence marked the dinner. The
Kaiser ate automatically, his head bow
ed over his plate; now and then he
shot wild glances about him. Later
he exchanged with the Kaiserin some
.l..k. 10. ~ A,.LA nd
his dear. unfortunate children
GROWS MORE oPPREssIvE.
After the meal the atmosphere
grew even more oppressive. The
Kaiser sat on the edge of. the billiard
table. his arms and legs hanging down
as IL lifeless, And his chin resting on
his chest. He did not speak smother
word. but from time to time emitted
some articulate groans. Thus the
evening passed In deepest universal
embarrassment. The Kaiserin con-
versed in whispers with her three sons
who were amons the guests.
FINALLY the kaiserin approached
the emperor, took his right hand
and caressed II. He jerked IL away
violently. The kaiserin made a deep
regulation curtsy and .retreated. The
three sons. as was their custom,
kissed their fathers hand. He
seemed oblivious to them and to
everything.
Prince Carol and I remained alone
with him for a few moments. Then.
as the Prince made q motion to bid
adieu, the Kaiser seemed to wake
suddenly from his dream.
FUN ALL OVER
He said TO Carol:
"'You are going already II Is q
sad evening for you-yes. 70 for us
all. can start on my North Sea
cruise. II has always been the best
part OF my vacation. but this time
all fun has gone to the devil because
of those Serbian pigs.
"'Bnt they shall pay me. you may
be sure of that they must pay me for
that
AS he uttered these closing words,
the KaiserS had a terribly menacing
expression In his face and gesture
an expression which neither Prince
Carol nor will ever forget. He was
sinister menace personified."