Evening star., 1922-09-28
No Political Significance in vii.
helms Marriage.


Looked at by Unconditional. unro-
mantle, anti-monarchist American ed
itors, the ex-kaiser's announcement
Of his coming marriage to a princess
not OF the blood royal means only
two things. One is that the defeated
and disgraced old man Is lonely-and
human The other is that the mar
!riage Is a tacit admission on the part
OF the fallen emperor that monarchist
revivals have ceased to interest him.
and that so far as he Is concerned,
the Jig is up"
The family row that was raised puts
''the former kaiser on level with
any lonely old man, whose intention
to marry again Is bitterly opposed by
grown-up sons and daughters, who
resent a future division of his prop
erty with second family" and this,
the Paterson IN. J.) Press-Guardian
thinks, must make him realize, as he
never did before. the depth Of his fall.
now that he, once the imperial lord
be conqueror Of the world, Is COM
PEELED as a private citizen actually to
do battle with his children for his
right to marry again"
80 far as concerns the former
crown prince and the other German
ut is idiotic for their father to dream
of marrying again." the Tacoma
Ledger suggests that perhaps "the
princelings forget that their once
respected sire has frequently in
dulged in !diotic things. among them
an attempt to conquer the world by
force Of German arms and that there
idiocy. even though he lost the throne
by his mad venture"
From the monarchist viewpoint,
says the Danville (Va.) Bee. Wilhelm
has now forfeited the respect of those
VIII who N,. fayned upon his his memory; .,a He =
ethics, and the present attitude Of his
supporters Is interpreted as q COM
plete surrender Of those ties which
bound them. wilhelm. II he ever as
pired to triumphal return to Pots
dam, has ruined his chances, and his
moro secure by this latter-day ro-
with the dissipation Of the ro-
mantio glamour that monarchists have
woven around the picture Of the
lonely exile at Doom passes the last
chance, the Bihghamton Press thinks.
the Rochester Herald points out. re-
marriage will cost the ex-kaiser ''the
last Of his personal popularity. Not
few Of his former adherents "critt-
ctze him severely as not only untrue
to the memory of the dead kaiserin;
so long. his devoted helpmate and
the mother Of his sons. but also un-
true to their ideal Of what kaiser
should be-"
However. ''wilhelm could point out
that his monarchist following can pin
their allegiance In the future to his
numerous descendants by his first
gests: "they can carry on the untaint-
cd and unreformed Hohenzollern ira
dition hereafter and leave the head
Of the house to please himself" But
William. the Boston Traveller sus-
the Ise's resestabiishment Of Pis the Mohen
zollern dynasty. HE knows his own
political goose is cooked. He isn't
intending to go down in solitude to
the grave II there's a companion to
be had for the asking. The ex-kaiser
is only taking advantage Of the fact
citizen" Indeed, his determination
to marry again. the Charleston Is. c.
Post thinks. might almost be said to
signify ;sE NJ -, his ,s recognition OF the final
That, "to the outside world" is the
real significance Of the kaiser's ac-
,tion, as the Columbus Dispatch sees
1t. 'Tt means that the ex-kaiser, for
the comfort which he thinks q mar
riage Of his own choice will bring. fs
ready to cross the known wishes OF
that party in Germany which would
alone be vitality interested in engi-
neering q possible movement to re-
store him to the throne. And his
readiness to cross their wishes shows
}jnst how little value he puts upon
such a chance. He has at least learn
cd wisdom enough not to delude him. ;;
or, as the Brooklyn Eagle puts it. ut
is rather conclusive evidence that
William Is thinking OF settling down
on earth, where he landed with dull
thud some four years ago.. Why not
let it 90 at. that? the Eagle asks, for
sit is Q fitting fiHis for the story
of this Hohenzollern. When future
generations Of Germans are told OF
the veerld war and its. aftermath the
loeeE - to what became, of. William
may b answered seimply: He mar
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