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underlying note of his whole make
up is devout religion and the will to
practice 1t.
Holds Religious Services
''Every morning he conducts short
religious services. reads from the
scriptures and interprets the pas
sage, and then invites a friendly
discussion"
Hermine said the kaiser eagerly
studied accounts of the Tennessee
monkey trial because Of the under
lying principles of religious ortho-
dcxy and scientific freedom of
thought involved in that case.
The evenings at Doom are quiet
but homelike After a simple sup
per the couple and their guests sit
for an hour or two and chat. When
they are alone or only with their
most intimate friends the kaiser
likes to read aloud from some book.
Then I get my work basket and
do some knitting or embroidering, :"
she added smilingly. You know /
hands. / would fall asleep. But
when I busy myself with needle
work, it's lots of fun to accomplish
something with ones hands and at
the same time keep ones mind
occupied"
Writes to Her Often.
Again a vain woman might have
stretched a point and responded
promptly, Eyes, of course, every
day, sometimes two or three times
a day"
But Hermine is neither vain nor
untruthful. She simply answered,
"yes, a great deal-almost every
day. He writes me his thoughts,
his daily doings. His letters be-
speak remarkable mental freshness
and vigor. Sometimes he writes
for me whole pages from books
which he has memorized and not
only German books, but French and
English as WELL"
election. and Hermine repeated
categorical denial that any CORE
spondence or any exchange Of
place between the former field mar
sha! and the kaiser. She also de
clared to be silly all stories that she
herself had been plotting" the
kaiser's return.
She denied as smother malicious
falsehood" the story that the kaiser
applied for permission to visit the
Dutch seashore resort, Nordwyjk.
Still Loves the Sea
1--WE were there for a few hours
In April" said Hermine. Fer
Wilhelm it was like heaven TO
breathe the fresh. invigorating ocean
air. He always loved the sea. You
know how much time he spent at
sec and on the water in the old
days. It was only natural there
fore that when again he saw the
great, gray waste Of water he ex-
pressed joy in that impassionate,
imrulsive way which is an insepara-
bic part Of his nature.
Perhaps some one who heard
him exclaim that he would like to
stay there construed such a remark
as a formal request. Then wagging
tongues made an international in
cident out OF it.
Reverting to her account Of Will
helms life at Doom, Hermine said
he spends most of his afternoons
reading and writing.
HAS he any particular hobbies?"
Building Germany's Case
''Yes-two, the war guilt question,
and archaeology. He works inces-
sanity studying prewar political and
diplomatic history as well as war
propaganda. He adds one stone
after another in building up struc-
ture which he calls 'Germany's
case His great ambition in life now
Is to do his share toward proving
the falIaciousness of the charge that
Germany was alone responsible for
the war.
Mind you, he is not trying to
whitewash himself. He is too deep
ly imbued with the conviction that
personally he did everything within
human power to avert the war.
Indeed, 1t is one of the main charges
Of his enemies in Germany that he
was too weak and erred on the side
Of pacificisn rather than aggres-
sivisn.
But he feels poignantly that the
charge Of sole war guilt is a blot
on his people and he wants to help
remove it. / have told you there
is no bitterness in his heart.
after all that has happened 1t
would be no wonder if there was.
But he loves his people and his
the spirit of martyrdom. Were he
a coward he surely could have made
an end of it all long ago."
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