Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

predicted to Wilhelm II. would have
been received by him as something al
most equal to one of his own sardonlc
jokes. TN.
In place of the throne has been built
a constitution. France took 30 years
to become accustomed to her republic;
Germany in the nine years since the
drawing up of constitution mas SET
tied down at least outwardly satisfied.
In the February issue of the Sur
vey Graphic-the new Germany num-
ber-this adaptability in German char
acter is stressed by Will Hellpach,
member of the Reichstag and OF the
faculty of the University of Heidelburg,
in writing of the Hazards OF Democ-
racv." In that number John Palmer
Gavit brings up also the question OF
the recurring suspicion that the eX-
Kaiser may come back" and that ANY
political overturn might welcome Will
helm der Zweite home or tnat,
feeling that, the Crown Prince mighC
slip back under the crown OF Prussia.
There are lots of people in Germany
who would have them and their au,
tocracy back if they could, but Snoulo
saw" Gavit writes. that George OF
Great britain is lust as likely to come
mack as ruler of Bunker Hill and York
town as Hohenzollern is to return to any
sort of political power in Germany.
Royalism Persists.
Yet the Orchards" live on, in thou
sands. And in Doom. every nlgnC'
there is a fine show of the old Gus
toms: The Kaiser, lest he forget, ap-
pears at dinner in one OF his many
resplendent uniforms, his consort and
guests wear evening dress and the
Servants formal livery. Throughout IS
shown due difference to that high rank
which the Hohenzollern was finally
compelled to abjure for himself, MS
heirs and assigns. ;,
On the anniversary OF his birth, NIL
lions of letters and messages are Ger
tain to pour in, while In Berlin,
through the Brandenourg Tor, tne
great guarded gate where once the i'm
perial vehicle alone came through to
awe the populace, now BUSES lumber
along and taxicabS hurry.
THE HohenZollerns," Gavlt says,
"are not taken seriously by any con-
siderable portion of the German people.
In Prussia, where their kingly rights
were conferred, they are regarded with
kind of levity. The kindest thing
I heard about the ex-Kaiser in Berlin
or elsewhere was he was always
more or less crazy Very many Ger
mans I" hold him and his group re-
sponsible for the war and the resulting
wreckage."
His second marriage. furthermore.
did nothing to endear the ex-Kalser to
the German people, for they had al
ways loved their Empress Augusta Vic
toria Although to this day Wilhelm
is faithful to her memory-daily plac-
ing a rose in her former room at Doom
and wearing a mourning band (Which
some attribute to grief over his coun-
try's fate)-he married, in November,
1922, the Princess Hermine. widow of
Prince Johann Won Schoenaich- Caro-
lath. and mother of five children.
Germany must say something good
about the ex-Kaiser, since it decided
some time ago that his flight into Hol-
land was actually the most patriotic
act he could have performed at the
time. He was severely blamed. how
ever, for running off, in spite of the
fact that Won Hindenburg and other
officers of the general staff were not
adverse to the project. Herr Won Use
mann, his aide-de-camp. went along on
the Kaiser's self-banishment of Novem-
Der, 1918.
Daily Life Simple.
Virtually a prisoner, the ex-KaiSer
plays with the former perquisites Of
Imperialism. He has introduced daily
program at Room not unlike an army
routine. 1t has been said that he has
even ventured to tell the feminine part
of the personnel what to wear and how
to behave on occasion. In January of
last year the rumor went abroad that
the Kaiser wanted to travel as in the
old days when his fondness for trips
was so great that he was called the
"Reisekaiser," travelling Kaiser. Other
countries seemed to think we'll of the
notion, but to all such plans Germany
| remained cold.
So-called "Kaiser-true" Germans want
to put up memorial to their former
ruler ana would like to see this monu-
ment placed in a private park dedi-
Gated to the erstwhile Highest
From such sources the exile receives
much mail. The answering of it must
be a godsend to an old man who, for
all his companions and comfort in
Doom, cannot help but be lonely with
out the stimulating sound of trumpets
and the throng.
At Doom the ex-Kaiser rises at 7,
breakfasts, and at $3.50 is ready to con-
duct religious exercises, which every
one on the estate must attend. He
then retires to his study, where he
puts in the morning with his CORE
spondence, part of which comes from
Psychologists, in whose exploits Will
helm has always taken keen interest.
If his garden needs his attention or if
a tree must be cut down-and the exile
is so dispoSed-he attends to the task.
Dinner Is Ceremonial.
After the 1 o'clock lunch the house
falls into quiet. when the ex-Kaiser and
his family take nap. At there is
coffee, at z the evening stroll in the
open, with the white-bearded ex-sover-
eign going at brisk pace, receiving the
respectful saluteS of neighbors, return
ing them, with a brave flourish when
the passerby happens to be of noble
birth. All the children in the neigh
borhood know the Kaiser and watch for
him to come along, one of his own
officers at his side and their dach-
shund companion barking at every one
encountered on the road. A few yards
behind the party Mynheer Bolthuis, the
secret service man, pedals along slowly
on a bicycle.
On his return, dressing for the cere-
monial dinner, held at every evening,
must begin. the pomp and circumstance
of this nightly occasion apparently suS-
tanning Wilhelms sense of dignity. At
Doom a hall has been rugged up for
projection room, where the latest films |
are shown. Also there is a radio, but !
the Princess Hermine dislikes the in |
discriminate entertainment of the air !
and prefers the photograph. which |
plays just what she puts on it and |
offers no tiresome surprises.
AT Wilhelms disposal are four auto
mobiles, so that he and his household |
are able to visit such of the neighbor-
ing aristocratic Dutch as they may find /
congenial. From a French newspaper /,
Germany learned that 1.-THE Kaiser has
crossed the border three times" but 1t
denies that any such ventures are pos