Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
|EX.KAISER STILL HOPES
FOR RETURN TO POWER
Devotes' Large Part of Energy to
Fighting Charges of War
Responsibility.

favor of his beard-for a reason I have
never been able to discover. EnS 90.
ergy is so enormous that he can wax
farther and saw more wood than nerzS
younger men.
What pleasures does life hold for
you. your majesty?' 1 asked when I
visited him at Doom last year. i en-
JOY a good story he replied. 4 enjoy
work in the garden. 1 enjoy observing
the plumbers of so-called statesmen. 1
enjoy a good meal. 1 enjoy the study
of archaeology Above all ! am happy
in the love of my wife. I only miss
the opportunity to work on a large
scale for the redemption OF my people
and of those in the world"
The former Kaiser takes deep pleas
ure in religious contemplation, accord
ing to Mr.. Viereck. He reads sermons
by famous preachers, prepares some on
his own account, and never waivers
from the conviction that his critics
are all wrong.
Criticism Hurt Kaiser.
st asked him why Germany lost the
war" said Mr. Viereck. because We
heSitated to bear the worst-to face
all risks in preserving faith"
The Emperor tells me that he has
determined to devote his life to elimi-
mating the poisonous underbruSh of
war propaganda which lays war guilty
to Germany. He works constantly on
historical writings which he believes
will rout the argument of his critics.
ION the whole. the Emperor appears
to be resigned to his present exile. I
have learned much that I did not know
before. Perhaps God wants me to teach
the world the truth about the origin of
the war
THE antagonism of the German peo-
pie toward his second marriage angered
the Kaiser. He maintained that it
was possible for him to love two wom-
en-. one living and one dead, with
equal devotion. The criticism OF his
enemies was prompted, he said, by fear
that the Empress Hermine would re-
veal court scandal to him which would
bode ill for former courtiers when he
returned to the throne.
"'Do they talk? Let them talk Is
the motto which he has adopted at
Doom. Nevertheless he devotes large
part of his energy to demoliShing the
lie that attributes to Getrmany and to
her Emperor the sole responsibility for
the slaughter of 100000 men. He
feels that he might have done miracles
if his plans for German greatness had
been understood by his people. He still
has hope that they will be understood
before he dies. He still hopes that his
reign, instead of ending in ruin. will
mark new epoch in human annals.
With the vigorous good health which he
enjoys he may we'll live to the age of
90 as did his grandfather"
The personnel at Doom numbers
about 80 and includes Admiral H. Won
Rebeur-PaSchwitZ and Maj. Won
Houten assigned by Queen Wilhelmina
to control the movements of the eX-
Kaiser and to accompany him on his
drives around Doom. The Dutch min
lister of agriculture is neighbor, and
with him Wilhelm frequently plays
games of tennis. There are also four
members of the National Rural Con-
Stabulary at hand, and the secret Serv-
ice man. Bolthuis, on the 30-acre estate
which was given to the ex-KaiSer by a
friend and sympathizer. Count Bentinck.
To Wilhelm, one possible consolation
is left, not always available to men of
his years, that, other things being equal.
he need not be held back number
at the age of 70, since Germany Is ruled
today by men well over so, with Paul
Won Hindenburg. in his eighty-second
year, the President of the republic.
No Danger of Monarchy.
In the new nation there is a return
to the idealism of the old Germany
from which spirit it was separated only
by the period of the Hohenzollern
Kaisership, as the Survey Graphic de-
scribes it. France and Germany, hav-
ing similar economic interests, are
again close together. German tourists
swarm to France. German is frequent
ly heard in Paris. German plays and
moving pictures are popular in Paris.
There is an exchange of students in
private families, and each year France
and Germany trade 500 workmen to
study new production methods.
Will Helpach, member of the Reichs-
tag and of the faculty of the University
of Heidelburg, in his article in the New
Germany number points out that a
present danger to the German nation is
that, with a capable ruler, the people
may fall into the political indifference
that characterized the days of Bis
marck. Also. that since 1890 the Ger
mans permitted Wilhelm II to play his
dangerous game and that. generally,
Germany is too much inclined to leave
its affairs to officialdom.
Today, Hellpach points out. GERMANY
is ruled by men born since 1875, or 1880.
The new generation is about IS wears
old. the intervening group having been
badly depleted by the war. The Young
German Order is like the old idealistic
order of the period of the Crusades. 1t
has today practical political objects. is
anti-bolshevistic and it combats party
ism"
The average German borrows a ges-
ture from his French neighbor with
whom he is now on excellent terms.
struggling his shoulders indifferently at
the prospect of possible Hohenzollern
restoration.