New Britain herald., 1929-01-28
wilhelm SURVIVES
strenuous PARTY
M-Klissr No Worse After
Birthday Celebration

o'clock this morning n usual. read
the Bible. had breakfast and walked
in the garden. Servants aaid he
showed no signs OF strain on ac-
count of the exhaustive program of
yesterday when the Hohenzollerns
gathered to celebrate his 10th birth
day and to hail him ~ king and
emperor.
Elaborate Meal
During the evening the guests
partook Of 4 repast more elaborate
than at noon. Each guest was given
a menu card with = gold border and
bearing q golden Hohenzollern
crown and = picture Of the kaiser
in the uniform Of . field marshal.
Under the picture was printed:
Evening repast on the all highest's
10th birthday: his majesty. the
kaiser and king"
The menu was mushroom soup,
cold lobster, young turkey with
vegeta bles. national pudding and
fruit. The party adjourned at II p.
m.
Writes Dutch Queen
The former kaiser today wrote
Queen Wilhelmina Z long letter Of
thanks for 10 years Of refuge. He
dwelt especially on acts Of friend
ship of Count Bentinck and ex-
pressed his wishes for the welfare
of the Dutch people.
Today only part Of the Hohen-
zollern clan was the kaiser's guests
as many were invited to the homes
of Dutch noblemen. Count Bentinck
will entertain half of the birthday
party tonight at Amerongen castle
and the other half, with the kaiser
as an honor guest, tomorrow night.
On Wednesday the employees and
servants on the Doom estate will be
given a special feast which the for
mer ruler has promised to attend.
That will end the festivities.
On his 10th birthday yesterday the
former kaiser stood resplendent in
the uniform OF a field marshal OF
the First Royal Guards and on his
breast were the highest decorations
within the gift OF imperial Germany
and many other nations. Male par
Elephants in the celebration. CARRIED
in the gala uniforms Of their mill
tary ranks and wearing spiked he'll
NETS, saluted Wilhelm as Ibis ma
jesty, the kaiser and king"
Hcrmine Has Grippe
Princess Hermine, whom the
kaiser married in exile. was not
present to share her husbands tri-
umph or to be addressed az "em-
press" The official explanation was
that she was i'll with what at first
seemed to be chicken pox but prob
ably was only grippe. There was a
rumor current. however, that she
was only automatically i'll since the
greater part OF the Hohenzollern
clan refuse to recognize her as
"her imperial majesty" conceding
her merely the title Of the kaiser's
spouse.
Dutch consta bulary augmented by
police from Amerongen patrolled
along the barbed wire fence while
the celebration was being held.
Male guests arriving carried their
helmets and mostly they wore ordi-
nary overcoats instead OF military
ones. DOMINIC their full war outfits
In the entrance building. From
there they proceeded to Doom
castle where former Crown Prin-
cess Cecilie acted as hostess instead
of Princess Hermine.
Linked with NotabIes
Saint Paul, Martin Luther and
William II were linked together by
DR.. Heinrich Vogel. court chaplain,
in preaching the birthday sermon
on a text chosen by the former
kaiser. DR.. Vogel said:
Let us learn from the secret i'm.
perator Of the Roman empire (Saint
PauD: from the hero OF Worms ana
Wittenberg and from the silent man
OF Doom. to be unashamed of al
legiance to Christ's gospel"
The kaiser. the chaplain said, had
always been a pious man, but, as
| Caiaphas brought Christ to grief, so
his enemies had succeeded in telling
the kaiser.
After the service guests were
shown the hundreds Of gifts the
former kaiser had received. VIII
helm was deeply touched at the
handicraft of his grand children who
presented him with many articles
Of wood carving, pillows, embroidery.
ash trays and jewelry cases. Dowaser
Queen Emma Of Holland sent a big
oral tribute, Queen Wilhelmtna dis-