THE KAISER'S SANITY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 137, 9 June 1917, Page 15

THE KAISER'S SANITY.

HIS PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ASSASSINATION. The German Emperor is a physical wreck, and ls constantly under the influence of morphia and cocaine, according to F.dgnr M. Moore, a real estate dealer of I.a Fayette, Indiana, who has returned from Germany. Mr. Moore was recently in Germany with bis wife, who is an Invalid. In the account he gave the "New York Uerald" he said:— The German Emperor is considered to be a madman, even in Germany. He is hopelessly addicted to the use of drugs, because of chronic ailments ln the throat and ear, which cause constant pain. The Emperor spends most of his time in the Royal Palace at Potsdam. He believes Germany lost the war in the battle of Jutland, and his most intimate advisers believe that the country must make peace by July. The Emperor's one hope is that the submarines will starve England, and that peace overtures will come first from Great Britain. Mr. Moore's passports show he was permitted to enter Germany via Rotterdam and Simplefeld the day after Christmas, because Mrs. Moore had an ailment which could be treated successfully only in the baths at Aachen, and his going into Germany was facilitated by recommendations by a German surgeon. Mrs. Moore, who speaks German, was sent to a sanatorium. Next to her on the porch in a wheel chair every morning was Helmuth. the Kaiser's personal chauffeur for the last eight years, who had suffered an attack of Inflammatory rheumatism, which rendered him helpless. "Helmuth did not think for an instant that my wife was other thai, a German woman, and talked freely of his most interesting master, the German Emperor." Mr. Moore said. "He said that the Kaiser ls In constant dread of assassination. An armed guard sits on the front seat beside the driver of one of three cars whenever the Kaiser rides, while a wax imitation of tbe Kaiser in uniform sits in the enclosed por- | Hon of the car. Then there is an automobile with four aides in it. a chauffeur, and riding with the chauffeur ls a soldier with fixed bayonet. A third automobile, a small grey one. bus the Kaiser alone. There is a trunk tied beside the driver and another strapped on the rear, making it appear that the grey automobile is only a baggage van. "The Kaiser is very irritable when his ear causes pain, and he aDd his ear and throat phyniclan, who is one orf his aides, are constantly quarrelling over the enormous quantities of cocalDe and morphine which the Imperial patient insists npon every day. The Kaiser carries a hypodermic syringe with him, and often takes an Injection when his physician ls not looking, _-_tHRJt_t-B_i6_*