WHERE THE EX-KAISER BROODS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 7

WHERE THE EX-KAISER BROODS

AMERONGEN. OASTLE.

• ..Amerongen- Cashe.ca'- te'A'meron-' genl"., where''.the- ex-Kaiser.; Wilhelm - is .sheltering, charming;fivell-; .wooded, scenery, ~'mofe'.;: English,, ;th'an Dutch,', about ;.35.miles. sbuth-easfc of ■ Ani-. ,'sterdam,Vbetweeii/Utrecht'and ~Arnhem.' .Talcing ~the:'traih; toyay ...frdm'.Amste'r;darh ..(imtes",the^"Morning .Post's"- correspondent) I booked to. Drfebergeri,. and .then took;:the ;slbw. ,but useful",'. 'steak-train-to hiy'destination, about.ten.miles away.; This .iß,;.by' , r g.ehe.ral;eoris.eht,'.'orie of the'-nrettiest/parts of Holland, and-this .mild,' T locomotive' ; sau'ritere"d -the. neat, 'prosperous-looking villages,;, witli' .".fine mansions, hero' arid there on eithe? 'side, and. the.vivid green turf throwing into relief the rich, red'niast from the beeches, nothing could- have been'..more peaceful or.-less suggestive'-of/the.tragic worldstruggle .that' had:.been in progress, so! short a-,dis.tance away for-.four:long::years .and more.';'■.-;:;'■ V '.J,■■:*'■' : ,v:. ; ,.1' •'" .- The castle-iibwned'by- Count Bentinck, a cousin of the ex-Emperor,, and, -as : tho story goes, it was amatter of some embarrassment. to the Count when he was suddenly invited by.the Dutch Govepment -to ..offer'hospitality., to-his -august' .relative,-who-for very gdod;;reaso'ns.is-by[ no means;popular, in '. Holland.;The ipre-' .sent.castle, wliich-dates;from-; n.bout-:1700,-is a : handsome , house in the-Dutch'. Ee'« naissance, style,- and replaces .the.: Fourteenth Century -building-destroyed by the Trench in the reign.of-jLonis Quatorae. Thcse.whb liave seen the interior, describe ■ it as.a veritable treasure liouse. It has, in particular several' firie>..Rubens -nrid .some -wonderful -old-, Gqbelin-.-.tapestries. The'; entrance strictly euarded),by..Dutoh' sentriesvsince-the,ex-Kaiser passed^througli'them-in his Jibst's : motor-car at about .ha|f-pa'st.',fourVo'clock this afterrioori.'.land wlien ; I,'wont .-by. an hour or. two later-a little group -of: villagers -was peering-.ciiriousl;f ; up, tlie'.long .avenue leading-to.'the-mansion... - - ■:

.There was riot; muchito; seejn, the damp twilight,.but.very little- imagiriatibn-was needed- to "picture the. depos>d "antocfat within, .pondering, the .tr'emendou's- i .eventß of the'-past ?5w days.- .The meinbers"of his suite.are lodging at the two principal hotels in. the neighbourhood. ,