REPUBLICAN GERMANY

Evening Star, Issue 19777, 30 January 1928, Page 5

REPUBLICAN GERMANY

EHAISER'S BIRTHDAY NO ENTHUSIASM. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, BERLIN, January 28. Even less attention than ever was paid to the ex-Kaiser’s birthday yesterday, and only the most outspoken Monarchist papers alluded to the event. The ‘ Deutsche Tages Zeitung ’ uaid a tribute to his pure, righteous, human aspirations, while the ‘ Deutsche Zeitung reasserted its faith that Wilhelm would return to the Fatherland, but nowhere was a single word written or spoken suggesting a wish to see him once more seated on the throne. The ex-Crown Princess, her sons, and Princes Eitel, Friedrich, and Oscar attended a service at Potsdam, the preacher at which, by his selection of a text, certainly echoed the sentiments of Doom, for he chose a passage frojn Micah: “O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me” (chapter \i., verso 3;. A meeting was held in the evening in ironical honor of Air Parker Gilbert (Agent-General for Reparations), described as the real Emperor of Germany, who rules with top hat and scissors for coupons, whereas the exKaiser ruled with crown and sceptre. The meeting was organised under the auspices of a Fascist! group, and was broken up after tumultous scenes in which several persons were seriously injured. The police arrested fifteen Fascists, two of whose victims were sent to hospital.