THE EX-KAISER.
POVERTY PLEA DISPROVED. Any illusions that have been harboured concerning the material . advantages enjoyed by the ex-Kaiser and the members of the Hohenzollern family -have been dispelled by the publication recently of figures concerning their present financial position. The ex-Kaiser, in spite of his own protests of poyerty, was neve r • believed to be a pauper, but it is not generally known .that when he was deprived of his throne the German Republic authorised the payment to him of a fortune of £9OO, OOOp representing his savings during his reign; The palace in the Wilhelmstrasse was always recognised as his personal property, for which he was allowed £400,000. The ex-Crown Prince is supported by the revenue from the vast estates of Oels, ,in Silesia. Other Hohenzollern princes own large estates, and all the “poorer” members of the family are enabled to keep the wolf from the door by a fund of £30,000, -which is yearly paid by the State and handed over to the exJvaiser, as the head of the line, for distribution. - Some of the former princes have become millionaires through the disposal of their estates.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 June 1925, Page 2
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189THE EX-KAISER. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 June 1925, Page 2
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