LOST THEIR JOBS AT BASE

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 11

LOST THEIR JOBS AT BASE

r J'nß Kaiser running for cover and punishing the men who saw him flee is the story Henry 'Hans iPiaut tells when his mind harks back to memories of the World War, says an American paper. Herr Plant is now a prominent musical director in 'Germany. He had entered the German army as a volunteer and worked his way up to a lieutenancy. He was rear Bruges in 1910, close to the headquarters of the Kaiser. -The Kaiser used to come to this part of the front quite frequently,” says Herr Plaut. '-Once the Kaiser went farther to the front than he should. I was officer of the night. As 1 such it was my duty to see that every-1 thing around the Kaiser worked smoothly. I had to inspect every post, ' watch every telephone call, and be on j hand when wanted. j “That night the message came that enemy aeroplanes were approaching. I * rode out with another officer and two J soldiers to investigate. j “As luck would have it, out in the c

Group Who Saw the Kaiser Run

open I saw a car coming opr way. The Emperor was in the car. As officer in charge it was my duty to stop every , passing car, even that of the Kaiser, and ask for the password. Consequently I stopped His Majesty’s car, and asked for the password, which was given. Just then the noise of the approaching ’planes grew lounder, and immediately bombs dropped not far from us. “And then I had the unique experience of seeing the Kaiser leap from his car and make an undignified diye for the nearest dugout, a few yards away. '“The Kaiser’s adjutant did not dare 'leave. I did not know what to do. The I scene was almost humorous. After a j while I was dismissed. 9 f ßut the kernel of the joke was dei livered later, in a sealed envelope, which ordered that the officer who had been with me, the two Soldiers, and I !be transferred to the front—-to a section whore the fighting was the heaviest. We had seen the Kaiser mu—our names were mud.”