THE EX-KAISER.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18066, 5 April 1919, Page 9

THE EX-KAISER.

JUST BEFORE THE FLIGHT. WILHELM’S HOPELESS LETTER. JJy Telegraph—Prase Association—Copyright. * Reuters Telegrams. NEW YORK, April 2. Berlin advices state that the “Deutsche Zeitung ” publishes an autograph letter From the ex-Kaiser to the Crown Prince. lho letter is dated November 9, and begins: “ My Dear Boy,—Alter tho Court Chamberlain had advised that ho could no longer guarantee my safety at main headquarters and that the troops were no longer trustworthy, I resolved, after a severe mental struggle, to leave the army which has collapsed, and go to Holland. I advise you to stick to your post until the conclusion of the arnmtico. 1 hope to see you again in happier ' times. —Your faithful but deeply affected father, WILHELM.”

Thereupon the Crown Prince wrote to Herr Ebert, requesting permission to remain at his post, and undertaking to bring the 'army homeward m a welldisciplined and orderly manner H e it Ebert refused the request, and the Crown Prince, in the course of a lengthy letter to von Hmdenburg justifying his action, said that he had decided, with deep emotion and after hard struggles, to go to a neutial country. He pointed out that no renunciation of the throne had either been demanded or been made by him-