FATE OF THE KAISER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17007, 14 November 1918, Page 6

FATE OF THE KAISER.

ESCAPE FROM GERMANY.

DOWNHEARTED AND WISTFUL. (Received 1.80 a.m.) Times. LONDON. Not. 12. The Hague correspondent of the Times slates that it is reported that the internment of the Kaiser is being arranged at Veluwe, in a sands tract in Golderland. Revolutionary soldiers on the frontier say they had strict orders to prevent the Hohanzolkras' escape. Royalist troops from Cleves fought a battle with tho revolutionaries, both sides using artillery, while the Kaiser escaped. Subsequently, 300 German officers sought to cross the border, but the Dutch refused them ingress unless they disarmed, the Dutch bringing op reinforcements. After his long journey from the Fatherland the Kaiser looked very downhearted. His hair it almost white. He kept looking wistfully back to the frontier. Crowds speedily swarmed round the Customs office, where the Kaiser and his party awaited the arrival of the Imperial train. Gendarmes and Dutch guards kept back the swarming multitude, which included a number of Belgian refugees, who were mad with excitement, screaming "Down with William, the Assassin I" The police with difficulty restrained them till the German train containing the military and the Kaiser's body-servant* appeared. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, (Reed. 1.80 a.m.) AMSTERDAM. Nov. 12. The newspapers announce that tba Government will not object to the Kaiser's sojourn in Holland provided he is considered as a civilian. Ha has been advised to dress in civilian clothes.