HOW HINDENBURG LIVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 9

HOW HINDENBURG LIVES.

A HERMIT IN A PALACE. STRANGE MYSTERY HOUSE. "NO SIGNS OF LIFE." By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. A. and N.Z. " LONDON. Apl. 16. The Berlin correspondent of Jie Daily Express says Field-Marshal vou Hindenburg, who is a candidate for tho German Presidency, has been living a hermit's life in his palatial residence in Ludwig Strasse, Hanover. The building is described as a mystery house, as the curtains are never and the iron gates never opened. There iave been no signs of life in tlh» bo;ise or garden for months. The townsfolk tried to sc<s ih? proprietor, but always failed, and '~>niy tho persuasions of his daughter, added tc j those of Admiral von Tirpitz, fit.de j Hindenburg agree to stand for the X'reiß- ; dency. It. is now announced that Hindenburg will not agree to appear at public meetings. Invitations to speak have come from cities in all parts of Germany. He has replied, declining the invitation on tho ground that ho was already known throughout tho country. He, however, will hold a reception in Hanover on Sunday, when he will explain his political programme. Representatives of the newspapers and German financiers in New York have telegraphed, warning. Hindenburg that if he does , not withdraw from the Presidency the flow of American capital to Germany will bo interrupted.