EX-KAISER WILHELM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20319, 30 January 1928, Page 7

EX-KAISER WILHELM

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. ABSENCE OF ENTHUSIASM. (Preß» Association—By Telegraph—Copyright > BERLIN, January 28. (Received Jan. 29, at 5.5 p.m.) Even less attention than ever was paid to the ex-Kaiser’s birthday yesterday, and only the most outspoken Monarchist papers alluded to the event. The Deutsche Tageszeitung, paid a tribute to his pure, righteous, human aspirations, while the Deutsche Zeitung reasserted its faith that Wilhelm would return to the Fatherland, but nowhere was a single word written or spoken suggesting a wish to sea him once more seated on the throne. The exCrown Princess, her sons, and Princes Eitel, Fredrich, and Oscar attended a service at Potsdam, the preacher at which, by his selection of a text, certainly echoed the sentiments of Doom, for he chose a passage from Micah : “O my people, what have I done unto the©? and wherein nave I wearied thee? Testify against me ” (chapter vi, verse 3). A meeting was held in the evening in ironical honour of Mr Parker Gilbert, described as the real Emperor of Germany, who rules with top hat and scissors for coupons, whereas the ex-Kaiser ruled with crown and sceptre. The meeting was organised under the auspices of a Fascisti group, and was broken up after tumultuous scenes in which several persons were seriously injured. The police arrested 16 Fascists, two of whose victims were sent to hospital.—A. and N.Z. Cable.