THE WOES OF WILHELM.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11762, 24 February 1919, Page 4

THE WOES OF WILHELM.

WEEPS ON HIS BIRTHDAY. CHANGE IN APPEARANCE London, January 30. A message from The Hague says that the*fornaer Kaiser’s 69tb birthday brought him numerous gifts, tokens, messages, and bouquets from Germany. The latter were carefully examined for bombs before being presented. A “Moravian pastor preached a special sermon at Amerougen Castle Chapel, choosing as his text Roman sii, 12: “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation, and continuing instant in prayer,” whereupon the ex-Kaiser wept bitterly. He lias greatly changed, and wears a long grey beard. The famous moustache now droops. He stoops in walking, and resembles a venerable pilgrim. He has become vary religions, Wilhelm is greatly worried by American journalists seeking interviews. One recently sent a letter demanding an interview, adding, “Your silenoe cannot last for ever.” The exKaiser refused on the grounds that he was no longer in active political life.