THE EX-KAISER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 December 1925, Page 5

THE EX-KAISER.

GRANT BY PRUSSIA. ‘ ‘ROYAL. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. ’ ’ LONDON, Sunday. The Daily Chronicle, correspondent in Berlin staves that the ex-Kaiser is now on.e. of.the world’s richest men. It transpires that, in addition to the recent jt remen clous award, ho has received, since his flight from Germany, more than £ So,ooo a year. His treatment is in striking contrast to that accorded the widow of the late President. Ebert, to whom Germany owes an incalculable debt. She has to live frugally on £1 a day, while the exKaiser and his family receive an income from Prussia of £2OO a day. The Press is very strong in its condemnation, calling the decision M Royal highway robbery.” It is pointed out that the ex-Crown Prince also was given a magnificent estate in Silesia, worth £3,000,000, from which he gains a princely income. Prince' Frederick of Prussia' obtained from the Prussian State vast estates valued' at £l,-250,000. The Duke of Brunswick, the ex-Kaiser’s son-in-law, is receiving £3750 a year from Bavaria, and, in addition, has been awarded valuable estates. The Grand Duke of Weimar’s annuity is '£sooo. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg ‘Gotha (formerly an English Prince, the Duke of Albany) also won his claim to vast estates,, including forests, museums, libraries and art galleries. This is regarded as the most flagrant case of all, as undoubtedly the duke has been awarded a quantity of Stato property on which he did not have the slightest claim. / fiUr Tho movement with the of securing that the colossal bo settled in Parliament, an«Pnot in the courts, came too late. The payments must now be made, and must come from the comparatively poor people of Germany, and especially from Prussia.—Reut or.