EX-KAISER'S MARRIAGE

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15098, 20 November 1922, Page 5

EX-KAISER'S MARRIAGE

LATEST NEWS

DUTCH NOBLES' INTRIGUE.

TIRED OF WILHELM'S GARRULITY.

AN AMUSING STORY.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received November 20, 1.30 p.m.

LONDON, November 18

Many reasons, political and romantic, are given to account for the exKaiser's sudden plunge into matrimony, but according to the Weekly Despatch's Amsterdam' correspondent he was lured into marriage because he talked too. much. The plot originated among Dutch noblemen, neighbours of the exile, who, tired to death of his garrulous confidences and post-pran-dial boastings, conceived ',the brilliant notion of providing him with a wife as an efficient conversation buffer. They were unable to refuse his invitations to lunch and dinner, and so created the scheme in sheer self-defence. The Kaiser proved an easy and willing victim. One nobleman, casually raised the subject of re-marriage and the Kaiser became immediately interested. Thereafter the conspirators adroitly turned the conversation' to the same subject at every opportunity, till Wilhelm was finally convinced and went about gathering suggestions for a suitable bride. It is not' known who suggested the successful candidate, but it is generally believed that the Princess, hearing what was afoot, did so-herself. Her most marked characteristic is extreme resolution. Previous to her marriage she wrote political articles for German papers. A guest at the wedding breakfast told the correspondent when he first saw the bride that he considered her an ambitious woman, eager to play a role in the world's affairs, but the second impression was that she was disillusioned over the fallen state of her husband, whom she found older, weaker and more garrulous than when she first visited Doorne. The guest added it would be difficult for the most able woman to realise her ambitions with such a vacillating partner. At the luncheon the Kaiser seemed to forget his vow not to drink French wines, as he was observed enjoying glasses of Burgundy.