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...Crown Princess' rejoicing came former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany this week, to take tea with Her Royal Highness and her husband at Soestdijk. Besides a large bunch of white and red roses the exile from Doorn brought visible assurance that his late rumored serious illness was exaggerated...
...that end will force an iron ultimatum upon the Nazis, but the Graphic somewhat unfortunately goes on to say that Great Britain will build a hundred airships in any case. Daladier rumbles out even stronger threats; Switzerland insists that the German offensive will cross her soil, and only from Doorn and from the perspiring Nazi emissary to Geneva is there silence...
...monarchist has considered young Wilhelm the logical candidate for a Hohenzollern restoration. Under old Prussian law his marriage would not bar him from the throne, but his children could not succeed him. And the marriage must be sanctioned by the head of the family, who last week in Doorn kept silent, was reported grieved...
None less than the former Kaiser suddenly appeared among the forces of moderation last week. From Doorn came an official message: "Loyal followers of the House of Hohenzollern will refrain from Jew-baiting...
...Monarchists pinned premature hopes on the Nazis when "Empress Hermine" (spouse of Wilhelm II) journeyed from Doorn to Berlin in a reputed effort to sound out Chancellor Hitler on restoration. In the National Theatre at Munich the Royal box was occupied during a performance of Der Vogelhändler ("The Birdseller") last week by iron-jawed former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, his beauteous wife and her two sisters. When Bavarian stage soldiers began to sing "God be With Thee, Bavarian Lamb!" the audience burst into Monarchist cheers, hacked "Their Majesties." ¶ Because the entire Catholic Press of Prussia printed...