Word: kaiser
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kaiser Wilhelm II had a barricade of matting erected around his estate at Doom. Guards surrounding the house were increased, as was the small force of Secret Service men and detectives. These precautions are not to prevent the exiled monarch from escaping, but are merely designed to protect...
Frederick William, ex-Crown Prince of Germany, now helping his father, whilom Kaiser, to entertain at Doorn was enigmatic when interviewed by reporters. He declined to discuss Royalist activities. Asked if he was intending to return to Germany, he laughed. Questioned about Monarchist plans at Doorn he smiled. In answer to a question about Doorn visitors, he rejoined that it was holiday time. All this may only go to prove what some people have long suspected- that the Prince is an irresponsible imbecile...
...activities of the ex-Emperor and ex-Crown Prince have become so energetic that the Dutch authorities are alarmed. Twice within a few weeks the Imperial German flag has been raised on Dutch soil, once over a seaside villa in which the ex-Kaiser was visiting, and again at Wieringen, when a yacht called Hohenzollern flew it on the occasion of a mysterious visit to the ex-Crown Prince...
Renewed activity was noted at Doom. The ex-Kaiser Wilhelm received his son, Eitel Friedrich, and Dr. Karl Helferich, both heart and soul in the Nationalist movement. There are constant arrivals from Germany...
Said Secretary of Labor Davis: "Forty-two years ago I came to America in the steerage below the waterline. . . . This is the land of opportunity. Now I am travelling in the suite once reserved for an emperor (the ex-Kaiser)." Said Senator Smoot: "This is the first time I have not been seasick on an ocean voyage...