LIFE IN EXILE
A GERMAN PICTURE
(Received January sth, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, January Tho "Berliner Tagcblatt" describe 5 tlio ex-Ivaiser in exilo as much altered. The trembling > n his right arm sind leg has greatly increased, ««'i now dominates the cx-Kaivcr's whole frame. , _ A In appcarancn ho grows Htoutcr, though ho eats very little. He speak* slowly, in striking contrast to bus ol<! vivacity. and he only wakes up when old memories recall tho dead past. Often in tho midst of a conversation his fare becomes blank, and his gaze wanders, though sometimes when his good spirits are aroused, he freely shows his old decision; but he 110 longer desires to return to (.cranny. Me regards the Germans as lost, and believes that he has been Jeccived, betrayed. and deserted by his people aw his advisers. THREATENED BY FLOODS. AMSTERDAM, January 4. The rising of the llhino is threatening Amerongen Castle. The ex-Kai-ser is busily engaged in carrying wood to menaced parts of the castle wall 1 ?. The floods are tho highest for fortv years. The water lias destroyed 150,000.000 bricks in the brickyards of the district.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16724, 6 January 1920, Page 6
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187LIFE IN EXILE Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16724, 6 January 1920, Page 6
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