KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 135, 3 March 1919, Page 5

KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE

; FORM OF TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT TO BE DECIDED BY PEACE CONFERENCE (Eec. March 2, Midnight.) London, February 27. The "Pall Mall Gazette's" Paris correspondent says that a sub-committee unanimously decided that the Kaiser and the Crown Prince were morally responsible for the war. The conference itself will decide the form of trial and punishment.—Renter. KAISER CpiMjiND HOPEFUL GERMANY,WILL REGRET HIS DEPOSITION. (Rec. March 2, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, February 26. Herr Rantzau recently visited the Kai6er, conveying a considerable sum of money. Wilhelm was cheerful and hopeful, and declared: "Germany will soon regret deposing me. All that is now happening in the Fatherland goes to my heart. I did not will it."—"The Times." • a differenTreport "LOOKED AN OLD AND BROKEN MAN." (Rec. March 2, 5.5 p.m.) New York, February 28 Interviewed at Rotterdam by the New York "Times" correspondent, a Dutch visitor to the castle at Amerongen said he saw the ex-Kaiser nervously pacing up and down in a portion of the grounds hidden from outside view. Wilhelm, he said, looked like an old and broken man, and walked with difficulty, leaning on a stick. One ear was protected by a banduge. He wore an old field uniform, a long grey cloak, brown shoes, and a soft hat with, a feather at the back, drawn down over the face.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MENTAL EXPERT'S OPINION WILHELM BORDERING ON INSANITY. (Rec. March 2, 5.5 p.m.)

London, February 261 The "Daily Express's" Berlin correspondent states that Professor Hystrom, the famous Scandinavian mental expert, deolares that the Kaiser is bordering on insanity, but is still responsible for his actions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ITALY AND JUGO-SLAVIA ' CLOSE TO. OUTBBEAK OF WA?, (Rec. March 3,' 0.30 a.in.) Paris, March 1. Tie Italians and tho Jugo-Slays are very closo to an outbreak of war! The only factor preventing actual hostilities is the United Slates, upon which both Italy and Jugo-Slavia are dependent eco-nomically—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. ITALIAN FRONTIER CLOSED MILITARY MISSION EXPELLED. (Rec. March 2, 5.5 p.m.) New York, February 28. The "New York World's" Paris correspondent says it is reported that Italy has closed the armistice frontier from Tarvis to Fiume. The Italian plenipotentiaries declared that the Italian Military .Mission which had been sitting at Laibach was forcibly expelled by JuRO-Slav soldiers. The Peace Conference has been converted into a temporary League of Nations. Measures aro being evolved for the cutting off of food from recalcitrants—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. '