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Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1922, Page 3

A ROMANTIC STORY. tiNrmi stinvicx tf.i.t’ocamh (Received this dnv at 11.dp si.i" ) LONDON. Nov 18. Many reasons, political and romantic are given to account for the Kaiser’s sndeu plunge into matrimony, but according to the “Weekly Dispatch’s’’ Armstenlam correspondent, be was icml into the ulnrringu because lie talked too much, ’the plot originated among Dutch Noblemen neighbours ol the exile, who were tired to death of the garrulous confidences and postprandial boastings, and conceived the brilliant notion of providing him with a w*ife, as an efficient conversational buli'er. They wire unable to refuse Ins invitations to lunch and dinner, so created a scheme in sheer sell defence. The Kaiser proved an easy, willing victim. One nobleman casually raised the subject of remarriage and the Kaiser oceanic immediately interested in the intrigues. Thereafter the ((inspirators adroitly turned the conversation to the same .subject at every opportunity. till Wilhelm, finally (onvineml, went almiit gathering suggestions

for a .suitable bride. It is not known who suggesed the success!til 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 Herman papers. A (.nest at the wedding breakfast told the correspondent that whom he first saw the bride he considered her an ambitious woman, eager to play a role in world affairs, but the second impression was that she had been disillusioned over the fallen state of her husband, whom she found older weaker, and more garrulous than when she irst visited Doom. The guest added that it would "e difficult for the ablest woman to realise her ambitions with such a vacillating partner. At lunt-Leon; the Kaiser seemed to forget h s vow not to drink French wines and lie was observed rojoyinf^£j i^^J^ 11 ' 11 " l,n d> •

ADELAIDE, Nov 20. Arrived.—fluiii t'-om Now Zealand. gummor salads call for SHAR* LAND’S VINEGAR. Pure and pi<p>npf prewec] frprn pnro pap? sugar,