THE KAISER QUARRELS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 180, 6 April 1915, Page 2

THE KAISER QUARRELS.

STORMV SCENE WITH CROWN PRINCE. i . x'l Neutvsvl .travellers who have jus: returned from Germany (says the ■ London “Express ’ Amsterdam correspondent) state that a bitter conflict between the Kaiser and two of his sons, the Crown Prince and Prince , August Wilhelm, is being openly dis-i qussed in Berlin, though necessarily} nothing about the matter has appear- j ed in the officially controlled press. | It appears that the Kaiser and the j Crown Prince have had frequent dis- 1 cussiona on point of strategy, and that j numerous instructions (given by the | Crown Prince to the Generals unbar! him had been vetoed by the Kaiser | on the suggestion of General von Falkenhayn. as Chief of the General Staff.

When his orders were cancelled the Crown Fiance passionately demand ed explanations from his father, but these were sternly refused, and afte: a stormy scene the Crown Prince let; (die Kaiser’s head'|iiarters domplf-in ing that he was being treated like a boy, despite his past military achieve meats. If. is anticipated in Berlin that the C rown Prince will be required to take long “rest.’' and will soon return o the capital and join hi-, brothei Aivgust Wilhelm. The latter has been in Berlin fc; 40m2 time and is not likely to retuis to the front, though ho has long since recovered i’rt-rn his accident. Prime August Wilhelm, who is ■ .-nowu to be the only Hohenzollevn uninfected with militarism, is declar ed to have disapproved openly of the Kaiser’s policy of “frightfulness.” The sequel was a scene between father and son, at the end of which Prince Wilhelm was “advised” by the Kaiser to return at once to Berlin and assist the Empress in iookinjg after he wounded. Another son of the Kaiser, Prince fcarhim, is now in a sanatorium at Baden-Baden, where he is slowly recovering from “nervous prostration” rought. on by his service- in th» field.