THE EX-KAISER'S FUTURE.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 October 1919, Page 5

THE EX-KAISER'S FUTURE.

According to the “Times” corres-dc-nt, the ex—Kaiserc is extremely nervous and is said to fear being kidnap‘‘peia if he shows '-hiAm"self beyovifd ‘tliéfi ;walls of the ‘castle;-‘his idea '7app‘ar'en’t¥' 'ly being that" he 'lllight"be"‘car’r'i'ed' Off in .9.‘ motor car 03‘ that, an "a.el'-’opla“nc'» I'nig}lt'desceild "and snapvhim up ‘and be off with its tr'easu<:-e "like the fabled Roc of tlie-Al'abiail Nights. We did not expect to -find so qliick a parallel in the case, mentioned in a recent volumc of I'enlinisccncs, of the nobleman who fancied she was a crumb and went in 11}‘01'ta1 terrQ_l' of‘ sparrows, remarks the “London Obsc»isver.,” '

It must be realised, however, that aircraft do constitute a. real difficulty when the que‘stion of the ex—Kaiser’s future comes to he considered. St._ Helena, only 1200 miles ‘from the African coast, is no longer a safe prison in days of'sublxlal'illeg and airships. Nor,‘ -so far as one can see, is_ any accessible spot on the face of the earth: Even interinnent ceases to be a practicable policy when 1-escue"’is so easy from the air. If the prisoner is found guilty, the only alteratives Seem to be dungeon or death; and it is largely owing to the stimulus he has given to aeronautic and submarine invention that the choice is so limited.