A GREY OLD MAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1921, Page 6

A GREY OLD MAN.

EX-KAISER IN EXILE. London, Jan. 8. Lady Norah Bentinck a niece of Count Bentinck, writing in the Weekly Dispatch, states that Count Bentinck originally agreed to receive the former Kaiser at Amerongen at the urgent re-, quest of the Dutch Foreign Office, until a suitable lodging could be found. Wilhelm’s first words on crossing the moat bridge of the castle were, “Now, give me a cup of real, good English tea.” During a long stay he impressed everybody as being greatly changed. There were no signs of the old war lord. To-day he is a grey man, with grey dress, face, and hair, steely eyes, a short and soft white beard, arid a drooping moustache. His swash-buckling has vanished, and he is simple, benign, elderly and unobtrusive. Sometimes he shows symptoms of extreme tension. He no longer laughs, but sometimes smiles. He likes to come and go unnoticed, and never leaves the former Kaiserin for long. He recently expressed his viewpoint thus: “The world says I am mad. If it knew the tremendous difficulties I have had to contend with it would perhaps be surprised that lam still at all sane.” 4