Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-30 | Page 2 | Former Empress's Looks Belie Her Mental Condition

FORMER EMPRESS'S LOOKS BELIE HER MENTAL CONDITION1, MAARSBKRGEN, Holland, Thursday, Nov. (By the Associated Press). In the raw, misty weather of a November morning, Prau Augusta Victoria, wife of I the once German emperor, arrived here j today from Potsdam to join her husband i in exile in Amerongen castle. ! Maarsbergen is the station before I Maaru, where William Hohenzollern ar- j rived sixteen days ago. It is about equi- distant between Maaru and the castle. Arriving here, the former empress was handed over to Count von Bentinck, the host of the former emperor, by the captain cap-tain of the rural gendarmerie, who, acting act-ing under orders, had escorted her from Zevenaar, the first Dutch frontier station sta-tion to her destination. Augusta Victoria's looks belied the rumors ru-mors of severe mental and physical prostration. pros-tration. Sho put on a brave attempt at a smile when she arrived here, but tho : drawn corners of her mouth betrayed the j effects of her recent trials. Also she ; shuddered a little in encountering the j raw air outside her car. The baggage of the former empress, j enough to warrant the assumption of a prolonged stay, consisted of a number of wicker baskets and boxes, probably containing wine, marked "Imperial Cellars." Cel-lars." The former empress wore a plain dark tailor-made velvet dress and a hat and veil which offset her abundance of silvery sil-very hair. The train will return to Germany this evening with Count Platen, Majof Hirschfield and Count von Multke of the former emperor's immediate entourage, whose baggage includes many untidy cardboard boxes, which are piled upon the station platform. There was no official of-ficial reception or demonstration of any kind when the ex-kaiserin arrived. After the arrival of Augusta Victoria at Maarsbergen. the next train to stop was crowded with Scottish soldiers on their way home from captivity in Germany. Ger-many. The meeting between the former German Ger-man emperor and empress Is declared to have been affecting. Although eyewitnesses describe the scene as "surely worthy the painters' brush," no description of the reunion of the once kaiser and his empress has become be-come public. Count von Bentinck, the host of the former imperial couple, suavely points out his delicate position and declines to answer questions regarding Herr and Frau Hohenzollern, giving as his ground that the Dutch government is the host and that he has no right to make known the details of the dally life of the visitors. The former emperor Is surrounded by a band of trusty retainers, who may bo relied upon to keep their mouths closed, i rrival of his wife caused little excitement excite-ment In the village and few persona were at the station to see her leave the train.