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Show BET i ER. Wilhelm Keeps to His, j Apartment and Exercises Exer-cises Precaution. AMERONGEN, Holland, Tuesday, i Dec. 24. (By The Associated Press) 1 William Hohenzollcrn's health showed j I a marked improvement, but he is still i compelled to exercise the greatest' I precautions owing to the penetrating and damp cold weather. Since Satur. j i day the former emperor has not left ! his apartments, but has been able ' join the members of his retinue at j all meals. He occupies other periods i of the day in reading hundreds of let-1 let-1 ters reaching him from all parts of I the world. He receives only an occa-j occa-j sional telegram and these rarely evoke 'a reply. Several days during his lll I ness the ex-emperor saw only his wife and his immediate attendants. The former empress also remains in her apartment, not even going into! the gardens within the huge moats, j This morning a Christmas tree was brought into the castle for tonight's celebration which will be a most unpretentious un-pretentious affair. Those participating participat-ing besides the ex-empcror and empress emp-ress will be a number of officers who resigned their commission in the German Ger-man army in order to remain in the vicinity of their former ruler's re-teat, re-teat, and household servants and or. derlles. Several of these officers were busy throughout the day arranging the ! details of the celebration in which j Count von Bcntinck will participate. They purchased presents which the former emperor and empress will exchange ex-change according to custom and also gifts for their attendants. The ex-emperor is as yet undecided about making a public declaration and still declines to receive any correspondents. corres-pondents. ' PARIS, Dec. 25.' (Havaa) Tho condition con-dition of Major General Charles D. Rhodes, head of the .American armistice armis-tice commission who waa Injured in the fall of an airplane near Paris on Monday, continued to show Improve -: ment today.. Unless, unfeyaeon com-. com-. plications occur, fil -compfete rebov-I rebov-I ery. may. bo expeclede-.-, |