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Show THE UNENVIABLE KAISER; . ' Having escaped from his own country in 'time to avoid the horrors hor-rors of civil war, the kaiser sought safety in Holland, where he was alone with his thoughts until a Belgian, with a spirit of resentment, took it upon himself to get by the guards and inflict, on the former warlord corporal punishment. . . After his dream of greatness, the kaiser must be a miserable old man, filled with regrets and weighted down with uncertainties. When he became emperor, on of his first speeches proclaimed the divine rights of kings and clearly pointed to the day when his country, coun-try, because of the man's religious mania, would be involved in aj mighty struggle which, if successful, would inflict on countless mil- j lions of people the vagaries of a fanatic, and, if unsuccessful, would destroy the legitimate aspirations of a proud nation. And now, in his declining days, the once haughty kaiser must wonder if, after all, the Guiding Hand of world affairs has had thought of him to so forget him as to allow a Belgian to give hint a blow on the jaw. |