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WILHELM 11: THE LAST PHASE.

PETTY POMP AT DOORN HOUSE.

EX-KAISER BORED BUT MAKING THE BEST OF IT.

[By H. J. GREENWALL.]

DooRx (Holland); Jan. 28th.

Nua, was macht der Musse

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("Now, what has Mussolini been up to Those words are almost

daily on the lips of the ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II, and they are address to his Marabol of the Court. Generar un Gunther, who followed the ex-All Highest into exile, and who is the grey wolf of the man

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY,

LAWN TENNIS.

YESTERDAY'S MATCHES,

NG SZE CHEUNG IN FORM.

Five matches were decided yes- terday on the courts of the Hoog Keng Cricket Club in the Open Singles Championship Colony,

of the

the match by three sets to one.

RUGBY AND SOCCER.

GROUNDS FÖR THE TROOPS.

PROSPECTS OF SOME` - GOOD

MATCHES.

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To-day there is to bela Rugby match at Happy Valley, between the Club and the Submarine Flotilla

MARCH 10th, 1927.

BRAVEST BRITISH DEED OF THE YEAR.

GOLD MEDAL WON BY A TRAWLERMAN.

MA

EX-NAVAL SURGEON'S

DOWNFALL. ALLEGED FRAUDS "AT ROYAL "AUTOMOBILE CLUB"

The gold medal for the braveat and to have held the rank of sur Stated to be a doctor of medicine dead of the year (1998) was award geon-commander in the Navy, Gil ed by the Royal Humane Society.bert Malosa Graham, 30, of po fixed at its annual meeting in London, bode, pleaded guilty at Bow-street steam-drifter Sarepta Lost October by means of a worthless cheque as to Mr. Harry Smith, mate of the Pulice-court to having obtained £,

the drifter was returning to Lowes the Royal Automobile Club, Pall- toft from fishing grounds in cold and bad weather" when Alfred Mr. Laurenca Vine, who appear Marjaram, one of the crew, was ed for the prosecution, said the thrown into the son by a sudden prisoner had been using the club lurch of the vessel, Marjoran, who for some time, although he was not was wearing oilskins and beary sea boots, was quickly carried 300 yards aatern. The boat was brought round and a lifebuoy thrown to him, but he was too exhausted to use it and the mate sprang over- board and swam to him.

Another lifebuoy with a line at tached was thrown, and by its means the two men were with great! hausted, Marjoram being uncon scious. Had the line broken both men would almost certainly have been drowned.

who has sunk from being the role the ex; Kaiser and anybody set which he won without losing sorry to miss this chance of seeing difficulty rescued, bruised and ox-

of sixty million people to a small country squire, ruling a ten-acre estate, and who, instead of plan ning battles composing operas, and shaking the mailed fist, out of sheer boredom goes and helps to count the clean washing.

Bogner

a single game, but there was an even struggle in the next three seta Yew Man Kit played gamely, and

Every possible provision will be was at his best in the third ees and had Ng Szo Cheung beaten on made to enable the troops to get many occasions by nios shots. He plenty of games and the St. An- won this set, but lost the fourth.. drew's Young Men's Club have Ng Sze Cheung showed much given a capital lead by deciding to better form that last year. Ho place at their disposal a football proved himself a polished player field and tennis courts, during cer and hit and placed with accuracy. in hours every day. No doubt The only fault was that he had no other Clubs in the Colony will de

kick" behind his shots. He now the same. meets the winner of S. E. Green and I. M. Razack, in all probability the former.

The marshal then produces cuttings

The Club have up to now played Of particular interest to the Chi- from the newspapers and the ex-nese players was the game between two matches, one baing against the Kaiser discourses on the way of the Ng Sze Cheung sad Yew Mian Kit. Devons last Saturday. There are world.

The two also met last year when several first class Rugby players Mussolini is his chief topic of Few Ma Kit gained the decision among the regiment now in a

after five hard sela, but yesterday Kong, and the Club should be able conversation, but recently he has Ng Sze Cheung demonstrated his to arrange some very attractive been much interested in China. superiority and by dint of all round fixtures. Perhaps we may hope to some keen inter-regimental games The marshal, after the news and play avenged his defeat, winning see, when the troops settle down, the mail have been dealt with, asks Bath men were in form yesterday as well as struzzins between the his master how he desires to spend and long rallies were drawn on the Hong Kong Club. is best in the arst Local enthusiasts would be very the morning. When the th

some of England's best rugby play staying with him saw or chop wood,

era take the field.- of in the season cut the grass, make hay, r. potter about the garden, The apply of wood on the estate is beginning to run short, and so the x-Kaiser moters to Ameers for a few miles away, and with To-morrow the ex-Kaiser has a Princo Eitel Friedrich spends the birthday, and will enter his sixty-ording chopping wood. It is ninth year, so. I came to Doorn to cuous that Wilhelm, instead of discover how he is living, what he does with himself all day long; to now whether the man whose very ord once echoed through the world Is planning to return to Germany, I found my task was not easy. The ex-Kaiser, his five secretaries, His Marshal of the Court (his off cial title), his adjutant, his men servants, and his maid servants are all bound to seeresy. But Princess Hermite, the ex-Kaiser's second wife, is passing kind-until the dis covers that one is connected with a Dewspaper.

Col. Russell Brown had an excit-

GOLF NEWS.

THE WEEK-END PROGRAMME

going out through the main gate, prefers a gate which he had himself erected, but when I looked at the gate realised why's be has bad ing struggle with Lim Peng Chin place on top a huge Win wrought who, after losing the first two sots, turned the tables in the third set

There were no competitions at iron, and surmounted with an intud made a bold bid for the fourth, Fanling last week-end, except the mens Imperial crown.

While the ex-Kaiser is chopping but failed when the score was 6-all. Captain's Cup Competition, the re- wood Princess Hermine is looking The colonel's cuts were very effecsults being published yesterday: after the household or going to the live on the soft ground.

Honda, the bolder of the Singles The coming week-end, however, villa and buying photograph frams. There is one shop in the Championship, appeared against will be busier on the course and village which supplies the Princess Capt. Howard and played with his Sunday will see the final of the with hundreds and hundreds of asual skill entered the second round Junior Championship between W. J.

Clerk and C B. Robertson. by three sets to love. photograph

frames. Everybody who sends Birthday or New Year grefings to Doorn House receives aged photograph of the Princess in frame. I have been calling the ex Kaiser's second wife "Princess," Doorn, the Dutch St. Helena, I have been doing wrong: she an exceedingly pleasant model vil-self insists on being called lage situated 50 minutes by motoriserin," and addressed 1.3 omnibus from Utrecht.

Walkingajesty."

through the brick-paved main street one comes to two inns separated by Barrow road called Langbrocker Weg. About two hundred and fifty yards up the road on the right is situated the ex-Kaiser's, domain,

called in Dutch "Huise Doorn,' in Baglish Doorn House. The pre scat kingdom of the ex-Kaiser is entirely surrounded by a deep and broad moat and a five-and-a-half- foot wire fence topped with barbed

wire.

Then there is nobody else haudy thex Kaiser takes his adjutant, Haptmann von llleemann, on his

d chopping expeditions, and the dat has been heard to say that war w peaceful compared to wood chopping

At 11 wood chopping is over for the day, and the ex Kaiser then, retires to hange his clothes (he bays them the village tailors, bat has, his Boots made at his old bootmakers i Berlin), and regia i ters the weather by his instruments, At one o'clock/lunch is served, and consists of a cup of soup, a joint, potatoes, and cakes. Directly after lunch the ex-Kaiser goes to sleep until three.

Set back a little from the road is a magnificent two-winged red- brick lodge, with a green wooden Bentry box. In reality the lodge, is in itself a very fair-sized residence. The right wing is used as the offices of the Marshal of the Court, and the left for the Dutch detectives, Three-thirty is known as the who never let the ex-Kaiser out of

Kaiser stunde (The Kaiser's their sight. The large garden con-hour"), when he holds receptions tains no flowers, but has a small ornamental lake, large conserva torics, a chapel, and a building where the ex-Kaiser stores the wood ho had alopped

of important visitors from Ger- many, of whom there are Lny, of European scientista, and of His Datch neighbours. The neighbour- bood is one almost entirely inhabit- ed by the Dutch aristocracy. Somet tames he will go for a walk with his

The full scores in, yesterday's matches were:-

Clark obtained a walk over fron

To Honda beat Capt. E. G. Ho-A. K. Henderson in the first round,

ward, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

Ng Sze Cheung beat Yew Man

Kit, 6-0, 7-5, 4-6, 7-B. Col. Russell Brown beat Lim Peng

Chin, 6-2, 6-3, 6-8, 8-6. Rev. F. P. W. Alexander beat Cheong Tuck Wing, 6-1, 6-3,

6-4.

T. Ema beat Dr. D. J. Valentine,

3-2, 6-3, 6-2.

A. K. Mackenzie having left the Colony on a holiday concedes a walk over, to D. S. Green in the Club Singles and to R. L. Moncrieff the Handicap Singles “B.”

beat Taylor in the second round and best A. O. Brawn in the semi- final

Also by Sunday the 2nd round of the Men's Foursomes Competi- tion has to be completed. The semi-final round has to be played- off by March 27th, and the final by April 10th, Ka

Last week we published the draw for the first round of the Junior Section Championship at Happy Valley. The first, second and semi- Snal rounds will be played over 18 holes, and the final over 36 holca. The dates for the completion of the Major Stevenson . S. A Hus respective rounds are March 19th, April 2nd, April 18th and April 20th.

TO-DAY'S MATCHES. Open Singles,

sain.

F. T. Orr . C. C. Stark. M. W. Lo v. Major C. Willson.

Open Doubles. :

L. M. S. Lloyd and W. A. Nowers v. H. D. Rumjahn and S. A. Rumjahn.

T. Ema and T. Edo z. E. J. Ramedics and C. A. Barretto.

LEAGUE CRICKET. KO.S.R. "BEAT NAVY. Playing in Division 1 of the Hong

The house, which was built for Count Bentinck, very much resem bles an English country house. Iriends, and occasionally invite Kong Cricket League on Tuesday them to stay to dinner. Boredoma Kowloon, the King's Own Scot haunts the ex-All Highest, and tish Borderers beat the Royal Navy. Play began at 11.15 in the morning, when he has wobody to talk to be

hae two storeys, "is partly covered with ivy, and is of a pinkish-yellow appearance. There is also an on- nere, called rather pompously the Orangery,

Pomp in small circumstances ia the keynote of the daily life of the Ex-Kaiser. He still carries on according to plan," but instead pf arranging the lives of his sub- Sects be patronises the villagers, to whom he talks bad Datch, and has aa & principal indoor hobby an expensive set of meteorologicsi in strumenta

wall hold court with his chauffeur, and the military batted first, com- who has been with him for twenty piling 155 for the loss of five wic four years, or, sufering from ex-kets, when they declared. Captain treme ennui, go to the still-room, Dobbie contributed 118 not out. see the clean washing counted, and inquire whether everything is in order.

At seven dinner is served, and consists of soup, one went dish and vegetables, and dessert. The "Kai- serin" has bad ber five children staying with her, but their step- father loves them at a distance, and Wilhelm II. rises at sir (in the they live and have their being in summer at five). He fears being the Orangery. After dinner the ex- Kaiser entertains those with him alone, and is awakened every mora-

by his valet, who sleeps in the by conversation, and at cleven sharp

adjoining room. Then comes at goes to bed.

Does the ex-Kaiser want to return

tepid bath (in summer a cold baiser to Germany Judging by the state

After and then a cup of coffee. which the ex-Kaiser walks either in mente made to me by those who the park or to the village. The should know best I can unhesitat gong sounds at eight o'clock, when ingly say that he does not. He the whole household, the staff, and played for high stakes and lost, and Barrante, and guests when there are now, he is making the best of it. any, assemble in the hall, and the He is utterly contemptuous of what ex-Kaiser reads aloud a chapter the world thinks about him, and from the Bible.. guests who have stayed here object ed strongly to having to get up so early, and there have been scenes between the ex-Kaiser and people

taying with him.

The Navy commenced batting at 15 p.m. and were all out in two hours for a acore of 148. Vena being highest scorer with 54 to his credit,

The scores were:

5.0.8.0.

Capt. Thorpe, 1.b.w. b Hall... ↑ Lieut. Hankey, b Beatty Lieut. Tregear, ħ Hall Lieut. Welch, b Hall

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4

Capt. Dobbie, not out...110 Capt. Perfect, c Hunt, b Hall 0 Pte. Everest, not out

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Total (for 3 wkts.) ......185 Ptes Sawyer, Brown, Skiggs and Stock did not bot..

Bowling Analysia.

Beatty

Hall Many of the he is content to rule over this little

ten-nere kingdom.

över.

But as I watch him with springy, long striding steps with his wife on his arm (much better dressed than formerly) walking through the Guests have cut short their visits woods think of another birthday. more than ance, but not only on

during my student days in Han- Guas thundered. Like a socount of early rising, more often on account of being absolutely well-oiled machine thousands of forced to fake part in whatever the men marched in stp. It was the x-Kaiser decides should be done, Kaiser. Parade, and there drove wood chopping and haymaking in past them a man with a fiercely up- cluded, and once there was a torturned moustache, wonderful and a rible to do because some young Ger white and gold uniform, mazs who were guests thought the silver helmet surmounted with a He spoke, dinner served them was too scanty golden imperial

cagic. and they stole out at night

and world stood still. Ele

the visited one of the two in luck frowned, and clouds hid the sun. ordered a mighty supper with much He smiled, and men bowed down beer. It care to the ears of the and worshipped. He dwelt in a ex-Kaiser, who stormed and raved blaze of glory

Breakfast is served in Dutch

akeces eggs, jam, and tea. After

is being fitly punished, and fashion, and consiste of bread and how ane me if the ex-Kaiser Wil would ask you to remember the bakiset General von Gunther picture of him in a village cut suit oles in with the gist of the huge and a stained felt hat, walking in mail from Germany which arzivos the shadow of two Dutch detectives. every day, and which has been Napoleon at St. Helena was a bold sorted by the five secretaries, acting

figure compared with the ex-Kaiser

under the orders of the general. to day.Daily ExpreLE,

M.

13

43

16.0

58

Shaw Sturgess 5 Pugh

45

0

34

3 NAVY

0 24 Q

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Lieut. Sparkese Dobbie, b

Hankey

Lieut. Hunt, b Dobbie Lieut. Brewerton, b Dobbie... Burg Comdr. Hall, e Stock,

b Dobbie d

Lieut. Sturgess, e and

Hankey

Lieut. Vean, e and b Hackey 54 Lieut. Dale, .b.w. b Hankey 1 Pay. Licut. Comdr. Shaw, b

Dobbie

Brown, b Lieut. Pugh, e

Dobbie

...... 30 Lieut. G. Williams, not out...04 Lt.-Comdr. Beatty, b Dobbie D..

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Total

Bowling Analysia.

Dobbie Hankey

Perfect

Thorp

O. ..

3

HOCKEY.

H.K.H.C. BEAT KO.S.B.'s-

Playing on the United Services Recreation Club ground yesterday afternoon, the Hong Kong Hockey Club beat the King's Own Scottish Borderers by four goals to one.

The game, a very fast one, was refereed by Capt. O'Leary,

The goal scorers were W: Wood- ward 19), H. C. Walker and Capt. E. Jacobs Larkcom.

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MACAO RACES.

TWO ADDITIONAL EVENTS

The Directors of the Macao Race and Recreation Club have decided to add one race on each day to the programme of the inaugural race meeting which is to be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 19th and 20th. Entries close on Sunday

Both additional races are to be

opea to Subscription Grifas who have not won a race since January 1st, 1927, the property of members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the International Race and Recrea tion Club of Macao.

DE VALERA'S LAND CAMPAIGN.

"ALL-IRELAND" CONFER- ENCE IN DUBLIN,

Following the example of Mr. Lloyd George, De Valera, the Irish, Republican leader, has launched a land campaign.

Uador the auspices of Fianna Faid, as De Valera's section of the Republican organisation is called, a conference, described as an All- Ireland Agricultural Conference," was held in Jury's Hotel, Dublin. The room in which the meeting was hald had senting for about 180 per- and was crowded. Amongst present were Mr. P. O'Malley, Deputy Speaker of the Free State Chamber of Deputies; Professor

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Magennia Colonel Senator Moore,

Mr. J. T. O'Kelly delivered a De Valera, as usual, long address. He emphasised the " All-Ireland "' nature of the con- ference, but admitted that there might be "aspects of the question which would relate in a different shading to the Northern counties. He was unanimously elected chair- W. man of the conference, and discus-

6 sions then took place on such sub.

jects as tarilla, credits, insurance, collective buying and marketing, transport and distribution.

KIPLING SOCIETY-FORMED.

Mr. G. C. Beresford, the ** Mc- Turk of Kipling's "Stalky & Co.," was present at the inaugaral meeting of the Kipling Society at

the Royal Automobile Club.

Among letters of regret Was one from General Dunsterville ("Stalky").

It was resolved to send the follow-

ling on board RMS.P. Ander: ing wireless message to Mr. Kip-

Honoured to advise that Kipling Society forced as foun ders' meeting to-day, officers elected, rules drawn, papers offer- ed, and hundreds applications membership tabled."

envelope addressed to "Commander B. Graham, V.C.," but later he said, "I am dow and out. I know Fhare done wrong. I ought not to have signed the cheque BM Graham. It is not my signature; it is my father's".

Detective Whitehurst said Gra- ham served as a surgeon-commander during the war, but in 1831 he was charged with drunkenness on board recept of a penzion of £113 a year, and dismissed his ship. He was in

and had since been in hospital three times. He had reprosented that be was a FC, but, that, added the officer, was all lies"

Mr. Vine said the committed of the club had no desire to press the case, but they felt it their duty to

incurred a liability of . for atake proceedings

member. A few months ago he Turkish bath, and the bill was sent to # member of the same name who was abroad at the time. Last week accused again visited the club and cashed a cheque for £2, signed B M. Graham. Upon being chal longed afterwards he produced an

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Sir Chartres Biron (the magis- trata) agreed, remarking that in such a large club it was obviously impossible for all the members be known personally.

Prisoner was remanded in cus- tody.

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