Foreign News: Little Willie

The ex-Crown Prince of Germany, often alluded to as "Little Willie," celebrated his forty-first birthday on the Isle of Wieringen (off the coast of North Holland) by giving the inhabitants signed photographs, souvenirs, sketches drawn by himself.

From his friends the lonely Prince received many presents and flowers. Letters and telegrams to the number of 1,700 swamped the village postoffice, causing much consternation and obliging the postal clerks to work overtime.

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