INTERNATIONAL: Wilhelm's Solution

When great men go into eclipse they usually become writers or schemers, or both. During the 21 years of his exile at Doom, The Netherlands, Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert von Hohenzollern, once by the Grace of God Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, has written millions of words in articles, memoirs (unfinished) and private correspondence. And he has never given up hope for a Hohenzollern restoration in Germany. As late as January 1930 he was quoted as saying: "The people will call back their Kaiser." Although Wilhelm II has had to...

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