The New York Times/1918/11/11/Son Flees With Ex-Kaiser
SON FLEES WITH EX-KAISER
Hindenburg Also Believed to be Among Those in His Party.
ALL ARE HEAVILY ARMED
Automobiles Bristle with Rifles as Fugitives Arrive at Dutch Frontier.
ON THEIR WAY TO DE STEEG
Belgians Yell to Them, "Are You On Your Way to Paris?"
LONDON, Nov. 10.—Both the former German Emperor and his eldest son, Frederick William, crossed the Dutch frontier Sunday morning, according to advices from The Hague. His reported destination is De Steeg, near Utrecht.
The former German Emperor's party, which is believed to include Field Marshal von Hindenburg, arrived at Eysden, [midway between Liége and Maastricht,] on the Dutch frontier, at 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning, according to Daily Mail advices.
Practically the whole German General Staff accompanied the former Emperor, and ten automobiles carried the party. The automobiles were bristling with rifles, and all the fugitives were armed.
The ex-Kaiser was in uniform. He alighted at the Eysden station and paced the platform, smoking a cigarette.
Many photographs were taken by [of?] the members of the Imperial party. On the whole the people were very quiet, but Belgians among them yelled out "En voyage a Paris." (Are you on your way to Paris?)
Chatting with the members of the staff, the former Emperor, the correspondent says, did not look in the least distressed. A few minutes later an imperial train, including restaurant and sleeping cars, ran into the station. Only servants were aboard.
The engine returned to Visé, Belgium, and brought back a second train, in which were a large number of staff officers and others, and also stores of food.
The preparations began for the departure at 10 o'clock this morning, but at 10:40 o'clock the train was still at Eysden. The blinds of the train were all drawn.
The Daily Mail remarks that, if the party arrived in Holland armed, all of them must be interned.
While other dispatches con- firm the Kaiser's flight, there is a divergence relative to the identity and number of his companions.
A Copenhagen dispatch to Reuter says that it is semi-officially reported in Berlin that the Emperor, accompanied by ten men, has arrived at Arnheim and occupied Count von Bentick's château.
The German Consol from Maastricht arrived soon after 8 o'clock. Dutch railway officials soon made their appearance and mnay of the inhabitants came to the station attracted by curiosity.
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Copenhagen quotes the Politiken as saying that when the ex-Kaiser arrived at Maastricht he was accompanied by the former Empress.
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Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—The War Department authorizes the publication of the following dispatch to the General Staff from The Hague, dated Nov. 10:
"Press reports state that the Kaiser arrived this morning in Maastricht, Holland, and is proceeding to Middachten Castle, in the town of De Steeg, near Utrecht."
De Steeg is on the Guelders Yssel, an arm of the Rhine River, about forty miles east of Utrecht and twelve miles from the German border.
The Château Middachten, to which the former Emperor is reported to be proceeding, belongs to Count William Frederick Charles Henry von Bentinck. He is a member of the Prussian Guards, and before the war was attaché of the German Embassy in London, and a member of the English Turf and Royal Automobile Clubs. He is 38 years old. He belongs to the famous Anglo-Dutch-German house of Bentinck, the Continental branch of the family of the Duke of Portland. Middachten Castle dates back to the year 1697.