“The ex-kaiser
is reported to be chopping wood. It’s a safe
bet he isn’t putting any of the chips on his shoulder…”
Summer 1919, The Spiker , published by the 18th Engineers, Somewhere
in France.
“Today, the broken and insolent Kaiser is sawing logs in
Holland. That is the end of him. It is the end of his caste and it is, as we
hope, the end of militarism and autocracy in the world, not only in the
military field but also in the political world.”
August
1919 – The National Liberal Convention, Ottawa
“The rest
of the morning would be spent in cutting and sawing wood. We have often heard that
this was his favorite pastime at Amerongen. In the whole of his stay he cut
down several thousands of trees. In his serge suit, collarless,
with his shirt slightly open at the neck, would the fallen monarch spend
most of his time—sawing, sawing, sawing!”
Americans in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918
Image: Ex-kaiser Wilhelm II in exile after
WW1 at his favorite pastime – Great YouTube Video “First Pictures
Of Former German Kaiser In Exile”
