Last Sunday morning the ex-Emperor, fallen from his high estate
and deserted by all but a handful of courtiers, crossed the Dutch frontier near Maastricht and went to Amerongen Castle, near Arnhem, the seat of his friend Count Bentinck. It is stated that the former War Lord, having renounced his rank in the German Army, will not be interned by the Dutch Government ; but it is clear that the Allies will have a great deal to say as to the destiny of the fugitive. Dutch neutrality must not be strained anew to save the chief criminal from justice. There are conflicting reports as to the Crown Prince. The Dutch rumour that he was shot dead by a German sentry as he was trying to cross the frontier on Monday is more dramatic but less probable than the later Dutch report that the wretched man, in disguise, arrived in Holland on Tuesday.
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