The former German Kaiser, from his exile in Doorn, has ordered his fourth son, Prince August Wilhelm, and all members of the Hohenzollern family, to resign from the Nationalist Socialist Party of Adolph Hitler.
The ex-Kaiser threatens to withdraw the allowance of his son, if he does not resign from the Nazi Party, which he represents in the Prussian Diet.
The ex-Kaiser’s present stand is believed to be the result of his feeling that the Hitlerites will not restore the monarchy even if they should come into power. This is a reversal of the Kaiser’s previous stand. It is rumored that in the past he has even supported the Nazis financially.
Prince August is said to be firm in his decision to remain within the party.
sum between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000.
Hitler, it is understood, has been offered about 4,000,000 marks by his backers, industrialists in the Rhineland and the Ruhr Valley, to pay Party debts, provided he prevails upon his party not to cause a dissolution of the Reichstag scheduled to meet on January 24th. Hitler, it is understood, has not rejected this offer.
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