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Maximilian Harden Dates
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TfcLLS OF REVOLUTION
Wan to Send Out jNii,y
"Die iu Honor" Started
Revolt
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Special Cable to firming Public Ledger
Covvrlollt, HIS. hu .Vcir VoWj T(mr Co.
London, Dpc. u.
'118 London Tunes quotes from tlio
'.Issue of Maximilian Tlardrn's l)lo Zu
VUUnft of tfovember 25. a speech -nhlcli
. -f uarucn uciivercu a icn uaji """
ojitalnlnp an account of the revolution.
Harden datcn the, Oerman collapso from
August and adopts tlio common version
lit the sudden military Ioh.i of morale
and tho complcto fcrcaUdoun of tho
WhMo system of lies and artificial op.
ttrnlsms.
llo says that Albeit lialliu Has ullcd
'In py 0110 of I.udendorlT's Hatcllitna in
August "3 the only man who could tell
iho Kaiser tho truth nallln. who m the
first weeks of tho war had been ban
ished from tho sun Ticcatisi tie recom
mended Immediate peace negotiation.
At that time, according to Harden.
''there was a terrible scene and .1 lady'
fan threatened tlio cheek of tlio tliip
.uwncr, fho only Gorman who had de
feated England 'in his world field and
ycV had won und kept Urltifh conil
rtence." in August Ballin traveled to Wil
Iioimshoe, but tho Kaiser would not see
3rtm alone: The conversation took pUco
in tho presence of th chief of tho,I-m-Hcror'a
civil cabinet. Herr von Here, and
paUln went away with nothing done.
LudendorfT's next move was to tell
Admiral von Hlntze, then Foreign Sec
retary, that he must mako peace but
weeks went by without ITlntzo making
.any progress. In September the num.
her of German deserters was constantly
growing, and it became over clearer that
the morale of tho army was breaking
down.
T-adendorff Demanded .nnitiic
Suddenly Ludendorffs demand that
Germany should ask for an armistice
broke upon the Rolchstag and the people
"with the -violence of an unexpected
thunderstorm." Tho military world
.generally did not know that the Propow-l
baffle from Ludendorff and attributed it
;to "cowardly bourgeoisie" and Jews and
Z hKSU a Plan of scnldnB out th.
fleet "to fall upon tho English' and, if
.need be. "to dlo in honor." v
"Harden then describes this nawd
Hcheme as tho definite beginning of tho
Solution. Ho Btates that no political
JSrtaS anything to do with planning
the revolution, and ho proceeds:
'1 had occasion in the first week of
Sdyember to bco and hear tho only men
who could have, been suspected ot
,IurrtW the revolt and I can bear
witness that thoy had not tho slightest
Me of what was in tho making. No
itelltlclan liaa any miaro .
sXflors wero told that a revolution mov
mtfnt was being prepared.
' 'It'ls not true that tho plan of at
tack was discovered through any
striking preparation. Tho suspicion of
the eallora first was aroused when they
. noticed that in splto of tho importance
f ... a- nH.idhal trt th rnmmrr
operation, many older omcersesr ay
.. S 1 j AMntii sarkAtlollir
married ones, naa rewm-u iti.u n s
period of tho revolution,
Sailors llefoted to Attack
On the Markgraf and Baden the j
bluejackets put tneir ncaus logcuier unu
whispered, 'What is up?' Tho stewards
overheard conversations which conllrmed
their suspicion that the navy wa3 to
attack and go under. Then tho resolve
-was taken: 'We will neither oppose tho
will of tho Government nor let Our lives
bothrown away for a causo which can
no'Jonger bo saved in this way. We will
do everything that Is necessary for de
fense of the coast, but wo will not mako
JV attack which the civil authorities re
gard as no longer necessary and even
harmful, and which would be bound to
befog? afresh the aim of getting peace."
- Tfarden. after describing how the sall-
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ry -yrs obtainea comrui unu uie enarxs oi
vtiNtroyolutlon spread inland, continues:
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'v2Jf.-ame" of Bavaria's nobly stubborn rislnir.
As 'Pfthen earthquakes marked tho coming
' iii!inse of the military monarchy, the
vt ,parks burst into flro at the water's
W 'fdge, but then was seen tho wonderfully
ttoroioruns iui. uiav uu ul buuh xever
'heat these men were ready to stake
everything if German soil was really to
be threatened Dy mo enemy.
" Tf may have been a faLse rumor or
tt may havo been tactics which one can
almost call brilliant, but suddenly tho
iCry "was raised; 'The English arc cotn
(Ing, Between 11 and 12 o'clock Kiel
W)U' he attacked. Their ships have al-
t . ready been sighted.'
Itedy to Protect l'athrrland
'The wholo picture was changed. All
at once they felt themselves again the
. Wotectors pf German soil sailors, of
ficers and signallers. All hearts beat
(if harmony. At Wllhelmshaven and
' ,Klel the greatest secrets were packed
ud and sent to Berlin.
, ''"English attack I No, my boy, that
-' must not be. That Is contrary to the
KTi Jarmlutlce, contrary to all good faith
Ktf jihd wo should be rascals if wo stood
rlfv' 'mutineers' of yesterday now
ggicrl' lioeni lor our uennan lamer-
'3and, and stneo then the sailors, inclua-'
-4Yiiie a thousand In Old Berlin castle.
p'y-Jia.ve", been the pillars of tho order which
eFSvia created by tho revolution."
fe r ' Most Interesting are Ilarden's reflec
J"1' (idns of the Budden conversion of the
. . . ; . ... ir. -...
t!j & - '"Shame, where Is thy blush? Nobles
Kvii6.' during the French revolution laid
'.l... .VaIh nnwilAM foAHJM vttti n fitnllA
(.uunu w.wi. .v..-....- ..,... ...... m, v
Itheford the executioners, wero more
irthy of respect, converts or today
(Jus yermln. Iiet everybody take off
l-hat to tnose wno rcnuereu lecnmcai
vice to 'tho old order, and now, be-
1 XXiey love ineir couiury ana uieir
e. eludly place their technical skill
. ttwi (service of tho new whleh they
or Ot J1Q wcii;uiucu , uuv A ll ACVl
wpect for those who cat In press
ana (sent iruui aoroau ana
t'dtthe 'warehouses of truth. Some
ought to befog us more and more
rnonrht
tnftir verse anu iitcir uiuav now
same tricks ana intrigues an
rvice of a ej'stem that has been
ntally changed.
i aro tno nenrsi nonies oi xvn
wihe.'would rather uio man inrow on
tajtlr-'oplnion like a dirty shirt? All
JftJ. US uro noiilliis pub (ieiiiui;ruiB.
i Qwfo will be nothing but rcpubll-
t
vtil name no names, point to no
professions or particular
eru- lesteruar tney were
ty Win the will to victory .in
'troiiiKir icUet. ' Today they are
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CHILDREN WA VE AND SMILE I
L5 BRITISHENTER GERMANY
L'Wt'M Sullen, but Polite, in Town of Malmcdy, Where French, Is
Spoken- English Troops Find Town Possesses Plentiful
Supply of Good Food
lly PHILIP
Special Cable Id Lienuig Public Ledger
CopurioM. ISlf, bu .Vcio Vorfc Times Co.
Mulmrdr. Ilermonj-, Dec. 3.
Hero and tlioro pome pmall chlldron,
watching from cottago windows or in
their mothers' arms, waved their hands
with their friendliness of childhood for all
! mon on horses, as tho IJritlsh cavalry
! rode into this city, and they wero not
1 rebuked. German schoolboys In peaked
tape, with tlielr hands thrust in their
pockets, stared n ithout friendliness or
unfriendliness. Some girl on a hlll
sldo above tlio Minding road laughed
and waved thoir Imndken.lilet. Thre
M no sens" as yet of passing through
a hostilo countr where wi worn not
wanted.
3 ton nd the hairpin turn c tame down
Into Malnvdy, lying in a narrow vnlley,
with somo ,of Its streots und houses
climbing up tho hillside. K was a
typical little (ierman town, with here
nnd there houses of the uhittel stylo and
houses of tho modern country typo in
Germany, with wooden balconies and
low pitched roofs, and bejond very ileal
and cle.in-Iooking fiutorien on tho out
skirts of the town. The shops were
bright, and I saw u display of wooden
soldiers and flaxen-hnircd dolla and toy
onglnos as tlioUKh for tho German
Christmas whii h U coming, and In one
Utllo garden there w;m a ilgure of the
little old gnotne-llko numpclstlltlzin in
my old copy of Grimm's fuirj tales.
Teople tiHak rrpiii-li
Gt rinan noticr and Gern,.m .-ii;n-Ivoards
were at every tuin in tl street,
wliero there wero many people going to
church, well-dressed men ami women,
long-leftged school girls with flaxen pig
tails, and boys with peaked caps. It la
a typical German town, one might think.
yet when wo stood In tho squaro aim i
watched the rest of tho cavalry pass,
dracoons with drawn b words and lancers i
with colored pennons, it was surprising ,
to hoar that most of the people about I
ono woro speaking French.
Tho people her... nero not tvpioally
German and many of them at least
had tho neutral spirit of pcopio who I
live cloao to the fiontier and rpcak
two languages or three, a-s at llol
ralv. wliero every ono Is equally fa
miliar with German. lYcnch and Wal
loon, Somo of tho people in tho crowds
spoke to me in good French and were
very polite, expressing their admiration
of thu chio appearanuo of the cavalry
and their astonishment at tho beautiful
look ot tho horses after four nnd a
half years of war.
"It is wonderful," they said.
I bought a newspaper in a shop and
found it was La.Scmalne, printed in
rrench, yet all Its news was German
and or German sympathy.
.V German ofllccr and lmter-ofllcer,
left behind to look after prisoners.
luted us, and among thoso in the crowds
were men who had been discharged from
tlio German army on account of wounds.
Ono who spoke, to mo had been in
Kubsia, where ho was badly wounded
in the foot I went into an inn to ret
some coffee and tho innkeeper and ills
KERENSKY SEES
HOPE IN GERMANY
,
Revolution There Different
Iltt uiuuu" .xjiw. .-." i
From That Which Caused j
Russia's Tragedy
xEjjLjO Willi n- ;f""
i.uniion. I'ei
If Itusbia had Germany's present op-
portunity sho would now lie a b.. ,
democracy like America. ' Alexander ,
Kcronsky, former Ilub.sliui prcinici, u
clared In an lntcrviow today, in which
he drew a comparison between tho llus
sian and German revolutions.
"I bellevo tho Gorman revolution, al
though started under similar' conditions
and with similar aims to tho Russian
revolution, will be able t.. avert
Bolshevism.
"Thero are three sinking feattues in
which tho two differ.
"First. Owing to peai:o having been
attained, Germany can devoto her en
tire effort to internal reconstructions in
stead of boing compelled, like Russia, to
defend herself simultaneously from the
foe.
"Second. Germany is subjected to no
powerful, hostile Internal propaganda.
"Thlrd. If starvation actually threat
ens, Germany can get the Allies to help.
Russia had nobody to aid her.
"Thes spell tlio difference between
success and falluro and tell the story of
Russia's tragedy. If Russia had Ger
many's present opportunity sho would
now bo a great democracy like America.
"When tho old regime was over
thrown RUEsia had to fight an outside
foe with ono hand and do the best she
could to build up herself with the other.
As a result sho was unable to perfect
a now economic and political structure
(sufficiently strong to withstand, the
strain.
"The Russian army was worm-eaten
with German propagandists. An an ex
ample ot this every time I issued nn
order whilo preparing for tlio July of
fensive Rupprecht appealed to tho
Russians not to obey. Theso-appeals .
wero widely circulated. At tho sumo
timo Gormanophlles wero active in
ternally and their cumulative impact I
against Russian morale was tremendous.
"Russia faced starvation single-handed
and fell down. It was physically Im
possible for her to meet tho situation
unaided. If a similar food crisis arises
In Germany the latter has tho right,
under the armistice, to uppeal to the
Allies, In which event the Allies should
respond for their own protection against
Bolshevism. Therefore, Germany Is not
obstructed by any of the great ob
stacles which caused Russla'a failure."
The former Premier, sitting in the
parlor of a friend's house in tho secluded
Cambridge Stalrfl terraco and speaking
in French, paused for a moment. He
had greatly aged in appearance since I
last saw him In June. When ho resumed
speaking his voice was tenbo with earn
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wife, speaking ' Kienoli, epressed tlieii-
Joy that tho lighting was over.
At Malmody there was no sign what
ever of hostility except tho sullen look
on tho faces of somo men who stared
through tho windows of a clubhouse
and tho gravity of other men who turned
their heads away when tho cavalry
passed, as though unaware of them. In
many windows was a notice In Ger
man which I read. It was nn nppeul
by Hurgomaster Kapers, reading:
"I'ltlzens nro earnestly requested to
maintain calm and order on tho entry
of tho Entento troops into our city and
to receive thorn with courtesy and dig
nity." That witli was being carried out and
It whs with politeness as well nn dig
nity that tlio strangers wero greeted in
i tills first Gorman town across tho fron
I tier.
I Thoro wn. no look of hunger on the
! faces of these people, and ono young man
i told mo tlioy had good food and enough.
I It Is in tho big towns of Germany, he
t.aid, that the poopli nro hungry.
L,ater in tho day I went to another
town in ' Germany near tho Belgian
frontier. It was Eupon, and hero at
onco one saw a different character from
tltat at Malmcdy. Thero wero no Wal
loons here, but purely Gorman people, i
who spoko no Krcnc.h. They, too, were
pollto and maintained a quiet dignity,
but did not express any interest what
ever In the appeal anco of tho British
troopp.
An innkeeper told me in German that
sonic of the British rivalry and artillery
had passed through before I came. When .
1 asked about tho food supplies In ISuneit
ho said, "They aro short, and wo have
little to eat."
Ho wa'' a gloomj man, and the
tragedy of his country reemed to weigh
upon him.
Wonmn Guided l-ri.uner.
....
1 tho street a young German woman
was acting as guide and friend to a
Party of Italian prlwners. She spoko
their language, but not a word of French
or Jirgusn, u seemcu, -w-nen sno ueiveu
me how to get them over tho frontier.
The only familiarity with tho enemy,
which is strictly discouraged beyond or
dinary rourtesics, was produced by a
swaini of small boys, who, with tho
spirit of eternul childhood which knows
no enemy or race, clambered onto my
car, sounded its horn, and explored its
mysteries. They all wore sailor caps I
with tho names of German ships and ,
ftUUillUI liJUS 4U1U fjCllCl.tll. 1IK1U M ,..".
ono llttlo thug of a' Illndenburg who
puffed out his cheeks at me, and the
namo of "Emden" was en ono boy's cup,
and on another "Untersccboot" or "dub
marine." A German tram driver grinned
as l.e passed, but elsewhere in Eupen
there was tho sense of being an unwel
come" visitor and most people kept ln-
doors.
So the British troops entered this new
phase in tlio history of the war, and
henceforth thero will bo no flags on
their way and no choerlng crowds, und
at best only hofllchkeit and wurde, that
courtesy and dignity which wo expect.
PRISONERS TELL
FOE BRUTALITY
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oundeu Men ISepleeted at
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Bulmen While Doctors
Stand Around
F.VPKr.T AATF.mr.W 1,'nMhi11?"! "?htI"K i0' tho Bolshevist wing
- ' uiuuiin jxju i
vpecuu i.aiiie o evening rtwiic Ledger i
.Cotur.aM. 1013. trjJTew YorU Times Cu.
Oio humrp(, nnd twent. AmerIcan
prisoners havo arrived at Nj-megcn, tho
Netherlands, whero they will remain
until transport accommodation from
Rotterdam to Kngland Is available.
Theso men are from the lOCth and 107th
Regiments, and mostly from Manhattan,
Brooklyn and North Carolina,
Speaking to your correspondent, they
said they camo from tho Bulmen camp.
Their ono idea is to celebrate Christmas
at home. The prisoners wero captured
between September 23 and 30, but wero
kept in a detention camp behind tho
lines until a week boforo tlio armistice,
when they were sent to Bulmen.
All stated that their treatment was
barbarous at tho detention camp, many
who were only slightly woundod dying
owing to gross neglect The German
doctors refused to give adequate atten
tion to slight wounds, which, they said,
could wait. This was inexcusable, as
plenty of doctors were standing around
doing nothing. They appeared to bo
only interested in frightfully mutilated
cases
ino wounueu were oiten obliged to
walk many miles with undressed
wounds. One man had a Flight bullet1
wound in tho arm. Attention was ro- (
fussed and ho was mado to walk miles.
Ills wound fjettlnc worse, till blood pol
Boning Ret in and ho died. Thn prison
ers boro thfilr treatment jihilosophlcallj
and uncomplainingly.
They Hay tho universal quealion put
to tlient in Germany was, "Why did
America declare war"" and that,
whereas their treatment before tho ar
mistice was abominable, it Improved
after its signature nnd they heard that
Amorica favored Germany and wpuld
send more provisions. . In fact, it 'was
asserted that threo boatloads of fqod.
ntuffn had already left America for
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inarmed Youths Kept
Ttuthcnian Invaders From
Capturing City
GENERAL'S SON LEAD lilt
Willi Companion He Started
Fighting With Fists. Tak
ing Arms From Foe
Special Cabin to Evening Public Ledger
Cor"-oltl. 133. Si Sew York Times Co.
London, Jcc. 5.
A special correspondent of tlio London
Times, who lias returned to Vlonna from
a visit to Oallcia, describes the lighting
between tho l'.uthonlans and Poles for
supremacy In Lcmborg. He says In one
way nnd another from C000 to C000
Huthenlans were concentrated' In and
around Lcmberg toward the end of Octo.
her, all armed, and most of them wear
ing Austrian uniforms with a bluo nnd
yellow cockade.
At 4 a. in., on Notemucr e, lluth
rnliiii troops seized all the public build
ings of I.emberg except tho railway sta
tion, and tholr nrmtd tioops took pos
sesion of tho town. The lluthenlan
army was a mob. Half of tho mon were
Ilolshevlki. Half were persuaded to re
main under arms by the payment of
from thirty to fifty crowns a day and
the promise of three acres of land.
Suddenly what heemed impossible oc
curred. Though tho Poles had not ono
soldier In all tho city, rcKistanco to the
r.utlionlans sprung up. T.arely. if over,
can a fighting' force have been, so formed
out of nothing and of such a type. Not
only wero there no soldiers, there wero
no weapons.
The llrst to .strike for I'oUnd seems
to have been a. certain young mail of
twenty-seven named Victor, a general's
son. He had been lnvnllded from tho
army. Ho gathered together three boyr,
and tho four, going up it sldo street,
rushed a stationary motorcar, attacked
with their fists a lluthenlan soldier sil
ting in it, pitched him out and seized
the motor. They drovo at a breakneck
paco to it munition depot near tho sta
tion, where they treated n. lounging sen
try similarly, und while other Ruth
enlans wero hurrying up, swiftly seized
revohers, and, leaping into the car,
mado off again.
lloya Orffliui KeftNtnnce
i in their way other boys Joined them
and they barricaded themselves In a
primary school called after Klenklewlcz,
tho great Polish author. News of tho
resistance spread through lumbers nnd
another group of boys fifteen to
twenty was tho rango of their ages and
most were near fifteen formed a second
center of lesistancd at a small hospice.
There wero thirty of them hero, and
such was tho spirit that animated them
that later they were swollen by rein
forcements to about 200.
They mado a. sally of about u Jnilo
and a quarter toward Ulltza or the
street of Irfo Spieha. The bally was en
tirely successful and they made prison
el's. Women joined tho boys. I have seen i
quite a number of them strong women
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jii Equina UlULUua, i"i liiwy lanitu i.iu i
enulnmnnt stnreM Inter with their hair I
escaping curiously from under the heavy
I Austrian steel holmct.
As for tho boys, they are an incredible I
i.. n-. . ,n t .!,, i.. r
sight. The city was full of them the
day I arrived, and 1 can guarantee that
tha man,s ot thm wero ab0UJ fourteen
years of ago and some younger. They
had military uniforms which hung llko
curtains about their small bodies, and
were rifled and bayoneted.
Tho first real victory gained by the
. boys for thero wai plenty of real
of the nuthenians was on tne eecona.
when a croun of them with hand
I grenades took their first inachino gun.
on the third tho station, which had been
temporal ily lost, was retaken by them.
Huthenlans Auk Armistice I
Tho Ruthenians then nsked for an
armistice, which the boys granted for
twenty-two hours. This enabled them
to organlzo n little, and some adult help
began to arrive from tho vicinity. Tlio
armistice camo to nothing and fighting
began.
On the uth a Polish youth by accident
found a largo" Bccret arms store. This
helped them considerably, and they ex
tended their occupation round tho cathe
dral." The postoiflce was tho pceno of a
determined struggle. Its facade was
chipped to pieces and great pieces torn
out of the walls by machine-gun bullets.
On tho 18th a tecond armistice began.
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DISCUSS TERMS
Allied Representatives
Hold Four Sessions in
Downing Street
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
fly Wireless lo Evening Public ltedger
foptrialit, 1D1S. hi .Yew I'orfc Timet Co.
London, llec. E.
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lit Downing street yesterday. At 10:30
o'clock there was a meeting o" tho Im
perial War Cabinot, at which Premier
Hughes, of Australia; General Smuts,
and other leprescntatlvcs of the domin
ions wero present. At 11:15 this cab
inet meeting became merged iu a gciH
eral conference, at which nil the foreign
delegations wero present. At 4 o'clock
tlio Premier had a conference with tho
French and Italian delegation, and at
5:30 there was again a full conference,
at which tho foreign representatives
wero present with tho members of tho
cabinet, including tho dominion repre
sentatives, and also Arthur J Halfour.
Winston rhurchill, AVulter Long and
Lord Milner.
Tho object of the. t onleronoo, was to
discuss mntters of common interest and
also to exchange ideas with regard to
the territorial aspirations of Fiance nnd
Italy. Among tho former category
may bo mentioned.
First. Intension of the armistice.
Second. The date of the opening of the
peaco congicss anu the number ot
delegates to bo sent to It by tlio prin
cipal powers.
Third. Amount and natuio of the in
demnities to bo demanded from Germany
and what was once Austria-Hungary.
Fourth. Replacement by Germany of
merchant shipping destroyed during the
war.
Five. Tlio future of German colonies1.
Sixth. The position of the Poles, newly
emancipated llohcmla, tho southern
.Slavs, and other liberated nationalities.
Seventh. Demand on Holland for tho
extradition of the e.v-Kalser.
PRINCE HENRY BACKS ORDER
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AttllCllCU TO KUlhCr to lilltl ill
Support Constitutional Powers
"!., yen .- "cry oi
Prussia has addressed ah announcement
to all tho members ot tho Prussian
royal house, according , to tho Kreuz.
Zeltung, of Berlin, In which ho says:
"I am forced to recognize tho king'M
abdication nnd will assist in tho policy i
for order and tho Constitutional govern-1
meiit. But on tlio other hand. I con
sider myself personally attached to my
king to the end of my life and shall do
everything to prcservo him from harm
and sltoll recognize him absolutely as the
solo family head."
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HOW TO ABDICATE,
KAISEjTS PUZZLE
Thought Flight From Ger
many Sufficient to Re
nounce Throne
WOULD KEEP PRUSSIA
Only Desired to Give Up the
CroVn of Empire Aided
by Lawyer
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CopirtoM. JPte. ht,Kew Vorfc Time J Co.
Annterdom, Dec, C.
It now appears that the formalities
conncclod with tho. abdication of Wil
liam Hohenzollern wero badly mixed up
and mud'dled and that both he and the
German Government were Ignorant of
tho proper formalities.
When ho fled by night from Merlin
to German army headquarters, he har
bored the idea of merely abdicating as
German Emperor and not as King of
rrussia, nnd ho appears to havo put tho
supremo command in possession of his
thoughts. Tho supremo command, how
ever, in view of tho rapid development
of tho ecrlous situation at home, had
como to a decision of which ho was not'
aware that complete abdication waB
imperative.
Headquarters informed tho Govern
ment of this and tho Government, ap
parently regarding tho wholo matter an
settled, circulated the news through the
Wolff Bureau in the form of a statement
by Prince Max, then Chancellor. Tho
cx-Kaisor, indeed, learned of his ab
dication through that Btatemont, of
which ho knew nothing until he saw It
in tlio newspapers. His flight to the
Netherlands followed, and on his arrival
In this country both he and the Ger
man Government were under tho Im
pression that the entire matter of ab
dication had been fully and legally set
tled. This ignorance, however, wus dispelled
in tho Kaiser's mind, first of all, by
State affairs arising out of his presence
on Dutch noil and by tho consequent ne
cessity for legalizing his position. On
November 20, therefore, ho wroto out an
act of abdication as far as ho' himself
was concerned. This first draft of tho
document was written by tho ex-Kaiser
himself on a sheet of foolscap and In
pencil. ,
Tho Berlin Government, hearing of
this, went Into the question and only
then found out that a fun and legal ab
dication wan lacking. I' legal adviser
therefore, drow up tho document In
proper form and on November 2S tho
royal exile signed it.
Tlio ex-Kaiser would only Mgu a
document settling his own fate, holding
tho opinion that he could not bind the
other members of his family.
MASS-MEETING
Metropolitan Opera House
Friday, December 6th
7, J 5- -Concert by l'ollc Band.
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R0MAN0FTS SHOT
ONE AFTER ANOTHER
Czur'g Last Request That Wife
Die in His Arms Granted,
Says Former Valet
lly the Associated Press
London, Dec. ,i,
A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Amsterdam says the Kiev nows
papers publish a story given by tho
valet of tho formor limpress of Rus
sia, of tho murder of tho cntlro Roman
off family by tho Bolshevik!. According
to this story the once royal family was
compelled to live In a single loom of a
convent at Kkaterinburg for weeks be
fore the murder, under guard of Bol-
shovlk soldiers who Insulted them shame
fully.
The valet said on July 1" all the mem-
bcrs of the family wero taken to the
ceuar or tno convent, anu piaceu aKuiam
tho wall and shot ono after tho otlier.
According to tho story the murdorcrs
granted tho last r6qucst of tho former.
Emperor Nicholas that his wife, who1
was ill, should die in his arms.
According to the valet thn Grand
Duchess Tatlana was only wounded by
the shots of the riflemen and was killed
by blows from their rifle butts. All tho
bodies were burned In tho outskirts of
Ekaterinburg.
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BAVARIA ASKS CONFERENCE
-
Cabinet "Wants Queitlons of Aeeembl
and Diplomacy Settled
Amsterdam, Dec, C (Premier Eisner
of Bavaria, according to nn oftlclal dis
patch from Munich, has telegraphed to
Premier Ebert and Htrr Itnaae, of the
German Government, that the Bavarian
cabinot is unanlmdusly of tho opinion
a conference of tho representatives ot
Iho German Governments Bhould bo sum
moned Immediately at Jona, Saxo-Wcl-
mar, or some other meeting place to
agrco on a program of foreign and In
ternal policies.
Indlsponsablo points. It is added, In
clude tho questions of the national as
sembly of tho foreign ministry and the
publication of documents.
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