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Mf of Bcrncr's Co-Defendants
Delayed Court Proceedings
;.i?i.ftf '" Dce- 10. (By A. P.) Pro-ti-e4lnga
were, halted for a few minutes
Wtedayja.thc trial of Congressman-elect
ij'VMot U Berger and four other Soclal-
. .- tt Uml.M nrrn.A with rnnStllraCV 111
S Violation of the espionage law, when It
i , ,ni'" discovered that one of the defend
er antft'.J. Louis Kngilnhl, was not In court.
f.EnKdahl arrived a Tew minuies micr
and, was called to the bar by Judge Lan
dts. He explained that his, failure to
appear was through a misunderstanding.
Judge Landls reprimanded him and re
marked: "I hope It wilt not bo neces.
nary to adopt severe measures to InHiire
... ." . tha flnfc-nilnnts. but 1
fcave a way to prevent absence.
i The work ol seiecunc me '"1 V"?,.
'riled the attorneys for the .defendants
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Berlin Regime
Arrests Plotters
Contlnmd frm Tare One
SofTerW to Kbert the prcsldenej of the
republic of Germany.
Guard. 1'lre on Marcher.
Third. At a meeting f the unem
ployed In Berlin, arranged by the coun
cil of deserters, which Is closely con
nected with the Spartacldes, It Is an-
il
nounccd that the execute e committee of ,
fit.- o.ULt.' ..... Wn.IfHiBii'o rVilinf.il line
4liio auiuiuta uuu .-. ............ ......
been arrested and that the Government
Is trying to beat the proletarians out of
itho fruits of the revolution. With cries
lof ""let's hang Ebert : dow n with the
icounter-revolutlon '." the meeting forms
In line, proceeding from the Chausse"
Straps, whero It is recelxed with ma-
jcnine-Kun lire num ."....; . m
neighborhood barracks. It Is here that
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the casualties result.
i Fourth. Meanwhile Lieutenant Fischer
proceeds from the Prussian Diet build-
Ine to the Chancellor's palace to re-
port the arrest of the executive com- tended to Invade the Chancellor's pal
mlttce of the Soldiers and Workmen's ace. When the procession ne.ired In
Councll. but If he Is to hold them he alidenstrasse the guard fusiliers
desires a written warrant In place of
the telephone message authorizing their
arreBt. The people's commissioners state
that they never authorized the arrest.
Fischer himself Is arrested.
Fifth While Fischer's men are still
holding the Prussian Diet building, an
other column of soldiers, having heard
of the trouble, and vishir.c to aid thV
Government, arrives at the Diet bulld-
ImL led by a somvr nameo i-Tanz. i nese
men are told what ha. happened, and
that Fischer's men a-e In charge where
upon they march avra
Sixth, A column of under officers,
commanded by Leader Suppe, takes up
position along me iineimsirasse.
shutting off the approacn irom Lnter
den Linden, for the protection of the
Chancellor's palace
Seventn. rranz mm ma aiaiers
1 turned away from tne met Duiiding,
appear at tne oinces oi iie ireie ranna
3 i irnAn nhKprRtlon for nearlv four
Ekours. until ordered to leave by the peo-
?.V.r!:."J,Vionor!,.
Arrett of Council Committee
When Fischer and his fifty or a
chundred men Invaded the Diet building.
Fischer anil twenty men entered tlio
meeting room, pointing revolvers at tho
.twelve committee members of the Sol
diers' nnd Workmen's Council and said
"Hands up I We arrest you In tne
name of the Government'
The committee members soon recov
ered from their surprise and desired to
see the warrant. Fischer, who had
none. Insisted that he had received the
authority by te'ephone. "Then let us
consult the People's Commissioners by
telephone," was suggested, but Fischer s
men stood guard over the telephone.
"Form In two detachments, "nch tak
ing six members of the executive com
mittee to prison," commanded Fischer.
But)ust then Herr Bnrth, one of the
Peop'c's Commissioners, who happened
to bo In the building, stepped into the
meeting room and, hearing what had
happened, told Fischer that the People's
Commissioners could not possibly have
VtrrinrAil fh nrrnKts or he wnlllil h:i
fknown about It,
' Fischer seemed uncertain, and his
men began to waver. Finally It was
agreed that most of his men should re-
Jrnnin In eharce of the meeting room.
fiwhllo Fscher himself, with halt a
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auen men, jjiuwccucu iu inc. i.iiunt..itui n
palace to report the arrest.
This happened soon alter i o ciock
About the same time a long column of
soldiers and sailors, headed by a drum
cdrps, matched down the Wllhelmstrasse,
lining up In front or tne unancenor s
building. Soon other smaller detach-
fments Joined. They belonged to a dozen
ftllfterent formations, and as they as-
. surcd your correspondent, who went
'among them, had no other Intention
than to demonstrate their loyalty to tho
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ioert-naase government, unu mc,i uc
Blre for an early national convention.
: Splro, their leader, made a speecn,
:jrlvlng expression to these wishes. His
most significant words, however, were
.drewned In the noise, but a newspaper
report, evidently furnished by himself,
quotes him as making the following slg--Tllflcant
remark:
'Tbe executive commltte of the Sol
dfers" and Workmen's Council mu t no
longer be permitted to put Its clumsy
:hand to the wheel of -the Government
or exert any pressure upon It. The
'executive committee's evil Influence
should be stopped at once. We are sure
rtftat we are acting In the name of the
' Vwholo nation, and especially In the
name of our brother soldiers. If we now
: proclaim Fritz Ebert President of the
iCsrman Republic." i
K Kbert Ignorea Presidency Offer
E Deafening applause and the rattle of
'many drums greeted the appearance j(
Kbert, who made the short speech al
ready reported. He Ignored Splro's offer,
defended the executive committee of the
Soldiers' and Workmen's Council and
stated that the national convention
would have the decisive word on every-
' thing.
C " Two other speakers who followed, a '
young civilian and a Bailor from Kiel,
rave expression to antagonism to the
, Soldiers' nnd Workmen's Council. It
. ,j seemed almost an If they wished to force j
Kbert to declare himself against tho
Council. Again Splro addressed Kbert,
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K Jk :putlla Do you accept? Yes or no?"
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P :X anj-UnwiIlinB lo uvvcih your uuer wiiu-
out first havlns consulted my colleagues
in the Government, inis is so serious a
Peace on Earth
But peace, this Christmas,
finds many fatherless homes
-many empty stockings.
' To brinrf cheer to tho
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h brothers died that Liberty
might live, send a contribu
tOB ot candy or toys or
money to the
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matter that It must be lert to the council
of the People's Commissioners."
The soldiers and sailors had' hardly
marched fiway, when Fischer and his
men nrrUed from the Diet building.
Ho asked to sec Hbert, and a slip of
paper on which to state his business
was handed him. He wrote: "I wish to
report that 1 have Just placed the ex
ecutive committee of the Soldiers nnd'
Workmen's Council under arrejt In their
meeting room, as ordered by the peoplc'B
commissioners. They demand to see a
written order for their arrest "
Fischer was n once admitted to the
council by the nstonlshed iK-ople's com
missioners, who told him ery plainly
that he must be a fool to accept notice
of such an Important order by tele
phone. Hunse suggested that probably
the captain of Kopcnlek had been nt
work again, but the other member
could not see the Joke, called the palace
guard, placed Fischer and his com
panions under arrest and dispatched a
trusty person tot the Wet pubico to
release the Soldiers and Workmen's
committee nnd explain the situation
Meeting- Hears at Arrrl
Between 5 nnd iS o'clock some 500
persons, mostly unemplojed. gathered In
Stophla Hall, In the northern dlitrlct of
Berlin, and listened to speeches made by
members of the Deserters' Council, who
aro said to be In the pay of I-lcb-knfeht.
Suddenly a door opened nnd n
man called out:
"Comrades, they hae arrested the
executive committee of the Soldiers nnd
Workmen's Council. This Is the ne-
glmilng of the counter-revolution. Will
! vou nermlt Schcldemann and his Junker
friends to cheat yoil?"
The 500 men formed In line, proceed
ing on Oranlenhurgcrstrasso toward
Chaussestrasse. They shouted, "Hurrah
for Llebknecht I" nnd horo along great
posters reading, "Down with lllnden
burg! Down with the ollleers who hide
in the Soldiers' Council !"
Some women and cnlldren followed
them At the corner of ImallilcnMrsishc
some guard fuhlllers, who hac bar
racks close by, were In position with
machino gun- They had been alarmed
by a cry that the approaching column
was composed of rtpart"cide-, who in-
shouted: "Go back oi we shoot!"
A man carrying a red flag Kild
"Comrades, you are not going to :-hoot
us We intend to protect the fruits of
the revolution."
But the soldiers would not hear
"Back or wo fire'" they shouted again
Then the crowd surged forward.
"Fire : ' came the command The ma
chine guns began to rattle and soirn1
isolated shots were fired from rifles
ll Over In n .Minute
A ghastly shriek frum C00 mouth"
went up. Down went the man lit the
head his red flag torn by machine-gun
fire. Others dropped dead or wounded
and some stumbled and fell. In one
minute all was over nnd the crowd was
completely dispersed.
The guard fusiliers picked up the
bodies of the dead and wounded flftv-
. "' ". '" ' nu carried them Into
neighboring houses, where they called
I pnisicians and ambulances Sixteen are
.jju,tcU iruu ana nneen seriously
wounded, the rest slightly hurt.
About 4 o'clock In the afternoon Cap
tain Kessler appeared In the barracks
of the so-called Franzer Regiment, as
sembled the soldiers' council there, and
ueciarca mat no Had bien sent by the
j Gove nment to explain how the execu
tive committee or the Soldiers and Work
men's Council hod robbed the Father
land rieht and left, and how this com
mittee had recently stolen two and a
half millions In gold It was Intended,
he said, to arrest the members that
afternoon. The Franzer Regiment would
be expected to inarch to the Diet's pal
ace, take part In the arrests and after
ward in an ovntlon to Hbert.
Comrade Franz, who is president of
the Franzer Regiment's Soldiers' Coun
cil, undertook to take part In the ar
res's bjit when hit) men reached the
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Diet's palace they found It nlready In
charge of Fischer's men, whereupon they
marched to the Brandcnburghcr gale.
There they met tho palace guard of
sailors under Count Mcttcrnlch. The
Frnniers Joined the latter, nnd together
they marched to tho Chancellor's palaco
nnd Joined In the ovation to Kbert.
As they were entering Llpzlgerstrasse,
homeward bound, they encountered an
automobile. In which were seated two
former members of their regiment, who
persuaded Commandant Franz to lead
his men to the oltlces of Die Rote Fnhne
nnd make n search for the stolen Gov
ernment seajs nnd money said to be In
the possession of Llebknecht. They were
admitted without difficulty, but they
found no seals.
After holding the ofTIco of Die Rote
Fnhne for an hour and a half, a deputy
of Commissioner Hanse appeared and
declared that the Government had not
authorized the .seizure. Ho told the
crowd to clear out, which It did with
alacrity.
I'lidcr-onlcrrH to the Ilencne
An hour before Commander Suppe, In
charge of 5000 under-olllcers, who on y
recently organized for the protection of
.ho Kbert-Hnase government, wns noti
fied by telephone that crowds of soldiers
i ml massi'S of peoplo had assembled on
Unter den Linden, on Wllhelmstrasse
and In tho Diet building, evidently In
tending to cause trouble for tho Gov
ernment. Suppo Immediately summoned
about 500 former officers and proceeded
down I'nter den Linden. He took a po
rtion at tho corner of Wllhelmstrasse
and closeif both streets to the public.
Then he sent a reconnolterlng plntoon
towaid the Chancellor's palace. The lat
ter was met by tho palace guards, home
ward bound. Not knowing whether tne
under-olllcers were friendly or other
wise, Mctternich's men prepared for no
tion. So did the under-oilcers. Blood
shed, however, was avoided by Mcttcr
nlch calling for three cheers for the
People's Commissioners, In which the
under-olllcers joined
The afternoon papers all urge the
Gournmcnt to make a thorough Investi
gation and spare none, whoever he may
be, and whatever his Intentions. Die
Frclhelt calls on the people to revenge
the ou'.rage and make an md of Scheldc
mnnn, Kbert and their "reactionary
rrlinds."
Your cor-ehpondent was Informed
this afternoon that the Government had
already commenced an investigation. It
s thought quite likely that tlte person
who gave Fischer tho order for the ar
rest of the executive committee of the
Soldiers nnd Workmen's Council : Cap
tain Kcssler, who o dfred tho Franzer
Regiment to take part In the arrest and
the ovntlon to Kbert : the unknown man,
who announced to the deserters' coun
cil meeting in Sophia Hall that tho ar
rest of the executlvo committee had
aken place, the ollleers who Incited the
guard fusiliers to bloodshed 'In the
Chnusseestrassc, nnd the person who
notified Suppe, commander of the under
ollleers, all acted under the Influence of
some as yet unknown parties, who sought
to create trouble and confusion, under
-over of wfilch, perhaps, more serious
attacks were planned. Others, however,
re still Inclined to see the occurrences
of last night n.s merely the Irresponsible
activity of well-menning hotheads.
Counter-Revolt Is
in Full Swing
Continued from Pace One
on Unter den Linden, accompanied
by his usual following In automobiles
armed with machine guns. Spcaklns
from their vehicles he nnd other ora
tors soon gathered enormous crowds
around them.
They then went throucli Wllhelm
strasse toward Lelpzlgerstrasso. heln;;
met on the way by other columns mov
ing from Potsdamer Platz toward Un
ter den Linden. Tlw crowds vvei e
shouting vociferously In passing ine
Chancellor's palace, which, however,
tvas strongly guarded by machine suns,
.tuns.
At the corner of Vosstrnsse were
three large cars armed with heavy
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machino Runs. The crowds Went up
hesitatingly, recognizing them ns be
longing to the Government's pollco
force. "Don't shoot, don't shoot," they
cried, nnd tho men aboard shouted
back that they would not shoot so
long ns tho peoplo behnved.
Radicals Capture Police Cars
Then nil of a sudden tho crowds
rushed forwnrd nnd before the sol
diers knew what wns happening they
were swept from the armored cars
and their places occupied by the tu
multuous vvnve. Tho cars were then
taken past the Chancellor's palace,
winding their way through cnormouH
masses that by this time nearly blocked
WilhelmstrnsHe.
In front of tho Brandenburger gnto
Llebknecht again, nddrcssed the peo
ple, praising them for what they had
done. It was n. brave thing, he said,
to rob tho Government of means for
shedding blood, meaning the seizure of
the armored cars, nnd then he pro
ceeded to tell the people how, as ho
alleged, seveial guurd regiments had
been kept for some das nil ready at
Nlcklassee, .between Potsdam and Ber
lin, to sweep on the capital, should
the men In power find that they could
no longer withstand the anger of tho
people. Ho said that Marten, Ma
tuschka and llhelnbaden were In tho
nav of tho Government nnd should be
shot on sight "by any honest Sparta-,
cldes.'
After that the crowds dispersed,
,ome soldiers apparently belonging to
the Llebknecht group, taking charge
of tho captured cars.
Itcrllu, Dec. 8 (via Copenhagen.)
Yesterday nftcr.noon news spread over
Berlin that Llebknecht was about to
march on the Chancellor's palace with
2000 men to seize It.
Toward 4 o'clock a large automobile
with a machine gun aboard made Its
appearance In Unter den Linden, fol
lowed by several other cars filled with
armed men, in uniforms and civilian
clothes. Tho first was occupied by
Llebknecht nnd his guard. Tho pro
cession stopped at various places and
by soundlns its horn and with cries
of "Hurrah for Liberty! Down with
Kbert and Scheldemann!" quickly col
lected large crowds, whom Llebknecht
addressed in his most fanatical style.
He asked the people to go on a gen
eral strike, to build barricades and put
lown tho counter-revolutionary move
ment by force of arms, to depose tho
present Government at once and to
make the executlvo committee of-tho
Soldiers nnd Workmens Council the
highest authority in Germany.
At each place whole the procession
stopped thousands of people gathered
nulckly. But so llttln enthusiasm
was evinced for the Llebknecht ideas
tln't he soon left Unter don Linden
and turned northward, stopping, how
ever, in front of the Kommundantur.
where the Socialist Dequty Otto Wels
Is in charge, whom the Spartacldes
liato like poison. They pointed their
machine guns at the buildlns. but the
numerous guards posted all around It.
and at the various stieet corners
looked bo threatening tnat Llebknecht
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thought It vvlso to proceed still further Physical condition Is other than normal,
northward. At a Ute hour nothing or that he has suffered In health sine
moio had been heard from him. "?' om Germany but at the
,, ., , same time there are Indications that ho
lots of Trouble. Ahead Is undergoing a severe mental Btraln
Still 'there- seems to be- yet a lot of by reason of the fact that he Is marked
trouble ahead. Deputy Wir Minister as a man of blood, who moves In deadly
Gohrc told me that tho Government fenr of his life and whose mind Is filled
had received nows that Spartacldes with Bomber apprehension,
r.mploycd in tho suburban factories In-1 Apart from his hosts, only one or
tended to march against Berlin inis ( two of the old Potsdam retnlners aro
evening under Llebknecht s leudcrsmp. allowed to come Into personal contnet
Gohro said tho government "ml'e wlllv tho Hohenzollern nnd on tho
elded to avoid nil trouble, and unless rnre oCcnsons wnen ll0 ventures beyond
they attached private or public prop- thc cnRtlc Rroumls ,s movements nrc
crty or used vlolcnco against tne jov- jent (n Btrictc8t BCcrecy. Williclm'"
ernment troops, tho procession vvoum chauffeur hns always his car In rendl
be left unmolested. On tho other nan", ness, but he Is never told In advance
they wero fully prepared to suppress wnero to KOi orders nre given to the
nil rioting by force. ,,i,ii 'lwllceman who sits bcBldo the driver
Mllltnry guards around all puduo and who mlcnlcs ti,e route as tho cat
buildings wero greatly strcnKincniu ,
today, and nil precautions wero taken
against any surprise.
Ex-Kaiser fries
to Commit Suicide
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monarch been outside tho grounds, and
hen It was only for a short ride in a
closed motor, and only once since then
haB he even walked In the garden, and
that day It Was with his consort at his
Bide nnd policemen very nearby.
Day by day, most of the day, he Is In
t.i
study, whero lie win sn muno vn-
in'- rltlnir niways writing. Sheet after
.h.'.t nt fnnlsenn has .the ex-Kmperor
covered with, they Bay, his replies to the .rjho dethroned Emperor and Kmpress
world's dreadful arraignment ngalnBt take breakfast, lunch nnd dinner with
him His prlvnto correspondence out- Count Bentlnck's family. Dinner Is at
win! too Is heavy apparently, but out eight usually, consisting of fish nnd
.,, nronortlon to the number of let- game Amerongcn Is apparently not ox
of all proportion to i m . i shortage. For In
trrs vviucn rencn nim. ...!;;;. , n,. nn Tuesday evening
ninrh we know
t.tir tnprn iq Klin
mystery enough aooui me ensue ui
vtiierongen nnd Its royal refugees.
? range whispers get abroad. There are
",ne who dare hint that Amerongcn
will soon be free of Its unwelcome guest,
it at nnv moment he may disappear
ns unexpectedly ns he came. Others
neak of n complete physical breakdown
nnd of the arrival from Germany of the
x-Kalser's personal physician, of his
'X-Majesty's early removal to a nursing
home for nerve patients.
Castle, Closely Guarded
'o feudal fastness was over more faith
ful'y guarded than Count Bentwlck's
rast'le. Half a dozen policemen stand
niways In tho entrance. Others patrol
the approaches and exits. On three sides
of the Lordship of Amerongen there Is a
high wall, but thc fourth Is bordered be-
yond the moat by an open, public road-
wav built on a dyke. From this may be
hnd a view of the garden and castle.
When I was tncre yesieruay a inin
rain was falling. No figure was to be
seen under tho dripping trees, ana in tne
hiute there was no sign of life Over
many of tho windows blinds were drawn.
Mwut It nil was a somber air of mys
tery, though you know that somewher.
in 'lis denths was that fallen monaich.
always filling his vain reams of foolscap
with vain writings.
Jlv informants deny
that Wllhelm's
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her nrrlvnl he was very restless, con
stantly wandering up nnd down thc
corridors of the castle or about the
grounds, but ho was never allowed to
go beyond the guard
co bevond the guard. Since his- wife
has come he has seemed to be' much
quieter.
On the desk at which the fallen mon
arch writes aro books of a religious
character. Including tho Bible, prayer
book, and Psalmodies. Kvery morning
service Is -held In the private chapel
attached to' the castle, which tbe ex
Kalser In company with members of
Count Bentlnck's family, niways at-
tends.
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Mornings and afternoons, as I Bald,
Wllhelm Is nt his dcBk. At 4 o'clocl
In the afternoon there Is brought t
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luck, for the tea that he gets Is sucl
ns the people In this country have not
tasted for many months. At dinner he
takes table wine; usually champagne
also Is served.
What time the ex-Kalser can spare
from writing he devotes to studying
world news "quorum magna pars fult
i,.t u-hioii he hns heen greatpart), this
ls piaced before him dally In conrlae
torm jjvery day there arrives by pared
p0Bt n Bet of German newspapers ad-
dr(.SBCd to "Graf von MUlke." These
Rro nanded to a member of the secie-
tarlal personne, whose duty It ls to cx-
tract a information likely of no Interest
t0 ine exiled monarch,
i Quite by accident I happened yestcr-
,jny to see vvltn my own ryes one oucu
batch of newspapers wltn items unaer
llncd with red Ink for bringing to the nt
tcntlon of the ex-Kalser. I noticed that
all dispatches were marked which con
. -inert nnv reference to discussion In the
Kntcnte press over tho future of the
Hnhenzollcrns. ratner nnu son. i couin
not ne)p thinking what very unpleasant
reading they must have made for tin-
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How Pennsylvania Met the
War Demand for Gasoline
t
Pennsylvania is the mother-state of petroleum.
though the mid-continent fields now yield more
"crude," the Keystone State was a leader in sup
plying the war needs of gasoline.
War needs developed three standard grades of
gasoline. The highest grades used by the pow-
erf ul aeroplanes for combat purposes, and to reach
the highest altitudes, is known as "Fighting"
Gasoline.' The second grade known as "Aviation"
Gasoline is used for aeroplane engines employed
in less exacting work. The third grade is termed
"Motor" Gasoline and is used chief ly for motor
transport needs.
The "quantities of gasoline transferred over-seas
by vessels clearing from the Delaware River ports
supplied our army and our allies with practically
all of the "Fighting" Gasoline, with about one
half of all the "Aviation" Gasoline and with
about one-third of all the "Motor" Gasoline shipped
from this country.
The patriotism of the automobilists of Pennsyl
vania, through their voluntary conservation, made
it possible for Atlantic Gasoline to meet the needs
for a superf uel the powerful "Fighting' ' Gasoline, r
t
to form the back-bone of the supply of Aviation
Gasoline and to insure an, adequate" supply of
"Motor" Gasoline for the fighting forces.
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prlnclpal villain In tho piece. They
wero heavily scored with both pencil and
pen.
In a copy of the Cologne Gazette was
nn account of war correspondent
Wegener's Interview with the ex-Knlser,
In which thc Inttcr tried to put nil diplo
matic responsibility on to Von Bethmann
Holhveg and Von Jngow. Wegener men
tioned that the Interview took place
shortly beforo Wllhelm's flight to the
Netherlands, and I noticed that In addi
tion to the marginal markings the word
"flight" was underlined In red Ink, (ap
parently by n.pcn cither spiteful or In
dignant. For the rest, the marks were
of great Interest, as showing that thc
cx-Knlser Is still following with keenest
attention the polltlcaPdevclopmcnts, not
only In his own, but also In Kntcnte
countries.
I saw that in a Berliner Tagcblatt
article on political developments In Oc-
many special at.tentlon was called by
pencil marmngs to a passage suggest
ing that tho forthcoming 'elections would
Involve a very fierce pnrty struggle,
perhaps underlined with the Idea that It
might Inspire tne ex-Kntser with the
inn thnt the men who threw him from
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power would not have it all their own
way In the polling booths.
In all these Journals, news referring to
political circumstances in the Entente
countries wns marked In the margins,
especially that discussing the forthcom-
Itig British general election. In several
cases passages underscored In red1 Inis
were seen to refer to tho British Labor
party's prospects and policy.
Altogether, therefore, this preliminary
symposium of the world's news Is a
very Illuminating Indication of tho lines
on which the ex-Kalsir's mind Is work
ing. Kven a hasty examination of the
marked passages showed me that those
whoso duty It Is to prepare the di
gests nre keenly on the lookout for any
sign of political dissension in England
or America.
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Norman Vanhlnkle, a farmer, was killed
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