The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-03-29
KAISER TO ABNCATE?
German Author Forecasts Cpheaval
in Empire.

Paris, March 24.-Ine aDdlcaIlon
of the German emperor is forecast by
the former German magistrate who
wrote the celebrated book, J'Ac-
cuse," In an interview published in
Oeuvre, he says:
THE kaiser is obsessed by the
thought that he is responsible for the
war. a thought which poisons his
whole existence. He feels that he is
menaced by three enemies at home
without counting those abroad: First,
is the crown prince, the real author
of the war; second, is the Junker
Pan-Germanist-y cannot imagine
the smouldering hatred of the en-
peror for those he believes to be
menaces who are driving him into
an abyss; third, are the people, not
Socialist party, but the people who
are starving and who he feels are
growing in number and rising little
by little against those who organized
the war.
Bitter Struggle.
s'The other Gay at the meeting of
the parliamentary presidents and the
ministers of the federal sovereigns,
at which the submarine war was de-
cided upon, the struggle between the
kaiser's party and that of Won T1r-
pitt was most bitter. The majority
against the emperor was so great,
however, that he was obliged to sub
NIT and pretend that he was con-
vinced. In particular he was per-
sonally opposed to a break with
President Wilson, but he was forced
to consent. Documents will be pub
lished one day which will prove that
secretly he did everything not to
bring America down upon him and
that he considers that the rupture
was an irreparable mistake. The
failure of the submarine war will
soon show that he was right, but it
will be too late.
Those He Fears Most.
1.-THE people he fears most are the
anti-militarists, anti-Prussian, Lib
eral Republicans who want the Reich
stag to be based on universal suf-
frage. That is why Wilhelm is so
anxious to convince the nation that
he did not want war. All his protes-
tations are made to appease the Lib
erals and his famished and ruined
subjects whose murmurings are
growing stronger. He wants to con-
tinue popular at any price and that
is why he spoke the first word of
peace. The people are grateful for
it, but the submarine war came AID
spoiled everything.
"It is hard to realize how this en-
peror who enjoyed a popularity un-
exampled in our epoch suffers in his
pyioe. He alone perhaps in Germany
knows the whole truth since he alone
has in his possession the elements for
forming a judgment on the situation
as whole. How can he resist moral
ly and physically under such strain?
Certainly he hopes sometimes, but
less and less, for the success of the
unrestricted submarine war which he
opposed He sees the isolation of
Germany become more and more
complete.
"Once he tried to initiate peace ne
gotiations and failed. To try again
would be to admit and proclaim to
the whole world, but above all to the
German people, which he fears most,
Germany's real situation. If the al
lies solemnly declared, as they did
with Napoleon in 1915, that they
would refuse to treat for peace with
the Hohenzollerns, it would be a
knockout blow. Our German people,
who still believe in him, would aban-
don him, for peace at any price Will
soon be the unanimous and hidden
thought of tortured Germany. What
resource is left to him but a dramatic
abdication in order to retain the SYM
pathies of the German people and
save the political future of Prussia.
He will say: I sacrifice myself to
make peace. Without me those Only
are responsible who desired savage
war and the complete isolation of
Germany, those who took at the be-
ginning my son as their party leader
forced me to mobilize, measure l
hesitated to take
Loses Suit Against Road.