Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29
KAISER EXPECTED
TO QUIT throne
Author Of "yACCuse" SAYS
Thought That He Caused
War CrusheS William.
OPPOSED BREAK With US.
Majority of Leaders Against the EN-.
peror Was SO Great He Was
Obliged to Submit-Sees
Fall of HohenzoIerns.

Paris, March 2G.--The abdication of
the German emperor is forecast by the
| former German magistrate who wrote
| the celebrated book "JAcCuSe" in an
interview published in LOeuyre. He
says:
THE kaiser is ObSessed by the
thought that he Is responsible for the
war, IL thought which poisOnS his whole
existence. lie feels that he is mem
/ aced by three enemies at home. with
| out counting those abroad: First is
the crown prince the real author Of
/ the war; second is the iunkcr pan-Ger-
maniSt (yOu cannot imagine the SmOl-
/ dering hatred of the emperor for those
whom he believes to be the manucs
who are driving him into an abysS)
third are the peOplc-nOt the socialist
party. hut the people who are starving
and who. he feels. are growing in num-
her and rising little by little against
those who organized the war.
Opposed Break With Wilson.
"rhc other day NJ the meeting of
The parliamentary presidents and the
ministers Of the federal SovereignS. at
which the submarine war was decided
upon. the struggle between the kuiser's
party and that of Won Tirpitz was
most bitter. The majority against the
emperor was 50 great, however, thar
he was obliged tO submit and pretend
that he was convinced. In particular
he was personally opposed to Il break
with President Wilson. hut he was
forced to consent. Documents will he
published one day which will prove
that secretly he did everything not to
bring America down upon him and
. that he considers the rupture an ir.
'' reparable mistake. The failure of the
submarine war viii show that lac wal
Z, right. hut it will he too late.
u Fears Universal Suffrasists.
"'The people he fears most are tn,
anti-militarist, and-Prussian, ibcra
republicans who want the reichStai
D, to he based on universal suffrage. rha
is why Wilhelm is so anxious tn con
vince the nation that he did not wan
war. All his proteStations are mad
to appease the liberals and his fam
ished and ruined subjects whose mur
" muringS are growing stronger. II,
;, wants to continue popular at any pric,
" and that is why he spoke the tirS
, word Of peace. The people were grTlte
d. ful for il. hut the submarine war cam,
and spoiled everything.
g Suffers in His Pride.
. 1T is hard to realize how this EN-
pcror. who enjoyed II popularity uncN
amplcd in our epoch, suffers in hi
pride. lie alone, perhaps, in Germany
knows the whole truth, since he aion,
has In his possession the elements rOl
. forming Il Judgment on the situation
I! rs Il whole. How can he resist moral
= ~ and physically under such Il strain
n Certainly he hopes sometimes. hut less
Ie and less, for the success of the unrc
Strircd submarine war which he Up
posed. lie SccS the isolation of Ger
n many hrcumr more and more complete
D "Once he tried tn initiate peace ne
gotiHtion> aud failed. To try agnr
~. would he tu admit and proclaim to The
n whole world. hut above all To the Ger
man people. which he fears most Ger
manyS real situation, If the allie
sulcmnly declared, rs they did viii
Napoleon In 1915, that they would re-
Is fuse tn treat for peace with the fohcn
&, zolrrnS. 1t would he Il knockout blow
our German people, who still hrlicv,
c, in him. would abandon him, for peace
at any price will soon he the muni
W nous and hidden thought of torture,
Germany.
Dramatic Abdieation Is Forecast.
"What recourse Is left In him hut
,. dramatic ahdication in order To retail
~ the SympathicS of the German pcopl
,O aud save the political future Of rru,
to Siug lie will say: 4 sacrifice myScl
10 to make peace. Without me those oul
TO are responsible who desired II >uyu2
war and the complete insulation q
Us Germany. those who took at the h,
., ginning my son as their party lcadc
"A and forced me to mobilize, II mcuSur
rs hcsitalcd tn tako.''
10, BLAMES KAISER FOR THE WA