Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
PREDICTS KAISER
WILL ABDICATE
German Magistrate Says Won
Tirpitz and Grown Prince
Forced Break With U. s.
MANY ENEMIES AT HOME

Paris, March 24.-The abdcation OF
the German emperor is forecast by
the former German magistrate who
wrote the celebrated book 81 Accuse"
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 pam
Germanist-you cannot imagine the
smouldering hatred of the emperor
for those whom he believes to be the
maniacs who are driving him into an
abyss-third are the people, not the
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.
Kaiser's Party Voted Down.
THE other day at 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 kai-
ser's party and that Of Won Tirpitz
was most bitter. The majority against
the emperor was SO great, however,
that he was obliged. to submit and
pretcn., that he was convinced. In
particular he was personally opposed
TO a break with President Wilson. but
he was forced to consent. Docu-
ments will be published 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 subma-
rine war will soon show that he was
right, but it will be too late.
The people he fears most are the
anti-militarists, anti-Prussian, liberal
republicans, who want the Reichstag
based on universal suffrage. That is
why Wilhelm is so anxious to con-
vince the nation that he did not want
war. All his protestations are made
to appease the liberals and his fam
ished and ruined subjects, whose mur-
murings are growing stronger. He
wanted to continue popular at any
price and that is why he spoke the
first word OF peace. The people were
grateful for it, but the submarine war
came and spoiled everything.
Emperor's Pride Suffers.
ut is hard to realize how this en-
peror, who enjoyed popularity un-
exampled in our epoch, suffers in his
pride, He alone perhaps in Germany
knows the whole truth, since he alone
has in his possession the elements for
forming judgment on the situation
as a whole. How can he resist NOR
ally and physically under such
strain? Certainly he hopes some
times, but less and less, for the Sue
cess 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
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.
Only Recourse Left.
what recourse is left to him but
a dramatic abdication in order to re-
tain the sympathies of the German
people and save the political future
of Prussia? He will say: 4 sacrifice
myself to make peace. Without me
those only are responsible who de-
sired savage war and the complete
isolation OF Germany. those who took
at the beginning my son as their
party leader and forced me to mo-
bilize. measure hesitated TO take