The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-03-29

Paris, March 26.-The ahdication OF
the German emperor is forecast by the
former German magistrate who wrote
the celebrated book y. Accuse" In an
interview published at 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
by three enemies at homie, without
counting those abroad. First, is the
crown prince, the real author OF the
manist-you cannot imagine the
Bmouldering hatred OF the emperor Tor
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 VINO are
In numbers and raising little by little
against those who organized the war.
Sub War Will Fail.
THE other day at the meeting OF the
parliamentary presidents and min-
listers Of the federal sovereigns. at
which the submarine war was decided
upon, h struggle between the kaisers
party and hat of Won TirpitZ was
most bitter. h majority against the
emperor was so great however, that ne
was obliged to submit M pretend that
he was convinced. In particular, ne
was personally opposed to a break with
President Wilson, but he was forced
to consent. Documents will be pub
tished one a which will prove that
gecfetly he did everything not to bring
considers that the rupture was an ire
parable mistake. The failure of the
submarine war will soon show that he
vas right, but it will be too late
"The people he fears most are the
antimilitarists, anti-Prussian, liberal
republicans. who want the reichstag to
be based on universal suffrage.
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 famished
and ruined subjects whose murmufings
are growing stronger. He wants to
continue popular at any price and that
is why he spoke the first wordgof peace.
The people were grateful for it, but the
submarine war came and spoiled every
thing.
kaiser's Pride Crushed.
ut is hard to realize how THU en-
| peror, who enjoyed q popularity unex-
ampled in our epoch, suffers in his
pride. He alone perhaps in Germany
knows the whole truth, since he alone
forming a judgment on the situation as
| p whole. How can he resist morally
| and physically under such a strain?
Certainly he hopes sometimes, but less
l anu less, IOT the success OF Inc uAfe-
stricted submarine war which he OPP
| posed. He sees the isolation Of Ger
many become more and more complete.
"Once he tried to initiate peace nego-
tiations and failed. To try again would
be to admit and proclaim to the whole
world. but above all to the German peo-
pie, which he fears most. Gernnany's
real situation. If the allies solemnly
declared, as they did with Napoleon in
1915, that they would refuse to treat
for peace with the H~ohenzollerns, it
would be a knockout blow. Our German
people, who still believe in him, would
abandon him, for peace at any price
will soon be unanimous and hidden
thought of tortured Germany.
Only Abdication Remains.
What 0 As left to him, but
dramatic abdication in order to retain
the syInpathies OF the German people
and a v the political future Of Prus-
| STA. He will say:
II sacrifice myself to make peace.
Without me those only are responsible,
who desired a savage war and the com
plete isolation OF Germany, those who
took at the beginning my son as their
party leader and forced me t mobilize.
q measure / hesitated to AXE.