Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03
DIR. SCHE|DEMANN
DEMANDS KAISER
QUIT HIS THRONE
Sends Emphatic Memoran-
dunn to Chancellor on
Behalf of Socialists.
GERMAN PUBLIC REPORTED
STRONGLY AGAINST HIM
Bavarian Royal House Puts in
Claim for Crown If Will
liam Abdicates.
AUSTRIA TO DANISH A.;DR,sSY
National Council Bitter Against Him
because OF His Peace Note 10
President Wilson.
GERMAN PUBLIC REPORTED
STRONGLY AGAINST HIM
AUSTRIA TO DANISH A.;DKAssl

PARIS November DIR. scheide.
iahh' leader OF the majority Socialists
In the feichstaG. according TO advice,
from Berlin tonight, has sen, an ON
phatic memorandum 10 the Chancellor
asking that the Kaiser abdieatc
message from Amsterdam, to-n:ph,
says that shouting. "Down viii, wi.
heim! Abdicate in,pcdiatcly." a crowd
OK several thousand persons. despitl
the efforts Of the police to d!spers.
them. succeeded to-day in reaching tho
royal palace a. Stuttgart. Some mount.
"a tbe palace ratings. ctamoring 70,
the' deposition Of the Emperor. accord.
ing to the Wescr Gazette. After sey.
4 cral scEimmages and an exchange u.
shots. mounted police managed 10 driyo
the mob away
The demonstration was ,tc sequel
81 81 h,s hm,estins OF Independent Socialists
mandinS the establishment: o: a So
c!allst republic.
At meeting the Progressive. pa--
~ at Munich. professor C1ield.. ~ 1ei,-
uty In the LandtaG. declared: .'Ihc vita
tpteTssts OF the German people derlamti
a resolution was adopted demanding
tHat tne emperor abdicatc in order TO
sattest 10 the sincerity OF Germany S
conversion into peoples state.
That the abdication OF the German
Emperor is considered an acconplish.,I
tact Is the construction one obtains IN
ine &Pafis papers tonight. The ab-
diSatton OF William, H.. may be con-
siaered now as an accomplished fact.
or1siai pubiisation, Is delayed Tor. an
revn date line
other reports declare, h o,,evey. that
refusal 10 abdicatc He took refuge a.
,iermsn grand headquarters Immediate :
;,et, at which the question OF his alb
.iication was raised says a dispatch to
Es,Journai from Zurich.
u pahsnzof1aln me "fn1s,inacy e, MIN which VILLAIN
l.: making = bad impression in Berlin
Noltticai circles. the Correspondent, in
tempt TO save the crown nc tool: the
mead OF cabal gotten up by ihc mill
iary party against the government. bus
that the latter was too solidiy cstab-
establishment OF 4 military dictator
ship has no chance OF success. the nes-
peror now Is refusing to take any no.
tice OF the acts Of the government.
Everything is rcprcsentc as depend
;ns upon the attitude the srca; general
STAFF may adopt.
The socialis, vorwaerts !mpor,unes
I've EmpeTo! 70 prove HIS courage by
the people arc agains, hun. The Frank
fort Gazette and the Munich Neuestc
Eachrichten express themselves sim
:iarly.
KING OF BAVARIA
LAYS CLAIM TO GROWN
The Bavarian Premier has notified
Eerlin that the Bavarian royal fami.-
claims the imperial throne in the cent
Of Emperor Williams abdication. ac-
cording to tho Socialist Leipzig Noll;s
Ieitung. which is quotc,i in i HAgu4
dispatch TO the Daily Mail.
the re!gning King OF EaN aria IS i.ud-
isi5 and became regen, n suec6s. ,on
to.his father. Prince Luttpo:l. who died
III December 1912. He va. proclaimed
sion to his cousin. King otto, who was
= declared incapable of ruling because o.
mental iuflrmity. King Ludwig mar.
sied Archduchess Maria Theresa, o.
The heir-apparent is Crown Prince
Tupprecht, who was In command o.:
forces on the western front II was
headquarters the crown prince eft the
army, but the official report recently
stated he had gone on a, ,,s,r', vaGa,'1n' IN A..
scended from the ancient counts ct
Witteisbach. who hourished in III.
twelfth century.
MEMORIAL SENT no
MAMMALIAN BY SCIIEIDEMANN
The yossiche Zeitung, of Berlin, de-
c!ares that It learns from a depend-
able source that Phillip Scheidelpan nm,
Secretary of state without rortfoiio.
Prince Maximilian. the Imperial chan
cellor. expressing the CONVICTION that
Emperor William must abdicate
The Germania declares that reports
that the war cabinet considered the
question at its last meeting are false
Political circles according to the Tage-
front. saying that II is calculated at
this time to inspire all sorts OF conjcc-
Eerardjnr the reoorts that philip
scheidemann. Socialist leader and sec
retary. withou, portfolio In the Ger
abdication OF Emperor William, a semi
official statement from Berlin declares
no such memorial exists.
''It Is not impossible, however" tho
statement adds, that this question was
touched upon III CORE spondene, he
and other secretaries and gs3ernmen'
chiefs during the illness of"the Chan
oeilor. :Hhich restricted personal com.
G,unicatIon between the members OF
the government"
Hi;vENTI.Ow CALLS FOR
'so CoMPLE1E SUBMISSION
vas GomPiese n5yised Ir5mission hH 9ah allies
Tages nase Senns on on the hs ho ars
vas very mild for the usual bellcose
Tho German newspapers for many
weeks have not been so bare Of COM
rnent on the military and political Sit
uatton as they. are at present APP
ing the result OF the Versailles confer
once. s
Immediate peace is demanded In man
tfcstos published by German Socialist
newspapers from labor and Socialist
organizations and feminist groups
lhroughout the empire. The last named
groups IN their statement declare the
Gsrman women will take every means
O. opposing the continuation or tho