The Washington herald., 1918-06-24
EMPEROR MAY FOLLOW
OTHER EX-MONARCHS
Can Germany Save Collaps-
ing Neighbor and Hold
Onrushing Italians9
PRUSSAN REVENGE SEEN
IN AUSTRIA'S BREAKDOWN
Issue Hinges on Man Power Ques-
! ton with Scales Favoring
Allied Cause.

Rome, June 23.-Charles ], EN-
peror of Austria and King OF Hun
gary, looms large upon the Euro
pean horizon today as the newest
candidate for the Ex-Monarchs
Society.
There is one difference:
f. The Gar of all the Russias was
an open and sincere enemy of
Germany, and his country fought
her with all its giant strength and
sacrifice until the dragon of
treachery and class war had sap
ped Russia clean of red life blood.
Charles rules the allied nation
of the empire which may be about
to topple him by means strikfngly
akin to those employed in bring
ing about the Russian rulers
downfall.
But more important than the
personal future of rulers is the
fate OF their nations. Again, un-
less all signs deceive us, the dual
monarchy is slated for the same
political, economic and moral
slaughter that befell Russia.
All For Peace and Bread.
Austria Hungary. for four years
and still today, Germany's valiant
ally. will tomorrow lie PROSTATE at
Potsdam's feet not only ready but
crying to be crampled upon, cut to
pieces and swallowed up-if only she
can have peace and bread.
To the abyss the Hapsburg empire
is fast steering at this very hour, and
Potsdam is the pilot.
But there is another difference I'm
like Russia's armed forces, which had
to democratize to eliminate it from
the combat, Austria's armies-that is,
the bulk Of their non-Slay and non
Czech elements-must be in PotSdam's
interest saved from collapse and pre-
served to fight. as part and parcel of
the Prussian machine, gainst the
foreign foe"
Germans Fooled.
To thta end Potsdam has. or thinks
1t has. already taken excellent meas
ures; more are under preparation.
Unity of command" on the Italian
front Is one; 'brigading" Of Austrian
with German units is another.
austria. starving and defeated, or
wlthout q friend outside to turn to.
absolute submission to Prussian
domination will be the last straw.
Ihat ls the vision in which the mil
ltary Machievellis in Berlin revel as
one OF the most glorious victories"
OF the whole war.
For then. and not until then, will
be fulfilled the two aims that the
Prussian overlords have been of late
planning and plotting with super
zeal and that are haunting the
young Hapsburg ruler like night
mares In the midst Of his hopeless
battle with the raging sea- Of re-
volt at home.
Two Prussian Aims.
These two aims are:
ouLHinent OF the kaisers
oath to wreak vengeance for his
obstreperous young ally's please in
trigue with the allies.
2. Complete absorption of Aus
trla- Hungary as part and parcel of
the German empire, with elimina-
tion even of the boundaries" as
Vice Chancellor Won Payer recently
was uncauttous enough openly to
put 1t.
From a mass of Illuminating for
eign press comment on the Aus
trian rulers Letter to his brother-in-
law 1t appears that while Germany
ana Austria may have been, as For
e1gn Minister Balfour recently
opined. agreed to launch a peace in
trigue with Charles as the "postil-
lon dAmour," Germany certainly
never knew or would have approved
of, his endorsement of Frances
just claims concerning Alsace
Lorraine.
Slow Torture.
When the mischief was done, Ber-
lin elected to exercise cool seIf-re-
straint rather thany flying of in a
rage against the ally, swearing,
however, to do the furnishing at the
proper time in a more, profitable
wax. by the slow, smooth cutting
knife instead of the "shiniAg sword"
that proper time seems to all in
tents and purposes to be at hand.
curious as II may seem, a new pol
icy was first touched upon in the
open by the very man who has been
since held up by official Berlin as a
traitor to Germany: Prince Lichnow-
sky. One Of the fundamental angu-.
ments upon which he based his ar
raignment Of German policy IN his
now famous memorandum, 10 that
Germany was dead wrong in backing
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