Arizona republican., 1918-10-14
Has the Kaiser Abdicated?

Tn the popular mind the abdcaton of king means for him to give the ruling power, but in the case Of the kaiser of Germany if the peace offer made through President Wilson is lived up to he has really abdcated he has surrendered his right of absolute rule. believe that either the kaiser or any of his henchmen really clever enough to put one over' on the allied leaders. On the face of the reply to President Wilson kaiser and the German people have virtually surrendered If there is any trick back of it we may rest reasonably assured that the allied leaders will find it out
 The public should carefully weigh their ideas of what should be done before giving them voice. Pun shmcnt for the done by the Hun we all demand the idea of such punishment should not be mixed up with revenge. Punishment and revenge not and the thing by long way
 or all the probabilities of some trick on the part of tho Hun. but seems in any way plausible It has been reported in the dispatches that due to the strategy Of Foch the German high command is in danger of losing it's armies and of being able to SO retire as bring all and supplies safely back o the German border defenses. It has also been ported Hindenburg has resigned because the general retreat to Germany had been delayed longer than he advised and long for safety. With a gen. eral evacuation of France and Belgium the German armies would be allowed to go and take with them their and supplies and thus might, by trick complsh that which they could not do by military strategy. once safely behind their German de- lenses they might break off their work of compliance with the peace terms and would again be
 This would be a trick which would involve duplicity that bring the Germans face to face with the eventuality of total defeat It would then uo a battle tho end and knows better than the German high command how such battle to finish would go. For that it does sonablc suppose that such trick is contemplated
 There seems doubt but that Prince Maximilian is a sincere man. He may be the dupe of those tricky masters of Germany, but. personally he has been of sth the military and strongly for a government by constitution that the very appoint ment of him imperial chancellor marked the be- ginning of the end of absoutism in Germany The nearest o popular government Germany has is found that reply has tho support of the great majority in that body.
 We want all the German people to know and realize that Germany has been licked her own game -militarism Many have felt that she would better realize her defeat when allied soldiers marched over her country and bombarded her towns There is no doubt, however that the Germans will realize the magnitude of their defeat when they to paying out of their pocIetbooks for the ruin they have wrought. So far Germany concerned this was battle 10 fill those pocketbooks a war for commercial gain. When the German people to adding up results in their ledger of life they will find giant loss item for the years 1914-1S, which must bring them realize in the way they best understand -MoNEY-that their military hopes were the false lure which brought them to the verge of destruction