The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
BACK TO THE HUN Land
Kaiser Expected to Return to
His Former Haunts
PLANS FOR HIS COMING
These Are Said to Be Complete;
Royalty Lives At Pots
dam Castle
limited Press pispatch.1

London, Nov. 2o.-The Express
says:
"There is evidence of a plot to
trick the Allies, create new Ger
man federation stronger than the
former empire, foment revolu-
tons in Holland and Switzerland,
which would be added to the fed
Grafton, and then foment revolu-
tions in Allied countries and pos
sibIy in Sweden. Eventually the
kaiser would return"
Copenhagen, November 20-Return
Of the former kaiser to Berlin within
the next few days is confidently ex-
pected by Germans there. 1t is said
the plans for his return from Holland
are complete. The kaiserin is at the
castle of Prince Eitel Frederick and
the family Of the former crown prince
is still at Potsdam castle.
Reports About William.
London, Nov. 20--Reports that for
mer Emperor William may return to
Germany, as reported by the Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger's hint that he would
be allowed to enter that country, have
caused "a stir here. Several papers
feature the reports as creating an un-
certain situation which is rendered
more doubtful by accounts of the &C
tivity of German propagandists in sew
eral countries.
Peril Of Reaction Seen.
The fear mainly is that the former
emperor would sooner or later become
the center of a reactionary movement
in Germany when the present revolu-
tionary storm has blown over, and the
advocates of this view consequently
fear the return to his former empire.
On the other hand, the fact of the
former ruler placing himself or being
placed in the hands of the new rulers
of Germany, would be welcomed in
other quarters. These rulers, the
Morning Post argues, should be able to
execute judgment upon him and in so
doing would only be acting as fitting
instruments Or justice.
UnweIcome in Holland
There is everywhere, however,
agreement in the idea that the former
emperor's presence in Holland is in
tolerable and it is insisted that he
must somehow be made impotent to
do further mischief. The reports from
Holland show that the unlimited guest
is becoming daily more unwelcome
there. Belated advices from The
Hague show that the Dutch socialists
reiterated in parliament their objec-
tions to his presence and demanded
that he be deported.
Plot to Trick Allies.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
The Hague reports that the German
soldiers council in Antwerp adopted
a resolution that the soldiers and
workmen's council in Berlin demand
extradition of the former emperor and
the former crown prince, as we'll as
certain generals. The resolution ex-
presses belief that the ex-ruler exer-
cises too much influence in Holland
and forms the center of counter-revo-
lutionary intrigue.
The Daily Express sees the POSSIBLE
ity of a plot to trick the Allies and
create federation far exceeding in
strength and resources the former
German empire.
Paris, Nov. 20.--In order to end the
discussion as to whether William Hob
enzollern has finally abdicated as Ger
man emperor it is understood the Ger
man government intends to publish
his decree of abdication. This con-
sists of an attempt to justify the war
ON the ground of Germany's isolation.