The theocrat., 1918-11-16
Kaiser Forced to Abdacote


without portfolio, laid set Of decisions
before Emperor William, including de-
mand for his abdication and the renuncia-
ton of the throne by the Crown Prince
The Emperor was quoted as replying that
he refused to abdicate voluntarily, as he
could not undertake the terrible RESPONSE
bility of handing over Germany to the
entente and delivering up the country to
anarchy However, powerful pressure was
brought to bear by the Socialists, and the
letter Of abdication was signed by Emperor
William on Saturday morning, November
g. at the German grand headquarters, in
the presence Of the Grown Prince and
Field Marshal Hindenburg. The Crown
Prince signed his remuneration to the
throne shortly afterward.
The following day the ex-Kaiser with
large retinue, fled across the frontier into
Holland.
Thus amid the storm Of internal up
heaval, the life-dream Of world conquest
hlckered out-a dream which had it's in
ception in organizing Germany into
colossus not only as a military power, but
as commercial giant-a dream which had
laid waste vast areas Of territory, and
starved, killed, or manned millions of men,
women and children-a dream which for
more than four years had kept the entire
world in turmoil, and which had rocked
the strongest nations Of the earth to their
very foundations.
The question arises What will Holland
do with William Hohenzollern? Will he
be handed over to Great Britain, and once
there will he be tried on the charge Of
numbering the helpless and the innocent,
and sentenced to death; or, will he be ban
ished like Napoleon?
James w. Gerard, former ambassador
to Germany from the United States, in a
speech in New York, on the evening Of
November II, asked whether man should
be allowed to escape who had "zilled so
many people that, if they were stretched
on the ground they would form line al
most around the entire world'' He said:
"There is a treaty between Holland and
England by which they can extradite the
ex-Kaiser, who has been indicted in Eng
land, and try him before an English
COURT
VIII Germany Follow Russia's Enanaples
To those who had hoped to see the Ger
man people throw off the imperial dynasty
and adopt sane Republican form of gov
ernment similar to that Of the United
States Of America, there is but little in the
present outlook to reassure them. In the
singing reaction of defeat and disillusion-
ment, it seems that the pendulum is swing
ing from blind faith in the ruling classes
to the other extreme Of license, excess, and
anarchy
The Socialists are flying the red flag in
nearly every city. Everywhere the mo-
mentum of the revolution, which has swept
the old regime out of power, seems to be
increasing. The great Rhenish Westphal-
Ian industrial region is in the hands Of
the Reds, while Potsdam and Doeberitz
have surrendered to the forces which have
taken over control in Berlin The founda-
ton OF new German Republic was pro-
claimed at Berlin on Saturday by Phillip
Scheidemann from the steps of the reichs-
tag building.
According to reports, the Bolshevik poi
son, used by the German war lords to de-
stroy Russia, has reacted. A soldiers and
workmen's council, similar to that which
overthrew the Gar, is seated in the reichs-
tag. The rebels are in supreme control Of
the railroads, which they paralyzed by pro-
claiming a strike. They are abundantly
equipped with arms and have the sympathy
OF the whole army and navy.
Chancellor Macmillan has resigned and
been succeeded by Friedrich Ebert. for