Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-19
RULER Of AUSTRIA
QUITS; SHOTS ARE
FIRED ATEX-kA|SER
Copenhagen Says Emperor
Charles Has Abdicated.
GREAT STRIKE, IN AUSTRIA
Crowds of Belgian Refugees Swarm
Around HohenzolIern's Train Cry
ing "Abas GuiIIaume! Assas-
sin!"--Shot Fired at Car.


London, Nov. 13.-Emperor Charles
Of Austria has abdicated, according to
Copenhagen dispatch to the Elk
change Telegraph company, quoting
private advices from Vienna.
1t is reported that general strike
will be declared in Vienna.
Victor Adler, leader of the Austrian
socialists and foreign secretary in the
German-Austrian cabinet formed at
Vienna on October 81, is dead, it is
reported.
London, Nov. 13.-William Hohen-
zollern, former German emperor, ar
rived Sunday at Count Bentinck's cha
teau OF Middachten at Velp, near Arm
hem, according to a dispatch to the
Daily Express dated Sunday at Velp.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily
Express dated Sunday says that the
former German empress is i'll at Pots
dam, near Berlin, and that the former
crown princess is at her bedside.
The dispatch from Velp says that an
automobile containing two members of
the German court arrived first and no
titled Count Bentinck of the approach
of the former emperor. The second
car brought baggage, while the third,
with it's blinds down, arrived in the
evening. From it the former emperor
and two equerries, all in civilian
clothes, alighted.
| No one in the village of Velp, which
adjoins the chateau, was aware of his
arrival. The former German ruler oc-
| cupies the left wing of the chateau.
| The dispatch adds that his wife prob
ably will be permitted to join him there.
Cry Assassin" at ex-kaiser.
Amsterdam, Nov. 13.-A great mys-
terry still is being made of the desti-
nation in Holland of William Hohen-
zollern, the former German emperor.
Three different country seats of the
Bentinck family now are mentioned as
his temporary abode.
The former German emperor made
an inglorious entry into Holland, ac-
cording to reports from Eysden. AT
Z 80 Sunday morning ten travel
stained automobiles driven by Prus-
sian officers were seen coming slowly
through the fog along the ViseMaas-
| tricht highroad. The last Belgian vii
lage, Mouland, which is almost on the
border line, was still asleep. The
noise of the motors brought out a
crowd of curious villagers.
The former ruler of Germany was
dressed in the uniform of a general
The erstwhile martial figure was hud
died and bent on walking stick
while his eyes stared straight ahead
The Dutch frontier guards stopped
the cortege. After some brief formali
ties the automobiles were conducted tC
the railway station at Eysden. Dutch
cavalry and military cyclists formed 9
Gordon about the station. Crowds OF
Belgian refugees swarmed around the
station crying:
"Abas Guillaume! Assassin
An imperial train arrived at the sta
lion an hour later. 1t consisted of l.
cars and William Hohenzollern, who
had walked up and down the railway
platform, entered the train an(
changed to civilian clothes.
Arrangements for the reception o.
the Germans were made by Genera
Van Deutz, aide de camp to Queen vii
helmina, who went to German head
, quarters last week.
/ Field Marshal Won Hindenburg il
not in Holland. He remains at mali
headquarters and adheres to the new
, government. The telegram adds tina
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
2 commander of the German northern
, army group, has not fed, as som,
reports have declared