Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
Abdication of Kaiser Openly
Discussed by People as
Way to Peace.
THINK DEMOCRATIC MOVE
MAY SATISFY PRESIDENT
Anxiety Over Solvency of Empire
Acute-Prussian House Votes
Electoral Bills.

s6y tnS Associated HfeSS.
COPENHAGEN, October 26.-The
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger says that new
note will be sent by Germany to Pres
ident Wilson as soon as possible. A
crown council under the presidency of
the emperor, lasting several hours,
reached this decision Friday.
The note, it is asserted, viii point
out the changes which have taken place
in the German constitution.
Germans Discuss Abdication.
LONDON. October 26.-German
newspapers are discussing openly
whether the abdication of William
Hohenzol1ern. the German ruler, is
necessary to obtain peace for Ger
many. A Copenhagen dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says
the view held in Germany is that
President Wilson does not demand the
rulers abdication, but will rest sat
isf1ed with democratic development of
political institutions.
The Frankfort Zeitung says the
monarch is confronted with the great
est difficulties in making the personal
decision whether Germany shall sur
render or negotiate. 1t expresses the
hope that he will make "a speedy and
clever decision"
Fears for Empires Solvency.
AMSTERDAM. Friday. October 25.-
Public anxiety over the solvency of
the empire apparently is becoming
money has become so rampant as to
cause great Inconvenience. There
has been a general run on banks.
Prussian Vote on Electoral Bills.
AMSTERDAM, October 26.-The
Prussian upper house has passed en-
bloc the three electoral bills as
amended by special committee, ac-
cording to a Berlin dispatch. The re-
dictionaries did not vote.
Berlin advices early in October said
that the Prussian upper house had
rejected the motion to introduce suf-
frage based on VocationS, and had
passed an equal direct suffrage meas
urc in accordance with the govern
ment bill, with the addition of an ex-
ira vote for persons over fifty years
OF age.
The house thus modified article of
the electoral reform bill, which
caused the rejection of the measure
by the lower house. This article pro-
Prussia and did away with plural
voting.
French Deputies Praise Note.
PARIS. October IS. Friday (Ha-
vas).-The logic and firmness of Pres
ident Wilson's answer to Germany
was praised OH all sides in the lob
bies of the chamber of deputies to-
day. Many deputies declared that the
question now is essentially a military
one, and that only Marshal Foch and
the other allied military leaders are
qualified to express the demands and
guarantees to be made by the allied
governments.
japanese Approval.
TOXIC, Friday, October 25 (by the
Associated Press).-Unqualified ad-
miration of President Wilson's atti-
tude toward Germany is expressed in
official circles. The reply is praised
highly as deserving the most pro-
. found attention of all the belligerent
nations lighting a common enemy,
who is a deliberate transgressor of
the cause of peace, Justice and hu-
manity.
President Wilson's note is considered
to be fully comprehensive His re-
fusal to treat with the Prussian
rulers of Germany, according to
opinion here. is SO explicitly and un-
Inistakably expressed as to arouse ad-
miration worthy of the leading cham
pion of international justice, at the
same time inspiring the confidence
,0f nf ha n 6y,f of oil H.,
stand for right and justice. The reply
is considered to be worth treasurins
as most valuable addition to official
war time correspondence