Evening star., 1918-11-19
SEIZURE Of KAISER, !
DEMAND IN BRITAIN.
Believed Plot May Be Under
Way to Trick Allied
Nations.
HUNS MAY STIR REvoLTs

LONDON. November 19.-The rumors
that William Hohenzollern, the for
mer German emperor, may possibly
return to Germany, as supported by
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger's hint that
he would not be refused an entry to
that country, have created a consid-
erable stir here. They are featured
by several of the morning newspa-
pers as creating an uncertain stu
attn, which is rendered more doubt
fui by accounts of the activity of Ger
man propagandists in several coun-
tries.
The fear mainly is that the former
emperor would sooner or later become
in Germany when the present revolu-
tionary storm has blown over, and
the advocates of this view conse-
quently fear his 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 be acting only as
fitting instruments of justice.
Dutch Object to Presence.
There is everywhere, however, agree
ment in the idea that the ex-emperor's S
presence in Holland is intolerable, and
it is insisted that he must somehow
be made impotent to do further mis-
chief. The reports from Holland show
that the unlimited guest is becoming
daily more unwelcome there, notwith-
CT NJ Jrf HE at d.
lated advices from The Hague show
that the Dutch socialists reiterated in
parliament on Friday last their objec-
tons to his presence and demanded
that he be deported.
dispatch to the Daily Mail from
soldiers council in Antwerp on Thurs
day last adopted a resolution that the
soldiers and workmen's council in Ber-
lin demand the extradition of the for
mer emperor and the former crown
prince. as well as certain generals
The resolution expresses belief that
the ex-ruler exercises too much in
f1uence in Holland and forms the cen
ter of counter-reyolutionar intrigue.
Sees Possibility of Trick.
The Daily Express sees the possi-
bility of plot to trick the allies and
create federation far exceeding in
strength and resources the former
German empire.
In the course of long article this
newspaper contends that the former
emperor is back of Chancellor Ebert
former Chancellor Maximilian OF
Baden and Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg, and it lays emphasis upon the
fact that the emperor signed no for
NAL abdication and issued no valedic-
tory message.
A number of leading allied diplo-
mats and statesmen, including Lord
Robert Cecil, undersecretary of stat.
for foreign affairs, believe that some
thing is brewing in Germany in the
direction of a plot to trap the allies
the Express declares. The fact ap-
pears to indicate, it adds, the exis-
lutions in Holland and Switzerland
and possibly in Sweden through pro-
German agftators. 1t is also desired
according to these cations, the
newspaper declares, to foment social
revolution in allied countries. provide
for the eventual return of the former
emperor to Germany, the restoration
of the old regime and the formation
of greatly extended German fedora
tion.
Such a federation. with William Ho-
henzollern at it's head. the Express
argues, would carry the seed of an
other world war. It insists that the
former emperor must be seized and his
activities prevented.
The Daily Chronicle in an editorial
makes similar demand.