The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-11-14
KAISER ADVOCATES
IS NOW IN HOLLAND
German Republic is Being Formed
Austria Out of Existence-Dr.
Solf Says German People
Will Starve.

many since 1888, has abdicated and he
is now in Holland where report has it
that he proposes to buy an estate and
spend his declining days. He arrived
at the border of Holland with his par
ty of So in ten automobiles. From the
border he proceeded to an estate in
Holland. He appeared at the border
in Generals uniform but changed
to civilian clothing before proceeding
thru Holland.
William Hohenzollern is considered
as interned for the treaty Of peace has
not yet been signed. He has taken
the title Of Count.
Three warrants for his arrest
charging him with murder, were issu-
ed from England a year or two ago
and when the time comes for signing
the treaty of peace, the ex-kaiser may
have to be delivered to the Allies to
receive the punishment he so richly
deserves.
1t is reported that the Crown Prince
has been slain. Another report says
he is safe in Holland, while there is
still another report that he is with
the trrops at the front. The former
Crown Prince has signed away any
claim which he may have had to the
throne of Germany.
The ex-Kaiser denies that he fled
to Holland, but says he got out of
Germany merely to facilitate the
work Of the new government.
The Kaiser attempted to stop the
German armistice emissaries, it has
just beco1a known, and thir passage
was held up in Belgium until finally
Hindenburg ordered the party to pro-
ceed. The Kaiser thus lost his last
battle. Shortly after this he abdicated
and fled.
Frederick Ebert is the new German
Chancellor by appointment. of Prince
Maximilian, former chancellor, who
appointed himself as regent. The men
who are now endeavoring to form a
republic out Of the downfall 2of the
German government are all former
supporters of the Kaiser. This makes
the Allies watch them with suspicion.
Won HindenbCrg, who was reported
as fleeing to Holland, is now said to
be in Germany and has announced his
adherence to the new socialist govern
ment. 'aIIiI
| Reports have come from various
sections of Germany Of revolt that
is in progress. Revolutionists have
been fighting in Berlin and many other
cities and are in control of much of
Germany. Some German newspapers
and some in neutral countries warn
the Allies not to push Germany too far
to the wall, lest she be driven to an
archy.
DR.. solf, German foreign secretary,
in letter to President Wilson, asks
for leniency on the part of the Allies
and asks that the terms of the armis-
tice be changed, otherwise he fears
that Germany will starve. The presi-
dent answered that the Allies will do
all they can to keep the German peo-
pie from starving, in spite of the fact
that Germany never showed any
mercy to conquered peoples in her
hour of victory,
Austria formally passed out Of ex-
istence as nation today when the
state council at Vienna proclaimed the
Germanic portion Of, the former Haps-
burg empire part of the new Ger
man republic. This action was re-
ported in Vienna dispatches to Copen-
hagen and the information is believed
to be authentic, as it comes upon the
heels of the abdjcation of Emperor
Karl. At the same time the former
emperor issued manifesto declaring
that he was forsaking all participa-
tion in the affairs Of German Austria:
Emperor Karl, Empress Zita and
their family left Vienna Tuesday
night for Eckartsau.