Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-19
SEES PLOT BY KAISER
TO BUILD NEW EMPIRE
London Express Fears Scheme
to Trick Allies and Form
Federation


I London, Nov 10
THE -umo-S .nJr william Hohennoi-
ern. .ne rr~m,r ierman Emperor,
may po>Sib'v ry,n~u 70 Germany as
supported b, ,hr Byr.1 LuNal Anzciger s
hint that he would uoi Oe refused an
! entry 20 that country. have created a
cunsrdrrab.r SIR here The iear mainly
( IS thl, tNr former Emperor would sooner
or late become lho center II reaction
ary mo,emtut IN Germa0y
There - everywhere agreement IN the
idea that the tN-Emperors presence in
Holland Is intolerahie. and It is insisted
that he must somehow he made i'm
potent 70 do further mischief The re-
ports from Holland show that the un-
invited guest is becoming daily more un-
welcome there. Beiated HdNtces from
The Hague show that the putCh Social
lists reiterated in Parliament on Friday
last their objection TO his presence and
demanded that he he depoftcd
4 dispatch to the paiIy Mail from The
Hague reports that the German soldiers
council in Antwerp on Thursday last
adopted a resolution that the soldiers
and Workmens Council in Berlin de-
mand the eXtradition Of the former
HlllItl VI tllI Allt lOl lIltI NV ~ ! AlA'N'
as well as certain generals The reso-
luton expresses belief that the ex-ruler
exercises too much influence in Holland
and forms the centre of cOunter-revo-
lutionary intrigue.
The Daily Express sees the possibility
Of a plot to trick the Allies and create a
federation far exceeding in strength and
resources the former German empire.
This newspaper contends that the former
Emperor is back of chancellor Ebert,
former chancellor Macmillan Of Baden
and Field Marshal Won Hinderburg, and
it lays emphasis upon the fact that the
Emperor signed no formal abdication
and issued no valedctory message.
number of leading Allied diplo-
mats and statesmen. including Lord
Robert Cecil, Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs. believe that some
thing is brewing in Germany in the di-
recuon of plot to trap the Allies. the
Express declares. The facts appears to
indicate, il adds. the existence Of a plan
TO foment social revolutions in Holland
and Switzerland and possibly in Sweden
through pro-German agitators
1t is also planned. according to these
Indications the newspaper declares, to
roment social revolutions in Allied
countries. provide for the eventful re-
turn OF the former Emperor TO Germany,
the restoration of the old regime and the
formation of a greatly extended German
federation.
! Such a tederatlont with William
| Hobenzollern at its head. the Express
argues, would carry the seed Of another
world war 1t insists that the former
Emperor must be seized and his activi.
ties prevented.
| Washington. Nov. l9-OffiCials here
expressed astonishment at the repor'
from Copenhagen to the effect that VIII
! liam Hohenzollern would be permitted
by the new Berlin Government to return
| to Germany.
| There is an inclination among
| officials ani Diplomats here to believe
| that the former German Emperor
| whether by his own act or by the deCi
sion of the new Government and the
! German people, has forfeited his crown
md thai his return to Germany Nigh
be the signal for revolution which
J would establish forthwith republic il
} Germany