The Washington herald., 1918-11-30
EX-KAISER, OUT
FOREVER, SIGNS
HIS ABDICATION.
Complies with Berlin S De-
mand for His Formal Re-
nunciation of Throne. y
VICTORY FOR RADICALS
Royalists Fooled in Effort to
Organize Ex-Crown
Prince Follows Suit.
VICTORY FOR RADICALS

Copenhagen, Nov. 2s.-william Ho-
henzollern promptly complied with the
demand from the Berlin government
for his formal abdication.
The document reached Berlin iato
today, the "Acht Uhr Abendblatt." ="
of that city. announces.
A signed renChciation Of the throne
by the ex-crown prince was de-
manded.
Absence of signed abdication de-
cree has been one of the main weap-
ons of the radicals in Germany who
have been exploiting 1t to tell the
masses that the ex-Kaiser proposes
to return at a propitious moment and
place himself at the head Of a coun-
ter revolution.
Prepare for Anything.
The anti-Kaiserites, comprising the
overwhelming mass of the people, are
known to be prepared for everything.
If the thing has to be fought out.
they want the decisive combat now,
rather than giving the royalists time
to organize.
They believe the hour Is ripe for
wtping every vestige of Kaiserism off
the soil of Germany. They want to
burn out every atom of infective mat
ter while the wound is still open.
The man who looms largest on the
German revolutionary horizon as a
moulder of the tattered empires fu-
ure is Kurt Eisner, premier of the Re-
public OF Bavaria.
A short few months ago he was con-
stantly shadowed and many times
prosecuted for daring to make guard
ed criticisms of the king whom he
replaced as virtual ruler in the frs,
stage Of the revolt.
Strike Again DIsquiet.
The Frankfurter Zeitung's Ber,in
correspondent says the strike in the
German capital yesterday agagin
assumed disquieting proportions.
Vienna newspapers foreshadow an
eearly publication of diplomatic doc
uments fixing the responsibility for
the war.
In Germany the movement for
similar revelations grows. DIR. Won
Bethmann Hollweg. who was chan
cellor in 1914, has made public
statement. welcoming a thorough
inquiry into his part of the pre-war
'io'hAhetiOhs. i1t utnltS ne was
aware of the text of the Austrian
ultimatum to Serbia, and says when
he did learn II he considered it too
harsh, both in tenor and contents.
A Berlin dispatch says allied rep
resentatives will arrive shortly in
Berlin to discuss the armistice Ques-
tion.
There is no confirmation of this
here, but 1t is held probable that
such representatives will go to Ger
many to investigate Soils claim that
enforcement of the clause providing
for the surrender to the allies of a
large number of locomotives and We
hicles will cripple the German trans
port system and lead to famine.
London, Nov. 30.-(Saturday)-A
counter revolution, led by some of
the more influential generals, has
broken out in Germany, the Daily
Express learns from its Amsterdam
correspondent.
Gen. Won Arnim, who commanded
the German armies in Flanders. and
Generals Won Elsa and Won der Mar
WITT, who commanded the German
Verdun front, as well as other gen
erals, are leading the counter rebels
the dispatch says.
Their object is to place the ex.
Kaiser back on the throne.
Many soldiers are reported to have
Joined the counter rebellion, tearing
down the red flags.