Evening star., 1918-11-14
CAUSE OF REVOLT
THROUGH GERMANY
Ruthless combing Of Indus
tries for Cannon Fodder
Fires Discomfort.
NAVY REFUSES TO BATTLE
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.

BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
| Cablegram to The Evening Star and
| Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1915.
| LONDON, November 13-According
| to the best available information in
| England, the German crisis, which re-
| suited in the kaiser's fight to Ho1-
| land and the signing of terms of ar
mistice. may be summarized as fol-
| lews:
about three weeks or month
ago Germany's man power necessi-
ties became so grave in consequence
Of the ceaseless sapping of her mill
! tary strength on the western front
that the government resorted to a
drastic combing out of the industries.
Fresh material for cannon fodder was
withdrawn ruthlessly from the ranks
even of skilled labor regardless of age
or physical fitness.
Disdontent Is Famed.
This famed the long smoldering
fires of discomfort into blaze. The
flames spread quietly but steadily, and
ever more widely into the ranks of
the soldiers. on home service and es-
pectally into the ranks Of the fleet
in Ktel. Wf1helmshaven and other
ports. The climax was reached at the
end of October when the fleet receiv-
ed orders to put out to sea and risk
q pitched battle with the British and
American navies in last desperate
throw. This precipitated a mutiny,
which came to head last week with
the result that first Kiel, then Ham
burg and then a growing succession
Of other coastal and inland places
soon found themselves under the red
flag of revolution.
Kaiser Goes to Army.
Emperor William scented the trend
Of events comparatively soon and left
Berlin for what he opined would be
the only safe retreat remaining to
him. namely, the headquarters of his
army in Belgium.
On Friday, the situation in Berlin
having gotten out of hand, Prince
Macmillan of Baden, the imperial
chancellor. advised the kaiser to alb
d1cate. William II, in a final gasp of
defiance, declined. Maximilian then
refused to continue to conduct the
government in his name. whereupon
tne Kaiser reconsidered his decision
and. making virtue of necessity, ap-
pended his signature to a document
which wiped out the Hohenzollern
dynasty. as far as the practice of it's
autocratlc profession was concerned.
Socialist Leader Called.
Prince Maximilian then asked Fried
rich Ebert, the socialist chieftain, to
assume Office as imperial chancellor
during the regency and call a con-
stituent assembly which should de-
eide upon the future form of Ger
many's government. Ebert comply
ing, as his first act issued proclama-
tion calling upon the citizens of the
country. to support him in his en-
deavors to form a party government
on party lines. and in the meantime
to preserve order. The next stage of
the developments was the precipitate
flight of the kaiser. with ten faithful
couriers. into Holland Sunday morn
ing. AS readers of The Evening Star
were informed some time ago EN-
peror Williams plans for fight to
the Netherlands werc formed long
since.
The proud. arrogant autocrat, who
nursed the fiction that he was Ger
from his country even before Capt.
Won Helldorff, the courier who was
carrying the terms of the armistice,
had time to reach the German head
quarters at Spa.
The former kaiser will hear SEN
tence pronounced upon him as a fugi-
tive who has taken refuge from the
vengeance of his triumphant enemies
and the damnation of his disillusioned
subjects.