Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-30
DEMAND EX-KA|SER
FORWARD SIGNED
ABD|CAT|ON NOTE
Remuneration of the Throne
by EX-Crown Prince Also
Insisted Upon.
RADICALS EXPLOIT NEWS
WILHELM WILL RETURN
Bloody Clash Among Various
Factions in Germany Con-
sidered Likely.
SHOW CONTEMPT FOR PRUSSIA
Bitter Opposition Has Been Aroused
by Kurt Eisncr, Premier OF Re-
public OF Bavaria.
RADICALS EXPLOIT NEWS
WILHELM WILL RETURN
SHOW CONTEMPT FOR PRUSSIA
Bitter Opposition Has Bc.n Aroused
ny Kurt Eisncr, Premier OF Re-
public OF Bavaria.

LONDON. November os--Thc former
Emperor Wilhelm will be called upon
TO Immediately sign an abdication de-
''cc, is the news of paramount in-
rortancc coming out OF Berlin during
the day. y telegram said tina, the
beriin government mas sent "A message
Y" The eN-kaiscr demanding that Will
helm Hohenzollern Immediately for
ward 10 Berlin a signed abdicstion de-
cree. similar documcn, also is de-
manded of the former crown prince.
The absence OF the signed decree
has been one Of the powerful weapons
IN the hands Of the radicals of Ger
many who have been exploiting ;hc
ncws to the masses that the former
emperor proposes TO return al pro-
p!uous moment and place himself at
me mead Of Il countcr-rcvolution.
The demand for signed abdication
lhntamount to call Of the ex-
Kaiser before the court Of the opinion
81 ms countrymcn-- OF the world "a,
!arSc--ror a clear. uncquivocal state
ment that he is done with the German
lhro"- y signed statement from the
ssX.erown prince is asked 50 as TO force
MN publicly to eliminate himself as Il
PGrSntiai successor TO his father.
The Berlin demand, therefore. forces
the issue revolving around the Kaiser
I" prompt showdown. IL he has
been schcmins for Il countcr-revoit and
J! some OF his loyal troops and generals
u Herma"y believe the thing practica-
sSnchronizins with bloody clash
within Germany that may lead TO :,
terrific civil war. The anti -Kaiscrites.
comprising the overwhelming mass OF
The people. are known TO be prepared
Tor everything If the thing has TO
be fought out, they want the decisive
royaiists time to organize. They be-
lic.G The hour Is ripe for wip!ng every
restiEe or kaiserism on the soil OF
y cablegram from Copenhagen to-
night announced that William IIohen-
for a formal abdication decree. the
document having reached Berlin late
to-day,
The Frankfurter Zeitune's Berlin COR
respondent teiegraphs his paper that
,he strike in the German capita! has
again assumed disauieting proportions.
General Won .Arnm. who commanded
the German armies in Flanders,
Gnd Generals Won Elsa and Won
other generals are lcadn" the counter
rebels The object. ii is said, is TO
place the cN-kaiser back on the throne.
Many soldiers are reported TO have
Joined the countcr-rebcllon.
PREMIER OF BAVARIA
An IMPORTANT FIGURE:
The man who looms largest on the
German revolutionary horizon as a
molder OF the tattcrcd empires fu
turc Is kur, Eisner. Premier OF the
republic OF Bavaria. "a shor; few
owed ana many times prosecuted for
daring TO make guarded criticisms of
the King whom he replaced as virtual
ruler IN the first stage OF their revolt.
More ou;Spoken than his assertions
al me Bnvarian monarIhisiic regime
hgwe'sr MERE ns Ii.acks ;s on rI rrnssia ia
southern Germany he hates the Prus
slams with hate chat has not been
i,enzollerns. la the attempts at cen
,ralization of the control Of Germany's
affairs in Rerlin, he and his adherents
see merely Il continuance under the
mantle Of socialism. radicalism or de
mocracy" OF the old arrogant Prussian
presumption that all Prussia is the an
ointed arbiier OF Germany's fate.
His hate and his contempt of Prus-
sia stir kur, Eisner on To fight TO the
last ditch against Berlin. and upon
The kindred feeling Of the Bavarians
and the people OF other German south
ern states he plays in the game for
supremacy. His aim is nothing. short
cr and control from North Germany to
South Germany, from Berlin TO Munich.
lie is determined to stop at nothing
to attain that aim Knowing, that he
has the fun ll-hcartcd support of hundreds
Of thousands Of Bavarians. Wuerttem-
bergers. Padonians and SaXons behind
him. he proceeds with Il resolution and
daring that stamp him. for the present
at least. as ono predominant figure in
'lc German cndOS.
The first step of the reporter Pre-
micr's Los Won PreusSon" campaign
was to break diplomatic relations with
Helm, He followed this by having
!, Berlin courier arrested while ell
route TO Austria He seized the
curriers' papers papers. .r" The Berlin authori-
nounces him as the most vicious men
ace" even the Norwaerts Ginning in.
Meanwhile. conditions in Berlin are
assuming more and more an aspect re-
~. In. l. to-
under Bolshevik rule. Already soldiers
and workmen are watching in the
streets for former officers in civilian
garments. TO arrest them and put
Them TO work.
FORMER EMPRESS ARRIVES
At EN-I<AISER'S EXILE
The former Empress Of Germany ar
rived ut Amerongen. the eX-Kaiser's
Trunks. She was reported to be in high
r"i,its She was met by the wife of the
"rtnan minister to Holland. The
.,rmcr Emperor did not meet her at
Q station.
supplementary dispatches from
,mcrongcn say the Kaiserin threw
herself in the eX-kaiscr's arms. crying
like child and saying. amid sobs:
WHO would ever have thought IL
would come To such an mgiorious
The former Emperor himself was In
tears. The couple stood in full view
OF hundreds of curious spectators in
the courtyard OF the Bentinck Castle
The cx-Kaiser comforted his wife
kissing and stroking her snow white
head. murmuring broken sentences, of
which by-standers caught only these
.Onc thing can never take an in
clorius end-unserc liebe" (our
!o*c).
pnITIsH PUBLIC AND
PRESS DEMAND ACTION
Tantalized by the apparent inaction
on tho part OF the government. tho
Iritish public and press arc frothing