Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-04
CRY for Punishment Follows
Proof That Germany Began
the War.
OTHER WAR CHIEFS ON LIST
Won Bethmann-HoIlWeg Won JagoW
and Zimmerman Are Also In
cluded With the Hohenzol-
Ierns-Ludendorff Quits
Germany for Swe-
den Moderates
Beat Boil
sheviki.

London, Nov. Pit is understood
that the question of the extradition of
the former German emperor is being
considered by British law officers of
the crown, who are working in close
cooperation with the French author
tiles. Action in the premises was
taken Immediately after the flight of
the former emperor to Holland.
Berlin, Nov. 27.-''We demand the
immediate converting of q revolution
airy tribunal for the purpose OF pass
ing sentence on the HohenzOllerns, ia
ther and son, and ON Won Bethmann-
Hollweg," says the Red Flag, the or
gan of DR. Karl Liebknecht in COM
menting on disclosures made in Mu-
mich concerning the completely of Ger
many in bringing about the war. Will
liam II must be commanded to return
and give an account before this tribu-
nal"
The Spartacus organ also demands
reckoning with the socialist leaders
Albert, David. Molkenbuhr and others
for participation in propaganda cal
culated to absolve Germany from re-
sponsibility for causing the war
German Denial Called die"
'We have been told that Germany
had no knowledge of Austria's ultima
tum to Serbia. 1t was a lie says the
VOrwaerts Berlin was said to have
admonished Vienna to go slow. 1t was
a lie. On the contrary, Berlin melted
Vienna.
I'm the course of his proclamation
William II declared in the midst OF
peace we are attacked by the enemy
A base, impudent, bottomless, shame
less lie.
'And does this band of mass muir
derers who in the progress of the revo-
luton and through the generosity of
the German people managed to escape
unhurt really still believe it can once
more establish it's bloodstained, lie-be-
decked ruler" :
The organ of the Independent social
lists, Die Freiheit, says "They COM
mitted high treason. We cannot lay
hands on William and his son, but it is
to be hoped that they will yet be
brought to justice. Their fortunes,
however, must be confiscated. Doctor
Won Bethmann-Hollweg (fOrmer chan
cellor), Won Jagow and Zimmerman
(former German foreign secretaries),,
who were their tools, must forthwith
be arrested and brought into court"
General Ludendorff Quits Germany
Copenhagen, Nov. 27.-General Luz
dendorff, reputed to have been long
the actual directing head of Germanys
military affairs, has quit German soil,
according to the Frankfort Gazette
1t says he has left SaSsmitz, Prussia,
for Sweden. His titular position in the
German military system was that Of
first quartermaster general.
Chancellor Ebert is reported in a
dispatch from the semiofficial Wolff
bureau of Berlin as having addressed
q conference of about seventy dele
gates from various parts of Germany,
who gathered in the chancellor's pal
ace, and to have urged cooperation
throughout the whole former empire in
dealing with the present situation. He
declared the summoning of national
assembly was necessary to secure the
cooperation of the central admins
tration and the federated states
Doctor Solf, minister of foreign af-
fairs, declared the situation was ex-
tremely threatening, owing both to the
GEnn0n1U'S fn 6nSfrnty'J
and the separatist movements in that
country.
Kurt Eisner, Bavarian socialist pre-
mier, protested sharply that both Herr
Ebert and Doctor Solf were compro-
missed by being representatives of the
old regime.
Moderates Defeat BoIsheviki
Berlin, Nov. 27-Reports of tests Of
strength between the conservative ele-
ments and the independent and Dol
shevik" socialists in various places in
Germany continues to indicate that, as
far as mere numbers go, the extrem-
lists are almost negligible.
The elections to the soldiers and
workingmen's council in Dresden on
Sunday show that the extremists
polled only 1890 votes, against $1,000
for the old socialists. Both groups of
independents won only three or four
seats in the council of fifty.
Bavaria Bares Hun Guilt.
London, Nov. Equalization of Of
ficia1 reports from the Bavarian min
lister at Berlin to his home govern
ment confirm evidence already in the
hands of the entente that Germany
and Austria conspired to bring about