The daily times., 1919-06-12
THE GERMAN
CROWN PRINCE
Says His Father Would Never
Stand Trial. That He
Is Growing
OLD AND CAREWORN

THE HAGUE, June 81 saw the
ex-Crown Prince of Germany at
o'clock tonight when landing from
a motor boat which had brought me
from Ewijckslois on the mainland.
He wore leather jacket, with mo-
tor cap and goggles and dark gray
knee breeches. He rode to the pier
/ the island of Wieringen on a mo-
tor cycle to meet an aid to his
father who was coming to spend
few days with him. A crowd of Dutch
children wearing wooden shoes sur
rounded the former military leader
who headed the attack on Verdun,
and he seemed very popular with
them.
When the aid drove away in an
automobile to go to the ex-Crown
Princes house at Oosterland, about
! six miles away, 1 asked the ex-
| Crown Prince for an interview in
! the morning.
I'm sorry cannot grant your
| request" he replied, because I have
/ been so misconstrued. I had my
words twisted into meanings differ
| ent from what 1 intended by cor
respondent whom I received when I
) first came to this island. My father
would be very angry if I gave any
more formal interviews to the press.
Besides he added, speaking earn
estly, ''it would harm my country,
iCI, To l0
I'm German, and it would be dis
loyal. You are fortunate to have
caught me here, because I've re-
fused to see many correspondents" :"
u The ex-Crown Prince appeared an
! xious to know about the peace
concerning the trade of Germany
and territorial concessions would
be modified by the delegates to the
conference at Paris. He said it was
a pity that all the new, small ma
tions should be formed now, instead
of waiting until the big powers had
signed the peace treaty.
Another War in 10 Years.
Under the present conditions, .
he continued, there will be nothing
but trouble and another big war
inside Of ten years. The people OF
Eastern Prussia and silesia will
never agree with the Polish govern
| ment. Russia, Serbia, Czecho-Slovak-
ia, Italy, Belgium and Japan will all
be furious over the settlement, and
the only countries that will be con-
tent are France, England, and Am
: erica, which does not want much for
herself out of the war.
: 81 was very disappointed when
read the full text of the peace terms
because 1 had expected Mr. Wilson
would give Germany less difficult
conditions, so that she could exist
as nation and regain her trade
with the world. Please tell me-" the
ex-Crown Prince said, speaking
earnestly, eff it is true that President
Wilson was about to make peace
; proposals to end the war when he
received notice of Germany's inten.
:, tion to start ruthless submarine at.
; / tacks against allied shipping"
When informed that such was the
report he said it was a great pity
: because if the war had stopped al
the beginning of 1917 thousands o.
lives would have been saved and the
world would not have been in the
. topsyturvey state it is today.
; "It will take fifty years. he said
''to bring proper conditions in in
8 dustry, finance and commerce bacl
| again to where they were before tn,
war. The League of Nations will
r have gigantic task to handle al
the hard problems that will com
before it after the peace treaty i
S signed. I feel sorry for the com
missions that will be appointed, a
!; it will surely make them grow gre
d with worry"
When asked about the report ths