Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-16

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the ex-crown prince expressed and
$. Ibborny chung to the opinion that
he would not get a square deal at
criminal trial, certainly not if the
French and the English had their
way
"They want my head" he said.
And | know it. But they won't get
me- Clemenceau and Lloyd George
are looking for some one to put the
whole blame for the war on. They're
looking for a scapegoat And they We
picked my father and myself to be
the goats. Clemenceau is blood
thirsty old man.
In response to hint that he might
be willing to face jury on which
Americans were sitting, or high
class neutral jury, he would not COM
nit himself.
His present plan obviously is to sit
tight on Wieringen as long as the
Dutch will let him
| asked if as an interned German
officer be was not free to go back
to Germany.
Free enough" he answered, "but
it would not do me NY good. Ger
many would give me up quick enough
to the French. The present govern
ment was in such kowtowing, boot
licking frame Of mind that they
would readily fulfill any demand made
on them by the entente, including
the demand for my head or my per-
son.
Could Tell "a Whole Lot"
eff | were alone and nobdy else
was concerned / could tell a whole
lot Of things But | must be loyal
to my father, mustn't /? At heart
] still feel like Prussian officer
and regard my father as my highest
war lord z"
The eX-prince asserted that he had
no hand or voice in starting the war
He had been continually squelched
not allowed to have anything to say
in the imperial councils and he had
been repeatedly told to mind his own
business.
When I asked how he explained
the worlds opinion that he was one
of the principal moving figures in
precipitating the war, he answered:
Because I was always in favor or a
strong army. King Edwards Elm
keisungspolitilS' was the real begin
ming of the war.-He told me-not
once but several times-that Britain
couldn't put up with Germany's tre-
mendous economic and commercial
development and that he intended to
isolates Germ my and squeeze Ger
many hard
"King Edward didn't like my faith
err. but for some reason he liked me
very much. He used to call me
Willie, DEAR and talked freely and
frankly to me.
81 was at the seashore with my
family, playing tennis, flirting and
INDUCING in the other usual summer
pastimes when the news of the muir
der of the Archduke Francis Ferdi-
Dand came. / knew at once that that
meant world war. Unlike many 9TH
ers. | knew that England would come
| in. knew the British character too
we'll to misjudge them
! After the first battle Of the Marine
| ] steadfastly worked for peace, but
was baked by military clique.
| 'Ludendorff was the driving pow
I err Of the war and, as such. principal
~ responsible for its prolopgation.
| Before our great offensive reacted
in March, ] knew we could not win
And my Bavarian cousin tPrince
Rupprecht) held the identical views
| that / did.
THE highest leadership closed its
eyes and ears to everything unpleas-
ant and believed only what it wanted
| to believe. The highest leadership
went badly wrong about America, for
instance 1t refused to believe thai
there was large American force ir
| vi h-nnnhn1 nv m
port to that effect.
Before our offensive at Rheims ir
! July reported to great headquarter!
on the basis of the reports Of the in
telligence officers of my army group
that there were forty American dlvi
sions in France. Great headquartcr'
sent back the answer to me:
Nonsense. Impossible. There ar,
only fourteen American divisions II
France, and five of those are no goot
and can't fight
4 I'm the same way the highest lead
ership closed its eyes to the truu
about our own troops. 1t wouldn'
listen when / reported that my di
visions were worn out, tired, used up
cut up, must be drawn out of tn
line. At great headquarters the,
didn't want to know the truth. SOM
of my divisions were reduced to so
and 500 rifles. Think OF that! An,
was ordered to keep them in line!
Neither my father nor ] woul'
ever have given orders to sink tn
Lusiatania, knowing that there wer
women and children aboard. NJ
father and l are gentlemen. after all
! asked the ex-Prince why he lef
his troops and fled to Holland. Afte
few seconds of thought he ans
wered:
4 Because our government (mean
ing the Ebert government has de
: posed me from the command of M
army corps