Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-22
.BOASTFUL PLEA TO
SAVE THE KAISER
Appeal to the Netherlands Queen
by Prussian Officers.
ASK SAFETY FOR Ex-RULER
Declares the Allies Devoid of chivaIry
and Appeals to Holland Not to
Comply With the Demand
of Entente.

washington, Aug. 1o.-1H0 cOm-
plete text of the appeal of the Off
GERS of the Prussian army and Ger
man navy to the queen of the Meth
erlands and the states general not to
surrender William Hohenzolern to
the entente powers was received here
through official channels. It reads:
Berlin, June 1919.-The former
royal Prussian army and the imperial
navy have been in the field, and have
fought chivalrously against their enc
mics, together with the remaining
German federal contingents, for four
and one-half years, under the leader
ship Of their supreme war lord and of
their officers.
Unreasonable Vaccinations in its
own country, not the enemies armed
powed ultimately broke the armys
armed force; our beloved, never-to-be-
forgotten supreme war lord, the Ger
man emperor and king of Prussia, to
whom we shall adhere until death
with the old steadfast loyalty, took
refuge in the Netherlands in conse-
quence Of the revolution, where, as
the highest Of the Prussian officers,
he must be considered interned, ac-
cording to the laws of war.
"AIIies Devoid of ChivaIry."
"In addition to other crushing peace
terms, our enemies, devoid of all chiv-
alrous feeling, have made the humil-
iating and dishonorable demand tlAt
the German people should surrender
our emperor and king to their juris-
diction, man Of whom every edu-
Gated person knows that, with his
deep religious nature and pure heart,
he personally is guiltless Of all blame
for this war.
"a section of our fellow country
men, impelled by fear for life and
property, have shamefully agreed to
the above demand made by their dis
honorable foes, who are only actuat-
ed by a desire for revenge, and who
knew perfectly well who has been at
the bottom of the great and terrible
war for decades past.
'The officers of the Prussian army
and of the imperial navy disassociate
themselves entirely from these fellow
countrymen, from whom they are di-
vided by an, unbridgeable gulf.
Appeal to German Blood"
s.As they are unable personally to
protect their supreme war lord, noth-
ing remains for these officers but to
appeal to your majesty and the
states generals high Office and sense
of justice, definitely to refuse your
consent to the enemy entente's de-
mand for the surrender of his males
ty, the German emperor and king of
Prussia.
German blood flows in your maj
esty's veins, too; old ties of blood
unite the houses of Orange and HO-
henzollern; as ruler over an ancient,
brave, and tough people, whose army
and officers have sworn allegiance TO
you, your majesty will know how to
appreciate the feeling of the officers
who make this request.
Plea to "oId Fellowship"
.eWe beg the states general to re-
member the centuries old, unclOuded
friendship between the honest Dutch
people and the former German peo-
pie, and, sustained by the unimpeach-
able sovereignty and the distinct right
of the Dutch nation, duly to reject
any presumptions interferences on the
part of our enemies in the question
of surrendering our emperor and king.
confident as the officers are that
their request will be fulfilled by Hol-
lands noble queen, and by the high
states general. with a sense of their
dignity, these may be equally conf
dent of the inextinguishable gratitude
of the officers of the former royal
Prussian army and former imperial
German navy"