New Britain herald., 1919-06-27
THE GROWN PRINCE AND HI
 REPORTED ESCAPE.

in European circles today when it was 1 announced that the rumor of a day or l so past was unfounded and that the 1 ex-Crown Prince of Germany was still safe in Holland. Ready credence was given to the story at the Peace Tablt. ! :, royalty was to attempt some such wildcat schsme may have given rise to tht report in the first place. Pos sfbly an intention to escape on the Grown Princes part became known and was bruited about and so twisted that it appeared that he had returned to Germany.
 AS a criminal, facing the gallows. would attempt suicide rather than have his life taken or would gamble for his existence on a thousand-to-o -one chance against him, as a four-fush1ng WeakIing would face annihilation to escape seemingly certain death so the late Crown Prince of Germany might make a desperate effort to recoup the German military situation and the rule of the House of Hohen- zoflern in that land by assembling the former leaders of the military party about him and striving for an impos- sible victory. He was said to have escaped from internment in the Dutch refuge to which he fled and his actions, in the event that were true, have caused intense speculation throughout the world with the expec- tation that they would have some direct bearing on the future.
 Whether Frederich Hohenzollern ever signed q document in which he for maIIy renounced any interest in the throne of Prussia, or not, is beside the point. He has the same regard for scrap of paper as his we'll known and Scarcely illustrious forbear. great deal of valuable space is being wasted in the newspapers arguing whether he is, or is not, an heir to the throne. It makes little difference. He appears at the present time a factor in the German internal situation. There is no reason that he should not sacrifice his life and his future for the one chance that there is which might guarantee him power in times to come. He will suffer anyhow, an outraged world will not allow him to escape. It is not bravery that calls for sacrifice on the field of honor. he jo nd ho might try to evade paying the piper.
 There can be little real anxiety over the trouble that the Prince and his ilk may be able to make for the Allies. A attempted by military leaders and roy- alists in Germany. They will be de- feated which they probably realize. sThe "Fatherland" will suffer more for the sins of the originators of it's trou- b1es if it again allows them to dom- inate it. Let his Princelets strive for a return to power. It will give a lot more satisfa ction to a certain aggrega- tion of doughboys now lover there" to shoot him on the field than to have
 
 squad. It may still be possible for Willy Jones of Kankakee to ''get the Kaiser and Willy is perfectly willing N we know that.
 Meanwhile representatives of the al- legged German government are on their way to Versailles to signify that the Huns are ready to admit their defeat by signing a document known as 2 Treaty of Peace. This treaty may be signed with many reservations, all ot which will be mental ones, but it vii be signed unless the delegates lose their standing by further upheaval 1T their native land before the time fol af1xing their names and the seal O the new Germany. It is barely possi ble that by this time tomorrow the! may have all become discreditec through a new upset in Weimar 0 Berlin. It is possible that the Allie will not be satisfied with conditions il Germany and will not feel that a sta ble government is assured. That will be reason for refusal to accept the sig natures.
 Agc cement with the peace demand or not, it appears that our trouble with the refractory and disgracefu Hun are not yet in their final chap ter. Extreme measures must be takel to see that there is no possibility fo the people, who do not relish thei