Evening journal., 1920-01-07
NO CHANCE FOR
KAISER TO rule
Hindenburg Admired BY
Germans Because He
Faced the Music"
ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH GOVERNMENT
RY FRANK w. ROsTOCK.
Editor Cincinnati Post. y. E. A. Corr

BREMEN, Germany, Jan. 6.-When |
visited fromer Crown Prince Wllhelm
at Wiringen late In November, he re-
marked 10 me:
''I hope 10 return TO Germany some
DAY as a private citizen, TO live and
work on my estate and help rebuild
Germany
Despite report 10 the contrary, which
insist that neither the former kaiser or
the former crown prince VIII be re-
turned as leader of the German people,
investigation among all classes In Ger
many indicates that there isn't
chance Of eithe. ever being restored
10 power.
Tho people OF Germany have not for
gotten how, in mat fateful time, in
November. 1918. after Germany had
fought for more than four years. the
German army suddenly crumblcd, the
people 40 home Tevolted--and the
kaiser and the crown prince iled to
Holland
That does not mean that Germany
is satisfied with the present form OF
government. J have talked to people
of all kinds. Almost to a man they
voiced their dissatisfaction with the
present government
Frantz Ebert, president of the Ger
man republic, is regarded by m2ny
almost as a nonentity. people make
sport Of him in their talk In public and
private; politicians bellttle him and
his officials, and everywhere one hears
how Ebert and the Ebert form Of gov
ornment will melt away after the
spring elections.
Germ ny refers 10 the former kaiser
as 1.-The man who ran away" II speaks
in a like tone OF the former crown
prince. who also ran away.
A former captain in the German army
expressed the sentiment Of many Ger
mans when he said 10 me:
Il m not a Bolshevist. | siill have
a liking for the old-tlme form Of gov
eTnment, somewhat modified. But the
kaiser and the crown prince cannot
come back. Afler thousands yes. mil
lions OF Germans had given their lives
their ALTO their fatherland and had
fought for the kaiser and the crown
prince. there came the time when these
men were 10 show thei- mettle. And,
what d'd they do? on the high seas
the cry ard command In the time OF
greatest danger is, Women and chill
drcn INST" The cry OF the kaiser and
the crown prince was. I'VE must save
orr skins flrst-women and children
and The men who fought for Germany
lcst."
And that Is the sentiment found
everywhere. asked women as we'll
as men. All shook their heads sadly.
There WAS a look in their eyes. such
as one sees only, when a person has
had a great shock, a great dlsappoint-
mont when a great idol has fallen
But The kaiser and the crown prince
have not given up rope. Both are
hoping and waiting for the psycholog-
ical moment when they can return 70
their country and to power. The kaiser
and his men are IN constant communi-
raii0n with Ludendo~f and Won Hin
denbure. I know this positively. for
received the word from The Won
I'ndrnburg home. A representative Of
the workers OF eastern Ge-m'ny had
called at the Won Hindenburg home
and asked for an interview.
With him from the far east OF Ger
MANY hr had carefully and tenderly
brought a beautiful bouquet Of native
flowers 10 be presented 10 the field
marshal. lie WIS not admitted. Even
after he sent word that the former
,rown prince looked win favor upon
certain measures he was denied I'D
mission.
u have Just received word from the
;rown prince and he DID not m"ntion
he matter Of which you speak was
.he word the field marshal sent 10 This
representative Of $1,000 workers on the
eastern border.
What will my people say when I
return home asked this man They
send me this great distance and bring
with me flowers from our native land.
which are 10 tell him Of our love for
him And now ] am told am not
wanted-that cannot even present our
flowers 10 Won Hlndenburg
Hindenburg is still big figure in
Germany. The Germens admire him
because he stayed and faced the music
when others either gave up their COM
mands or fed. Many Germans have
said to me that they will make what
resistance they can II the allies try
10 bring Won Hindenburg 10 trial.
And even the former kaiser and the
former crown prince will not be tried.
before an allied court II the German
people can prevent u. Not that they
seem TO care especially about the
kaiser and crown prince. but because
they do not want TO suffer the humili-
alton that the trials OF these men. and
other Germans who have been listed,
will bring 70 Germany.
Hand bills with the following text
have been distributed bv the thous-
ands in many German cities:
Save Germsny's honor II your
father or your son or your brother. in
the turmoil and madness OF war. over
stepped the bounds, would you rather
have him tried by an enemy court or
a German court7
You answer:
Germans should be tried before
German courts
"'what you want others 20 do for
you,
Also give 10 others. too
Demand. therefore. that the peace
treaty be changed"
10 ls urged at the top that this hand
bill be passed on 50 that all Germans
may read II.