The New York herald., 1921-04-03
How the Kaiser "Rewarded'
His Deposed Chancellor

The two orders addressed to me by th'
Kaiser on the 20th ran as follows:
MY DEAR PRINCE,
With deep emotion / have perceived,
from your request Of the sth inst. that
YOU are determined to retire from the
offices which YOU have filed for many
years with Incompatible results. l had
hoped that should not be obliged to con-
slider more closely the idea Of parting
with you In our lifetime.
If am none the less compelled, In the
full consciousness Of the grievous impor-
tance OF your retirement, to famliarze
myself with this idea, do 1t indeed with
an afflicted heart. but in the confident
expectation that the granting Of your re-
quest will contribute toward sparing and
preserving your life-irreplaceable to the
Fatherland-and your energies as long as
possible The motives Of your resolve
which you have put forward convince me
that further attempts to persuade you to
take back your offer would have no pros
pect OF success.
therefore respond TO your wish, in
that / herewith grant YOU the requested
discharge from our offices as Imperial
Chancellor, Prime Minister and Minister
OF Foreign Affairs. with my good viii and
in the assurance that your counsel and
your energy. your loyalty and devotion,
win not fail me- and the Fatherland. in
the future also.
I have regarded IL as one OF the most
r,erciful dispensations Of my life that
had You beside me- as my first adviser, at
the tirna when I succeeded to the govern
ment.
What YOU have effected and attained
FOR Prussia and Germany, what you have
been 10 nv house my predecessors. and
myself. viii remain a grateful and inn
perishable memory for me and the Ger
man people. But even abroad your
wise and energetic peace policy. which !.
TOO. am resolved. In future and out OF
complete conviction to make the pattern
of my own dealings. will always be recol-
lected with glorious appreciation.
To reward your service adequately IS
not within my power. must IN TINS
connection be satisfied with assuring you
OF nv and the Fatherland's impershable
gratitude As a token Of this gratitude !
confer upon you the dignity Of Duke OF
Lauenberg.
win also have my life-size portrait
sent 20 you
God bless you. my dear Prince and
grant you yet many years Of an untroubled
old age ilumined by the consciousness OIL
duty Loyalty accomplished.
With these sentiments I remain. in the
future also. in loyalty bound. your crate
ful
Kaiser and King.
WILHELM, I. r.
Il cannot see YOU leave the position In
which Won have worked 80 many years
FOR my house. ne for the greatness and
welfare or the Fatherland. without also
calling 10 mind. as War Lord, in secret
gratitude. the irreplaceable services which
you have performed IN connection with
nv army
with far~seefng circumspection and iron
-teadrastness You stood by the side of my
grandfather, now resting In God. in the
diricuit times when the point AZ Issue was
the Accomplishment Of that reorganization
n our military forces which wns recog-
riyed 40 necessary. You have helped 20
bufrd sne track on which the army. with
coos help, may be red from victory 20
victory.
Heroioarfy you ala your duty 80 q sol
der IN the great war, and since then.
down % this day, you have, with unrest
ing heedfulness and sslf-Eacrihce, been
prepared 70 step forward as the keeper OF
that valor which our people inherited from
their fathers. and Herewith TO guarantees
the continuance OF the benefits Of peace
know myself one with nv army when
I cherish the desire TO see the man who