South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-31
KAISER CHUNG TO
THRONES GLORY
UNTIL The LAST
Unpublished Facts on German
War Lords Final Rule
Are Now Revealed.
BY s. ID. WENER
y STAFF Correspondent
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erRT.IN March e0-Orly when
knew that bis military Eazsa.s no
LONGER would stand with him iu his
mad desire 90 conquer The Nor.1
AID former kaiser Wilhelm decide 20
aadlcate and flee no Holland. Il te@t
0f ms popularity among Che German
troops revealed that there was SUBJ
merged hostility an open coiane77
toward the great war lord.
III was n August, 1918. that t1t
modern Bismarck" was willing TO
admit that his troops had not the re-
hottest chance 20 continue success
fruv the great conflict that had
brought sorrow ana destruction.
peuurv ard death 20 thousands mp
on thousands az men women and
chfIdren-comba tants and non-cou-
batauts. Early in that month the
German leader confidenrialiy re-
vraIed 20 Field Marshal Won L1den-
dorm that he CLEARLY recognized that
NO no longer have "a chance 10 win
fh. war
GraSpcd at Last Straw.
AN of these hitherto unpublished
facts" are revealed fin book soon TO
boz published bv Gen Won Eisen-
hart-Rothc. one o. the Kaisers adj
mIrers
Even though he admitted defeat
In August declares the book. the
German chienain was willing to-
grasp an straw. like drowning
man being swept down rapidly
moving stream He took heart when
bis army STAFF gave prolonged cheers
for him when Field Marshal Won
Hndcnburg on oct. 20, 1918 read
TO has men the note of PRIEST Wood
row Wilson The note demanded the
adblcauon OF the Kaiser as one or
the prices OF peace. Won linden
burg read IT 20 his star In voice
ringing with derision and vibratins
with Indignation. declares the book.
This believes the author. caused the
momentarv tide o. faith" among
tho staff Of Won Hindenburg.
Proves ut an End
Rut on Nov 4. 1918 a week be-
fore the armistice was signed the
no,rer-enthralIed monarch realized
THAI his reign of brow-beating Prov
e-s was "a an end; that he no longer
was esteemed by his men, that the
faith of his troopers had been
smashed and submerged in the
wrath of singing defeat The
Kaiser convinced himself that he
was q fallen idol and that his soldiers
held for him an obvious disrespect
Arriving unannounced. recites the
book. from Won Hindenburg, the
Kaiser in early November of the
fatal wear of his career, was greeted
v.rl cold even hostile. salutes from
groups of officers and men i'm the
ranks or Prince Rupprecht's dlvis-
ION.
StfU power-drunk. however, h'
va4 unwilling 10 relinquish all thai
had been his The Fatherland, ever
i- defeat. he desired to continue 70
rule To Won Hiudenburg and Gen
Croeuer ne revealed his plan o
taking the loyal thread OF his flee
army and merging 1t with former
r.roIutouaries I'm the homeland
thus hoping to- retain his Leadership
az the German nation, then in the
throes of an internal revolution.
Would Fall Into Trap.
The revolution. he was advised b,
his two confidants. was aimed di
~ectIv against the Kaiser's person
saws the book. If he attempted e
carry out his plan to reconquer tn
homeland he would fan into the traT
that had been set for him, the kai.
ser was told.
Crown Prince Frederick william
aware of the fact that defeat wa.
staring his father i'm the face from
am sides. conceived the idea of max
ire one last supreme smash agains
the revoIutionaries. He entreated his
father TO join his army group, assur
fnr him success on the march home
ward a majority of the officers IL
th. Crown Princes division. how
ever asserts the book. continued ID
show open hostility toward the mon
arch and announced they would no
march against our COuntrymen, ever
81 headed by His Majesty Th'
troops also would refuse TO marcl
AGAINST BoIsheviks declared thu
volume OF E5seuhart- Rothe. That tn,
German troops desired an armlstic
much more even than did the shell
shattered Allied armies was the oh
t-ous conclusion the open declara
tor says the book.
che final chapter for the Kaise
came after all this had been real
lied the hook states There were n
more straws 60 grasp m. Woodrow
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