The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-27

h6ln, now SOJOurnlIS III I1OIldIINI once the most powerful war lord m Europe went into exile in the cool grey dawn of November 10, 1918, not a. trembling coward, seeking saIGIS' but against his own will and aIter pe- ing persuaded his flight was the oniy way to prevent a most bloody CIVIL war in the Fatherland,' according to a book soon to be published py Gel- eral von Eisenhart-Rothe. The book, written by a Kaiser admirer, Is en- titled From won Hindenburg' anu u has a subtitle, The Kaiser on tne W Ninth of November" and IS salo py won F,isenhart- othe to be based on the hitherto unpublished authentlc data" t.+ Sra Relgiura. German General Headquar- tersG with my army to the very last and throw my life into the balance the Kaiser exclaimed to General tpn Czontard. his adjutant general the exenine. of November 9, the DOCK re- Iates But a trick was played upon the war lord by Baron Von 1Hu van legation counsellor, making tue ISajser fheIieved his troops were mu- tinying and might carry nm to @ pen lin as a prisoner of the reVolullondLS government. Then the Kaiser capiI"-
 The book is to be issued to the nrblic shortly. What effect the uls- closures will have on German poltl- cal life is a matter i,4;s+ic oi ore2 hut the author, in a m1litarlstlc pLe. pta faca gave his reasons for writing the
 .:Considered It My Damned Duty;
 ..I considered it my damned ou'S toward my countrymen
 General von Eisenhart-Rothe en- nbasized the volume was Wrltteh without fear or favor ana tnat I at n based chiefly on a secret 1nqulry py "corrt of hOnor'' composed or the leading generals and statesmen par par ticipating in the events or the ltt November days" All statements quot ad in the book are on file in the Wlt. nesses' handwriting, it is stated Far ll,t of the story is told in the I>aisei o"ai words and thus for the nrsI tiiro ; record of events, corresponolhs III some m easure to the departure or Na- nOleon to Elba, Is given
 On November 9, 1918, Field Mar sbal von Hindenburg ana 1enel sSI a von Grocner, the successor or leu l Marshal IIudendorff, reclted long re ports to the Kaiser, dn the Pi 1HN of other distinguished oHlcers. Hoil Croener declared the army was ' no longer behind the Kaiser The latler replied sharply: ,s,., ,,>,,
 q demand this statement rom you and the field marshal in black ana Iyhite-but not until you nave askeu the chief commanders ana the cum manding generals. r
 ssFirInIy Indicated Intention 10 ,t+a of the most urgent ad vice of Hindenburg and all otI.eL members of the Kaiser's entourase LOT inc war lord to leave Spa' tneh Ti ,.,on General Headquarters, the I>d1 Iiai Xii 10 o'clock on the evening or Nran,her g firmly indicated his lh- tentton to remain the book reGteSs, Iotsso,
 The author also states the NteSe ta1el was unshallen from steady lolS 9a,,
 ho1e drun-fre'' messages from per iin demanding his abdicauon. |" nen GnneraI Count Schu1enburg bade the Emperor adieu at 9elocN HI
 afternoon the Kaiser SaldE
 CT shall remain King or ITuSSlSt
 ,+ abdicate I shall remain with my troops. 1i.o,. or5ared bic adiutant general von Gontard. 10 malle Accommodations at the NI NIIi'h TTraineuse-the Kaisers prlNate .;t,,I- ling at Spa-for his entire mllItatS ;ti Y srnos and a fourth of a battano oL shock troops from the nelghpoLinSS houses where they were quhl - eu After making these plans TOT d -;hla siege the Kaiser planned 10 ulne aboard the court train ana 10 return to his villa at night and cornihunl- cated this intention ot oouIl ,I,5o, the famous commander or the raLuer Moe1ye. who was then an ad1utant- Other adiutants who heard tnes or ders the author states, were i1iiSch
 ..God Lord Are You Back Again?
 Shortly afterward the generals rom rom c H O, returned to the Kaiser with an order again urging hnrn tt to The Kaiser greeted them With;
 Good Lord. gentlemen, are you hact[ again? I've written the Grown Princa I'm staying with the army
 Then von Hindeburg and Admlral o,, Hintze then Foreign Minister at Rerlin, begged the Kaiser to consider his departure to a neutral country ln an extreme emergency; since ms Goti. iI+ tinued presence with the army might bacorne impossible. They told the Emperor the situation was becomlng worse each hour and that 1t would De .1N O. ged to Berlin by mutinous troops and delivered as a prisoner to the reVolu- tionary government Alntze teIe- phoned the Kaiser from Berlin
 The Kaiser became highly eN- cited, the author states. He inn ynediateiy granted won Hlntze per. mission to take steps for a possible reception in Holland, but 'clunS des- perately to the loea oi ' Spa" ., was riding to dinner aboard the train; he told Adjutants Hirschfeld and
 "I'H Fight Shoulder to Shoulder"
 'sIf only a few of my gentlemen ,enain loyal to me I'll fight shoulder to shoulder with them to the very last, and if we are all killed I've no fear of death. Besides. I would be deserting my wife and children Off fled). I cannot do that. I remain"
 As he was sitting down to dinner aboard the train he told General von Gontard:
 "I am going to stay with my army to the very last and throw my life into the balance. They are trying to make me leave my army That's an l1nheard of idea. It would look as if [ were afraid My wife bravely stops in Potsdam amidst the rioting there. I sahlI remain here.
 Prince Eitel Friedrich, one of the Kaiser's sons, had just telephoned his fatherr giving love and greetings