Evening star., 1928-12-23
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30 intensely conservative a grand
seigneur this illuminated the situation
like fash of lightning. U. and p.
(our own attaches) both thought abdi-
cation unavoidable. At pm. an ap-
pointment with Romberg. He handed
me Wilson's answer, which had just
arrived.
Expects Kaiser to Quit.
"BERNE, Oct. 10.
"The newspapers bring the rumor
that the Kaiser has abdicated. At
breakfast j., of the Austrian Legation,
told me that he believed abdication
necessary. In the evening dined with
two woman friends of King Constan-
tine and the Turk, Schefki Bey. The
rumors of the KaiSer'S abdication were
referred to by all three People speak
of it as of something natural, some
thing self-understood. All these for
ner clients and allies-Turks, Poles.
Greeks-fiutter about like birds become
anxious and mistrustful They try to
read our faces and silently ponder how
they shall save themselves.
"BERNE, Oct II.
This evening with Schoeler tmy ad-
jutan0 to Montreux. He is very down.
cast and feels that our formal attitude
toward the great collapse approaches
indifference. In fact. this noiseless,
almost eventlesS collapse is hard for
the imagination to grasp far from
home, on foreign soil Nothing has
changed. and yet through an unseen
dislocation of power the world Is turned
upside down.
Plot for Revolution.
"BERNE, October IA.
AFTER breakfast to the Albanian, B.
She told me, according to information
which she had obtained from the
American, British and French lega-
tions, the conditions which the Entente
would impose before engaging in peace
negotiations. She insists that We send
her to France, so that she can start
q revolutionary movement there, with
the aid of her Socialist friends. On
the wall behind her hangs a picture Of
Skanderberg on horseback. While
was there an attache of the French
Legation telephoned. What does she
want? What is she up to? Where does
she think her country's advantage lies?
"She has a childish face and big
black. blank eyes. She handed me the
plan of German fortress which she
claimed to have stolen this morning
from the American Legation. You can
take anything there you want to- she
explained. 1t occurred to me that it
was carefully rolled UP and that the
roll was bulky. How had she concealed
1t going out?
''She travels between Paris and Berne
as she pleases Clemenceau receives
her, it is certain. as friend. Whom
is she betraying? Whom is she serv-
ing? She has little son whom she
takes along with her to France. 1T is
n nice thing for children, now and
he
what Medean ends? Chaff of the
World War, blown about hither and
thither in the turmoil Amusing and
romantic, if one did not have to reckon
with it practically and take the un-
reckonable into the reckoning.
Aimed to Save Monarchy.
"BERNE, october 49,
Anniversary of the Battle of Leip-
sic. In 1915 we were on that day in
Radon, in the great retreat Hinden-
burg made a speech at dinner. How
far of is that time! Appointment
with Romberg. raised the question OF
the Kaiser's abdication. Romberg ad-
mitted in principle the necessity of the
Kaiser's vanishing, in order to save the
monarchy.
But. it would be best if they sent
him to the front and gave him the
opportunity to die soldiers death. in
the midst of his army. An abdication
was not without danger, because things
might happen as they did in Russia
and the dynasty fall with the person OF
the monarch.
"As a result Of our conversation he
proposed that / should go to Berlin
and present his and my views there.
since he could not go himself now. He
start negotiations with Pilsudski (then
imprisoned in Germany. I said tnst
] would do that only If received the
fullest powers. held a tentative con-
Versation with Pilsudski to be useless
and even harmful.
"Romberg pressed me at the end to
90 to Berlin tomorrow. In the after
noon I called on Haguenin Qhe French
publicity agent with whom Herr Won
Kossler had been discussing the posi-
hilities of peace since 191O. He asked
me to assure his mothers safety during
our retreat from France. (In conse-
querce Of the negotiations over Alsace-
Lorraine, in which I took part, my
journey to Berlin was postponed until
October 26)
Kaiser's Place at Front.
BERNE, October 21
"Simson counselor of legation) took
o meal at my house along with Schoe--
ler He told us that he had talked
quite frankly yesterday with the Queen
of Greece about her brothers position
and the necessity of his abdicating. She
took his almost brutal suggestions with
great dignity and even thanked him for
Them. She asked him to reduce them
to writing and when he declined to do
:that she intimated that she would
write them out herself Although he
says little, Schoeler suffers, as loyal
PruSSian officer, under these discus
eions. as under the blows of whip.
Afterwards I went to Romberg to
get his orders for my trip. He asked
me to inform him here how the case
stood with the Kaiser. 50 that he could
eventually take some steps with regard
of two ladies very high In the Kaiserin's
household)
''The Kaiser's place was at the front,
among his soldiers. The thought was
unendurable that he, Hohenzollern,
the idol whom millions had cheered,
should sink down into the bog and
retire to some castle, like pitiful no.
body, At present people mad the i'm
preston that he was merely wabbling
about in Berlin. Romberg's face and
mood were tragic.
'Early on October q I arrived in
Berlin and stayed there until I could
take my rest in Warsaw.
BERLIN, Oct. 29.
Eat breakfast with me Ersberger, in
order that I could talk with him about
ehe Kaiser's abdication. Also Councillor
Won Berger. Erzberger started the con-
versation with the question how we in
Berne stood on abdication. I said that
regarded it as necessary, and neces-
sary before the armistice, at the latest
within 48 hours. AS long as the Kaiser
remained, there could be no feeling of
tranquility in the world. The Crown
Prince was not necessary. The throne
would have to go to the grandchildren
'Erzberger said that the question
would be discussed that afternoon at
a sittinn Of the war cabinet The great