Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 4 | Forecasts the Abdication of German Kaiser

FORECASTS THE ABDICATION OF GERMAN KAISER PARTS, March 24, 4:50 a. m. The abdication of the German emperor is forecast by the former German magistrate magis-trate who wrote the celebrated book "J'Accuso, " in an interview published in Oeuvre. He says: The kaiser Is obsessed by the thought that he is responsible for the war. a thought which poisons his whole existence. He feela that he Is menaced bv three enemies at home, without counting those abroad: First ts the crown prince, the real author of the war; second is the Junker pan-Germnnlst pan-Germnnlst you cannot Imagine the smouldering hatred of the emperor for those whom he believes to be the maniacs who are driving him Into an abyss; third are the people, not the Socialist party, but the people who are starving and who. he feels, are grow-Ino- In number and rising little by little" lit-tle" against those who organized the war. Forced to Consent. The other day at the meeting of the parliamentary presidents and the ministers min-isters of the federal sovereign, at which the submarine war was decided upon, the struggle between the kaiser's kai-ser's partv and that of Von Tlrplta was most bitter. The majority against the emperor was so great, however, that he was obliged to submit and pretend that he was convinced. In particular, he was personally opposed to a break with President Wilson, but he was forced to consent. Documents will be published one day which will prove that secretly he did everything not to bring America down upon him and that he considers that the nip- ture was an Irreparable mistake. The failure of tho submarine war will soon show that he was right, but it will be too late. People Most Feared. The people he fears most are the anti-militarists, anti-Prussian, Liberal Republicans, who want the reichstag to be based on universal suffrage. That is why Wilhelm' is so anxious to convince the nation that he did not want war. All his protestations are made to appease the Liberals and his famished and ruined subjects, whose murmurlnss are growing stronger. He wants to continue popular pop-ular at any price and that is why he spoke the first word of peace. The people were grateful for it, but the submarine war came and spoiled everything". It is hard to realize how this emperor, em-peror, who enjoyed a popularity unexampled un-exampled in our epoch, suffers in his pride. He alone, perhaps. In Germany Ger-many knows the whole truth, since he aJone has in his possession the elements for forming a judgment on the situation as a whole. How can he resist morally and physically under such a strain? Certainly he hopes sometimes, but less and less, for the success of the unrestricted submarine war which he opposed. He sees the isolation of Germany become more and more complete. A Possible Blow. Once he tried to Initiate peace negotiations ne-gotiations and failed. To try again would b to admit and proclaim to the whole world, but above all to the German people, which he fears 1 most, Germany's real situation. If the allies solemnly declared, as they did with Napoleon in 1S15, that they would refuse to treat for peace with the Hohenzollerns, it would be a knockout blow. Our German people, who still believe in him, would aban- don him, for peace at any price will soon be the unanimous and hidden thought of tortured Germany. What recourse Is left to him but a dramatic abdication in order to re- ' tain the sympathies of the German people and save the political future of Prussia? He will say: "I sacrifice myself to make peace. "Without me those only are responsible who desired de-sired savage war and the complete isolation of Germany, those who took at the beginning my son as their party leader and forced me to mobilize, mobi-lize, a measure I hesitated to take."