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Show Mill REFUSES TO LEAVE HOLLAND j 3nformed That His Pres- ence Is Likely to Involve In-volve The Netherlands in Serious Difficulties. "Deserters From the Army Terrorizing Inhabitants In-habitants of Berlin; Red Flags Are Flying. A.MriTERAM. Dec. Jf. William Hohen-j!oll?rn, Hohen-j!oll?rn, the 'former German emperor, ilie Telcgiaaf says it understands, has re- j used lo leave Holland after official vep- resciitatioris have been nde that his continued con-tinued presence in Holland was hiicly to involve the country in serious difficulties. The former emperor, the paper adds, -was told that his free departure would be a matter of gratification to the Dutch government. DISCOVER FAMOUS WARDROBE OF THE FORMER KAISER LONDON', Deo. 15. British wireless service.) An inventory of former Em-peror Em-peror William's private belongings has led to the discovery of the famous imperial im-perial Wardrobe, including 5DS German arid foreign military and naval uniforms, according to the Boersen Zictung of Bar-Jin. Bar-Jin. Several thousand horses in stables formerly belonging to' Herr Hohenzollern have been confiscated. Negotiations looinc to the safeguarding safeguard-ing of the HolinnzolletT: family fortunes a"ro progressing slowly. REFUSED TO HAVE EX-CROWN PRINCE . EVEN AS SOLDIER COF'BNflAGKN, Dec. ' Id. The former German crown prince at the outbreak of the revolution asked that he bo allowed to remain with his army as a general, but his request was refused, according to the Deutsche Zeitung of Berlin. He then offered to remain as a common soldier. but this alwo wua rejected. After lie was forbidden lo join his family ns a. civilian, the paper add.1?, he decided to go to Holland. BERLIN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW UNABLE TO CONTROL PARTS, Dec. 15 (Hava?.)-Ths Berlin central government is powerless to preserve pre-serve order and deserters from I ho army terrorise the inhabitants, according to a o-respondent of the Journal who has returned re-turned from a visit, to Berbn. Robberies anrl attacks follow one an- other n.pidly find apartments anrl shops' are robbed In midday. Red flags are flying fly-ing over all the city, but business is going on as usual. The theaters, f h corrcsponde.it adds, are open and the restaurants are crowded. The population Is well dressed, hu says, but in artificial materials. Thei e is a scarcity of "bul tor-, bread, milk and potatoes, and speculators arc , reporter to be holding their reserves of foodstuffs. An ordinary meal costs 25 'o oil marks ami an order of soup is 3 parks. The extremist faction will be of short duration, the Journal correspondent believes, because they have not succeeded in obtaining control of the money which is Mill In the possession of the bankers and the merchants. The correspondent Hunks that a republic finally will bo established. es-tablished. The eorr-s von-h-nt visll.-u the cellars of t he Imperial palm-r a nd saw the hutrc stores or proisinns kept there while the peoplo suffered from buiiKcr. CZECHOSLOVAKS OCCUPY TOWNS IN GERMAN BOHEMIA MI. NIGH. Saturday. Doc. lt.(rty the Afsucia ted Prs?0 Czccho-Slovak troops have occupied the towns of Tr lichen and liodeiu'ai h. in German Hohemhi, south of the German border, have raised their flag and cut telephonic and telegraphic, com-tiuinlc;' com-tiuinlc;' i ion. according to reports received here. 'lennan Pthrmians tear that the Mep mih taken to prevent them fro in voting vot-ing in the ccniing German-Austrian cice-t cice-t ions. P'-omier Krani;u7. Of Bohemia rplninrd that Hie occupation of towns had u n uinlerta ken because I he Gzeeh ninority in iletiiKiu Koheniia was liinc in fear of heluc terrorized and oppressed ,v ,itr. Genua n majority, i-at viniiKi; line bail I .ec n pnin on be I won ( Jorma n - A ust ria and ( i.-rmaii i'ohcmi.i anri that it ,iad b-en planned lo occupy tlie region Avith A rstru. -i lenna n I roups snt. from Vienna. ; (Continued on Pago Two.) WILHELMf REFUSES j TP LEAVE HOLLAryPj (Continued from Page One.) ! Th" mayor of Tetschon 1ms looped a. com-j com-j plaint with the Czccho-Slcvak government. ! SOLDIERS' COUNCIL -i DEMANDS CHARGE OF j MERCHANT MARINE COPKN HAG V. S. Dec. 1 6. Cent rol of the merchant marine is demanded by a sailors' council formtd at Hamburg, according ac-cording to a Berlin dlt-patch to the Ber-liriirske Ber-liriirske Tiuc-nde of this city. The council threatens to sink all tiie ships if its demand de-mand is not complied with. The council insists that the financing: be bornu by tho shipowners. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1-;. Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, was occupied Saturday by troops of the "Directory," aeooding to a telegram received here today. The bet man of the Ukraine has abdicated and tho cabinet has resigned. Order is being maintained by troops of the directory and German units. Bolsheviki as Cause. PARIS, Dec. 16. Poland has severed diplomatic relations with the German republic. re-public. Director of Foreign Affairs Ba-der Ba-der delivered an official note to Count von Kessler, the German minister, saying say-ing that, owing to the activities of the Germans in Poland and their affiliation with and help given to the Bolshcviki, he must request that the entire legation staff leave immediately. Count von Kessler replied that he and his staff would leave Poland by the shortest routes. Huns Leave Finland. ' WASHINGTON", Dec. 16. The last German Ger-man troops leave Finland today under the command of officers of high rank, according to an official dispatch from Stockholm. No military instructors will be allowed to remain in the country. Accept Solf Resignation. BERNE. Dec. 16. (Havas.) A dispatch dis-patch received here from Berlin says the resigiation of Dr. W. S. Solf as imperial secretary of .foreign affairs has been accepted. 1 |