Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-30 | Page 2 | Wilhelm Desires to Reclaim Throne

THRO IE Neutral Source of High Standing Declares Ex-Kaiser Ex-Kaiser Contemplates Return to Germany. Officers of German High Command Seek to Cause Collapse of Present Revolution. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 29. The formal document of Emperor Wil-helm's Wil-helm's abdication ha3 already arrived ar-rived in Berlin, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Abenclbladt. LONDON, Nov. 29. The former German emperor is ill with influenza, influ-enza, according to an Exchange Telegraph a dispatch from Amsterdam Amster-dam says. .By Universal Service. LONDON, Nov. 30. A counterrevolution, counter-revolution, led by some of the most influential generals, has broken out in Germany, the Daily Expross learns from its Amsterdam correspondent. corre-spondent. DONDON, Nov. 29. The former German Ger-man emperor contemplates an early return re-turn to Germany to reclaim his throne-, according to news received in London through a neutral source of high standing, stand-ing, says the Daily Mail. The newspaper adds that the revolution revolu-tion in Germany is being managed by officers of t lie German high command with a view of eventually causing its collapse col-lapse and the triumphant return of the former emperor to Berlin. Some of these officers, in civilian clothes, have been recognized in the streets of Berlin. Many of them are reported to be dressed as workmen. These officers harangue the crowds as comrades and in every way encourage the revolutionary movement. It is added, however, that it" opportunity offers they wiil abandon their disguise, contend that the revolution is a failure and begin a counter-revolution. Agents of these officers, It Is declared, are furthering this plot by spreading anti-British propaganda In Holland, with the object of embittering the Dutch against the allies. The former empress of Germany ar,-rived ar,-rived by train Thursday at Maarsbergen, Holland, and went by automobile to Amerongen, where the former emperor is staying, according to a Rotterdam dispatch dis-patch to the Daily Mirror. WILL DISCUSS MEANS TO GET EX-EMPEROR. The former empress seemed In high spirits. She was met at the station by the wifo of the German minister at The ; "Hague. The former emperor was not at the station and only a few villagers were about. An automobile load of baggage ! was taken to the castle, but twenty large trunks were left at the station. An Amsterdam dispatch says Augusta Victoria used a certain amount of Ingenuity In-genuity to escape identification, but the correspondent, in a tramp over the muddy roads from Marne. witnessed her departure de-parture from the station. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing current reports of the serious illness of the ex-empress, the correspondent said sho looked quite- well. She wore a black hat with a veil and a purple costume. cos-tume. "William Hohenzollern, her husband, ! did not go to the station to meet his wife, but Count von Bentinck was waiting wait-ing at the station with three motor cars. The former empress left in the first of these, accompanied by another woman, presumably the Countess. Kelles. Then ; followed Count von Bentinck with Au- : gusta Victoria's physician, this car fly ing the flag of Utrecht, while the third car was occupied by two maids and a male servant. The train In which the former empress traveled was German, with three sleeping sleep-ing and two baggage cars, which outwardly out-wardly were rather dirty, but .inside looked quite comfortable. At Zevenaar the former empress was met by the captain of the gendarmerie, ' the inspector of the Dutch state rail ways, the tier man vice consul and his wife. All of them traveled on the train to Maarsbergen with Augusta Victoria. The ai'tuai procedure to be followed in demanding the surrender of the former emperor of Germany to the allies will be discussed in London, according to the Daily Kx press. i'rcmler Cemeneeau of Vrauce will arrive here Sunday with Marshal Mar-shal Foch. The British and French governments, the newspaper adds, have reached a decision de-cision regarding their right to make the demand on Holland. AMSTKRPAM, Nov. 2fl The Tele-giaaf Tele-giaaf says it understands that the members mem-bers of the former German emperor's s;;i! who have been staying at Maars-bwgen, Maars-bwgen, Holland, will return to Germany lod.iy.