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Show CONTEMPT FOR. Hi TRICK British Press Alludes to Abject Ab-ject Attempts to Prove Innocence. Ex-Crown Prince Has Not Very High Reputation for Veracity. LONDON, Dec. 6 (British Wireless Service). The abject attempt of the former German emperor and the former crown prince, of Rupprecht of Bavaria, of Von . Bethmann-Hollwep and other prominent war makers of Germany to prove their Innocence and to attribute the present ruin to the action of everyone every-one or anyone but themselves. Is noted with contempt by English papers. The Daily Mail says: "Unfortunately for the ex-crown prince, his reputation for veracity does not stand very high; it is even lower than that of his father, who broke his solemn pledge to respect the neutrality of . Belgium. "Whenever his statements are put to the test, they prove woefully at fault. 'I never desired war,' he declared de-clared in an Interview, with astonishing affrontery, forgetting his famous pronouncement pro-nouncement in favor of a 'Jolly old war.' " |