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Show EMPEROR KARL Declares He Tried to Rescue Res-cue His People From Tremendous War. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13. Former Emperor Em-peror Charles and his family arrived at Kckarlsau In an automobile, says a dispatch dis-patch from Vienna. Emperor Charles on Monday, according lo tho Vienna Correspondenz bureau, issued is-sued the following proclamation: 'Since my accession F have incessantly trlod to rescue my people from this tremendous tre-mendous war. 1 have noi. actayed. the re-establlshhient re-establlshhient of constitutional rights or the opening of a way tor tne people to substantial naiional development. "Filled with an unalterable love for my peoples, I will not, with my person, be a hindrance to their free development. 1 acknowledge the decision taken by German-Austria to form a separate slate. "The people has by its deputies taken charge of the government. I relinquish every participation in the administration administra-tion of the state. Likewise, 1 have released re-leased the members of the Austrian government gov-ernment from their offices. "May the German-Austrian people realize re-alize harmony from the new adjustment. The happiness of my peoples was my aim from tho boginning. My warmest wishes are that an Internal peace will be able to heal the wounds of this war. (Signed) "CHAKLB5S. (Countersigned) "I.AMMASCH." Kckartsau, where there is'a castele, is on the Dunube river botween Vicuna and I'rcssburg. It Is on the north bank or tho river and about fifteen miles east of Vienna. BERNE Nov. 13. Prince Leopold of l,lppe-Ietmold renounced his throne on Tuesday, according to the semiofficial Wolff Bureau of Berlin. Prince Lopold IV of Lippe-Detmold has been on the throne since 1905. He was a lieulenant general In the Prussian arm). The principality is in the northwestern part of Germany and has an area of about 169 square miles. BASEU Nov. 13. A dispatch from Berlin savs Grand Duke William Ernst of Saxe-Weimar has abdicated in order to prevent civil war. The dispatch adds that republics have been proclaimed in Wuerltemberg and Hesse. ' ,' The new erovernment in Baden has been constituted under the presidency of the Socialist, Herr Jeis. The former Grand Duke William Ernst is il vnars old. Saxe-Weimar is in central cen-tral Germany in Thuringia. Among the important towns in the grand duchy are Weimar, which is the capital, and Jena, tho famous university town. |