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Show CHOI PRINCE JUSTIFIES SETS Says He Counseled Termination Termi-nation of War as Long Ago as 1015. COPENHAGEN, March 26. (By the Associated Press. Tho Deutche Zeitung of Berlin has published a number of let- ters illustrating the attitude of the Ger-i.man Ger-i.man emperor and the crown prince during the fateful days of last November? says a dispatch from the German capital. The emperor wrote to Frederick Wll-; Wll-; liam on November 9 the following: "My Dear Boy: After the court chamberlain cham-berlain informed me that it was impossible impossi-ble longer to guarantee my safety at main headquarters, and that the troops were no longer trustworthy, I resolved, after a severe mental struggle, to leave the army, which had collapsed, and go to lolland. I advise you to stick to your post until the conclusion of an armistice. armi-stice. "In Berlin two governments, under the leadership of Ebert and Lieblcnecht, are fighting against each other. I hope to see you again In happier times. "Your faithful, deeply afflicted father, "WILHELM." The crown prince, on November 11, wrote to Premier Ebert, asking permission permis-sion to remain at his post so that ho might bring back his army in a well disciplined dis-ciplined and orderly manner. The government gov-ernment refused his request, whereupon the crown prince, in a letter to Field Marshal von Hindenburg, resigned his command, declaring that ha acted under deep emotion and after a hard struggle strug-gle against a course repugnant to his nature. In his letter the crown prince proceeded to justify his attitude against those representing rep-resenting him as a war instigator and reactionary. re-actionary. He declared he has always taken the standpoint that the war for Germany was a war of defense. He had repeatedly during 1916, 1917 and 1918 urged the persons concerned that Germany Ger-many must by every possible means endeavor en-deavor to terminate the war and be glad at maintaining herself against the entire world on the basis of the status quo. "I had long pleaded with General Lu-dendorff," Lu-dendorff," he asserted, "for a wise peace by understanding under the favorable opportunity when we occupied strong positions po-sitions during and before the spring offensive. of-fensive. As regards international policies, poli-cies, I would be the last person to oppose op-pose the liberal development of our constitution, con-stitution, and I represented this in writing writ-ing to Prince Max. Nevertheless, when the great event hurled my father from bis throne, not only was I not heard, but was simply passed over as the crown : prince and heir to the throne. I "No renunciation was either demanded of or made by me." |