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Show HINDENBURG RAPS PRINCE MAXIMILIAN; REPLY EXPECTED BERLIN. March 21. (By the Associated Press.) In Field Marshal von Hinder)-j burg's statement explaining and justify- ing the flight of former Emperor William ! there was a sharp criticism of Prince j Maximilian of Bufieii, the then chancellor, for publishing the fact of the emperor's abdication without the latter's assent. It: ia expected that this will evoke a sharp1 rejoinder from friends of the exchan ceilor, who are already pointing out that, the emperor left Berlin on October 31, 1 without consulting or notifying the chan-ccelior, chan-ccelior, who vainly attempted at the last moment to induce the t hen emperor to stay in Rerlin and later unsuccessfully, urged him to return to the capital in order that, he might form his own judg- . ment as to the extent of the crisis and the advisability of abdicating. "Prince Maximilian had long been convinced con-vinced of tiie inevitability of the abdication abdica-tion of the emperor and the renunciation of the throne by the crown prince," says the Tageblatt. "It was hoped by this means to save Germany from a complete debacle and revolution. The emperor went to great headquarters to ask such advice and to seek a more congenial atmosphere. He daliiod with the thought of abdication in these surroundings until too late to save the throne for a possible successor." |