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Show Dutch Expect Allies to Make Formal Demand for Surrender of Ex-Kaiser PAEIS, Dec. 20. A disuatcli from Ba,slo states the former German Ger-man emperor lias finally agreed to accept trial by tlie allies, but adds that he wants to choose the place and time of the trial aud desires to be defended by Gorman experts and lawyers. The Basle advices say tho former crown prince declares he will never appear if he is called before a court of justice. 1 H; HAGUbl, Dec. IS. Long inclined ' I ' to believe the allies would not make I a serious demand for the extradi-X extradi-X tion of Former 5mperor William, the Patch government now expects such a demand will be made, the Associated As-sociated Press was officially informed today. "We suppose the demand will come before be-fore Ions and that several powers probably prob-ably will address a joint letter to Hoi- land, sotting' forth the case." the offfeial said. "Our feeling is that, the very men who sign the demand probably will be hoping all 'tlie 'tiuie that we will refuse This demand -will put a small nation in a difficult posit ion, which seems to us not at all' just." "So far as the Associated Press Is able to learn. .Holland will probably stick to her original intention to refuse a demand for' extradition of the former emperor. There is a growing feeling in some Dutch cireh-s that the former monarch mon-arch himself could end the difficulty in which he placed Holland if he chose to show himself grateful for a year's sanctuary. sanc-tuary. "He could end the whole difficulty l-o far as Holland is concerned," tho official said, "bv voluntarily returning to Germany. Ger-many. Gerinan press dispatches indicate the German inquiry commission would like to interrogate 'him. Mow ever, from what we can learn, the former kaiser is not likely to do anything like that. He is not afraid to return, but his mind does not run that way. It is against his (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) DUTCH EXPECT ALLSES DEMAND SUBBHHIEB" (Continued From Page One.) ideas .to appear before any inquiry commission, com-mission, as he still considers himself responsible re-sponsible for nothing wrong."' Kautsky Probe Shows More of War Mania. (Copyright, 19U. by Uniyersul Service.) (Copyright in Great Britain and Holland.) ROTTERDAM, Holland, Dec. 17. The impulsiveness or the former Emperor Em-peror William and his sudden and irrational changes of mood were largely responsible for rtis failure to visualize the true attitude of Great Britain and Italy during that stirring period immediately preceding the world war. The Socialist deputy. Karl Kautsky, who has just completed an invest iga tion into the secret files of the foreign ofiice on behalf of the German republican government, gov-ernment, lays great emphasis upon these points. The unfortunate traits mentioned, as well as the former kaiser's lamentable lack of diplomacy, Herr Kautsky siiows, find vivid illustration in his marginal annotations and caustic memoranda attached at-tached to reports of members of the imperial im-perial cabinet at home and German ambassadors am-bassadors abroad. Thus Italy was kept completely in the dark regarding the proposed ultimatum from Austria to Serbia. "When Italy refused re-fused point blank to follow her fellow members of the triple alliance blindly into war, the kaiser was much enraged. To Hans von Flotow, German ambassador ambassa-dor at Rome, Emperor William and Dr. Gottlieb von Jagow, German minister of foreign affairs, intrust- d the important and delicate mission of bringing Italy into line. tFlotow's wife Is the former Princess Shakowska of Russia, a girlhood friend of Queen Helen of Italy. His removal as ambassador in favor of Prince Buelow later on was attributed to the supposed influence of this gifted and patriotic woman upon the Italian situation, which was of an entirely different sort from his own. This is not inconceivable, as a son by a former marriage afterward served with the Russian army against Germany. Kdltorlnl note.) On July "4 Ambassnrlnr Flotow con-I'errod con-I'errod with Premier Salandra and Mur-ouis Mur-ouis de Guiliano, Italian minister of foreign affairs. His report to the effet.-t that 1 1 aly could not s'o her way rk-n r to follow t!ie lead of Germany and .Austria .Aus-tria into probable war waa telegraphed to Liorlin tho same day. Declares Italy ! i !; Out for Pelf. On July 25 the report was forivarded hy Von Jagow to tho kaiser, then cruising in Norwegian -waters atmard his yacht. "Italy was out for pe'.f on tho ciulet in Albania, and Austria spoiled her game," ooninionte.l Emperor William oivthe margin mar-gin of this telegram. While Italy, according to Kautsky, Is shown to have been friendly to Germany at this time, she was more than suspicious suspi-cious of Austria. Moreover, It would appear ap-pear that Italy even then had her own asiratlons on the other side of the Adriatic. Adri-atic. These aspirations Berlin viewed with grave 'concern and was willing to compromise. Emperor William had directed di-rected Tschirschky. his ambassador to N ienna. to advis.) that Austria cede the Trent ino to Italy. In his report on July 24, Ambassador Flotow said the Italians had taken tho stand that "the text of the Austrian note to Serbia had been worded very aggressively aggres-sively and clumsily, thereby turning the public sentiment of Europe, including Italy, against Austria." "Against that (public sentiments no Italian government could run counter to (the Italian minister said)." "Fake," the kaiser interposed here in his own handwriting. King of Italy Is Called Thief. The kaiser added, referring to the king of Italy: "The little thief aJwavs wants his share !" Jagow, the German foreign minister, commenting on Flotow's telegram, wrote that Bollati, the Italian ambassador at P.erltn. had demanded compensations on behalf of the Italian Government. Otherwise, Other-wise, l-iollati said, Italy would be constrained con-strained to oppose any Austrian aggression. aggres-sion. Emperor William hero underlined the word "compensations," and added: "Albania." "Al-bania." At the end of the teleerrnm he wrote: "All this is mere tattlef everything- will turn out all risht by itself in the coursu of even ts." The German general sUaff and the German Ger-man chancellor did not, however, take so cheerful a view of the situation. When the kaiser returned to Berlin, he, too, noted the graver aspects. So the German government became more urgent in its demand that Austria make, concessions to Italy. On the :3th of July Flotow telegraphed from Home: "in my hot and heavy conference ves-terday ves-terday with Salandra and Di San Guiliano Guil-iano three points seemed to become distinct dis-tinct on the Italian side: "First, tear of public opinion in Tfalv. "Second, knowledge of their military weakness, and "Third, a desire to make use of the opportunity and to strike a good bargain bar-gain for Italy; that is, to possibly get tho Trcntino." Chancellor Makes Reply to Flotow. j Thereupon Bethmann-Holhveg wrote: ! "H. M. (the kaiser) thinks it absolutelv essential that Austria at the right time should come to an agreement with Italy as to compensations. Von Tschirshkv is to communicate this to Count Berch'toid (foreign minister of Austria) by emphati-cal emphati-cal orders of II. M." Flotow, In his report, stated flatlv that hope of Italy standing by the triple alliance al-liance no longer existed. The onlv thing to be hoped for would he Italian neutrality, neutral-ity, which could be achieved, he said, if Austria were willing to "do the right thing." j Thereupon Berlin Increased Its pressure 1 on Vienna. On the 26th Holhvej? tele- , graphed to Tschirschky at that capital: "The chief of the general staff, too. thinks It absolutely necessarv to keep Italy aligned with the triple alliance. An '. understanding between Vienna and Rome, : therefore, is needed. Vienna must cease to sidestep agreement by indulging in questionable interpretations of the treaty. It must, rather, come to conclusion in view of the seriousness of the situation." On July 27, Jagow telegrarhed the German ambassador at Vienna that Emperor Em-peror William insisted upon Vienna com- i ing to an immediate agreement with ' Rome. ! Having been persuaded by Germany to adopt an irreconcilable attitude toward Serbia, Austria refused point blank to make any sacrifices to Italy. Considered Enemy Rather Than Ally. "So," observed Kautsky, "neither the German kaiser nor the German general staff was able to overcome the passive resistance of the Ballplats gentlemen, ; who were determined to consider Italy ', an enemy instead of an ally. "As a result of the obstinate cussed- ' ness (at Vienna) the only other ally left to Germany, Rumania, also threatened i to fail her. That was enough to warn i them. Still more so the attitude of Eng- j land." The kaiser, Kautsky finds, was confi- ! dent England would remain neutral. He ! was willing to risk war with Russia and France, and believed, with the help of, Austria, he could defeat them both, provided pro-vided Italy at least held aioof. English labor and part of the bourgeoisie, bour-geoisie, the kaiser considered, were pacifist. paci-fist. He expected strong opposition to war, particularly in parliament. Moreover, More-over, he believed England too gravely occupied oc-cupied by the situation in Ireland to concern con-cern herself elsewhere. , What the kaiser failed to comprehend, observes Kautskv, was that a combination combina-tion of circumstances might be brought about that would make the British peo- pie unanimous for war. German naval preparations had aroused i the British nublic as never before. Here, ! says Kautsky, Berlin made its- miscaleu- ! la tion. All German plans were based upon England's neutrality. |