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Show Former Kaiser Drafting- His Defense in Preparation for Forthcoming- Trial by Allies Ex-Warlord Is Deeply Perturbed by Kautsky's Revelations; Now Convinced Demand for Surrender Will Be .Made. By ROBERT J. PREY., Universal Service Staff Correspond-nt. PARIS. Ieo. 2S. Deeply perturbed by Karl Kantsky's book on the origin of the world war, the former kaiser is now devoting every afternoon to drafting defense, following his rcgnlnr exercise of sawing wood, says a telegram from Aier-imen by Jules Sauerweln. special correspondent of l.h Matin. f.Sociuiist Deputy Kantsky's "iir-ok Gf Revelations" contains some 000 documents from the German foreign office, iv.ost of them with sensational tell-tale annotations annota-tions by the kaiser. Voluminous summaries sum-maries of the book were publish ?d exclusively ex-clusively by Universal Service.) WUhelm, the dispatch says, intends sending his defense to King (Jeorge V. He has already drafted a long monograph mono-graph based upon two main arguments. He contends the published documents reveal re-veal that when he was acquainted with the Serbian reply to Austria he declared that Austria had thereby received satisfaction, satis-faction, he adds, hut that it was too late then to prevent the war. Declares England Responsible for Wat. Secondly, the ex-kaiser asserts England En-gland is responsible for the war because she refused to offer counsels of wisdom to France and Russia. His marginal notes published by Kautsky are defended by the kaiser on tiie ground that they were "purely personal per-sonal comments on the situation, which did not influence the decisions of the German government." He t a: firms he never sought to guide German diplomacy by these random notes, hut merely expressed his own momentary mo-mentary Indignation when he called Count von llerchtold a "dunce." Lord Grey a "dirty blackguard," the king of Italy "a villain" and Giulitli (Italian Socialist leader) an "unparalleled scoundrel." Kautsky's hook, according to Sauer-weln's Sauer-weln's dispatch, has completely upset the even tenor ni" the former emperor's life In exile. Up to the time of its publication publi-cation he had been convinced the allies would content themselves with a formal, hesitating request to Holland for Ids extradition, ex-tradition, and that King George would oxert his influence to have the negotiators negotia-tors quietly dropped, but Kautsky's revelations rev-elations have caused "a violent brainstorm" brain-storm" by the ex-kaiser. Kaiser in Outburst jo Impotent Wrath. "Kautsky is a blackguaru." he cr.e.i, Sauerwein telegraphs. "The knaves in London and Paris wili laugh, now." WUhelm. the correspondent adds, lives I In deadly fear that the allies may be able to convict him on the strength of the marginal comments Indicating that he pushed Austria into war with Serbia. The Kautsky disclosures also have profoundly pro-foundly stirred the Dutch government, since they render it difficult for it to refuse to comply with the allied government's gov-ernment's request for the ex-emperor's extradition. An energetic demand in this sense would probably result cither in Wil-helm'a Wil-helm'a voluntary surrender or iiis secret flight to another country, the correspondent correspon-dent believes. The ex-kaiser and the furmer crown prince earnestly discussed their respective respec-tive positions during the crown prince's brief Christmas visit to Amerongtn castle. |