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Show DISARMAMENT DANGEROUSTO U. SJHJROPE. The Versailes treaty. In the opinion opin-ion of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Ger-many, "must be scrapped." Behind the virtually impenetrnt-uble impenetrnt-uble walls of Haus Doom, nestling in the picturesque Dutch countryside country-side beyond the border of his former empire, "Wilhelm has reached this firm conviction and it is being strengthened day by day, as he sees groups of nations armed to the teeth surrounding his disarmed vater-land. vater-land. - Admiral Von Keubeur Pnsehwita, scion of one of the proudest families of .imperial Germany, now as he signs himself in English "acting chief of his imperial majesty's household in Doom" revealed bis master's thoughts today in a cablegram cable-gram from Doom to the United Press. This telegram declined a request for direct views from the kaiser on growing world disarmament, a subject sub-ject engendered by the remarkable revelations of world preparedness for war, carried from Webb Miller, United Press correspondent in London Lon-don last week. But the admiral who is one of a series of "hofmnrzzhall" functionaries function-aries who have guarded the kaiser's meagre empire at Doom since 1918, did lift the curtain of secrecy and obscurity of the Doom exile sufficiently suffic-iently to reveal that Wilbelm II sees naught but evil in the Versailles document. The United Press asked Admiral Von Pasehwitz "whether there is any possibility of securing the ex-kaiser's ex-kaiser's views on the rapid increase of armaments in Europe for publication publica-tion on the anniversary of the firing of the first shot of the world war.. tomorrow, July 29. The reply from His Exellency is given herewith. ! DOOItN, Holland, July 28. His ! majesty the German emporcr does not intend to give the requested i statement either verbally or letter. I The reasons are obvious. . As ruler of Germany and head of her army, his majesty was able to preserve the peace of Europe for nearly thirty years. The criminal nud impossible treaty trea-ty of Versailles has disarmed Germany Ger-many and left Europe and the world bereft of the - greatest factor of peace. lTou will agree that the greatest danger to Europe nnd the United States of America lies in the fact that disarmed central Europe is surrounded sur-rounded by a group of nations, armed arm-ed to (he teeth and continually increasing in-creasing their armaments. Your request convinces his imperial im-perial majesty that his conviction is being confirmed more and more, day by day. that the Versailles treaty must be scrapped. Admiral Von lumber Pasehwitz, acting chief of his imperial inajestys household in Doom. That Admiral Von Pasehwitz still refers to Wilhelm as his imperial majesty is in keeping w-itb the tradition tradi-tion of the "kaiser treu monarchists who regard him as the rightful emporcr em-porcr of Germany." Further, among many Europeans, it is customary, as a matter of politeness to give a ruler his title ever after it has officially been taken from him. |