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Show CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED I 7 ABDICATION OF GERMAN EMPEROR FORECAST BY A CELEBRATED GERMAN Kaiser Obsessed by Thought That He Is Responsible Respon-sible for War Menaced by Three Enemies at Home as Well as Those Abroad Opposed Break With U. S. I PARIS. March 24. The abdication ' of the German emperor la forecast by ihe forairr Gorman magistrate who whole the celebrated book, "J. Accuse," Ac-cuse," in an interview published in Oeuvre. He says: "The kaiser is obsessed by the thought that he is responsible for the war. a thought which poisons his whole existence. Ho feels that he is menaced by three enemies at home, without counting those abroad: First, is the crown prince, the real author of the war; second is the Junker Pan-Germanist Pan-Germanist you cannot Imagine the smouldWing hatred of the emperor for those whom he believes to be the maniacs ma-niacs who are driving him into an abyss: third are the people, not the Socialist party, but the people who are starving and who, he feels, are growing grow-ing in number and rising little by little lit-tle against those who organized the war. Opposed Break With U S "The other day, at the meeting of the parliamentary presidents and the ministers of the federal sovereigns, at which the submarine war was decided P"""'- upnn. the straggle between the kaNer's party and that of Von Tirpitz was most hitter. The majority against the emperor em-peror was so great, however, that he was obliged to submit and pretend that he was convinced. In particular, he was personally opposed to a break with President Wilson, but he was forced to consent. Documents will be published one day which will proe that secretly he did everything not to bring America down upon him and that he considers that the rupture was an Irreparable mistake. The failure of the submarine war will soon show that he was right, but it will be loo late. People Are Anti Militarists. "The people he fears most are tho antl-mllitarist5, anti-Prussian, Liberal Republicans, who want the reichtag to be based on universal suffrage. That is why Wilhelm is so anxious to convince con-vince the nation that he did not want war. All his protestations are made to appease Ihe Liberals and his famished fa-mished and ruined subjects whose murmurings are growing stronger. He wants to continue popular at any price and that Ib why he spoke the first tijU' word of peace. The people were grateful grate-ful for it, but the submarine war came and spoiled everything. "It is hard to realize how this emperor emper-or who enjoyed a popularity unexampled unexam-pled in our epoch, suffers in his pride. He alone, perhaps, in Germany knows the whole truth, since ho alone has in his possession the elements for forming a judgment on the situation as a whole. How can he resist morally and physically under such a strain? Certainly he hopes sometimes, but loss and less, for the success of the unrestricted unre-stricted submarine war which he op posed He sees the isolation of Germany Ger-many becoming more and more com- le Fears to Admit Real Situation. "Once he tried to initiate peace negotiations ne-gotiations and filled. To try again 'would be to admit and proclaim to '.he j whole world, but above al! to the Ger- man people, which he fears mosr, Gr-J Gr-J r.'.any's real a!ta n If the aln"M solemnly declared, as they did with Napoleon In 1815, that they would refuse re-fuse to treat for peace with the Ho- henzollerns, it would be a knockout blow. Our German people who still believe in him, would abandon him, for peace at any ; price will soon be the unanimous and hidden thought of tor tured German "What recourse Is left to him but a dramatic abdication in order to retain re-tain the sympathies of the German people peo-ple and save the political future of i Prussia ? He will say 'I sacrifice myself my-self to make peace. Without me those onlj are responsible who desire a savage sav-age warfare and the complete isolation ! of Germany, those who look at the he 'ginning, my son as their party ieader, i and forced me to mobilize, a measure I hesitated to take." Vote for Republican Government. LONDON, March 24. 12.35 p. m The central committee and the parliamentary parlia-mentary representatives of the Consll tutional-Demoeratic parly at Petrograd voted today in favor of a republican form of government for Russia, according ac-cording to a Petrograd dispatch. Professor Pro-fessor Paul N.4 Mllukoff, the foreign minister in the new government, is leader of this party. n |