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Show HIND EN 3 U R G TRYING TO SAVE KAISER I WORD IS 1 SENT TO I ALLIES Von Hindenburg De- I clares He Is Respon- I sibie for War. I SENDS A TELEGRAM I Strenuous Efforts Being I Made to Save I Wilkelm. I LONDON. July 5. Field Marshal I von Hindenburg, former chif of the German staff, declares that he is -e-sponsible for acts of German main headquarter' since august, 1916, and also the proclamations of former Em- I peror William concerning the waging of warfare. He asks President Eben ! of Germany to inform the allies to this effect, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The field marshal arrived in Haa over Friday, the dispatch stales, and j telegraphed the following message to j. President Ebert: 'The signing of the peace treaty gives me occasion for declaring that I j am responsible for the decisions and j acts of the main headquarters slncaP August 9. 1916, and also that all proc l?mations and orders of his majesty, ' the emperor and king, concerning the I waKlne of warfare, were issued upon nr. advice and upon my responsibility. j I beg you therefore to inform the uermau people ana ine auiea goveru- ments of this declaration," r The declaration of Field Marshal I on Hindenburg that he was responsi- H ble for acts committed by the Germans H and for proclamations of the former emperor is the second to be made by a German leader since it was officially announced that the allies purposed to place on trial political and military leaders of Germany for causing the H war and violations of the rules of war H fare. Tho other leader, who assumed I re-sponsibilily for the acts of former I Emperor William, was Dr. Theobold I von Bethmann Hollweg, former Ger man chancellor, who held office at th j beginning of the war. WILHELM STILL SAWING WOOD. AMERONGEN. Thursday, July 3. William Hohenzollen, former emperor j of Germany, has decided to stay here H at least until the end of summer and perhaps throughout the autumn owing i I to the difficulty which has been en- I countered in finding a suitable dwell- j I ing elsewhere. The healths of both I the former emperor and empress re- i main very good despite the worries of 1 the last few weeks. The miserable weather has some- ! what hindered the former monarch's : log-sawing operations, but whatever H Ithe nature of the weather, Count Hon-ensollern Hon-ensollern passes two or three hours daily at his favorite occupation, taking H shelter with his assistants beneath a j garden shed when the downpour of j rain is most severe. He expects to H complete the sawing of his six thou- saudth tree this week. Armistice Signed at Riga. COPENHAGEN. Friday. Jul) 1. Through the mediation of allied repro- H sentat.ves, an armistice between tho Esthonians and Germans has been H !tngued at Riga. It provides that ail I German troops will leave Riga aud the Germans will leave Latvia at the ear'i- cst possible moment. j WAR IS DECLARED. LONDON. July 5. The German con- t servathe p rt has issued a proclama- t Ulou signed by Ernest von Heydebrand. Ithe party's leader in the relchstag, f slating that the party "declares war on Ithe government and intends to use its whole strength to re-establish th H monarchy," according to a COpenhk? gen dispatch to the Exchange TVU- H graph company . te nn BBB |