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Show I Clemenceau Warns Germany Against Acts of Bad Faith I I son or KAISER i ( Frederick William Ho-R Ho-R f henzollern Gets Out of Holland in a Hurry. CAUSESJ STIR; S Plot to Block Carrying j f Peace Treaty Into Effect. AND 20W t'ARIS, June 26.-Frederick William J Hohmzollprn. the former German ' 4 cr.j-.vn prmr. 'm escaped from Hoi-1 land and made his way into Germany. r; News of the escape of the ex-crown I prince caused a considerable stir in t peace conference circles. While it Is HI . not felt that he Is a figure around' I j J which the reactionaries and monarch-I monarch-I i r ,fts would sather enthusiastically, ILL nevertheless Ins acl Is regarded as an event of considerable significance in. I Jl i' u 01 01 . r j iiii n i . . .; !. n r..n. y. (HI Plot of Military Caste. Hinto have come from Germany j within the last few days that the military mili-tary caste there would not be averse; to bringing about a military siluation within the former empire that would J"J embarrass the allies in putting the peace treaty into effect, and it seems' hS I not improbable that the move made 02i by the ex-crown pnnre is connected 1 PSMJ i vjh some sijeh plan. ui as - The former crown prince made his !c;b0 ! ay nt0 Holland shortly after the signing of the armistice last November Novem-ber ami was interned there by the tffy Dutch 'ove mm. nt, taking up his rosi iv dffice en the )si..nd of Wic-rlngen, In lt'the uy.ier Ze. Two days before the armistice was' iie signed, a decree is: u d by ihe German j imperial chancellor, Prince Max of Baden, announcing a decision of the ! Httl' former German emperor to abdicate, Stated: tr;; "The imperial chancellor will remain 1 in office until the questions connected ' will) abdication of Die kaiser, the UJWl renouncing h the crown prince ot the; thron. nt th.- Germ:n mpire and of Prussia, and Ihe jetting up of the 1?e regeney ha e i , ,, , 1 1 led. ' I This generally was yr re pled as an official announcement of the crown ; prince's intention to renounce his fights to the succession. l'Lftt Crown Prince Makes Denial. " Vi Ijaf. however, lb. crown prince' denied any such intention in an in-terview in-terview given to The Associated Tress' jrTespondent December 1918. At , that time the crown prince said "I have not renounced anything and have not signed any documents what- j ever." --- "However," he continued, "should , tfjr the German government decide to form a republic similar to the Tinted m li. Ifjlj or France, j should b perfectly content con-tent to return to Germany as a simple citizen ready to do anything to assist my country " Notwithstanding this categorical 1 JtFj, Statement, the sr mi official Wolff bu-X&J bu-X&J r,'u of Berlin ihree days later issued hat was said to be the exacl texl ot the crown prince's renunciation of ns rights to the throne. As regards The Associated Tress interview in-terview mentioned, however, the cor respondent who obtained it holds an autographed letter from the ex-crown Prince in which the latter slates that H this interview he was quoted correctly cor-rectly in every particular. WASHINGTON", June 2G Confiden-l'al Confiden-l'al reports that the former German crown prince und also probably the former emperor would attempt to reenter re-enter Germany after the signing of the r i .'.Peace treaty were received recently (jhj y government officials here. This bpeame known lodav after an Associating Associat-ing vrSw disPach telling of the escape li the crown prince had. been roceived. |
