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Show IHCHISTS IN GERMANY GAIN ; BOTTLE Throne May Be Restored in 50 Years With Minor ; Prince As Ruler (By Associated Press) BERLIN; March 12 The king's party In Germany, which is seeking the restoration of the monarchy, lias failed to arouse any enthusiasm either eith-er for the proposal to put a Ilohen-sollern Ilohen-sollern again in power or for the enthronement en-thronement of a Bavarian or Wert- I Lemburg prince , Opinion seems to prevail that the Ir.vulslon against tho old regime brought on by the debacle of war can- jnot be wiped out In less than several generations. Even the men who stood Close to royalty before and during the jwar. with tho exception of certain mil- ! ItarlstS whose prestige and Influence mostly has vanished, are only luke-warm luke-warm toward the monarchist movement move-ment or flatly oppose It. 'FORI l i ON s ' i TVitA t however, no apparent In- . Ihiatlon to blame the former emperor 0 rown prince for the damages Germany Ger-many has endured, except among tho extreme radicals and some of the So-clallstS, So-clallstS, and these generally lay the fault to the old form Of government more than to the emperor personally, or to his associates. Everywhere In the provinces, throughout Bavaria, Baden. Wuert-temburg. Wuert-temburg. East Prussia. Upper Silesia, among business men and peasants alike, the opinion is firmly held that Germany was forced into the war by England and France, and this has tended to keep alive the Hohenaollern popularity A prominent' Bavarian manufacturer manufactur-er told the correspondent the "Bavarians "Bavar-ians will always believe the war was forced on Germany " Business nun ln Bad n property owners of Upper Silesia, officials and farmers of East Prussia With whom the correspondent spoke, confirmed the prevalence of this feeling that Germany was not responsible re-sponsible for the war UtVRE I FOR KING- YRegsrdtesB of this belief. however, how-ever, the Germans are not ready to restore a monarchy," said a man w ho was closely associated with the emperor em-peror during the war. "Perhaps In 40 or 45 years yet. then it will almost certainly be re-established. You say on hav heard the opinion that Germany Ger-many will have a monarchy within 10 years, but 1 believe that Is not possible Not before at least two generations have passed will the people be ready tor a king again, and then never for a monarch with great power. It will be a limited monarchy, and very limited. lim-ited. Agitation now Is untimely, and useless." , Those who favor the restoration or he. monarchy. ..nd those, who believe II will be restored but do not favor It. sav the preaent government "is too weak and there is no responsible head who can unlfv Germany as It was before be-fore the war." The people, who were long accustomed to royalty, "need a directing social head if not a powerful monarch." it Is argued, and such a ruling house would not destroy tne principle of democracy which lias been grounded since the war. it MRMONT NEEDED. Rivalry and jealousy of power which have always existed between the states and particularly between Bavaria Ba-varia and Prussia, will not prevent the restoration of the monarchy after a number of years, said a prominent 1 Bavarian, although in his opinion the former emperor or crown pilnco is out of tiie question " "We cannot have a government torn forever by political dissensions and ; prosper." he continued. "We d not I'rus.sl.i md Prussia is not over-fond over-fond of us. nnd East Prussia generally gener-ally is understood to Just tolerate Berlin, Ber-lin, but wo all realize the necessity of standing together. We have the factories fac-tories here, tho agriculture In East Prussia, and Prussia has the railroads, i mr Interests are so eloely allied there j can never be any successful separation. 'In my opinion a monarchy Is the logical log-ical solution of our political difficulties, difficul-ties, but not a monarchy established at .the behest of Prussia." He a. bled that tho next mon.-trcn must be from the Bavanlan or Wuert-temburg Wuert-temburg royalty, which always had been popular with the mass of tho German people |