THE KAISER'S ABDICATION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16369, 14 November 1918, Page 8

THE KAISER'S ABDICATION.

UNEASINESS IN HOLLAND. GERMAN* ROYALTIES' FATE. LONDON, November 11. The "Daily Telegraph's" Amsterdam correspondent states that the Kaiser's arrival caused great excitement in Holland and much uneasiness to the authorities and tho general public. Many think that the Kaiser and the Crown Prince should be sent back or interned as German soldiers. Tho motor-cars evidently chose the tortuous Limburg route, tho frontier guards were far apart, thus escaping being challenged. Tho Kaiser reached ' Holland at eleven o'clock on Sunday i morning. * | Count Bentinek is a Dutch subject, who has not taken part in the war, though he is an honorary Prussian cavalry captain. He has long been a close friend of the Hohenzollern family. A DOUBT RAISED. (United Service.) LONDON, November 11. Paris raises tho point whether the Kaiser's abdication is beyond doubt. There is no authoritative publication yet of the abdication letter. Paris insists that Hrndenburg and many generals accompanied the Kaiser to Holland, and that they may be a centre of reaction. Important questions are beiro; asked Holland's Government by tlfo Allies.

1 THE ABDICATION EPISODE. CROWN PRINCE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT. THE FATE OF OTHER ROYALTIES. . (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received November 13th, 10.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 12. Amsterdam messages state that the actual place on November 9th in a small villa at Spa, in the presence of Dr. Solf, Herr Delbruck, General Hindenburg, the Urown Prince, and others. The Kaiser lost no opportunity of haranguing those present before signing. The episode which ended the Hohenzollern role b£ gan at midnight and lasted 45 minates. The ex-Kaiser reached Maestricht with a party totalling 41. The Kaiser was wearing the uniform of a Prussian general, with a sword. He spent the first'night of his exile in the train at a little station called Eysden. The Crown Prince arranged to accompany the Kaiser but missed the train. (His fate is still uncertain. Some say that the Kaiserin accompanied her has. band to Holland; others that she is still in bed in Berlin. The whereabouts of the Kaiser's younger sons are unknown, beyond the fact that they also have taken refuge in Holland. The fate of other royalties may thus be summed up:— Oldenburg—Grand Duke dethroned md a Republic proclaimed. Hesse—Grand Duke arrested. * Mecklenburg—Grand Duke abdicat>d. , Wurtemburg—King abdicated. Saxony—King fled. Saxe-Weimar —Grand Duke abdicated and fled. Deputations from the Soldiers' and Workmen's Council came to the Duke of Brunswick's castle on Friday and handqd the Duke a document renouncing the throne. The Duke signed in a few minutes. He will go shortly to Blankenburg Castle. f AMSTERDAM, November 12. The newspapers announce that the Government will not object to the Kaiser'b sojourn in Holland, provided he is considered as a civilian. He has been advised to dress in civilian clothes, KAISER ESCAPES DURING A FIGHT. ("The Tim««.") j LONDON, November 12. A Hague correspondent states:—lt is reported that the internment of the i ox-Kaiser is being arranged for at Velure, a barren island in a sandy tract of the province of- Gelderland.

Revolutionary soldiers on the frontier say that they, had strict orders to prevent the Hohenzollerns' escape. The royalties' troops from Cleves fought a battle with them, both sides using artillery, whilst the Kaiser escaped, after which 300 German officers sought to cross the border. The Dutch refused ingress unless they disarmed, bringing up reinforcements. After the long journey from the Fatherland the Kaiser looked very down-hearted. His hair is almost white. He kept looking wistfully back to the frontier. Crowds speedily

warmed round the Customs offices, /here the party awaited the arrival of ho Imperial train. Gendarmes and the Jutch guard kept back the swarming multitude, including a number of Belgian refugees mad with excitement and screaming "A bas Guillaume l'assassin." The police with difficulty restrained them till the German train containing the military and the Kaiser's body servants appeared. THE DEM AND FOR THE KAISER'S PUNISHMENT. ! 1 (Australian and X.Z. C«bLs Association.) (Received November 13th, 10.5 p.m.) , WASHINGTON, November 12. The newspapers demand the punishment of the Kaiser. 'ihe New York "Sun" points out that he is already under indictment by London coroners for the murder of air raid victims. Mr Gerard, formerly United States Ambassador to Germany, in a speech said that Wilhelm Hohenzollern was now a private citizen, and must be extradited to England. He had committed a crime against England in the sinking of the Lusitania, and must stand his before an English jury. .THE CROWN PRINCE KILLED. SHOT DEAT> BY A SENTRY.

(Received November 13th,. 10.5 p.m.) I AMSTERDAM, November 12. ! It is reported that the- Crown Prince has been shot. Details are lacking. LONDON, November 12. "The Times" correspondent at The Hague states that the "Vaderland" confirms the statement that the Crown Prince was shot dead while resisting a frontier sentry. • (Received November 14th«. 12.40 a.m.) PARIS, November 12. The death of the Crown Prince is confirmed.