FALL OF HOHENZOLLERNS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17006, 13 November 1918, Page 7

FALL OF HOHENZOLLERNS.

CHOETJS OF SATISFACTION. ; 4 -.,.•: . - :•'• ■ .."■ . '•:._. '■ I KAISER'S GUILT REMAINS. A. and N.Z. "''.■.;;{■ NEW YORK. Not. 11. All the Amman newspapers publish long biographical tVHches of the Kaiser i and the. house of Hobenzollern. The general tone of the edit -rials is that punishment of the Kaiser for the sufferings he | has inflicted on humanity must be imposed. One newspaper reproduces under the caption " Les! xe. Forget" German pictures of Bismarck inflicting humiliating | terms on France. Others describe the | abdication as an act of cowardice in the | eleventh hour, an*-', point out that while a Hohenzollem is at large the peace of the world cannot be assured. With tin Kaiser so eliminated there is speculation as to whether the' German drift towa.is Bolshevism can be prevented, and whether the new Government will be a republic. The Washington correspondent' of the New York Times states that despatches telling of the Kaiser's abdicate caused outspoken expressions of satisfaction in Government, diplor atic, and official circles. Mr. W. H. Taft, interviewed, said that tho Kaiser may be extradited from Holland by tie Allies in order to punish him for his crimes oemmitted against humanity. International law permits such extraditions, and it is probable that Holland will surrender "^'ilhslm.