THE HOHENZOLLERNS' FALL

Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14029, 4 April 1919, Page 5

THE HOHENZOLLERNS' FALL

V AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER. FROM KAISER TO CROWN PRINCE. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received April 4, 11.15 a.m. LONDON, April 2. . Berlin advices state that the Deutsche Zeitung publishes an autograph letter from the ex-Kaiser to the Crown Prince, dated November 9, as follows: "My dear boy,—'After the Court Chamberlain advised that he could no longer guarantee my safety at main headquarters and that the troops were no longer trustworthy, I resolved after a severe mental struggle to leave the army which had collapsed and go to Holland. I advise you to stick to your post until the conclusion of an armistice and hope to see you again in happier times.—Your faithful and deeply-afflicted father, Wilhelm." Thereupon the Crown Prince wrote to Herr Ebert, requesting permission to remain at his post, undertaking to bring his army homeward in a welldisciplined and orderly manner. Herr Ebert refused the request and the Crown Prince in the course of a lengthy letter to Hindenburg justifying his action, said he had decided with emotion, after hard struggles, to go to a neutral country. He pointed out that ho renunciation of the throne itself had been demanded or made by him.