The Socialists were now demanding peace at any price, and
the Frankfort Gazette, once famous for its cautious Liberalism, but an ardent supporter of the aggressive war, asked in plain terms for the Emperor's abdication. The Prussian Socialists presented an ulti- matum, announcing that if the Emperor did not resign by noon on Friday week they would leave the Government and take their own course. The Bavarian Minority Socialists, headed by Herr Eisner, acted independently, and on the night of Thursday week effected a revolution and abolished the Wittelabach dynasty. The Emperor, who had taken refuge among his Generals at Army Headquarters, still refused to give way. But on Saturday last a revolution broke out in Berlin. Prince Max of Baden then announced the Emperor's abdication and the Crown Prince's renunciation of his r-ght to succeed, and transferred the Chancellorship to Herr Ebert, the leader of the Reichstag Socialists. The Emperor's Junker officers offered very little resistance to the new order in the capital. Marshal von Hindenburg proclaimed himself a supporter of the Revolution-, ary Government. The leaser monarchs, who had revolved round the Imperial throne, were almost all deposed forthwith.
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