Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — “I’m Not an Idiot,” Crown Prince Says [ARTICLE]

“I’m Not an Idiot,” Crown Prince Says

Copenhagen. The former crowti prince, interviewed by a correspondent o? the Berlingske Tidende, admitted the possibility of his being tried by an international court, but declared he did not believe -he would be executed. He stoutly maintained that he is not an Idiot. He frankly admitted his unpopularity. “People say I incited war. but Clemenceau has done so all his life/ Friedrich Wilhelm was quoted as sayingt “I was of the opinion Germany ought, to be prepared, but I did not desire to cause war. , 'i “I do not ask people to consider me especially intelligent, but I am no Idiot or degenerate, as English and American papers say I am. “I know Germany is 'the most hated nation in the world. Why? Because the reichstag never voted anything for propaganda until too late. When began we commenced "opaganda, but, alas, what propaganda!” • '''■■<