And the Kaiser Abdicates.

PUBLISHED BY THE YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

IN MEMORY OF

LIEUTENANT EARL TRUMBULL WILLIAMS

301ST UNITED STATES FIELD ARTILLERY

OF THE CLASS OF 1910 YALE COLLEGE

WHO DIED MAY 7TH 1918

AND THE KAISER
ABDICATES

THE GERMAN REVOLUTION

NOVEMBER 1918—AUGUST 1919

WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GERMAN

COMMONWEALTH TRANSLATED BY

WILLIAM BENNETT MUNRO AND

ARTHUR NORMAN HOLCOMBE

REVISED EDITION

NEW HAVEN

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

LONDON : HUMPHREY MILFORD : OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

First published October, 1920.

Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged,

September, 1921.

TO THE

HONORABLE IRA NELSON MORRIS

AMERICAN MINISTER TO SWEDEN

THE MAN, THE DIPLOMAT, AND THE LOYAL

FRIEND, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR