Both the Chancellor and Ebert, who knew the German’s attachment to monarchic institutions, were doing their best to save the dynasty by sacrificing its figurehead. But the Kaiser was not co-operative. In despair, Prince Max, who had been ill with influenza for nearly two weeks (the terrible pandemic of so-called Spanish influenza was then raging throughout Europe) sent in his resignation. It was refused, and the plea for abdication simply ignored. Appeals to Marshal Hindenburg were equally unsuccessful; the old soldier could not even contemplate any action against the sovereign to whom he had
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