165438+1October 3, the sailor uprising in Kiel port. Then, some cities set up workers and soldiers committees. Socialists demanded that unless William II abdicated, he would quit the newly formed cabinet (that is, join the government opposition, thus making the new government unrepresentative).
10 9, a general strike led by some socialists and trade union members broke out. Prince Marx reported to the Kaiser: "abdication is a nuisance, but a government without socialists will be more dangerous to the country." On the same day, Germany declared the establishment of the Republic of China, and two days later, the war ended.
When the German Revolution broke out in Berlin, William II crossed the border between Belgium and the Netherlands in exile, and William was at Wolfenstein Castle in Spa, Belgium. The mutiny surprised him, and he didn't know whether he should abdicate. Before that, he thought that even if he was forced to cancel the title of German emperor, he could still retain the status of king of Prussia.
However, on1918165438+19, Premier Max von Baden suddenly announced the abolition of the above two titles in order to achieve political reunification. William's dream of the emperor is gone. The prince learned that only friedrich ebert, leader of the German Social Democratic Party, could control the situation in Germany, and he himself resigned after the emperor abdicated.
Then, at Wolfenstein Castle, ludendorff, the chief of staff, resigned and was replaced by William Gronert. Grenert assured the Kaiser that under the command of Marshal Hindenburg, the Germans would retreat to Germany without suppressing the revolution. Therefore, the Kaiser had to abdicate. The empire lost its last support. Even Hindenburg, a general who supported the emperor all his life, could only persuade William to abdicate.
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1918 10/October10, William went into exile in the Netherlands, a country that remained neutral in the war. Article 227 of the Treaty of Versailles clearly defines William as a war criminal, which means that his crimes violate international morality and the sanctity of the treaty (such as Germany's invasion of permanently neutral Belgium).
However, Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Wilhelmina refused to extradite him for trial, ignoring the appeal of the Allies. With the relationship with the Queen, William got a small castle in Doorn-Huis Doorn, and spent the rest of his life. He was released from the official-servant relationship, but never gave up his title.
During William's reign, there were rumors that he was having an affair with his good friend Philipp Zu Hoertfield.
At that time, German law did not allow such homosexual acts (article 175 of the German Criminal Code prohibited homosexual acts of men). Rumors led to 1907 Harden-Ullenburg incident. Bismarck once pointed out that William and Ullenburg "have no proper relationship", but this may be just pure speculation.
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