AND THE KAISER ABDICATES

THE GERMAN REVOLUTION

NOVEMBER 1918—AUGUST 1919

BY S. MILES BOUTON

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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COPYRIGHT 1920, 1921 BY

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