I believe that I am here entirely at one with the present Government.

There are two methods of ascertaining the will of the people: either each candidate for the representative body stands for election on a monarchical or a republican platform, in which case the majority of the body itself will express the decision; or the question of Monarchy or Republic can be decided by a plebiscite.

It is matter of common knowledge that I myself have had so serious conflicts with the ex-Kaiser that any co-operation between us is for all time an impossibility.

No one can, therefore, suspect me of wishing on personal grounds to revert to the old regime.

But I am not one to juggle with the idea of democracy, and its nature demands that the people itself should decide.