The chronicle=news., 1913-12-24
Germany Has Crown Tired
of militarist Patriotism,
.e masses az ,s. .,-opi.

the n,asa-s az tho ..-opi-
ontg a sas nish, F..,aE- ,hs paras
iari's .f 'h- army and very rga.n'n
sn' ARMY n.tis-rs have n-g-s eo.-
.~slr~i their opinion iha, ssg ppsiii
be- blessing 10 Germany
sistinE c,"-- Z. a group al hiEh
army ntfissTs in a fashionable is@.iis
-af- 'h" other nikh'. I overheard =
s"ns-r.atia. concerning ,h- Incl.
dents .f zs.-rn in Ni.as-. in which
all the Officers not only expressed
their usual contempt at -iSiiishs. hat
a .sr-s, that a s~. mot- affairs os
iha, Kind might h- ~<rr~aihsiy use
fui 1h.y might stir up the iror
pie "f france ,o such a pitch the, a
war ~auia h- unavoidable shish
would r-s,aF- the German arm, Z.
t-ppainsi',,
IN army amans Whose nffie.s.
such feelings arc common constitutes
Er-ai danger to the ~ssc ot i.a-
rope. II I. AT, to s~s,st Ia desperate
m~aas In preserve its position II s;--s
are taken hs tho r-i-hsias Ia curb :
and rat an rad to the military die
ta'ar.hirs which practically exist ir
trany place. besides Zah~fns
Ths, these miiitsr, ''hn,.pnr.'' in
the German army are s"t oS.r~stim-
atinz their ability to stir up WIN,
rray Increase into ~ fatal excitement
in France. for-"i the prcarnt Ere A,h
government to- make a .tscus nroscs'
in wiihrima,r,sA~. hreansr II had
been reported in France that l.i-i-
tenant Won fnrsinrr had spoken In
insulting or at least sighting terms.
of tho French national rolors. ani I,
was this protest which gave tho firs'
impuis" to an official inquiry and
pnntshmcn, Of those guilty OF abus.
Of power.
In spit" of the optimisti. views ~s-
pressed by the Russian prime minis.
tor. Kokow,ow. during his r,c"n,
visit To tcriin. there l. good reason
to fear that political conditions In
Russia are anything hut satisfactory.
and that the country Is on tho verge
OF new Inevitable catastrophe. Al
tho recent annual convention Of the
Ociobrists In RuRsin. N. Gutchkow.
tho leader or that party. openly az
serted that II would he u crime
aga in., Russia TO support the admin
tstration.
Hc accused the government Of fnl-
styling election returns and OF intim-
dating voters in a way hitherto un-
heard Of even In Russia ana Of me-
giec,inp to carry out nil promised re-
forms while ut the same time lower
ing the prestige OF Russia in the eyes
of Europe. During tho whole Balkan
conflict the stupidity and timidity OF
the Russian government, had hcen
disgraccful and Russia had lost all
the chances and all the positions for
which the Russian nation had shed
IL. blood. The Octohrists had now
| reached the parting Of the ways and
mus, make II their mos, sacred task
to protect the country against Off
cial corruption or sink into oblivion
| forever.
Gutschkow.s speech has been de-
nonnccd by the government as rcvo-
utionnry and should the Octobrists
try to force through their rcsolnt tion
which condemns the government In
the most violent terms. there Is no
shadow OF doubt thnt the government
will dissolve the fourth durua and df-
| minish the powers Of the parliament
which is even now little more thnn
an advisory council.
Gutschkow Is OF the opinion that
no session of the dumn will he called
until the election law has been
changed to suit the government and
many prominent politicians thinl
that only new revolution can pu'
an end to official corruption in Rus
sia.