El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-21
Close OF War May Witness
Radical Changes in AH-
tude of Government.
DEMOCRATIC RULE
DEMAND OF MANY
Conservatives Hold Whip
Hand and Oppose Pro-
posed Reforms.

DERLIN. Germany. Oct e1.-rbe
II German government is now show
ing FAR less severity towards the
people who are permitted to do and
say things which would have been
punished before.
Significant Of the present time il
the discussion in almost the entire Ger
man press OF the future ,of democracy
in Germany after the war.
Evidently all but the most irve+ar-
ately reaetionary papers forsee thai The
days OF oligarchy and OF practical ali
solutism hidden under a thin veil Of
constitutional forms have come to an
end and that after the war a demo
cratic Germany must arise. ruled By
monarch responsible TO the people
through his ministers.
From the fact that German diDlo-
macy hitherto secret and independent
OF the contrOI 0f the -sschs.ss- ~,
suffered one defeat after another dur
ing the war. eliminating in the inter
ventiOn OF Rumania on the side or H.,
entente powers the Moderate. Herr
SlreSerllann. raises his voice in favor
az me Teichstag taking a far more
direct and effective part in the cor
in particular.
He suggests the creation Of either
uamentary council composed OF the
leaders OF the leaders OF the various
groups. which should be kept informed
3y the imperial government and col
ArouseS the ReaefiOnaries.
Naturally TINS suggestion has been
met with howl OF rage by the ultra
conservative and reactionary press
Even a paper like the Hamburger
Fremdenblatt7 ingeniously retorts that
The word 'cpntror contains the idea
Of mistrust' and il adds Where the
name Of Htndenburg resounds, there
mistrust has no room"
Hindenburg is the fetch who IS 70
save Germany from every evil, the
shield behind which the government
from the kaiser down takes shelter.
Probably nobody in this country de-
plores this more than Hfndenburg him
self, who is ready enough TO do every
thing IN his power 10 bring home vic
tory but who strongly objects to be-
ing mixed mp in politics. foreign OF do
nestle. like the bluff warrior he is.
he IS perfectly well aware he has
powerful enemies among the officers
OF the general staff. who would rejoice
in his downfall, and he Is far to sen
Sioie 70 believe FOR moment that the
kaiser loves him any more than he
did when he sent him into exile to
Hanover.
War shows Strength Of Masses.
Pleading the cause OF democracy, the
"Frankfurter Zeitung" though not
venturing 70 advocate constitutional
changes during the war argues the
war has revealed the giant strength
and stern virtue of the German masses
and holds that these should be reward
ed by a pronounced evolution towards
a real democratic regime in Germany
after the war
This from one OF the most influential
papers IN the country has made the re-
dictionary press foam with rage One
paper shrieSs that the war has shown
only one thing-the need OF the
strongest possible army-and that the
whole being Of the army is strongly
antagOnistic TO democracy
There is no doubt that the German
masses Will come forward after the
war with very urgent demands for
more political freedom and for direcc
influence upon the affairs of the Ger
man people. but IL is even more Ger
tain that the Conservative. who now
hold the whip hand. particularly IN
Prussia viii put up very stiff fight
I'm defence Of their privileges and
against real constitutional reforms
standard Of living and. incidentally.
spread numerous diseases among the
consumers. as they declare that old and
diseased horses have been slaughtered