Evening journal., 1917-09-07
LET'S BE ON THE WATCH FOR FAKE GERMAN RE.
FORMS


his reply to the Pope President Wilson has pointed
4 out way by which the German people secure
peace He has said the word Of the rulers would
not be enough. It would have to he endorsed by the
German people.
OF course this is invitation for the Germans TO
make their government constitutional monarchy or a
republic whatever suits them Just so the people
themselves do the ruling. The United States and the
Allies DO not wish to do business with an autocracy
which makes peace according to its sweet
WILL and drives the plain people to pay the price in blood
and gold.
spurred on by their desire for an armstIce Of i've or
ten years to prepare for the war there every
dioatlon the Hohenzoerns will stage false change
in German government methods to hefool the Allies.
Listen 10 the New York staatszeltung chrpIng 1.-THE
German nation long discovered earnest intention
Of setting It's political house order determination to
make It's cabinet officials resonsbe to the Relchsta and
to create out Of the latter something than gdnd
forum for discussion"
And again "The German people now to speak.
They can have they can have peace appar-
entity at The only thing asked OF them a thing
which they have expressed their intention Of achieving
later anyway responsible parliamentary gov
ernment"
Making the cabinet ministers responsible To Che Reich
stag and speaking Of parliamentary government win
be enough. II the Germans do not desire to part com
pany with their precious Hohenzollern tribe they
at least make these descendants Of BrandenburR obber
barons more than gllded ngureheads
At present TO speak OF Germany as a constitutional or
limited monarchy is huge Joke. Nominaly the Kaiser
Is limited by the Bundesrat and ReIchsag Actually he
imposes his will truly did the Gar Of all the Rus
sias In his palmlest days.
The Bundesra Is packed with his partNans The Reich
stag Is kept from representing the great Of the
people by the greatest gerrymander all history The
sparsey settled agricultural districts Of East and West
Prussia have representation than the largely popu
lated Industrial cities.
A real government. in which the United states and
follows,
Kaiser who a ngurehead.
Bundesrat upper house not packed with appolntees
OF the junkers but really representing all the people
Rechstag Of members elected from districts equalng
each other In population.
chancellor and cabinet responsible 20 the Parliament
alone and drawn from the party or block OF parties
temporarily in command just times England the
cabinet is conservative LIBERAL according the Par
Lament majority.
Such government would Justify considering peace
negotiations. Peace could then really be concluded with
the German people and not with their masters. And In
the future there would be less danger OF war because II
would have TO be declared by the people.
Anything short OF this would be sham reform an al
legged parliamentary government shorn OF all power the
moment peace had been concluded. With the army at
his back the Kaiser would quickly show who was mas
ter The German Government with which we deal about
peace must be firmly established that the army will
be its servant
While lighting TO make the world safe for democracy,
can't AFFORD 70 be rlcked into making Germany safe
for the Kaiser.