Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-26
LIFTING THE
| TEUTONIC VEIL


| to decide. 1t is commonly argued that
democracy will have come In Germany
| when the chancellor has been made
responsible I, the reichstag. But Just
as necessary Is the subordination Of
the military authorities to the chancel-
lor.
| The following editorial from the
Frankfurter Zeitung. quoting Fried
rich Naumann. author OF "Mittel- Eu-
ropa," points out very clearly hew en-
tirely independent OF the civil author
tiles are the military. authorities.
Thus we had a government of Beth
mann Hollweg and Tirp.tz govern
n'ent." says tho Zeituns. Today II
might as well be- said Germany has n
Hertling government and Hinden-
burg Ludendorff government.
SPEECH 10 REPRODUCED.
| The Zeitung writes: ''This paper
prints portions Of the speech Of Fried
rich Naumann (author of "Nutel-Eu-
ropa'o delivered in this German parl.il-
meat on Oct. 9. from the s.unt graphic
manuscript and recommends its close
l.riIsal on account of the Interesting
fa cts it contains in connection with the
great domestic controversy and par
tic:ilarly on the subsequent effect Of
tho tmperor's rJnarks, I DO not recog-
ntze parties any longer
I'm this connection Naumann spoke
on the side government Of Tirpitz at
the head of the new fatherland party.
of which one can not intelligently
speak unless Tirpitzs activity is men
toned in connection herewith. Maui
mann says that years ago. he himself
had been active in the agitation for a
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by Tirpitz, and also that he knows
many good trait of the man. Stin
Tirpitz's subsequent development
| forms part of the most painful expert
ences Of this war. Tirpitz succeeded
in creating a big navy and then ne
wanted to Pursue his own policy with
1t. This eliminated toward the end of
1917 into a special policy within the
politics Of the government. Thus"we
had a government of Bethmann- Holl-
veg and Tirpitz government.
NO DECISION POSSIBLE.
In this dual system of government
under which we suffered so severely, Il
decision could not be had either from
above or from below. We experienced
times in which neither the monarchy
nor parliament could find difference
dare to attack this dual system. The
dualism crept gradually into the pub
lie branches Of the administration, into
the army and into newspapers as well
as into the population. Everything
pertaining to the fatherland party. it's
program and what is being aimed at
outside Of 1t, or what Is being said
concerning It, has nothing to do with
itS AaSira IN 70. MO-
much that a few ill-advised members
of the progressive party have Joined 1t.
This dualism still obtains. Today
1t exists no longer as Tirpitz against
the Bethmann, but under the new con-
scription of Tirpitz versus the majority
of representatives of the German peo-
pie. The present political fights are
now being carried on under the new
firms name. and under this new firm
we fight the decisive political battles
which extend into the masses of the
people and into the army.
STATEMENT is DENIED.
TN referring to Tirpitzs prophecies
in connection with the submarine war,
Naumann says that Won Tirpitz told
Deputy Haase that he never uttered
the words. England Is to be hauled
across the knee but for a short period,
and that he has nothing to do with the
excuses committed by the fatherland
party. I admit says Naumann. that
it Is the will of Won Tirpitz not always
to do the things himself which he likes
to have done; but when we compare
what he denies having said to Haase it
turns out that the latter had not Of
his own Nolition accused Won Tirpitz
of having made that remark concern
ing England, but that Lehmann's PAM
phlet on the aims Of the war contained
. such a remark and also charged Won
Tirpitz with having stated that in time
England would be forced to her knees
six months after the beginning Of the
reinforced submarine war; The same
pamphlets contain the further re-
marks: Then Won Tirpitz had to re-
sign his office, but the submarine war
still continued; now the emperor or
dered the reinforced submarine war,
which. according to the same pamph-
let, was to be finished within a few
months
This pamphlet, which was circu-
lated in foreign countries by the legion,
caused the people to believe that Won
Tirpitz was the father of such exag-
gerated ideas. Now ask said Maui
mann, In his speech. have. you ever
heard Won Tirpitx deny that he was
the father of that idea7 Or can we
assert Of having heard something sim
liar from the others? And at the risk
of exposing the military secrets of the
commission. l will say that the re-
Gently departed deputy Bassermann
stated In the session Of the commits
sion in March, 1915, when the affairs
of the submarine war began to en-
gage the attention Of parliament, that
he stood behind advocates Of the rein
forced submarine war. and behind the
expert authority Of Grand Admiral Won
Tirpitz and that there were enough
submarine boats on, hand to accom-
plish the expected results against Eng
land? The speaker also referred to
remarks Of Count Westarp, who in this
connection expressed his opinion that
the destruction of 100000 tons a month