Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-19
The Big MAN OF GERMANY.
Ebert. a HarnessrMaker Is Now In
the Saddle. ...,.. ..


/ Chancellor Ebert Ia the man Of the
!. Hour in Germany, according to Fred
erick Vile, who tor many years was
| newspaper correspondent at Berlin.
THE kaiser has made way for sad
J dler,u Mr.. Wile says. EBERT now So
dialist leader and ohanoellor,"is a har-
, ness maker by trade. He'is one OF the
most forceful! personalities In the Ger
man Social Democracy. Although
lrtlentified from the outset Of the war
with the pro-war wing Of Socialism,
he was at no time such a. sycophantic
tool of the Hohenzollern muta-ists as
J was Philip Scheidemann, the Socialist
official ohief. who accepted a nhniste-
nal office q month ago under the inn
IJerial government of Prince Maximn-
iAn, the kaiser's chancellor.
! ~IS Rsnll s4eadsr, sr,,, =, ii,
FIN the events Of the past week
Ebert not scheidemann', has been the
promiiient figure in affairs. During the
dramatic crisis which Germany has
now experienced, he has taken ISSUE
, With the tanner branch OF his party
and has stood out as the real leader.
! shortly he may become president OF
the first German republic. He Is A
and Prussian. Although sturdy and
asserrtive in politics, he has revealed
Qualities Of moderation which will
stand for Wise counsel and efficient
8 serrv,ice at this time. -
j. He is short Of stature, with bushy
half, fun eyebrows. and. a heavy black
rhustache. His complexion is uneom-
monty dark and he might easily pass
lfpr an Italian Or spaniard. He is de-
Sdedly d man Of action, as distinguish l.
ed from scheidethann. ~ :, .
|. .."'' Pfeased Both Factions. '' '''
J. He won his spurs as a Socialist
Header at chemnitz. at the party con-
gress, ess "a" year or two before the war.
As usual on such occasions, the pro-
cee'dfhgs were stormy, but Ebert con-
Quoted them with consumrnate skill
and firmness accomplishing the mira
Gle Of pleasing both the Radical and
the Moderate factions. Ever afterward
he enjoyed great influence among the
Organized workers Of the Fdtherland.
| II should say lnhesitatingly that the
! derhhah 'proletariat had made the best
possibie choice in placing Ebert in a
positioh In which he win succeed the
aristocrStlc ''regime whoce fa1l, with
Kaleidoscope |" ynu'ttdenhess, was finally
accomplished at the beliest Of tho
working classes ~ '''' .',''-. ''' "'.',.
| Ills last public 'utterance WIS made
! in the 'retchstaS at the end Of October,
during the discussion Of Prince Maxi
milisn's second note to President VIII
: son. On that Occasion he Indicated his
bitter opposition 10 ;ny kind Of peace
that would intiict economic hardship
Iupoh the German people. ~
l. Attitude Toward Wilson.
! ".ff tresidHht Wilson wishes a per
tmanent peace, 'he said, let him disa-
VOW tne ClaIuOT OI tuOSe WIN "ou'u
place tfieir heels on the neck OF a de-
feated foe. Let him listen to Arthur
Henderson,, the British labor leader,
ana his friends, *ho" do not WISH the
i, application of THIS SOFT 81 force. What
ever MAY ihabpeh.d We Of central Er-
trppe will always remain a popufous
and I'm portaYrt' nation n our enemies
wish to remain our foes let them turn
d s into wage Slaves s: but TREY Should
lbe#ate 'thfs Slavery, FOR one day It WIN
come to an ehd. II they wish to be
dur friends, all the better for them.
| we will have fafth Ia DIR owh' people.
We shall stfii' fiapep6ur brains end out
rnusrJes.HIg nr''"r 'rd; = h"f''i'hi
/ -Bbert's phrase, 1--WE OF central Eu-
| lrppeti In fhe ABOVE quotation may we'll
have BEEN irtend ded ias' q Mint Of the
amaisahation Of Germany and Ger
man Austria, which would bring to-
gether'a total OTIS, oDe. zoe to se.eoo.
] 600 people and d territory that wctid
be a formidable block IN tire heart Of
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