The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-12-20

inns question Of reparatlon brings
up the matter of a commercial boycott-
many authorities assert that the only
WI! germany can pay will be by OBJ
oaihiDg raw materials from the coun-
tries she has been fighting and selling
her products in their markets. Very
hkeiy the peace conference will declare
against the boycott idea, but II Will
not De so easy to persuade the peoples
oi the allied nations to buy German
made goods. Most Of them would pre-
Ter to see Germany reduced to the no
sition she has earned for herself. to
nave such money as can be taken from
her' ana to let the rest Of the financial
reparation go by the board. Austria.
TOO. Is making the loud wall for raw
materials and markets. DR.. Franz
Klein. who will represent at the peace
conference the so-called Austrian re-
pubic. provided he Is admitted, Is re-
lying especially on America to be
1air and to solve the troubles of the
tate empire SO that all the republics
can live in peace and prosperity. Some
Conditions In Germany are almost
MS uncertain as In Russia after the
rail- or kerensky. Just who or what
comprises the government II is hard Ia
say. Premier Ebert and his moderate
socialist colleagues are still the uomi.
NJ
Liebknecht and his Spartacus group
OF socialists-the German equivalent
or the bOlsheviki-are vigorously
hghting to get the upper hand. They
are especially strong in Berlin, which
Is In state OF great disorder. 1t is
reported that Liebknecht has 15.OOo
men well armed and Is planning ter
rorist revolution. He reviles Ebert for
asking food from America, for, since
thls is conditioned on the maintenance
or order, 1t Is yielding to a capitalist
effort to beat bolshevik aims" Lieb-
khechts organ, the Red Flag. demands
the dismissal Of officers and the
choosing by soldiers of their Ter ders:
the immediate arming of the revolu-
tonary workmen and the disarming of
all other organizations: the destruc.
ton of capitalism. the annulment of
war loans and the specialization of all
business.
The soldiers and workmen's coun-
ellis of Germany have demanded that
the ex-kaiser be tried by German
tribunal. which would probably be
the best he could hope for.
In many parts of Germany there is
swift reaction against the bolshevik
movement, and 1t threatens to grow
into counter-revolution, with the pos
sibie restoration of the monarchy.
This Is fostered by many officers and
supported by certain units of the
army. That 1t will go far seems quite
unlikely. The soldiers and workmen
generally. however, seem disposed to
support the Ebert government rather
than the Spartacus group.
The leaders OF the Bavarian repub-
lie have induced the Berliners to de-
mand the resignation of Doctor Solf.
whose retention as foreign secretary
has been one of the puzzles to outsid-
ers. and to exclude Matthias Erzberger
from the peace negotiations
The late leaders Of Germany and
Austria are Quarre,ing among them
selves concerning who was responsible
for starting the war. and the present
leaders are demanding that this ques-
ton be settled by an inquiry and the
guilty ones punished. How much
chance there is Of fair investigation
is revealed by the fact. just brought to
light, that the German foreign Office
burned all the documents in the ar
chives that might place the responsible
fty for the war on the German govern
ment. II Is interesting to note that
Doctor Solf has proposed that a neu-
trail commission Inquire into the ORR
gin of the war.
The allied armies OF occupation con-
tiuue their march into German terri
tory and are meeting with no resist
ance and little trouble of any kind.
The Germans are not keeping UP to
schedule In complying with the armis-
tice terms. but say this Is impossible
In some instances. For instance. they
gather the required number OF
locomotives. and the airplanes called
for are being given up where they are
Instead of being collected and surren-
dered Ia bunch. The last Of the Hun |
have been turned over to |
the allied feet and the Germany navy.
whose personnel was denounced By |