New-York tribune., 1918-12-03
State Department With Non.
Pan-Cerman Head To Be
Placed at Munich
Victory for Eisner
ocheidemann and David
May Be Dropped to Keep
All the Factions United
Tribune Cable Seruice

'lrh, 1918. New York Tribune Incl
he HAGUE, Dec. 2.-Changes in
'he German government looking toward
reconciliation between Berlin and Ra.
v"r'a and seeking to guard against tho
dangers threatening the government
DoIh on the extreme Right and the ex-
IRENE Lett are forshadowed in dis
patches from Berlin.
Inc first step in the efforts to ond
the teud between Kurt Eisner. head of
the Bavarian government, which re-
Gently proclaimed its separation from
Prussia, and the Berlin authorities
Will be the establishment by the gov
ernment of state department at
Munich. This is to be headed by a
man whose conduct throughout the war
has not been compromised in the ewes
OF German and foreign public opinion,
as nave Hugo Haase, Wilhelm Dittman,
Dr. Richard Won Kuchlmann and Kurt
Elsner himself
Socialists Back Eisner
Inc Independent Socialists in Berlin
seem to be in sympathy with the de-
mand of Kurt Eisner and the Bavarian
SOCIALISTS Tor the removal of such men
from the government as Phiiipp Schei-
demann and Dr.. Eduard David
David is especially obnoxious to Els
ner and the Independents because OF
MS Jlngo record throughout the war.
He is called one Of the foremost So
cialist exponents OF German imperial
ism and man who, together with
Paul Lench, did very much to COM
mr.
in its relations with the former i'm
perial government. Present indica-
tions are that David will 20.
The establishment of the German
State Department at Munich and the
elimination of David, may prove suf-
ilclent to conciliate Bavaria.
Want Unity Retained
The Independent Socialists, who are
opposed both to the Scheidemanites
and Liebknecht's s Bolshevik- Spartacus
group, are especially anxious to stem
all saparatist tendencies and to main
tain the unity of Germany, fearing that
internal struggles and the separation
of German states from the centre will
tend to help to counter Revolutionary
schemes of certain generals and will
lead to heavier peace terms at the
hands of the Entente. Much anxiety
prevails among the Independents lest
the capitalist and militarist groups
succeed in overthrowing the revolu-
tlonary government with the aid of
Entente intervention, which they fear.
IS certain unless internal order is
maintained in Germany. They look to
the Socialists and labor elements of
the Entente to prevent counter revolu-
tiorary interference
The conflict started by Kurt Eisner's
men, created great dismay in the heart
of the Berlin Foreign Office. At first
the ScheidemannDavid forces sought
to retaliate with an offensive against
Esner. "Vorwarts" sought to dis
credit him by asserting that he voted
for the war credits in 1914. But
whether this is true or not, .Eisner was
one of the first men in Germany to
unmask the deliberate war scheming
of the pan-German party in a powerful
article in the "Neue Zeit," in 1915.
The fact that he may have voted for
the first war credits in 1914 was due,
it is pointed out by his friends, 10 the
traditional discipline Of the German
al-Democracy. whose Reichstag rep
resentatives always thrashed their
problems out in caucus and then COM
PEELED all members to vote with the
maj jority.
1T is worthy to note" says the Ber-
lin correspondent Of the "Nieuwe Rot
terdamsche Courant," chat Eisner is
like many of his friends While pos
sessed Of intense distrust of all po-
litical personages of the old regime, he
shows complete confidence in M. Glenn
enceau"