The Washington herald., 1918-12-30

London. Dec In Germany. az
Russia. the course OF events follow
ing the downfall of the autOcracy,
has tended to strengthen the eNtren-
ist or Bolshevik party. The German
Bolsheviks. under the famous Karl
Liebknecht, are known as the Spar
tacus group These dreaded red rev
olutionists are a mystery to the out
side world. because first. the kaiscr's
government and, later the socialist
government that succeeded to power
have done their best TO minimize and
conceal the threatening extent OF the
BOlsheyIk agitation.
From reliable information available
here am able to give some facts re-
Earding the German Lenins and
Trotskys who are plotting with their
Russian friends to Bolshevize Ger
many as "A step toward the dictator
ship by the proletaTist OF the entire
world including America.
LIebknecht Created Spartacus Group.
The Spartacus Group is the personal
creation Of LiebknechJ Its name.
taken from the famous gladiator who
armed the slaves aEainst the power Of
Rome mud persisted in tho attempt TO
overthrow tn capitalist state of nus
Ieriod. was Invented Iy I.icbknecht IN
49,. In that year n large number OF
ANONYMOUS pamphlets attacking the
government and signed ''SpaTtaCus'
were circulated throughout Germany
Tho secret Of their authorship was
we'll guarded. for officials searched dill
i-ently for the writer. II did not be
como known until he was Jailed i'm the
following year for his disturbances IN
the ReichstaE and for melting May
Day crowd to rcvolutiOnize that Spar
tacus'' was the fearless Liobknecht.
After IacbkncCht had been InCar-
cerated an illegal periodical named
SpartaCus was published at irreEu-
lar intervals by Ruchle HeTZfeld and
his other followers Not only did this
paper denounce the German govern
ment a. responsible for The war. but
ii preached Bolshevism even before the
Russian revolution. and hotly de
nounced as well Scheidemann and
the majority Of tame Socialists as
tools OF the capitalists and as white
lWcred towards.
Present Power H. Alarming.
The Srartarus group was ropTr-
scented at the Zimmerwald and KEN
thai conferences OF extremists from
all the beIIjEerent countries. held in
SWitzerlgud in 1915 and 1915. Lenin
and Trotsl,y and Radek and other
unknown individuals who later hor-
, riflcd the world Were present At
these meetings and the Spartacus
delegates were the only men who
went the whole hog Of terrorism
and anarchy with the Russian. The
proceedings Of these conferences
prove that the German Spartacus
party is entirely at one with the
PoIshovistS Little was heard Of
the group during the war; iceTed at
and bounded by the police. il exist
cd in cellars, but now its power rs
alarming.
At present tho German govern
m,nt is in the hands OF a coalition
between the old tame Socialist ma
jurity and the more extreme lndr-
pendents. but so strong has Lieb-
knecht and his following become
that the two government parties
show signs of breaking UP. Many
of the Independents will Join m"
majority party, while others Will
mass over to the extreme left and 90
Liebknecht.
To Destroy Ordered society.
This fearless and dangerous aEi-
tstor whose followers believe him %
second Ienin. l. being eGged on daily
by his Russian comrades" by wue
less from Moscow to set up a "diCto-
torship % the proletaUiat." and terTo
at the prospect Of this is causing
South German states to threaten sep
aration from Prussia and separate
peace il Prussia goes BolShcvik For
not only do most Germans believe
that the allies would refuse to make
peace with a Bolshevik government
| but they realize that the SpartaCus
people. including Liebkuecht himself,
are not particularly anxious FOR
peace.
This strange view. in a beaten and
helpless country, is explained by
some Spartacus literature that has
been sent me The German eXtrcm-
lists want the war to 20 on. because
il is in the utter breakup and disso-
luton of society. I'm famine. massacre
and terror. that they hope 10 destroy
all ordered society. They believe in
/ destruction. they declare. not foG its
own sake but because Il is a neces-
sary preliminary to the new social
order when those who work with
their hands shall inherit the earth.
Licbknecht lis One With Trotsky.
Moreover. all intelligent BoIshe-
yiks realize that one or two Boil
sheviki countries cannot stand long
against the rest OF the world /:
either the whole globe will relapse
! into anarchy or Bolshevism is doom