New-York tribune., 1918-12-09

by members of tho Spartacus group in
their raid on police headquarters on
November 21 were twenty-e ght thieves
and burglars and five blackmailers and
other criminals, according to "Vor
wkrts"
The "Tageblatt' observes that the
fact that deserters are now permitted
to conduct public meetings and demand
special class privileges may be n minor
detail, but nevertheless Is Indicative Of
the conditions prevailing in Germany.
Council Controls Neu k0ln
The suburb of Neu K6ln now appears
to be in complete control of the Sol
diers' and Workmen's Council there.
This council is made up of soventy-two
Spartacus followers, who summaily
members of the local garrison The
latter published q protest, drawing at
tcntion to the fact that the ultra Radi-
Gals are now in position to put
Simon-p pure Bolshevlsm into prnctice,
as they can loot the town treasury and
the savings banks and contiscate prop
erty generally.
On receiving {hs protest. Premier
Ebert informed the magistrate of the
Spartacus followers were illegal He
promised relief through the interven-
ton Of the Department of the Interior,
which, he said. was the only competent
authority.
Neu Kon is an important industrial
centre, with working people forming
the great bulk Of the population.
Sailors Fight Dictatorship
What promises to be decisive bat
tie for the elimination of partisan
81 C@1l IL >.
Councils throughout Germany already
las been precipitated by the announced
determination Of the soldiers to insist
upon party representation Cn all gov
crning boards. The leaders Of the sol
diers declare that if the present Writ
ual dictatorship system Of government
is to be continued, they will demand
nm equal vote with the working men.
Otherwise, they insist upon the i'm
mediate convocation of the National
Assembly,
1--WE soldiers to-day are fully quail
fed to speak for the bourgeoisie,'
former on-commssioned officer said
to the correspondent. "The war has
obliterated completely what was once
proudly called 'Germany's middle
classes We represent all callings,
trades and professions.
BurgeOlSe NOW PrOiltarlat
"The workingmen, on the other hand,
have succeeded during the progress of
the war in creating a special category,
brought about by the prosperity Of
labor. The hourgeoisie day is really
the proletariat. The soldiers, there
fore, object to being out-voted and
therefore, demand strict party repre-
sentation in the composition of the
Soldiers and Workingmen's boards"
The soldiers seem thus far to have
proved themselves inferior parlamen-
tary tacticians as nompared with the
radiral labor elements. This realiza-
ton is dawning on them, and their
movement designed to reform the work
! ing methods Of the executive committee
and bring about closer communion be-
tween the two divisions proses to fur
nsh the first big political sensation OF
the revolutionary government.
Common Platform Sought
1t is commonly understood the sol
diers are anxious that both wings Of
the German Social Democracy busy
themselves in trying to get together or
a common national platform. The ex-
listing system of a compromise govern
ment is said to have exhausted the
patience of the soldiers.
Public deonstrations on the part OF
the troops returning from the front are
commonly interpreted here as in ap-
proval of the Ebert -Sche idemann group
Philip Schedemann is delivering the
bulk of the patriotic speeches and
clarifying the revolution, while the
Hasse wing of the Cabinet and its in
dependent following apparently is in
possession of decisive strategic ad-
vantage.