Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25
Radicals Control
German Government
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four hours doubt rs to their power has
arisen, even among the commissioners
themselves
Some of them, belonging to the In
dependent Socialists, believed in certain
cases. at least. that the executive COM
mittee Of the Soldiers anc WOrkmeu's
Council should be conceded certain
measure of independent authority. As
far as could be ascertained no final de-
cision has been reached yet.
Few Guards on Duty
Apparently only the usual two or
three soldiers are on watch duty in
front of the former ChanCcllor's palace.
No elaborate measures for the prni'C-
tion Of the Government ghcSi auth
ority seem to have been taken and
Socialists of all shades. together with
officials of the old regime who have been
| taken over. into the piesemL system
mingIe freely within the old.t"Shiourd,
Spac Gus halls and rooms adorned with
red curtains, red fittings and red ear
pets, which last are an inheritance from
the former regime.
In ono large room. from th" SIX
hangings of whose wall litc-siH" l'or-
| trait of Prince Won Bulow SIN led heu"Fn-
lently down on them, sat the d"lcgat"'
| from the soldiers and workmen's rom-
| Cil waiting for admission to the 'Hn'n',
meetings. at which they we're to stand
| up for what they deemed their supreme
| authority
In another room the EvENiNG I'rNi,
| lEpGER correspondent, vas lM'I"N''I"
| to Geheimrath von Siemen. whn mtu,
| It quite clear that, although u" Gau
previously been attached to l'rin't MAN
of Badcn's staff. he had the greatest
confidence IL Ebert and ms aSsnc'o,'s
and declared his comv.ru"n tha' o";G
| a strong Socialist Government 'ouIu
safely guide the>destines of the GERMAN
nation through the pr sent crisis lt'
said that they feared n" rcarl 'oh"f\
plot by the Kaiser's fr ends i"r H."
body believed in the resusclta'oh "I
deceased body polite
Fears TOO Much Tolernnc"
The only danger. he added. was tha
the present government might go ol
too far in its toleratlon or Surn rrr
gnrnSibles as the SpartaCus Eroun rms
liberation was dictated by the 'dDlhei
earnt st desire TO maintain unity, orde'
and law, he asserted So as ""t ~ f0r
felt the good will of President wilson
of which the German nation was 81
pitably in need at present.
The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER CORE
spondent is Informed rom c:her source
that the Spartacus group is really a
the bottom of the present ulherehCe
the eXccutiCVe committee of the Soldier
land Worlmen's Council. Although In
latter has expressed it3eif repeatedly II
favor of "A national convention. u seem
: hat members of the SpartaCus groq
) have persuaded it TO protest against al
early date for the election Wh,cn IL wa, wa
said that the Peoples Commissioner
had decided on without first cnnsultlni
the executive committee Of the council
Hence the Iatter's assertion that tn
Peoples Commissioners form only II
executive organ; hence also 'h'S oi'c''
| communication issued today
.The information published Novem
; ber II that registration Tor the eIectlo
Of a national convention would neg
January and that the election Woui
tOle place February is incorrect. n
proposition of that kind having yet pee
decided upon by the Commissioners,
Delay Convention
What the Spartacus group and ccr
, tain elements of the Soldiers and WORK
mems Council are planning IS TO dr!a
| the national convention unil cerIal
radical measures of hnanCc ana Gqua ~
radical assessments of taxes ana Sncla
izing of certain large industrial entel
prises have been accomplished in such
manner that not even the national cor
vPntion Will dare reconsider the''. bias
tic reform in the inheritance tax as we
as restrictions of land ownership al
, also planned.
All these measures If perhaps in
more moderate form. are also p'rt
the Drogram of the regular SOCIALIST
but they are willing to Submi II 70
national convention. trusting mat the
! will elect majority. =,
The bourgeois parties fear tnat u
Soldiers and Workmcn's Council, alu'
by the SpartaCus and similar group
will succeed in wrestling the suprei
mower from the Peoples Commlssione
r and that the next row DAYS VIII see
| change in the Government unless u
commissioners alter their extreme
tolerant attitude 1t is more than dOub
ful that even in Berlin and few oth
. large cities the SpartaCus and klndf'
= clements possess anything like mi
J.. jority.
y 1t is quite certain that the soIdle
now returning in large masses lro
" the front will never submit to the el
i ments now dominating the soldiers al
o Workmen's Council. So both the spa
r tacus group and the council feel mi
n they must act at once and make the
| position secure before the teId grf
f Hood from the front reaches here
e The Peoples Commissioners hele'
d that il they can manage by compfomE
n and delay to ward oC attack FOR lie
r days more they will come out NlCtorlol
. They certainly have the country at lart
=, with them, and even most of the proNll
: Cal Soldiers and Workmen's COunciI