Evening journal., 1918-03-20
Press OF GERMANY
REFLECTS .DISQU|ET
Annexatiorist Demands May
End in Upheaval That
Will Shake Empire
NEW YORCK
SCALED FOR

German newspapers arriving in this
country give an added insight into the
disturbing political conditions in Ger
many. Just prior 10 the resumption Of
all power to the German military au-
thorities the following appeared in
''Vorwaerts," the Official organ Of the
German Socialist party:
"The pan-Germans are not satisfied
with the development Of things at Brest-
Litovsk. Therefore. they are flatly call
ing for a revolution. However. Il is not
TO be a revolt Of the people, since eevn
they cannot doubt that not one-thou-
sandth Of the German people would rise
IN behalf OF pan-German annexationist
aims as against a peace by understand
ing.
"rhey shout for a revolution Of the
generals. Where Is Yorck?' Is the
heading OF an article in the Deutsche
Tageszeitung, which concludes:
Where is the Yorck for whom this
dire time Is so anxiously waiting? Is
there not one among all the paladines9
THE allusion TO Yorck ( a general IA
nous in German history because he re-
fused TO obey his Kings orders and Of
fcred 20 be shOt) Is unmistakable. Here
IS q summons TO our generals to go over
The head OF the government and deal,
on their own initiative, with the enemy,
and. n they chose, break OF negotia-
tions and continue the war.
What this would mean, II IL actually
CNne TO pass need not be discussed
NE. Iorck offered his head to his
king, but kept it because he acted in
the sense Of historical necessity and had
The people behind him.
But the general who today would
play the role Of Yorck. acting on the
suggestion OF the Deutsche Tageszeit-
ing, would lnd out that in his cas-.
The incident would not be closed BY the
mere offer For he would have neither
historical necessity nor the will of the
people behind him He would act
merely in the interest OF small cli0ue
" diTgruntled annexationists politi-
clans
Denied Concrete Threats.
This incident shall remain unforgot-
ten In connection with the Characters
Tics OF the pan-Gerrnans. When the
revolutionary threats Of General Won
Gclhsattel AGAINST ex-Chancellor Won
Bethmann-Hollweg became known the
pan-German press denied that It was 4
case Of concrete threats. They assert
I'd 10 was merely a warning by the So
licitous patriot OF the peoples fury that
-10n would burst all bounds
Is this call for a new Yorck also
only a 'warningG Nay--it Is a concrete
threat and advocacy OF military cour
d'etat"
This is the lrst lntimation OF rev.
Olutionary threat" by General Won GeTb,
al 20 oh
tel commanded army corps both I'm N,
cast and the west during the FIRST tw,
ears OF the war and frequently wa.
mentioned in the German War Omc,
rep0rts. He IS retired. and the actor
rrferred to in the VorVyaerts presumably
B. the reason)
Here is a typical TRADE against On,
German Liberals and Socialists, OF th,
sort That so rlled Philip Scheidemann
majority Socialist leader, that he re
Gently threatened the government 6
would be swept away" by the masse
II It continued 10 make common caus
with the lunkers. What follows wa
shouted at a recent Reichstag meetinl
by Herr Won nldenburg, a Conservative
Deputy and arch iunker:
Erzberger and Scheidemann are max
ing a fool out OF the German empir
4
ihority ] would send Erzberger into
front line trench, and Scheideman
would have to make himself useful il
the auxiliary war service.
I'll were In authority and the So
cialists refused TO make munitions
would tell them:
"'He who deserts his country In th
hour Of need is a low dog
THE ring leaders should be lined u
against the wall and shot Great ap
p.suse
The government must be like
iamer. now caress. now use the whiI
lie who only caresses soon will b
overthrown.
"What does this phrase 'self-determ
nation or 'plebisciie' mean2 WhoevC
has gone through Poland and know
that country will say with Beuchel
-'Vox populi. vox rindsviehr" tTh
voice Of the people is the voice of oxen
The official record of the Reichsta
-essiOn adds TO this in parenthesi.
stormy laughter"
Won Oldenburg once achieved not,
riety by declaring that the Kais,
should have the right to send lie,
tenant with ten men 20 close the Reici
.ag.
How bitter is the feeling against vc
irptz and his Fatherlsnd party eve
mong former German soldiers VIII
have been wounded in the present wa
apparent from the following sioI
which appeared In the Schwaebisct
ragewachi, a Socialist newspaper.
AT a meeting Of The Fatherlar
party last night a number Of war su
'erers who were among the audien
protested against certain statcmcn
'nade-by one Of the speakers The r
ult was that policemen dubbed 0
war sufferers out of the hall. Lat
'n the eveneing an election Of the W
sufferers Bund was scheduled 90 ta
place, at which the Reichsiag Deputi,
-lvkovich Progressive PEOPLES part
md Davidsohn tSocialistl, as well
he president OF the bund. Herr hut
uer, were TO. make speeches. In O
peeches certain happenings at pa
'ierman meetings were 10 be discussC
About 10000 persons had gathered
attend the meeting.
in The eleventh hour the meeti