Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-19
A RETURN FROM UTRECHT:
is GERMANY SHAMMINC?
Hand.picked Socialists in Control and "Citi'
zen" Hindenburg Directing the Army
Look Suspicious

| DlEOlNG together laIe ulSpdlCneS lIoHl
Europe and fitting them into events
reported from Germany in the last ten
days, even the most casual reader must
be struck with a sinister significance of
the facts. Here they are:
Er-Emperor William contCmpiates re-
turning from Utrecht across the Meth
criands border into Germany.
Athough the Kaiser 1c0s alleged to hare
abdicated ten days ago, no document
bearing has signature to that effect
has been made public.
Field MdrSbuL Hindenburg is GVOiCed to
1~mab at the head of the German
army and uow signs himself "Citizen"
HiHdenbrg, an ObriouS dping Of t.e
French rerolutionists of Terror days.
The German Government, although it
7rus declared abolished by "semi-
Oficin" neicS agency reports, remains
in the control of a choice group of so
caved Socialists, headed by Philip
ScheidcmaNn and Frederich Ebert,
both of whom hare been pet decoys of
the Kaiser throughout the wdr,
Doctor Soif is still Foreign Minister.
Prince Mar, tie Pr-Chdnceilor. 7Cho an
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N"'"',' ""oSe "'. '"", "' ""'' 70
quoted 0s rcgretting that so many
SreCpug concessions 'Cere made at the
outset Of the peace negotiations, 1chich
40 German nt that Ip
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Isn't such collation. of developments
enough to warrant suspicion of German
faith and Intention Doesn't such a
concatenation of statements assembled
from the daily news columns justify the
Allied peoples in not taking too much
for granted concerning the Huns?
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p'e' '0pp'neu-' III '''oit az s'.""' u 'O''N't
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u 'ne ueiiha" people II II Is, Is II
iepi ie'e''''''''e u 'ioe ue"oti "1s vi
10 IL 'neieiS snan, ueNiseu " meet 'he
cunning u ie'i'Ou'i'e JuS'i1e anu an
p' ,r, " CIV ~ "
ihese are 'iie ihoS' VIAL ques''oiS oeiore
'"e "a Ai,'eo '"''oi'S d. inns i''oine''', anu
u'Cii '"eS arc .o'ipieCe1S anu s"'i'iae
treaties or even peace discussions.
If the German people had undergone
a real change of heart, what kind of
government would they have substituted
for the Kaiser's? That is the test. If
they wanted to get rid forever of the
wicked and cunning apostles of devltry,
would they have rooted out every vestige
of the old order and brought up new
leaders from among themselves, or
would they have been willing to accept
leaders hand-picked by men who stood
in the good graces of the Hohenzollerns I?
Would they have been satisfied with rails
ing the red flag over a few public build