El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-21
HAS
MADE WAY FOR
SADDLE MAKER
Ebert, the New Chancellor,
Has Also Made Harness
For a Living.
SHOWS QUALITIES
OF LEADERSHIP

7 oNDoN, Eng, Dec. 31.-''The kaiser
Il has made way for a saddIer. Herr
Ebert, the Socialist leader who Is to
be chancellor during the regency OF
Germany, Is a harness maker by
trade. He rs one Of the most forctfuI
personalities in the German social
democracy" writes a correspondent IN
London paper.
although Identified from the out
set OF the war with the pro-govern-
ment ard pro-war wing OF the Social
ist party. Ebert has not been such a
sycophantic tool OF the Hohenzollerns
and the militarists as the official
leader OF the Socialists. Herr Scheide-
mann, who accepted office month
ago in the imperial democratic gov
eminent under prince Max
He Is A PrusEinn-
Herr Ebert. who may shortly be
president Ebert Of the German re
public, is A years old and is, II am
not mistaken. a Prussian- In both
temperament and politics he has re-
vealed moderation He is short and
sturdy. with a head of bushy hair.
full eyebrows. and a heavy, dark
mustache. He is decidedly a man OF
action, as distinguished from Scheide-
Ebert won his spurs as a Socialist
chieftain at the Chemnitz congress OF
the party organization year OF two
before the war. AS usual on those
occasions proceedings were often
stormy. but Ebert conducted them
with consummate skill. accomplishing
the almost impossible feat OF satisfy
ing both factiOns-ths moderates and
the extremists He has enjoyed great
influence among the organized work
ers OF the fatherland ever since the
Chemnitz Parteitag tcongress).
l. Good Leader.
7 should say unhesitatingly That
the German proletariat has made the
best pOssibl choice at its command in
placing Ebert in power in succession
to the autocratic regime which has
fallen with such Kaleidoscope sud
denness mainly at the behest Of the
German working classes His COM
bined qualities OF leadership. modera-
ton and executive talent should fit
tional organization which now awaits
his class
Undoubtedly the Germans viii now
set up a republic Whether there will
be = series Of Independently adminis-
tered republicans each for Prussia
Bavaria Ssxony. Wurtemberg and the
other existing states. prtncipalities
and duchies Of the Germany that was
or a German confederation on the
lines OF the United States or Switzer-
land-it IS too early 10 foreshadow-
Wanted Early Peace.
Ebert expressed his views on the
sort OF peace that would be accept
able TO the German democracy in a
speech in the reichstaE at the end OF
October. He said. among other things-
IF president Wilson wants n per-
manent peace. then let him disavow
those who would place their heels on
the necks OF the defeated Zoe Let
Mr. Wilson listen 10 Henderson and
his friends, who do not wish force TO
be applied Whatever happens. we
in central Europe will remain a popu-
lous and important nation II our
enemies wish to remain our foes and i
turn US into wage slaves. then we
say to them Beware, This slavery 1
will one day have an endT II shey I
wish to be our friends. all the better
for them. Come what may. we have
faith in our own people We shall /
still have cur brains and our muscles I
"Eberts phrase about we IN Cen
trail Europe may be a reference 70 an 4
amalgamation OF Germany with Ger
man Austria. a nation which might 4
total 100000 or S0.00o.o0O inhabi- I
tants and form a quite formidable Z
territorial bloc in the heart OF the /
continent"