Evening star., 1918-12-03
BAVARIA PREM|ER'S
PRESTIGE ON WANE
Country, Gradually Deciding
to Retain Its Unity With
Germany.
MAY ASK DISARMAMENT

the Bavarian premier. is losing pres
tige, according to Munich advice re-
ceived here by the way OF Amsterdam.
Copenhagen and Bern. A Copenhagen
dispatch says that Efsner was Kissed
by his own partisans at Munich dur
ing a celebration in honor Of return
ing soldiers. Later a supporter OF
Eisner was not allowed to make a
speech and was obliged to fee from
an angry crowd, which removed the
red dags along the streets and
stormed the ministry Of the interior.
shouting: Down with Eisner."
Guards fired over the heads Of the
crowd, which dispersed.
A Bern dispatch to the Mail says 1t
is believed that Bavaria is gradually
reaching q conclusion to retain its
unity with the rest of Germany rather
than seeking a separate peace. This
message also reports evidences OF
growing hostility toward Eisner, add
ing that there are signs in Munich
that a crisis is approaching and that
action favoring some form OF mon
archy may be taken within three
weeks.
5000 Locomotives by December IT.
PARIS, December SIT appears the
Germans will be unable to hand over
all the 5000 locomotives stipulated in
the armistice agreement by December
II, according to the Matin, and it is
possible that the allies Will grant
more time to the enemy. This Will
have the effect of delaying peace
negotiations, since they cannot begin
hA tot have
all been fulfilled.
Discussions between the allied dele
cations to the peace conference Will
probably begin on December 20, with
President Wilson taking part per-
sonally.
German Proposal Scored.
PARIS, December 2 (Havas).-The
French press receives with bitter
criticism the German proposal that a
neutral commission be established to
examine the question Of RESPONSE
bility for the war.
'"They have not yet acquired in Ber-
lin a consciousness of the moral
under the unanimous reprobation of
humanity says the Matfn. "One
does not know il one must admire
more the impudence or the stupidity
Of such people. Nothing Is more gro
tesque thansa government accused of
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traitors to settle the case. The abso-
lutte moral Inconsistencies Of the
perpetrators of the greatest crime in
history ID An Ind tCsatioa of German
inferior moral evolution.
Hard Work Only Cure.
s'only pitiless actions against the
principal culprits Will open the eyes
Of the Germans to their turpitude
Only the obligation to work hard to
pay her debts will make Germany real
ize that she is beaten and dissolute,
and that she can redeem herself only
by long expiation."
The German government today, the
Temps declares, is composed of men
ity for the war. The paper adds:
1T takes a really phenomenal un-
consciousness OF an unfa thomable bad
faith to ask tribunal te, hear on the
same grounds the testimony of the
victims and the defense of the ac-
cused."
The allied governments, the Times
continues. have nothing to fear from
the full light Of publicity.
Appeal for German Unity.
AMSTERDAM. December 2.-Ad-
dressing a socialist demonstration in
Berlin Sunday. Premier Ebert strong
ly protested against what he termed
the folly Of splitting the unity Of Ger
many or playing off tribe against
tribe. Herr Ebert said nothing would
be more fatal than for labor to re-
lapse into medieval little states poll
tics, with economic backwardness and
vestry Politics.
Old Regime Still Burning.
i AMSTERDAM, December 2.-The old
governmental machine in Berlin Is
still operating, according to Kurt
Eisner, the Bavarian premier, as quot
ed in the Telegraaf of this city. Els
ner, in speaking at today's meeting
Of the soldiers and workmen's coun-
Gil for Bavaria at Munich, the Tele-
graaf states, announced:
Last week lIwent to Berlin. where
the entire machinery Of the old gov
|ernment is still working"
Referring to the revelation made
public at Munich in the form Of -docu-
mentary evidence Of Germahy's re-
sponsibility for the war. Eisner is
quoted as saying:
tFrom the secret documents of the
Bavarian legation published those
which will prove to the silliest to
whom we owe the war"
Arrests Demanded.
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