Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-12-13


This question Of reparatlon bring
up the matter OF commercial boycott
Many authorities assert that the onl!
way Germany can pay will be by OBJ
tanning raw materials from the coun
tries She has been fighting and selling
her products In their markets. Very
likely the peace conference will declare
against the boycott idea, but II VIII
/ not be so easy to persuade the peoples
Of the allied nations to buy German
made goods. Most Of them would pre-.
| fer to see Germany reduced TO the pc.
sltion She hns earned for herself, to
have such money MS can be taken from
her and TO let the rest OF the financial
PREPARATION go by the board Austria,
too, Is making the loud wall for raw
materials and markets. Or. Franz
Klein, who will represent at the pence
conference the sO-culled Austrian re-
public provided he Is admitted, Is re.
lying especially on America to be
fair" aud to solve the troubles Of the
late empire so that all the republics
can live in peace and prosperity. Some
job
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Conditions In Germany nrr almost
MS uncertain MS In Russia after The
fall Of kerenSly Just who or what
comprises the government It is hard to
say Premier Ebert and his moderate
socialist colleagues are still the nomi-
nal rulers Of Prussia, but Dr. Karl
liehknccht ana his Spartacus group
Of SocialiNts-the German equivalent
Of the bolsheylki-are vigorously
fighting to get the upper hand. They
are especially strong IN Berlin, which
IS in u state of great disorder. 1t is
reported that Lichknecht has 1900
men Well trmcd and IS planning a ter
rurist revolution. He reviles Ebert for
asking food from America, for, since
this IS conditioned On the maintenance
Of order. II is yielding to n capitalist
effort to beat bolshevlk aims Licb-
knecht's organ, the Red Flag, demands
the dismissal of officers and the
choosing by soldiers of their leaders;
the immediate arming of the reyolu-
tlonary workmen and the dsarming of
all other organizations the destruc-
ton Of capitalism. the annulment Of
war loans and the Specialization OF all
business.
The soldiers and workmen's coun-
ellis Of Germany have demanded that
the ex-kaiser be tried by German
tribunal, which would probably be
the best he could hope for.
In many parts of Germany there Is
swift reaction against the bolshevik
movement, and 1t threatens to grow
into Counter-revOlutlon, with the pos
sible restoration of the monarchy.
This is fostered by many officers and
supported by certain units Of the
army. That 1t will go far seems quite
unlikely. The soldiers and workmen
generally, however, seem disposed to
support the Ebert government rather
than the Spartacus group.
The leaders Of the BavarIan repub.
lie have induced the Berliners to de-
mand the resignation OF Doctor Solf,
whose retention ms foreign secretary
has been one Of the puzzles to outsd-
ers, and to exclude Matthias Erzberger
from the peace negotiations.
The late leaders Of Germany and
Austria are quarreling among them
selves concerning who was responsible
for starting the war, and the present
leaders are demanding that this ques-
tlon be settled by an inquiry and the
guilty ones punished. How much
chance there Is Of II fair investigation
Is revealed by the fact, just brought to
light, that the German foreign office
burned all the documents In the ar
chlyes that might place the responsible
lily for the war on the German govern
ment. II Is interesting TO note that
Doctor Solf has proposed that neu-
tral commission inquire into the orr
gin of the war
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The allied armies Of occupation CON
tlnue their march into German terri
tory and are meeting with no resist
ance and little trouble of any kind.
The Germans are not keeping up to
schedule In complying with the armls-
tice terms, but say this Is impossible
In some instances. For instance, they
cannot gather the required number of
locomotives, and the alrplanes called
for are being given up where they are
instead of being collected and surren.
dered In bunch. The last of the Hun
submarines have been turned over TO
the allied fleet and the Germany navy,
whose personnel was denounced by
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