Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Widespread Counter-Revo-
lutionary Moves Realized
by Government
|BOLSHEvISM REJECTED
Foreign Office Denies De-
struction of Documents
Showing Blame for War
By JOSEPH HERRINCS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

4 Copyright, 1918. By NrIU York Times Co.
Berlin, Dec 1 delayed,
The Government and its organs
vorwaerts and Die Freihcit. as well
as all the Democratic papers. rejoice
1T the result Of the deliberations OF
the United Berlin Soldiers Councils
which, by 80 to 2, voted for the earli'
est possible national convention.
This Is celebrated as an overwhelm'
ing victory for law and order over
Bolshevism.
The men now having Germany's fate
III hand don't shut their eyes TO IhH
Syer.lurking danger of a counter-reN"
iution, of which there Is abundar
evidence. Only yesterday state sec.
retary Strobel, at large meeting OF
fhe new Fatherland party league, telt
compelled to warn the people that the
reactionaries were at work again. He
daid he would not yet draw the veil
from their Vaccinations, but he threat.
ened a certain few of the generals
at the front with the wrath or the
revolution and all it meant If they
continued passive resistance and ac-
tive intrigue.
( EllWOeUDuTg rOuuus
In connection with this warning a
telegram by the highest command
CIindenburg), to the commander OF
the Eighteenth Army Corps at Frank
fort-un-the-Main. has a special Sig
hificance. 1t reads
AFTER the delegates Of the individ-
Aai States to the Empire conference
!, in Berlin have declared that until
the nation has assembled the work:
ers and Soldiers Councils are regarded
As the representatives of the peoples
will. the highest command advises that
conflicts with the Workers and Sol
Siers' Councils must be avoided, and
II strictly prohibits the arrest of any
members of the Workers and Sol
diers' Councils.
nOn the other hand the Peoples
commissioners are requested to III
Struct the Workers and Soldiers Coun-
cils to conform with military demands
from the armies as necessary for a
safe homeward march and to desist
Prom any interference with it. since it
ls Impossible to draw a straight line
between the rights and duties of both
barties. 1t is to be hoped that the
rnepbers of the front army will un-
dertake nothing causing disturbance
Among the people.
eThis should especially be kept in
mind with regard to red flags and
I hadges. If such are exhibited in dig
nifled form or presented to our troops
N the form of flowers as a sign of
welcome, no offense should be taken,
since neither the populace nor the
!. Workers and Soldiers Councils object
TO badges of other colors."
Police Heads Were Intriguing
Even in Berlin reaction begins to
bestir itself. 1t was announced that
Police Colonel Froblich, head Of the
hid uniformed force, and his assistant
both taken over from the old regime
had retired. On investigation your
Z correspondent learns that both officers
were summarily dismissed because OF
an intrigue against the present au
& fhorities.
The Government has good reason
Aarefully to watch the reactionary ele
Snents and it may oe taken for granted
that IL they are busy in Berlin, they
hre certainly not asleep in the strong
holds of unkerism-Pomerania East
hnd West Prussia.
On the other hand, the suspicious
against the Foreign Office are, ir
many quarters, thought to be quite
mnfounded. Even Su'fs deputy, who
Is not his friend, Karl Gatusky, ac
quits him of the accusation Of having
winked at the destruction of certain
documents by issuing the following
statement:
"Since I have been in charge a.
hhe Foreign Office hardly a day has
passed without some excited people
Invading my room and announcing
khat there are mysterious men in the
Archives of the Foreign Office destroy
dng all the documents pertaining t.
pre-war history. When I asked these
people to lead me to the scene O.
action and point out the guilty men