The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-30
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YIop6on Ttrnes-Puofic Ledger Service
Special Correspondence. Copyright
1918 by Public Ledger Company

FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN. Nov.
.,e-Whcn wa. last in Frankfort. at
III. end OF March. nobody believed IN
rsoeedv peace 4 tremendous longing for
peace prevailed everywhere. but the vie"
universally held was that the German
offensive then Just begun would develop
into complete victory and make Ger
nranv's adversaries ripe for peace Tho
middle classes and wide circles or the
working classes believed that real ana
ocrrnanent peace could only be attained
IL their adversaries' wtll was impaired.
though the Fan-Gerrnans alone thought
that the smashing OF the Entente was
possible.
Since then the picture has been essen
tiallv changed. though tho external APP
Dearancs OF the streets Is altered but
little. You geo persons commissioned oy
4be workers and Soldiers Council Vun-
ming round tho city wherever you so.
Frankfort looked better under the MILL
tary svstern The peoples representa-
1iyes. many Of whom belong to the work
er's defense force, wear CIVILIAN cIo'n-
Ing often very ragged. The rrd cocKade
gives the only uniform note. The poru-
1atlon's way Of looking at things. how
ever. has changed very much. N" pour
ceoisie being full cs enlightenment and
fcelins i,sclt deceived hY it's former
.ulcrs. I, expects little good from the
'crsaillcs Conference.
Expect Guilty To Be Punished.
Hardly any intcrsS: whatever Is now
in Germany for III" former dynasty.
$ indi Efereac" toward the dethrOned
,ore powerful than hate or contempt.
remarkable how quickly the Hohcn-
rms seem 10 have been forgotten
burning questions of the day ara
ss;n- ell minds but III" people be-
SvS the past will once r:,"-e DC brought
later and Tho guilty then punished.
the declaration of the arnistice
troops from .hn lines OF communion
on threw themselves without order on
tho trains going eastward. For the mo-
Z men: the carriages wnr" choked with
knapsacks and kit bags 50 that no one
could enter. Those who were unable to
Get places wsre obliged 10 remain in the
cold on Tho rootboards outside or travel
on tho. roofs. No railway carriage In tho
regions affected ~ the rehabilitation
TOW possess 4 pan" "f glass.
Among the returning soldiers there Is
relatively little BolshsTisnl. They are
coming homo embitsercd and amazed at
the proceedings in Berlin. and among
these mon circulatcs the characteristic
saying that they want to return to a
home and not a pig sty. The soldiers
ask where the homo army has remained
and the great military reserves OF which
the supreme ernly command and the
newspapers chartered.
The anxiety OF the civilian population
about proletarlan dictatorship fire.
Quently affords an opportunity to Grim
inals to utilize this alarm Cor their owl
purposes. They thus impos" upon civil
ians and wearing the rod ribbons OF the
Workers and Soldiers Council commit
robbery OF luggage and other private
property under the preteHt Of carrying
out Investigations.
Rolling Stock In Bad shape.
As the trains frequently are late. the
engine drivers endcavor. by proceeding
at terrific speed to make up lost time
but the shortage Of lubricatins oil Is SC