Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-18
Noted Professor Expects Teu-
tons to Quit FatherIand Fast
as Transportation for Them
Can Be Had,
SAYS ARMlSTICE TERMS
ARE MUCH TOO HARSH
It Was Understood That Allies
Would Lay Down Arms at
Same Time Huns Did So, Is
Remarkable Statement. 2
BY AIno Dosch- -E9eurot.
(Staff Correspondent of the Albuqucr-
que Journal and New York World)

tThe New York World}
Munich, Feb. II (via CopenhagenD
Germany was fought by two weap-
ons-by arms and by blockade--and
SO, when the armistice was arranged,
we naturally expected our enemies
TO lay down their arms as we did; but
our enemy has laid down only half his
arms and maintains the blockade
Prof. Lugo Brentano, formerly of the
Carnegie Peace Foundation, said this
to me today in an interview on the
situation as ii has developed.
Il do not wish to make the usual
complaint about the harshness OF the
armistice conditions" he went on, "or
to talk about the food shortage, but
would say that as long as the blockade
exist"
Professor Brentano sees Germany's
future in the blacklist colors, with
huge emigration, Industrial decay and
probable Bolshevism, unless President
Wilson's fourteen peace points shall
become effective. He expressed the
hope that the peace conference would
act quickly enough to arrest the grow
ing industrial Bolshevism in Germany,
for he is a pacfist and in quick action
he sees the only chance for escapeI
from another war.
Quick Action Wanted.
Relief would come, in his opinion, IL
the preliminary peace articles wereI
quickly signed, thus permitting his
country 10 return to normal condition.
Germany is too much broken in al
military sense, he says, to meet the
ordinary needs Of defense, and heI
doubts If troops enough can be raised
to oppose the Bolshevik menace on
the Russian frontier, He is beginning
also to fear the Slav menace. When /
informed him that | was on the way
to Vienna to study the question Of the
union of Austria and Germany, he
said.
"Mostof Bavaria favors such al
union, although some of the big In
dustrialists fear they may be injured
financially by Austria's superior wa
ter power. North Germans are not so |
keen for it, because it will unite the
Catholics of Austria and Bavaria, and (
give them powerful place In the new
government.
"In Austria you win find the main
opposition to the union among the
old nobility, who are against Ger
many and wish the restoration of the
Austrian monarchy Numerically they
are weak, but they are powerful po
litically, for they are intelligent and
rich"
Fears Weak Government.
Professor Brentano fears for the
stability of the German government
owing to the efforts of the independ-
ent socialist workmen to maintain the
workmen's council and to exercise
through that body undue influence on
the government by threatening strikes
and other disorder.
'The situation Is particularly dan
gerous here in BAVARIA" he said.
"Only three Independent socialists
were sent from here to the national
assembly, they had the support of
Kurt Eisner, the Bevarian premier,
who Is of the same party. AS he led
the Bavarian revolution, his prestige
was strong Just now he is delaying
the date for the Bavarian national as
sembly, although he has not the shad-
ow of an excuse for so doing, as all Of
the delegates have been elected.
"Yet his procrastinating course may
be understood, for he knows that with
the convocation of the assembly his
power will end. The majority of the
delegates are strongly against him.
From the liberal viewpoint, Premier
Esner's methods are in effect reac-
for delays serve only to in
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