Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-06
IF EBERT GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO
SIGN NO OTHER LEADERS, WILLING
TO UNDERTAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY
HAASE TELLS JOURNAL REPORTER
RADICAL SOCIALISTS UNWILLING
TO UNDERTAKE TASK IF PARTY IN
POWER REFUSES TO TAKE ACTION

/ unchanged some day. It would be a
misfortune for Germany, but luck for
her foes, because it would not be the
genuine signature which alone would
commit Germany morally and give the
world tranquility again. Germany is
now fighting her last fight for bare
existence, and only policy of honesty
! and straightforwardness and endu-
rance. without excessive optimism og
fear, can win it, The war will end
only when the people themselves can
make peace with one another"
The situation in Germany is be-
coming hourly more involved, al
though, paradoXically, Berlin has
never appeared so apathetic as to-
day when the text of Germany's
covenant and a fun digest of the
counter proposals are being published
in all the papers. The text of the
allied peace proposals too has for
several days been available to the
German public. The official German
translation as well as the original
French British text is purchase BILE
at all book stores and from street
hawkers for So cents the copy, but
the general public shows no disposi-
ton to get excited about the rival
texts.
The Berlin masses continue to go
quietly about their business and pleas
ure, inspiring even the professional
observer with a false sense of security
and peace. Symptoms however, are
not wanting as suggestive of a COM
ing general break up. Below the
surface all Germany is in state Of
fluX.
A suggestive symptom of a coming
class war is the renewed clash in the
Prussian parliament between the
iunkers and the socialists during
debate on the timely subject of in
creased police protection against
highway robberies by country work
ers in the North Tristan distr ct At
the junker insult to German labor the
Independent socialist members went
with wild rage, emitting fierce
chorus of indignation in which sig
nificantly the majority socialist mem
bers Joined. while the junker contin-
gent similarly supported their spokes-
men.
The temperamental socialists clinch-
their fists and their leader, Ado'ph
Hoffman, stormed at the iunkers
amid enthusiastic cries of Soak him.
'Down with himl" This is a Sunday
school picnic compared with what
will happen in parliamentary proceed
ure when thc peace treaty comes
before the national assembly and To-
cal parIiaments.
As the time approaches for footing
of the heavv war bill all parties and
factions with Increasing bitterness are
trying to pass the blame for the crush
ing peace terms to others. The mill
tariSts blame everything on the rad
ical socialists for causing the war bv
revolutionary activities while these
radicals blame the mi1itar'sts for the
whole catastrophe by having the war.
When not abusing each other both
extremes meet in roundly abusing and
attacking tho coalition government.
The old conservatives and the ma
tional liberals have seized on "eXces-
siye" counter proposals to declare
open war on the government and paw
ing the way for counter revolu-
tion,
The Catholic centre party, which
the war held the balance
of power in Germany, is Threatened
with disruption as the result of a
secessionist plot in the Rhineland in
which prominent Catholic leaders arc
implicated. The proclamation of
Rhineland republt would give the
center party in Prussia permanent
black eye.
Premier Den0unces Junkcrs.
Stung by the nationalistc taunts |
branding the Versailles peace terms
as Scheidemann peace, Prime Min
lister Scheidemann launches a polemic |
against the Pan-Germans in Vor.
waerts. He says:
THE Pan-Cermans are stirring |
again and believe that the hour has !
come for new gamble. After having |
driven the German nation into an |
annihilating war by decades of agi- |
tation, after having made timely |
ending of the war impossible by their |
demands. after having |
overdrawn the bow until it broke, |
and with it the empire and the peo
ple-after all this they now seek to
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