Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-08
By Lincoln Eyre.

I ASuA LAOOpS Cdu save OcIAGAy 1AOu1
ruin" In these worss very high Of
fetal of the Berlin government ep-
itomized for me the light of this beat
en- and famine-haunted nation.
Starvation is BOlsheviSm'S Ally.
| Bolshevism in its most hideOus as
pect proWls abroad as a wolf which
only a full, or at least a half full,
dinner pail can keep from the Ger
man door. Hunger is BolshevisT-'s
strongest ally, and in the belief of all
German hunger, the hunger of starva-
ton, cannot be withstoOd unless help
comes from America. Twenty times
have been asked whether there is
any prospect of President Wilson
visiting Germany, and each time the
| question has been accompanied by
some remark such as ''he would be
received with cheers if he came"
For our French and British allies
German animosity seems to be un-
changed. Their attitude is that Pres
ident Wilson is disposed to treat them
them in a material sense. It is this
theory which bids some circles to
welcome the idea of the occupation of
| the fatherland by the Americans.
Many Germans profess to believe our
soldiers would stand between the
young German republic and destruc-
tive influences either from the out
in the opinion of everybody with
whom / have talked from Hindenburg
down, is no longer capable even of
performing police duties east of the
Rhine.
Harsh Policy Dangerous to Peace.
| Men in all walks of life make no
attempt to deny Germany's utter de-
feat and her present helplessness
They admit, moreover, the allies are
justified in taking every necessary
step to stamp out forever the evils of
militarism and Hohenzollernism,
which they insist have gone, never to
return. But they contend the pursu-
toward the German people struggling
to set their house in order will mean
the peoples complete collapse And
the Bolshevik anarchy that must fol-
low will have repercussion, they in
| sist, likely to menace every country
on the earth.
| Meanwhile Germany presents an ex-
| traordinary picture of a nation faced
with the perils of famine and chaotic
disorganization, and with colossal
debt to pay, carrying on the business
of life with an orderliness and an out
ward show of good spirit. Save for
a small class of hide-bound kaiser
lovers at one extreme and a group of
rabid anarchists at the other, all
classes appear to be cooperating in
the fullest measure with the present
government and communal commit
tees of workers and soldiers, from
whom it derives it's support. How
long this cooperative tendency will
exist no one can say.
Liebknecht Seed Likely to Bear Fruit.
While the six dictators are arguing
among themselves and striving to
| satisfy the wishes of the Berlin ex-
ecutive council with it's twenty-eight
workers and soldiers delegates, Dr.
Karl Liebknecht, leader of the Sparta
/ Gus or Bolshevism elements, is SOW
ing the seeds of his destructive propa-
ganda among thousands of soldiers
returning home without jobs and Of
ten penniless and hungry. At the
same time the provincial chief of the
Bavarian republic, Kurt Eisner, is
wrangling violently with the Berlin
counselors, whose methods are not
sufficiently radical to suit him. If /
had not seen some of the rest of Ger
many, not merely Berlin, | would
share the conviction of men like DR..
Solf that the probabilities are against
the establishment of stable form of
! republican government in this coun-
try
Berlin is a volcano, smoldering with
political passions and ambitions, but
the provincial cities and districts are
/ for the most part, as far as / am able
to judge, really tranquil and satisfied
to remain so, provided discord and
| famine are to be kept in check.
Corresponding Menace by Shippers.
Arbeiter und Soldaten Raete give
the local councils their mettle and in
Germany run things with firm and
apparently sure hand.
Talks of Revolution With Danoth.
Sitting in the hotel reception room
with the red flag hanging from the
wall, | discussed the revolution with
Danoth and his fellow councillors I'M
til in the morning. Danoth is char
acteristic of the men now running
Germany.
The composition of the executive
body over which he presides is also
typicak There are a dozen members
| elected as an executive committee by
the main council of the workers and
soldiers delegates. The main coun-
eli itself is composed of men elected
on basis of a representative for ev-
cry fifty workmen or soldiers. The
system is identical throughout the
whole country. 1t came into being
during the night of Nov SO without
the slightest friction anywhere. There