The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-01-04
News of The World
&C. B. W.
NEW GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY
PERIL OF BoLsHEvIsM, AS SHOWN
BY VARIOUS WRITERS
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Out of the maze of lurid, distressing, and OF
ten conflicting reports issuing from Germany
few facts become clear
At midnight of December %, Foreign Minister
Haase Minister of Social Policy Barth, and De
mobilization Minister Dittman retired from the
German cabinet after the central Council had
decided against the Independents on majority
of the questions the Independents had submitted
for consideration
Since the overthrow of the autocracy and the
establishment of new government by the revol-
utionists. the government has been in the hands
of Joint cabinet consisting Of three majority
Socialists and three Independent Socialists. The
retirement of the three Independent Socialists lett
the revolutionary government IN the hands OF the
majority Socialists consisting OF Premier Ebert.
Finance Minister Scheidemann and Minister OF
Publicity Landsberg. The Central Council OF
Soldiers and Worlmen now has appointed Herr
the Breslau Volkswacht, and Herr Wissel, mem
Der of the rechstag as cabinet members to re-
place the retiring Independents.
Reviewing the situation, Wilhelm D1ttman, re-
tired Minister of Rehabilitation, is quoted as
saving that a crisis had been impending in the
cabinet since November 9, owing to constant dit
ferences as to internal and foreign policies be-
tween the two sections of the cabinet.
The new government, as now constituted de-
clares its determination of standing firmly by the
revolution, but as being unrelentingly opposed to
everyone who employs the revolution as means
for exploiting terrorism in the country.
There is no question, however, but that great
uneasness exists among all the better elements
over the persistent agitations of DR.. Liebknecht,
who, at the head of the extreme radicals or Boil
shevists, is keeping a large portion of the people
in a ferment He is reported by an eyewitness
as trading on famine conditions in an effort to
enlist civilians and returning soldiers in pro-
gram of terrorism and destruction. 1t is, there
fore, apparent that Bolshevism constitutes grave
peril in Germany today, although some of the
moderate leaders attempt to ignore its influence.
An editorial writer this week, draws attention
to the fact that Lenine and Trotzky were rldl-
culed in like manner ; they were even overwhem-
ingly outvoted in the elections; but in spite OF it
ALL they upset Kerensky and obtained control OF
Russia.
Many people attempt to offset this with the ar
gument that the people of Germany are not tenn
peramentaly like the people of Russia and that
they are better educated; but the fact that many
people have been shot down in the streets OF
Berlin and other cities, recently, as a result OF
anarchistic outbreaks, is evidence that the stu
alton cannot be regarded lightly.
The well-known writer, Boersianer, in the
Chicago Herald and Examiner, says there is no
question about the Bolshevik program of Trotzky
and Lenine and that they are attempting to force
their tenets upon the entire world. Two of these
have been boldly proclaimed repudiation of
debts and "nationalism of women" He remarks
that the former is enough to ostracize Russia
economically, while the latter is a euphemism for
an immoral social state.
Walter Durafity, writing from Paris for the
Ne7U York Times and Chicago Tribune, quotes a
French business man, just returned from Mos
cow after three months Imprisonment by the
Bolsheviki, as saying that the people of western
Europe are living in fools paradise-that while
they are rejoicing about peace there is no peace,
and while they are talking about society of ma
tons and universal brotherhood they fail to real
ize that just across the eastern horizon there is
gathering storm-cloud which may sweep away
all their rejoicing and all their theories in broth
erhood of ruin.
He says that Bolshevism, because it is based
on the new idea-the supremacy of the under
dog-nakes a powerful appeal to the masses
that in Germany, proper, the Bolsheviki are gain
ing ground every day, and the time approaches
when the Russian and German extremities will
unite in new crusade of anarchy, and that while
that time is not yet come, unless some action is
taken promptly by the rest of Europe nothing
can prevent it.
Mr.. Duranty also quotes a Danish diplomat
just returned from Russia who asserts that Len
inc is man of great and unsupported ability,
who has pursued, from the beginning, not pro-
gram of disorganization and confusion, as many
suppose, but carefully planned course of
which the present events are but logical con-
cusion. To the bourgeois and intellectual ele-
ments, who at first resisted him, he gave the
choice, "Obey or starve;" and now, those who
have not starved are obeying and training soldiers