The sun., 1919-06-09
BERLIN DOUBTS
CHANGE IN PACT
Continued from First Paoe.

ment was declared to be highly con-
fldential and intended only for the
Cabinet.
II still have hope that the answer
Of the Allies will be such that we can
come to the peace which all the world
Graves" said Erzberger to me. Prince
Lichnowsky was extremely sceptical.
"If Germany's very fair and reason
able proposals are rejected" he said.
"then, come what may. we must re-
fuse to sign the treaty. Ny one hope
is that' the Allies have not attached
an ultimatum to their answer, but
leave the door open for one more ex-
change"
The Stock Exchange here reflected
the pessimistic tone by a rise In for
elgn exchange. the German mark
falling below cents, which IS the
lowest on record. Not only an uncer-
tain foreign situation but intensifying
internal conditions are crowding the
Ebert Scheidemann Government hard
In the last few days.
Three Factors In situation.
Three factors are contributing to
this, as follows:
1. Increasing hostility between Min
lister Of Defence Noske and the work
ing classes, especially the more radical
elements, inflamed anew by the escape
Of vogel and Eurloh, the two Noske
troopers involved In the killing Of
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg.
9. The finding Of the body Of Rosa
Luxembourg and Its arbitrary removal
from Berlin without regard to the
police.
8. The execution Of Levine at Mu-
Mich.
The Independent Socialists practi-
caliy have dropped their propaganda
Of willingness to sign the treaty as a
weapon against the Government and
In its place have seized upon these
factors to upset the Cabinet. Noske's
forces consist largely Of an army of
unemployed, who thus find employ.
ment at good pay and with good food
In consequence 1t contains many I'M
certain elements. The staggering In
dependence, insolence and lack Of dis.
cipline of some units have led In nu
merous places to excuses which
Noske himself and the newspapers
reprimand.
The body Of Rosa Luxembourg was
turned over to the Communist party
which to-day issued call to the pro
letarlat Of Germany and the world tC
cease work on June IS, the day Of the
burial. and make it a solemn holiday
TO commemorate her death.
The situation in Munich and otheI
towns In Germany Is uncertain, not
withstanding semi-ofiicial news to the
contrary. Shooting ARRAYS and snip
ing continue nightly In Munich. The
Munich Post, the organ Of the Major
ity Socialists, devotes three pages tc
Levine.
| Noske May Re Dictator.
Through this situation Noske Is be
Ing forced steadily but more and NOR,
into a dictatorial militaristic polio,
which even his friends criticize as en-
dangering the Government and feal
Il must lead either to a dictatorship Of
the overthrow Of the Government b!
the Radicals.
Opposition to Noske now ie growing
in his own party. Macmillan Har
den now is turning his pen agains
the Minister of Defence, but 1t Is pre-
dicted that Harden will not find Nosk,
as patient and unresponsive as tn
former Kaiser. Frederick Thimpe
librarian of the Prussian House o
Lords, under the heading, Harden
the Pharisee." fires broadsld'
against him with columns Of citations
from his publications prior to 1914 II
an endeavor to show that he agitatet
for war.
He declares: mo German sur
passed Harden in the will to war,
and with quotations shows him I,
have been in favor Of the submarin,
warfare until some time in 1915, ant
that in May Of that year he wrote
1.-THE C-boat is as clean a weapon o
war as any other" Thimme calls Har
den ''the German ententlst par ex
cellence."
Grave as the question Of peace Il
for Germany it has been overshad
owed in the last few days by the bit
terest fractional interparty conflict
and personal intrigues within tn,
Government itself and against II
The severity Of the peace terms i'm
posed upon Austria causes consider
able satisfaction In many quarter
here. 1t is declared that they prov,
to the Austrians that the distinction
which the Allies promised to draw be
tween Austria and Germany is T.,
fiction.
This situation has resulted In draw
ing the two countries closer together
and some members of the Cabinet al
ready are advocating united politica
front by Berlin and Vienna In thei