Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-28
Spartacans Profiting by Ber-
lin Failure, Killed Ministers
Before Selling Power in Re-
Sultant Chaos.
KURT EISNER FELL
VICTIM OF OWN PLOT
Bavaria Declared Socialist Re-
public and Reds Will Try to
Put Soviet Government in
Effect There.
By Arno rh-f1eurot.
Copyright, 1919. ty the Press Publish
ing Co.

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Especial cable Dispatch to World and
Albuquerque Journal)
Berlin Feb. q tvia Copenhagen.)--
The tide of Bolshovism which has
been rising throughout industrial Ger
many is at the flood in Munich. 1t
was crushed back by main force at
Hamburg and Bremen ana SO far has
been "A comparatively mild affair at
Dusseldorf, Essen, Betrop and the
big western industrial region because
the revolters fear, the government
troops, but the spirit of Bolshevism
is there and is only waiting a favora-
BILE moment to strike again.
At Munich the situation from a
government viewpoint is more diff
cult because Bavaria is jealous of her
state rights and Is not itself prepared
to put down the revolt by force. 1t
looks as If Bavaria were in for the
same cycle of events as took place in
Berlin beginning with the week So
called reactionary coup and followed
by the active Spartacan seizure of the
newspapers etc When the Sparta
can group did that here they failed
because they were unable to over
throw the existing government, which
was able slowly to surround itself with
loyal troops.
New Method Is Used.
In Munich the Spartacans saw to it
that this should not happen again by
killing off the ministers and making
themselves masters OF the situation in
lhe. afdst ef the government CHAOS.
They cannot remain long In power.
however because the Bavarian town
is fun of new companies OF Sicherheit
troops, who WI eventually break
them, but this is the most important
Spartacus coup since that in Berlin,
and if the Spartncans can hold on
long enough to give other industrial
centers the courage to do the same
thing, the government may find itself
rinEed around by revolt.
In this the Spartaoans are follow
ing the method used at the time OF
the first revolution when the pur-
pose was to make a circle of revolts
about Berlin. and then strike at the
capital.
AS voerwarts justly says, the blame
for all this rests on the independent
socialists. They are playing the usual
SIS politics They pretend to support
tho constitutional assembly, their
members attend its sittings but they
are constantly encouraging n general
strike and social revolution.
Victim of Own Plots.
Kurt Eisner who was an independ-
ent socialist, fell victim to his own
plots. When | was In Munich a fort
night ago half the city was aroused
against him because no was trying to
play socialist dictator, refusing to
call the Bavarian constitutional as
sembiy, which already had been elect
ed and was due to sit. He knew his
power would be gone the moment the
convention met. as the elections
showed the people to be against him.
On the other hand, the Spartaeans
were against him because he tried to
keep all power in his own hands in
stead of passing it over to the soWets.
Now that he is killed the soviets.
which are in power have promptly
declared Bavaria to be socialist re-
public, and will attempt to establish
Boshevism by proclamation in the
Russian style.
What is now happening in Germany
is going to result in one of two things:
Either the Bolshevlk basing their
strength on hunger and lack of work,
are going to get control of the govern
ment, or the government, to maintain
itself, is going to be forced to lean
more and more heavily upon the bour-
geois right---the basis of Germany's
former military power
one thing | have been watching
with the greatest interest since the
government was saved by armed
iforce after the Spartacus January
coup at Berlin is the natural growing
ascendency of the older and less DEM
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Holding Its Own,
50 far democracy has been able to
hold its own between these two ex-
treme forces through the constitu-
tional asse mbly, but even the Weimar
assembly has shown just shade of
reaction which would not have been
there if Bolshevism had not thrown
the country to the right Now as the
government feels itself becoming in
closed within the circle of Bolshevik
revolt it must lean more heavily upon
its safe troops. and these troops are
under their old command, under old
officers. and have the old discipline.
The government can rest on force only
a comparatively short time and then
must swing violently to the right or
left. The real democrats in Germany.
the only people with whom we can af-
ford to sign peace, seeing what
otherwise is coming, pray for peace
as soon as possible and the "full din
ner pail"
Belgians Go to Sparticists.
Robert Minor who Is In Essen
studying the development of the in
dustrial crisis there, wires Friday aft
ernoon: president Stein of the Neu-
ner commission Ga workmen's body
with limited government powcr) in
forms me that two companies of Bel
cian troops have come to ,Bottrop, on
the German side of the occupied ter
ritory, TO help the Spartacists. Stein
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