Evening journal., 1919-01-02

! RlOTING STORIES
ONLY PROPAGANDA
! ThierryPredicts the Return
of Royalty in Future
Years
SOLDIERS RESPOND
TO OLD DISCIPLINE
BY EDWARD NJ. THERRy.

PARIS, Jan. 2-The German national
assembly TO be summoned is likely to
adopt the Swiss federal council form
OF republic, and think a majority Of
tho voters would elect Ebert presi-
dent.
But despite the German protestations
that imperialism is dead, don't forget
that men belonging to the old regime
are still holding important government
bureaus under the council OF six
csmou1age.
When / left Berlin late in December.
was convinced that the Spartacus
leader Liebknechts complete ascsn-
dency was Improbable.
believed then that Scheidemann
would continue the real boss behind
The Ebert government.
! urge you not TO believe 90 per cent.
OF tho reports Of rioting in Berlin.
Set them down as mostly propaganda,
unless confirmed by American CORES
pondents actually within Berlin.
Between Thanksgiving day and Dc
cember q witnessed only a single
riot--the sixth Of December. All other
demonstrations were bloodless and not
spectacular and not important.
! am OF the opinion that no matter
what the German voters and the ma
tional assembly decide, the German re-
public viii not be permanent.
Germany is now beaten, so far as re-
sources are concerned. She viii be un-
able TO renew the war for many years.
But she is unbeaten so far as man
power Is concerned.
! have talked with hundreds Of Ger
man people OF high and low degree in
the past three weeks, and ! am con-
vinced that an inborn subservience is
certain to result. within generation or
two. in reinstatement Of the royal fam
ily Some member other than Viii
helm, OF course, viii sit upon the
throne.
The Allies have got 10 protect the
worlds future by keeping the Boche
nose against the grindstone, else trou-
ble Will break again.
The only method for keeping Ger
many harmless is the imposition of
heavy damages and OF severe restric-
lions on raw materials.
The world must beware OF crocodile
lears because the German people are
unrepentsnt They have fed on lies so
many years, their immediate conversion
is impossible.
so FAR as I have been able to dis
cover. army rehabilitation is pro-
crossing as rapidly as possible. How
ever millions of soldiers continue amen
able to the old time discipline
! saw il among the troops which ar
rived daily in Berlin during my stay
there.
Amid remarkable scenes and demon
stratlons. mon0cled and clanking Prus-
sian ofilceds still maintained their over
lord altitude.
Militarism was rampant 20 such an
extent that ! thought as I watched
them. How quickly they would ac-
claim a royal prince should one ap-
pearr
have not been well since my re-
turn from Germany. as a result OF the
reaction OF the difficult trip-and chiefly
from eating the black sawdust bread
~ Berlin and Vienna. believe Ger |
many is hungry but ] do not believe |
she is starving
The people are not suffering from
the poor bread because they have ac- |
rustomed themselves to IT, as ! might I
have done had | remained longer in the /
country.
Berlin is WORSE off than the resi- OF |
Germany. ] found plenty OF food, and |
inexpensive. in the small towns en-
route 10 Coblenz
The farmers are boarding immense 1
stocks Of food, and / am convinced /
there are supplies Of meat and eggs
hidden in cold storage. for when be- 4
came acquainted with the ropes found /
obscure places where | could purchase
everything I wanted, even during the I
meaiess days. without tickets, though
the prices demanded constituted high
way robbery
The poor people are out OF luck.
though they seem to obtain food some /
how.
So beware OF the food sympathy
gag.