Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-06

(The New York World.
Berlin, Feb. 2S (via Copenhagen,
March 5,)-Gustav Noske became the
leader of democratic Germany today
when he singled out DR.. Oscar Cohn,
the tactical leader of the Independent
socialists, to combat in the Weimar
assembly.
DR.. Cohn, too clever to get caught,
avoided the combat He did not need
to fight The covert political game
that he and the other Independent So
cialists have been playing for three
months has at last brought on a gem
eral political strike in the great fac
tories.
So obvious has been what they
have been doing, that ! have been
able repeatedly to point it out in dis
patches to the World. The govern
ment knew, but was helpless, as the
independents always knew how to
twist so as to put the blame on the
governme Now the right is in the
OPEN
Worse Ruin Than Russias.
Herr NoslSe is able to thunder al
DR.. Cohn that he has been steadily
undermining democracy for months,
and is among those who are driving
the country straight to ruin and to
create a Russian situation in Ger
many"
1t is now democracy or die Die
F'reiheit tonight admits it no longer
tries to camouflage, feeling the mo-
ment for direct action by socialism
has arrived. OF course, it blames the
government for the situation, because
'.it would not recognize the Soyiets
and begin to sosiali2e the Industries
Germany STANDS On the eaSe OF hei
first great class war. Ali Germany is
about to leap into fractricldai wal
which. once started, will not stop un-
iii Germany is worse ruined than
Russia. For this government will not
fade away like Kerenskys 1t has got
troops that it can rely upon and will
fight.
Already Halle an dthe other Middle
German cities are having counter
bourgeois strikes, which come to nc
less than pitched battles. Unless some
powerful figure, greater than Herr
Noske, seizes the German magma
ton. he and his Scherheit army are il
for a fe-and death fight in every cor
ner of Germany.
The independents have already beer
able to hurt him by labelling his
troops 'White Guards a name ere
ated in Russia.
Troops i'm No Temper to Yield.
Herr Noske will be able to win this
time if, as Robert Minor judges, ac'
cording to his observations, that the
German proletariat is really indiffer
ent to the Soviet move, but the ruin o.
Germany through war and defeat VII
he so great that the independent SO
cialists need only to start pontlca
strikes again little later, with ever
greater chances of success.
One thing is certain, the independen
socialists are going TO try to force
class war through a general strike
and if it progresses as rapidly as II
the past few days, will have machln'
guns going in every city of German.
within u week.
Once started, the starters them
selves will not be able to end it. VINO
ever wins, it seems inevitable tina
Germany is in for terrible bleeding
The clash is only preparing now, hard
" shot has been fired, but the bat
tlefield is arrayed
Capitulaton to the Soviets and i'm
mediate socializing would not helr
even if the government were Wiling
for the government troops are demo
cratic rather than socialist. The
would pull to the right and prepar
foa, a fight with the Independent
and the Spartacans, just the same.
Herr Noske, on the middle demo
cratic group, is the man of the houi
but it seems to me the best he ca
hope for is to bring democracy safel
through bloodshed.