The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-18
IS The KAISER
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throvers. and aeropiancs doing their
deadly work in Berlin and other cities
Of the republic.
The reason Is to be found in the deep
rooted distrust and suspicion OF the
German people towards tho present gov
eminent Behind that government the
Germans see II not the kaiser. then the
Hohenzollerns, and the return OF the
Hohenzollcrns means return on tho
part Of Germany to the old paths Of mill
itarist aggression and commercial con-
quest with an army system that brushes
the life blood out Of the people.
4 Powerful Combination.
OF whom does the present government
consist? It's outstanding figure is
Scheidernann.
Who Is eideruann, and what Is his
record? He was known before the war
as the kaisers pct Socialist, and, ike
other Socialists, he was by no means
fndisposed towards that versatile mon
arch, who was always aStutr enough 10
do his utmost to conCiliatc labor. ana
who opened his reign by famous re-
script in which he set out the grey
snces Of the working classes and IN"
social legislation that nc proposcd 10
remedy them. Even more powerful
than Scheidennnn IS Erzburgrr. close.
nersonal friend Of the kaiser. and rep
resentative Of those great commercial
interest. which william the Second did
everything he could to foster and en-
courage
These men arc practically the Ger
man govcrnment. and they stand 10 inc
German people a. pcrsonihcattons or the
two clarses or. rather. the Two types
whom the k1iser admitted to partner
ship in his scheme OF European cor
4 tRAn
emo arc supporting the government IN
cor,onv mainly belong to those classes
Tbev include the large majority OF IN"
orsrt.1 class the representatives OF III"
mercantile interests, the most prosper
ons and best paid Of the artisans. ln'E
have the making. implied II not ~
| n1Ic,% NJ tho Junkers. and they have inc
sun,or+ IN a word OF nil who hope e,thrr
IN bring back tho Hohcnzoilcrns, or Ihl-
ing that. to carry on the imperial poi!c'
"a police OF commercial aggression
hacked by ruthless military forrr. uno'r
H.. e7,isc Of a democracy and in tho FORM
~ q r-public. It will bc seen that they
M powerful combination. comprising
most OF the brains and much or inc
| education of tho German racc-hut 'h"E
are not the German people.
Pear Of conscrtption.
| Germans have never been nj hcart 4
| nilftary people They have hated ana
| Iootbcd the military system that mas
| hner irnDosed on them from above. and
| the reason why they are to-day IN arms
| q rainst the government Is thnt 'h"S
| realise that its pcrpctuation means SOON
| cr or later, no matter what condiliohN
| tho ar1cs may impose. return IN inc "'d
| hatroa evrem. We ought not 10 forget
! that tho abolition Of conscripti"n ny
! enTonand from without is no now thing
N Germany. Napoleon limited her
! n MOD forces to twelve thousand mon.
and Napoleon lived to 90" the PruSsian
| whom The authorities had drilled and
| trained under tho cover Of The German
| svmnasIa. holm to defeat his forces
Tho German to-day remembers this. and
he is profoundly convinced that. n" mat
| 70, What stipulations the allies may i'm
| nose. and Ebcrt'S government IN form
| gree to, tho return Of the Gro Of the
| drI,l sergeant Is certain unless tn" pros
! cnt regime Is violently ovcrthr"wn. 1t
| 10 hero that We must find the cxplnna-
tion OF the present amazing revolt OF the
| workmcn In all the great German c't'cS'
The New Revolt.
ThEt revolt was to have been cnucd
! when Liehnccht was shot and Rosa Lux
! cmburg WAS torn Ia pieces by inc mon.
7, was not ended. II will not be- ended
| without months Of carnaE". wholcSai"
| destruction. riot. anarchy. and street
| Oehtinc Stamped out nj on" point. tn"
] rebellion will fiamc out at another l
have little doubt that tho rcTcilon
which, the newspapers have narrated