The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-08
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Britain.
FOR hat matter. the power of the
former monarchy has been much over
rated. MANY OF the old catch words
about our former monarchy. such as
'~ahsolutisyu,' s'militarism' and 'Junkef
domination are based upon ignorance
OF the real power Of the kaiser and
our inner NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and ov~
ornamental system. This must be clear
to everyone after unpreIudiced study.
Had the former monarchy really
been as strong as ii was generally
credited with haing, here certainly
would have been NJ revolution.
The future monarchy will be. OF
course. a really central power, bur
this centralized power will above all
lie In the representatives elected by
the people
rs IT assumed. then, that a mon
archical government can more quickly
reconstruct and build No Germany
than the present form" was my next
question.
THE present German government
can in no event reconstruct Germany"
answered the spokesman of the Ger
imam morarchists. The present gov
lernment is identifed in the conscious
ness al the German people with the
signing FE tElF 3TI1liShIiR VIA AlaE tFT
sailles treaty which forced upon us
upfulillIhle conditions.
I'm addition. the realization and the
conviction that Il collapse was due
IN the undermining agitation Of the
,social-democrnts during many years.
is gaining ground among the German
people.
Put quite apart from all this. Il Is
not a popular government but purely
q marty. yezrinaa and Nf ryr11~fyniN
social democratic tendencies. The
minister's. not even Noske, can get
away from their party. since 1t would
mean the loss Of all their following.
"On the other hand. II has been dem
tonstrsted that the social democratic
principles transformed into practice
fdomoralizes and ruins every state, for
the reason that they are neither social
nor democratic and lead to general
corruption.
"Germanv. which formerly was
tahove all suspicion Of corruption and
graft. liz now a hothed Of both. Out
of these traits n characteristics OF
the social democratic system
the splitting OF the movement into
communists and extrcmists q n the
hand and the more sober. wiser, and
more moderate socialists on the other
THE reconstruction of Germany r.
possible only by the cooperation OF
the moderate industrial working
classes. the pessantry. and civil service
oficialdom. All these desire a truly
Liberal constitution IN the real DEM
ccratic sense"
1t was quite apparent that the mon
archical party which thus spoke
through Colonel Bauer Ia not disposed
To rush things In Germany; h a II has
no desire to put the new monarchy to
test and tackle the web nigh impos-
sible conditions and perhaps insur-
mountahle difficulties and problems
confronting Germany In the imme-
| date future, but that II desires rather
ttc let the interim. under a national
tistic president, clear away the political.
economic and financial debris OF the
wreckage Of the VI empire. so as to
, make the task of the new monarchy
less arduous and less hazardous.
"All these classes Of which ! have
spoken" continued Colonel Bauer.
ARE at the bottom monarchic or
rcyalistic. For that reason the mon
archical idea would gradually force
itself to the forefront az O o as these
sections OF the people have a majority
in the reichstag and in the govern !
rnent.
but the question of re-esta blish-
ing the monarchy Is not yet acute or
ripe. Before and above everything
T. &fEh, '4At s@t1A ~
or sociological problems are to be
solved. In other words. the restoration
Of the monarchy will solve itself au-
Dramatically.
ADMITS FAULTS OF OLD REGIME
1T must be explained to foreigners
why monarchism is SO deeply rooted
in our people. We have been a mon
itary system, where the prince was
are all. as II were, horn with it. Per-
| sonal memories unite nearly every
family at every spot with the mon
arch.
Furthermore. all know that prus-
sia particularly owes its development
to the Hoherzollerns. In addition. the
German, with his inclination to criti-
else. needs a point where his criticism
stops-~and that is the monarch, not
the president"
This phenomenon may be an inner
itance Of the old German feudal MIL
itary system. where the Prince was
ipso facto the leader OF the people.
The monarchist spokesman admit
ted to mo that the cid regime had
many faults. He declared. however.
the monarchists had learned a lesson
and that the new monarchy would b
different.
The return OF the monarchy in
GERMANY, he said, must not be re-
~arded as y return to the old regime.
The old regime was weighted down
by various fateful defects, weaknesses.
and SHORTCOMINGS. These we're, how
ever. of an entirely different nature
end are tn be sought in ap entirely
different direction than is generally
assumed.
''Gut of these faults, however false
IN. grew the view that the kaiser and
'hn so-~sl'c1 military nartv caused
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