Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-03-07

to send troops into Bavaria, but the
soviet government in Munich threat
ened to execute ten prominent citizens
If this were done.
Those who have never placed any
faith in the genuineness of the German
revolution Of last autumn were not
surprised to read that the monarchists
of that country were preparing for a
coup d'etat in the near future for the
restoration of the old order of things.
The general staff with the old officer
class are asserted to have gradually
gained the whip hand and nov hold
the government in their power and in
tend to overthrow 1t. A number of
royalist officers met recently in Char
l%ottenburg,% according to the story. and
pledged themselves to hold munitions
loyal to the former kaiser as possible
and to assemble when called. The
coup, 1t is believed, will be carried
out In Berlin, and it is certain that
bloody civil war will result, whatever
may be the final outcome. The former
army officers are a power to be reck-
oned with in Prussia. and it may be
their efforts will be aided by the nu-
merous members of the old regime
who still retain their places in the
various departments of the govern
ment at Berlin, under majority social
list chiefs. William HohenZollern not
long ago had a conference with Count
Won Brockdorff- Rantzan, the German
foreign minister, and was said after
ward to be extraordinarily cheerful.
Possibly he hopes to recover his
throne, but If so he doesn't seem to be
taking into account the fact that the
allies claim the right to determine his
fate and that they undoubtedly have
other plans for him.
The many strikes and other signs of
industrial unrest in America are caus-
ing President Wilson some anxiety,
and after a session with Secretary OF
Labor Wilson he had an invitation
telegraphed to the governors of all the
states and the mayors of about l0O
cities to meet with him in conference
at the White House March 3 and 4 to
discuss vital questions affecting busi-
ness and labor" The president n
the American labor delegation o in
Paris as well are urging the adoption
of a definite national policy that VIII
stimulate public and private construc-
ton and industry.
In line with this plan, Secretary
Redfeld has created an industrial
board for the purpose of stabil1zlng
basic commodity prices, and the coun-
ell of national defense will cooperate
with it. "The effort" says an an
nouncement of the council, should be
to wholly eliminate the abnormal, I'M
balanced stimulation that business has
had and the inflated prices that have
resulted, and to start upon a normal
level, after which industry can safely
RELY upon the law of supply and de-
mand. Reductions from high prices to
the proper level should be made as
nearly as practicable at the same time
in the various industries"
Premier Lloyd George and his col
leagues in the British government
have have been working like Trojans
to avert or at least postpone the
threatened strike of all the miners and
railway men of Great Britain. APP
peals to the patriotism and common
sense Of the men appeared to have
some effect, though at this writing the
outcome is extremely uncertain. The
miners, railway men and transport
workers have formed a triple alliance
no n section of which will take any
action or reach any settlement with
out consultation and agreement with
the other sections.
President Wilson made several Inn
portant appointments last week.. A.
Mitchell Palmer, alien property Gus
todian, was made attorney general;
Hugh G. Wallace of Tacoma was ap-
pointed ambassador to France. and
Norman Hapgood was given the place
of minister to Denmark.
On his way from Boston to Washing
ton the president signed the new reve
nue. bill and many of its sections went
into effect at once. One of its pro-
visions made the District of Columbia
bone-dry, with the exception of the
property occupied by foreign embas-