Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-09
Restoration Of German
Monarchy Is Planned
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reckon with return to the mon
archy Immediately or even soon.
1T can be assumed that the next
elections will show a strong shift
to the right nationalist or conserv-
alive side), should this assumption
prove correct, and we get Buerger-
fiche (bourgeois) majority in the
reichstag-that is, majority of the
middle classes-then there is reason
to believe the desire for the restora-
ton of the monarchy will gradually
become more general. Z
Plebiscite to Decide.
"In any case, and under all cir
cumstances, the reintroduction of
the monarchial system would have
to be brought by vote OF all the
German people, that is, by q
plebescite."
will the future monarchy, as con-
ceived, differ from the old, and in
what respects?" l asked.
ut is self-evident that the future
monarchy will have to> differ in
many respects from the old regime"
answered Colonel Bauer. 1T will es-
sentially be a democratic and con-
stitutional monarchy, with response
bic ninisters-that is, similar to the
one in Britain.
For that matter, the power Of the
former monarchy has been much
overrated. Many of the old catch
words about our former monarchy,
such as 'absolutism, 'militarism' and
'junker domination are based upon
ignorance of the real power of the
kaiser and our inner political rela-
tons and governmental system. This
must be clear to every one after I'M
prejudiced study.
"Had the former monarchy really
been as strong as it was generally
credited with being, there certainly
would have been no revolution.
"The future monarchy will be, OF
course, a really central power, but
this centralized power will above all
lie in the representatives elected by
the people"
us it assumed, then, that q mon
archical government can more
quickly reconstruct and build up
Germany than the present form?"
was my next question.
Can't Reconstruct Germany.
"The present German government
can in no event reconstruct Ger
many" answered the spokesman Of
the German monarchists. The pres
ent government is identified in the
consciousness of the German people
with the signing of the armistice
and the Versailles treaty which
forced upon us unhllable conditions.
"In addition, the realization and
the conviction that our collapse
was due to the undermining agi-
tation of the social democrats dur
ing many years, is gaining ground
among the German people.
"But quite apart from all this,
it is not popular government, but
purely a party regime, and of ex-
clusively social democratic tend
encies. The ministers, not even
Noske, can get away from their
party, since it would mean the loss
of all their following.
"On the other hand, it has been
demonstrated that the social demo-
cratic principles transformed into
practice demoralizes and ruins
every state, for the reason that they
are neither social nor democratic
and lead to general corruption.
Germany, which formerly was
above all suspicion of corruption
and graft,is now a hotbed of both.
Out of these traits and character
istics of the social democratic system
arose the splitting of the movement
into communists and extremists on
the one hand and the more sober,
wiser and more moderate socialists
on the other.
THE reconstruction of Germany
is possible only by the cooper
alton of the moderate industrial
working classes. the peasantry and
cival service officialdom. All these
desire a truly liberal constitution
in the real democratic sense"