The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
ECONOMIC AID FOR
GERMANY Is URGED


and more money. many OF the wealthy
Germans supporting the movement either
openly or secretly. The american peace
commissioners have the names Of five
sYch men, these being members OF firms
which made great profits during the
war These men are paying the Boil
shevist game because they see In the
success of the movement an avenue OF
tscape from the burden of paying Ger
narv's war indemnities They think the
Bolshevists can be overthrow later.
Still others are lining up with Lieb-
<ne ,ht because they believe 10 'shevism
IL to be the power Of the future and
they are eager to be first In the band
wagon.
Typical OF this latter class is Prince
Metternich, descendant Of the Trainer or
the 1915 peace treaty which President
wilson repudlated In one OF his hrst
speeches In Europe. He was an officer
In the navy but gave up his rank and
Joined the radical marines. lie lives
with them in their barracks and advises
them In their raiding expeditions about
Berlin.
Ledebour strongly Hosti'e.
Georg Ledebour, one OF the leading
radicals. has expressed himself as deter
mined to completely smash the present
economic system, which he belleves IL
based upon predatory capitalism. He
crates as Becky Edelson and Joe OCar-
roll used TO on the East Eide In New
York a few years ago. Ledebour looks
upon the United states "a the greatest
enemy Of Bolshevism, and he has not the
slightest sympathy with President VIII
sons idea OF world democracy. because
Polshevistn. which IL anarchy. doesn't
thrive In democraAes, where the people
are contented. He therefore looks upon
the American idea OF democracy as more
dangerous than the old nilitarist sys-
TEN and as something against which
people are bound to revolt sooner or
later.
Bolshevitm has made such inroads on
the German army that the American
conlni ssion IA informed that II Is doubt
fil whether the present German Govern
ment could count upon the support OF a
majority Of the soldiers now stationed In
Berlin TO fire on tho Bolshevists II they
tried TO seize power.
During the fighting on December p3
twenty-one German regiments Quartered
In and near Berlin supported the r!ot!ng
marines by refusing TO fire upon their
comrades" This was good majority
OF the herman uOOIS III Nile IHtiIII iN-
e,on, and included many OF the Prussian
Guard regiments This shows that the
old German army discipline Ii decayfng
rapidly.
| BernstorH May Head Delegation
Many OF the soldiers now composing
the army facing the Allies east OF the
Rhine, when they got home and saw
what rr,vatiors their families had suf-
fered and realized what a state of disor.
ganisation had come into being. became
themselves demoralized and discouraged
and in a mood for any mischief. They
argued among themselves that nothing
could be worse than their present state,
| 1t Is now reported that II the presen
| German Government weathers the storm
It may appoint Count Johann Won Bern
storff as chief OF the peace delegates
Many Germans believe that despite hi
| spy activities he etill would he accept
able to President Wilson. They alst
point out that he Is the only German
diplomat OF the old order who Is liberal
all the others being tarred with tn
Junker brush.
Since his return from Constantinopl
Bernstorff has been sympathetic towar'
the moderate Socialists. and for tina
! reason he has not shared in the downfall
of the other representatives of the OLE
regime.