South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-29
VIEW REVOLT IN
GERMANY BREWS
UNDER SURFACE
Outward Political Calm Be-
lieVed to Cover Prepare
tons For New Coup.

BERLIN. Oct. 2s.-The outward
politicaI calm prevailing IN Germany
IS construed by optimists as a sign
that the country is settling down 20
steady work while pessimists fear
that 10 seems that time is being tax
On for preparations and collection
OF forces for - me fresh coup d'etat. f.
II would certainly be very unwise
at the present moment TO prognOs- 7
ticate. What is certain is that, as
the social democrat Edwin Barth
wrote a few days ago: There is no
one in Germany who Is satisfied with
the present state OF affairs. and ev
eryone has a right 10 lie dissatis-
fed"
Signs OF discomfort are manifested
daily. but no party or faction shows
its hand. It is evident enough. how
ever. that a keen propaganda Is be
ing conducted under the surface,
and that the mona-chists on the one
hand and communists on the other
hand. and moderate parties stand
ing between them are consolidating
their offensive and defensive forces.
The New Armies.
What Is happening in regard to-
the army Is somewhat a mystery.
Placards on public buildings IN
towns and villages, and advertise
ments in newspapers, invite youths
20 volunteer for service in various
corps, and everybody knows that
men enrolled are treated generous
-. and with great consideration.
Everybody knows also that all kinds
or organizations have been formed
among civilians with the object Of
Offering armed resistance TO any at
tempt on the part OF the commun-
lists 10 establish a species Of bolshe-
visit dictatorship. Funds have been
voted by many municipalities to-
wards defraying the expenses oS
IS arming this burgerwehr.
The independent socialists. on the
other hand. agitate INCREASINGLY. and
in all kinds OF ways. against the i'm
perial defensive army. and against
this civilian force. as. OF course, hey
do not wish 60 be thwarted in their
endeavors to gain Germany for boil
shevism
Clash Feared IA the Winter.
Rumors are An circulation. and
have been for weeks past. that the
coming autumn ard winter will see
spartacist risings al 0vSr the coun-
try. and rumors are also current
that the monarohists VIII attempt a
counter-revonutfon In the near fu
ture. Independents and spartaclsts
moreover. are peVpetuany declaring
that prominent msmbers OF the So
cialist section OF me government,
and especially thu army hearers. are
- collaborating. and WIZ eOllaborateI
with the monArohis4s.
Independents and EDaetacSsts are
sndeavox1nR 60 han the pubic into
q sense OF seOurffy By announcing
that they have come TO the oonclu-
sion that ths< Sanss vim not be fur
thersd by msans q s-med revolts.
aad that conflicts with imperial
the tmperisa anthcgftisS continue to
be On their guard and 60 prepare for
al sventusnttsA
Each faction Wi also naturally
seek to euxn 90 ~ OEgD account the
e1sot prodzced on the masses by
nomsntary circumstances. The
communists end spertsc1sts. for ex-
ample. VIII exploit In the interest
Of Ghsir Own czuSs the discomfort
ssd the mzmn1rinss that are
bound co os prodeCed by cold and
dnzsrnsss tn the homes during the
soEntns VzhnGar and By uneuploy-
nosuI. cd OF which they have been
tustyumsufsl IN bringing about.
ur4T1a the noooaEchfzts VIII take ad-
vaueage Of Ehs vsxasion and dsjec-
tAon that vdu Be inevitable when
pecpfs fu1r understand what liza
name by the revolutionary party.
witch demNa7issd the German ar
my and thSs caused Germany to
lose the waT"
Independents Socialist Aims.
A great impression WAS made BY
an article pgonshed IN the Leipzig
voTkszeis1rnE before Shs meeting. In
which tbs author. Kurt Geyer, ad-
vpestsd the alteration Of one OF the
nat7 features OF chs program OF the
independent socialist party. This
clause runs The elm OF the In
depsndsnt socissist party Is a dicta-
torship BY .he proIssariat repre-
senting the Erest majority OF poo
pie as = necessary preliminary 20
the reaitza ton 81 socialism" Gsy-
or maintained that the situation in
Germany today is practically the
same ss before the revolution. that
The enemy IL On the right ard not
on the left and that the words:
"Rsprsssntfng the great majority Of
the people" should BE- omitted from
the parry program.
He argued also that the party
sheuld clearly understand that the
main weapon - the ighJ for social
lsr,, was a system OF councils. and
that al other weapons. Including
parliaments were auxiliary The
majority OF the functionaries seem
TO pe OF opinion that the parliament
and elsctionserins campaigns are
very important for propaganda and
enlightenment purposes. and are
therefore also 20 be made use OF in
he future as a means towards the
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