The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-23

vaicns, ! prophecy one of two things
vii happen" said Rarth
There will be second revolution,
either before peace is signed or as d
result of the governments refusal IT,
ac' ept the entente's terms, resulting
in The establishment of protetarian
dic;atorship-or the royalists will in
auguiate counter revolution do soor
as PEACE is signed
The monarchistS would briaC the
aiser, the crown E'ince and the rest
o. the royalty lack, and Germany
would be the same menace to Europe
that she was before Generals Lu-
dendorff and Groener are behind the
government but General Won Vorbeck
is being daily honored by the Ger
mans as the undefeated victor of the
African campaign is actually the mil
itary commander chosen to conduct
the counter revolution.
ALREADY the militarists are aiming
to win over the bourgeoise, as we'll
as the loyalist peasants, either with
or without the knowledge of the gov
ernment. Counting the veteran army
as certain to align itself with this
movement, the monarchists can count
on at least 100000 armed support
ers.
"The republican volunteer corps
organized by the present government
is the most corrupt, brutal and dis
honorable military body Germany has
ever seen. The men are drawing the
normal pay of officers and four marks
bonus every time they stand guard.
They also have free theatre tickets
and similar privileges. They serve
because they get higl. pay and good
food. They are given three times the
rations the civilians draw while wo-
men and children starve. There would
be plenty of food in Germany if it
were fairly distributed. ! beg the en-
tente to investigate and insist that
soldiers have only the same amount of
food as hungry women and children,
before sending more supplies to en-
able the militarists to strengthen
themselves.
France is absolutely right in fear
ing Germany and demanding that
German militarism be positively de-
stroyed. President Wilson is com
pletely deceived in the present Ger
man government. | say this though |
admire him as the greatest man of
the present time.
"The Germans whine that we can
not pay indemnities is disgusting. We
can and should pay for the destruc-
ton we have wrought. The way to
pay is to oust the capitalists who fl
naced the war and who hold the bonds
hnow, ready to sacrifice anything to
retain power and brain the German
people of 25 to 80 Billions of marks
yearly. 1t is to their interest to en-
slave the German michael common
people, who suffered while the cap
Iitalists loaned money.
"The Germans were not heavily
taxed. The war debts were entirely
foated by bonds. The Germans are
willing to pay France and Belgium,
though they will refuse to work and
repay the whole outside world. There
is one way we can poy our obliga-
Itions to the entente. We must have
a dictatorship of the proletariat, at
least temporarily, By proletariat
mean every one who works, whether
with his hands or his head. We would
mot make the same mistake Russia
did. We would not limit mans earn
ing capacity. Thyssen, millionaire
manufacturer, who has brains, would
earn the same salary he received in
the past but could not speculate and
amass a fortune for his heirs.
Germany ought to nave dictated
peace. 1t is all we seserve, Then
we should pay up. There would be
peace inside of "a hours if the people
did the signing instead of the present
Igoysrnment."