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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

bourgeois mercenary" Ebert, the com
ment in American newspapers is unan-
nous in its estimate of the outcome as a
decisive advance toward the establish
nnent Of democratic republic. The SEN
timent is general that the German peo-
pie, exercising its newly gained right to
mould its destiny at what is perhaps the
crucial moment Of its history, has re-
pudiated eXtremism both in its monar-
chist and Bolshevik form As an edi-
torial in "The Boston Globe" puts it:
"The German elections appear to be going
middle class It is a temptation to add, AS
goes Germany so goes Western Europe for
II the Bolshcvik idea cannot dominate a
field so fortified by autocracy and unsuc-
cessful war it mas less chance west of the
Rhine
The defeat CT the supporters of the
old order is summarized by "The Wash
ington Star"
"a republican form of government is nre.
dicted as result of the election. There is.
iiucSu, ilo VIllSt lOSlcdl outcome II the cleo
tons express the will of the people The
presence of peoples party ticket in the
field gave them chance to declare for the
old order, and its insignificant showing may
be accepted as proof that the people will
have none of it. Whatever plans the junk
crs and monarchists have for a move toward
restoration of the military autocracy. they
cannot fail to have been seriously upset by
this show of popular dsapproval at an cleo
ton which was more fully participated in
by the German people than any other in the
history of the nation"
The outcome is generally hailed as a
triumph Of the counsels of moderation,
Of gradual evolution toward a genuine
democratic order. "The New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

Majority Socialists. led by Ebert and
. Scheidelnann, the party which put the
revolution over" in a very considerable
degree. The only party showing a gain
IN the recent election, outside of the
Majority Socialists, are the Democrats,
successors of the old Progressive PEG
pies party or bourgeois radicals The
National Liberals. the 'grand old
party Of German industry and finance,
most faithful among Bismarck's sup
porters, have suffered corresponding
loss. the camouhage name Of peoples
party" failing to deceive the electorate.
Even sadder is the fate that befell the
Conservative Pan-German coalition dis
gused as the National party This
group, which in the old Reichstag mus
tered combined strength of seventy
one members but exercised an influence
altogether out of proportion to it's num-
bers, has now shrunk to thirty-four rep
resentatives.
The defeat Of the Independent Social
lists also seems to be settled, although
the tact that as many as twenty of their
candidates were returned is, according
to an editorial in "The Brooklyn Daily
Eagle" a hopeful sign
The Independent Socialists apparently
have drawn new strength from the radical
elements opposed to Ebert and Scheidemann
but this is rather a wholesome sign. since
the Independents decided to use the ballot
instead Of joining with the Spartacans in
their resort to violence. 1t was this atti-
tude on the part of the Independent Social
lists that did more than anything else tosde-
feat the Spartacus revolt by withholding
support from the extremists at critical
time"
Outside of the Radical press, which
elicits much fury over the victory Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

Times calls it even conservative tri-
umph":
"a conservative triumph we might say. if
conservatism in Germany wasn't associated
with reaction A good days work for the
German people and for the rest Of us 1t
WILDE interesting to see how many of those
entitled to vote, more than half Of them
women went to the polls"
In the opinion of The New York
Globe
"Germany's present decision is for democ-
racy. Let no one be misled into thinking
otherwise because the most numerous group
IN the National Assembly will be called So
clallsts- Before the way organized social
ism in Germany ceased being MARKHAM The
revlsionsts rewrotc the Erfurt programme
and changed or construed it into one of
political liberalism. The actual platform
of Schedemann and Ebert was about the
same as that on which Colonel Roosevelt
ran and President Wilson was elected. The
popular party in Germany asked little more
than has long been enjoyed in this country"
On the other hand, "The Boston
Transcript" discerns a danger for de-
mocracy in the predominance of the Ma
jority Socialists
There is, however, one decidedly bad
sign in the German situation, and that is
the evidence that the Majority Socialists
actually received credit in the eyes Of the
nation for being willing to let the Con
stituent Assembly meet This meeting. we
are told AIessrs. Ebert and Scheidemann
and their party have decided to permit
and public sentiment applauds the permis-
sion. 1t is needless to say that in any coun-
try which has had the benefit of democratic
institutions there would be no question of
permitting the meeting of constituent as
semby elected by universal suffrage"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

SO there burst out the greatest and most
furious battle between men upon which the
sun has ever risen. A whole people ignobly
trained to understand nothing and TO love
nothing but the savage force of which they
consented to remain the victim for the Joy
of being the instrument of it against others
was let loose upon Europe like an irresist-
ibc army Of machines of death prepared to
shatter all before them.
Let US do them the homage of saying tn at
they played their role to perfection Cities,
with their finest historical monuments and
their most precious treasures of science
and art, have gone up in flames before the
torch of destructive Kultur. Destruction
of the humblest home as we'll as of the
noblcst ediices, pllage, robbery, assassina-
ton, massed murder following nameless tor
lures of educated barbarism, the most ex-
ecrable outrages upon human beings, the
most revoting, shameless acts Of beasts in
delirium- such, in plain terms, is the rec
ord of these brutes in their work of "kul-
tured' Tcutonzation. Have they not
martyred and butchered women and chill
drcn? Did they not mock with the reich
ings of their unspcakabc banter the pas
sengers Of the Lusitania sinking under their
piratical torpedo? In their record will be
lacking disgrace or degradation
How should they understand when we
reproach them for having violated the neu-
trality of Belgium and of Luxembourg,
when we try to explain to them that
without respect for treaties, without the
observance OF sworn faith, there is no
longer any law and justice between the
nations nor any honor among men? They
could find but one answer: 1--WE were the
strongest" Brutcs that they are, they
know not even that brute force itself is
subject to reaction, as we are in the act
of showing them.
The bloody tragedy has followed it's
course. At time when our fathers be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

which has permitted her to conduct, after
half century OF preparation. the greatest
of enterprises for human debasement under
cover OF supremacy of "intelectuality."
The old despotsms of Asia had at least
the excuse that they were the beginnings
OF civilization. This despotsm asbres to
put an end TO the painful work of the slow
emancipation OF the mind by repression
to the bestalities of ferocious savagery.
Man would have risen out of unthinking
matter only ia experience the revolving
sensation OF an effort at nobility rewarded
By debasement new in the scale of deg
radations. SO many centuries of unre-
membered wretchedness and Of glorious
sufferings would have passed in the uncer-
tain hope of higher things, only for men
to see themselves cast back at one blow
into bottomess CULTS. The insolent com
mand is addressed to us to receive, to
solicit, as benefaction, the stigma of
supreme subsection for ourselves and for
those who viii come after us. Give us all
aspiration for glory, for grandeur. for
hope? We have not consented: either the
German must therefore bow his head or
We must. Ours was not made for the
woke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

from me the verdict of Judge IN
HIS imposing ermine, or even the learned
dec;sion Of a Doctor at The Hague. II
simnle-minded folk, too easily contented
with sppearances, should come to look be-
vond what is shown their eyes they would
quickly discover that the judge, in his high
seat, does nothing but formulate the DEGREES
Of an elastic justice whose laws are maze
out Of common human judgments rendered.
in the accidents of circumstances, by those
onlookers who derive their authority from
tho free exercise of an Independent con
science.
Let me be permitted to be one of those
onlookers; it is my title to hearing. !
have the temerity to find it sufficient, since
no one. IL we consider closely, can claim
anv other I am a man, think, and
sneak. Let anyone who can, do likewise,
and let the world decide. The sources OF
NV information are limited, and so are
nv powers of understanding, my standards
of value. must content myself with them,
because against the chance Of a superior
arbitrament I foresee only centuries OF de-
bate
What do we seek for here below? The
hest use OF a nceIiuS c-NiSeSi'SS'
shall we find it if not in balance of
forces, within US and around US, which pre-
supposes an equilibrium of activity within
us and without? A rule ?-the limits OF
liberty fixed by those conventions called
The lar, which specify the prerogattves uni
formly granted to each one. Beyond this
are the fatal facts of man and OF nature.
Fortunate eventualities-man sacrifices him
self for his equals; unfortunate-he tries
to sacrifice others. whenever he can, to
his own advantage.
All the efforts OF righteousness and all
the crimes of selhshness are spread out
in a long series of benevolencess on the
one hand and Of abuses on the other, from
the simplest kindness TO the noblest sacri-
fec, from the most specious rudeness TO the
most brutal atrocity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

dence of the crme-it is the indictment and
condemnation of the man still red with
the blood he has spilled
They attempting death blow against
all that l treasure in life, against my at
tachment to the soil and my love and
ideals for my country-a death blow 20 my
worship of the glory of nation manifest
ing, in the dignity of fraternal living, a
legitimate pride in being a people of many
minds welded into unison.
They are attempting p death blow agsinst
my right to existence, against the virtue
Of the blood in my race, against my ire
pressible need to advance, through the
course of the ages, following the traditions
and the principles of n history in which,
through my fathers. have had part-a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Remaking Our World


They recognize the revolution without
reservation and will in no way and in
no circumstances aid or give counte-
nance to any attempt at counter revo-
luton
The proposals were sent out by wire
less, and the recent attitude Of the Boil
shevlst leaders toward cessation Of
hostllltles makes journalists at Paris
anticipate a speedy acceptance by them
of the invitation
Other Russian leaders do not however
look so favorably upon the action of the
peace conference. Sergius Sazonoff rep
resenting the Siberian government at
Omsk is quoted in an Associated Press
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

probable, and would be under the crcum-
stances the best pledge Of the success Of
the National Assembly"
s'The New York World has words of
high praise for the unexpected political
maturity displayed by the German neo-
Pile:
eminent Junkers like Prince Won Bulow
were fond of demonstrating that the Ger
man people had no capacity whatever for
self -government and that republican ins.itu
tlons must inevitably fail there. The owl
dence OF the last three months is all 10 the
contrary, and although three months il a
very short time in the life of nation. it
often furnishes reliable index to the mind
and temper of a people in meeting q SUI
preme crisis
NO great revolution was ever carried
through so swiftly and systematically az
the German revolution"
la1e dangers of false sense of secu-
rlty are, however, pointed out bv The
Tribune, which observes:
1T may be taken for granted that Hin
denourg still dreams of becoming the Gen
erai Monk OF that delicious German edition
or Charles ii, the recluse of the rsle of
Wieringen.
me Constituent Assembly may now get
ready for business. The trial of what Ger
mans like to call the New Germany, opens.
for the Allies the only possible attitude is
that of watchful waitng~-with emphasis on
the watchful A consolidated GERMANY NAV
DC preferable to an anarchist Germany
pu' " makes strong Yacht am Rhcin,
edition. foch, none the less imperativc.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

history which is not the least nsh,s
tion' perhaps, OF the deeds of the huns,
race.
They are attempting death blown -.
most radiant of the hopes that guide w.
through the perilous macs of a dss,;ss
the riddle of which is possibly in the s..'
that 1t is only what it is but which :.
the more precious to me, nevertheless a.
account of my attempts to honor it.
France defends herself, and others d. ;.
with her-all those who have been :,
guides and supporters of mankind. the H..
ers OF thought all those who because tbcy
are worthy to live the highest life, csnn,,
die death which, together with the sd
downfall of the neutrals. would mc,, *.
extinction of civilized man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Warnings That
Went Unheeded

For half century have seen the. men
ace of bloodthirsty people rising against
us. | have uttered warnings without num-
Der against it to the unsceng men who, up
to the last hour, refused to recognize the
truth and who, by the authority which
their lack of foresight gained for them, now
refuse me the right to point out the con-
tinuation of the faults of yesterday in the
faults of to-day. And when the bloodthirsty
people started the actual slaughter and
the violation Of all human rights | pur-
sued my task, kept speaking kept crying
out. The cry of the victim is the first evil
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

man elections show that the
IA Ebert Scheidemann government
will appear before the Constitu-
ent Assembly with the backing of sub
stantial plurality Of the total member
ship, with 1914 out of 421 members. The
Assembly will meet in the near future
at Weimar, the Thuringian "Kultur-
centrum" associated with the memory
Of Goethe
The elections proceeded-if we disre-
gard few isolated attempts at rioting
oy the hopelessly outnumbered Sparta
Gus people-in perfect order, with an
parently an unusually large percentage
OF the electorate voting. In particular,
the women seem to have awaited them
selves in large numbers of their newly
acquired right of suffrage. Outside of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
The Tribune says:

"of all the bourgeois parties the Demo
Gratis are probably the only sincere anti
monarchists Their cooperation with the
Majority Socialists and perhaps with the
more progressive, or, rather, more cleverlv
opportunist wing of the Centre is highly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

7 : III
comparison with the strength of
parties in the old Reichstag is enlight-
enlng. The figures below refer to the
party groups as they existed on March
/, 1917, according to the Statesman's
yearbook, the names in parenthesis iden-
tlfying the parties according to the new
designations adopted after the revolu-
ton:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

Great w ar. From the
eloquent introduction
we quote the follow
ing paragraphs:
1t is obvious that
my position on these
issues is not a dlsin-
terested one, and |
be sorry indeed
if anyone might think
so. I understand that
M one will EXPECT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

Coalition rule is predicted by The
Philadelphia Enquirer" and The New
York Tribune, the former declaring:
1T the Assembly viii apparently be
dominated by coalition of the majority. as
distinguished from the Independent Social
lists with the Democrats, who developed an
unanticipated strength, but there viii also
be a considerable infusion in its member
ship of those more conservative clements
represented by the Centrists and National
lists 'stS' and the moderate POLICIES with which
me provisional government Of Ebert and
Scheldemann are identified will noucs,ion-
ably prevail"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

the unexpected strength shown by the
Democrats in Berlin and other large
cities, there was hardly any element Of
surprise.
According to the latest reports avail
able the 421 seats of the Constituent
Assembly will be divided among the diff
ferent parties as follows:
Majority Socialists ............ 1854
Democrats NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II
Christian Peoples party .... SO
German National party ......... "a
Peoples party Observation-Disclosures, %
Independent Socialists ...... "a
Iuelis ......... ...............,.
Bavarian Peasants League ...
Wdrtemberg Bourgeois party $500
Peasants and Workmen's Demo
cratic League NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
'o'"l AL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

\RANCE Facing Germany is
II the title of most important
n and stimulating volume is
sued last week by Z. P. Dut-
ton. which contains a series of speeches
and articles by NJ. Clemenceau, Premier
Of France, written mostly during the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26
Democracy Sweeps the Poles i'm German

! ME complete returns of the Ger
n man elections show that the
n Ebert-Scheidemann government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

probable, and would be under the circum
stances the best pledge of the success Of
the National Assembly,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-26

ne Echo &c Fans says.
"insensate as may be tho settlement nov
proposed. it has at least the merit OF RI
ding as Of the still more harmful soIu,ioa
Of bringing the Bolsheviki to Paris and
giving them the opportunity of repeating
on Allied territory the Brcst-Litovsk prop,
ganda"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-27
DRYs RALLY FORCES
SoLONS TO FIGHT
PRESIDENTS RECOMMEND.
Declare They Will countenance No.
Retreat-Hot Fight in Congress
Expected.

Washington, May 21.-Prohibition
leaders In congress will not heed Pres
ident Wilson's recommendation for the
repeal of the wartime prohibition act,
effective July 1, In so far as it affects
wine and beer.
When the presidents message con-
tanning this recommendation was read
In congress the men who have waged
successfully the dry battles of legis-
lation declared they would counte-
nance no retreats.
Liquor dealers of the country who
have been banking ON a repeal of the
law or a proclamation by the presi-
dent precluding its operation have
been counting their chickens before
they were Matched, the prohibitionists
declare.
What congress will do with the rec
concentration cannot be definitely fore
told, but if the prohibition leaders can
hold their forces in line there will be
no resolution, amendment or repeal
adopted.
Thus far there has been no action
taken toward repeal of the law beyond
the Introduction of resolutions. The
recommendations of the president will
be considered by the committees on
agriculture in both houses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-27
NC-4 STILL ON THE JOB
MAKES FLIGHT OF $50 MILES AT
GOOD SPEED.
Stops at Ponta Deigada for Fuel.
Whence the SeapIane Will Sail
for Portugal.

Washington, May 21.-The NC4
arrived at ponta Delgada at 1924
a. M, Washington time. The seaplane
.NC-4 started for Ponta Delgada at
II 40 p. M, Greenwich meridian time.
The weather was clear and the wind
favorable.
The official report to the navy de-
partment from Rear Admiral Jackson
showed that the big plane covered the
distance of $50 miles in 1 hour and "a
minutes, or at the rate of more than
eight-five miles an hour.
Admiral Jackson's dispatch, filed at
1925 a. M, Washington time, said:
"NC-4 arrived Ponta Delgada II "a
G. NJ. II. (10:24 a. NJ, Washington
time). All Q. K"
The crew went on board the sea-
plane at daybreak and spent the early
forenoon hours watching for a ia
porable opportunity to hop off for
Ponta Delgada, where the plane will
stop overnight and be overhauled and
fueled before proceeding for Lisbon,
whence Lieutenant Commander Read
Intends to complete his scheduled trip
to Plymouth.
Early in the morning a series of
squalls which seemed to chase one
and along the course between Horta
and Ponta Delgada delayed the de-
parture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-27
THE MARKETS
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

FLOUR-Per bbl., in jute, 9S-lb. sack
basis: Barley flour, $780, corn flour, IS.
white rye flour, $3.50; dark rye, $780,
spring wheat, $12.75; first clear, in jute,
$l3.40; hard winter, $12.5GQ12.75; soft win
ter $3.50. These prices apply to car lots
except for special brands.
HAY-Choice timothy and No l, $500
$500; standard, $4,000 $500; No. l light
clover mixed $34 00Q35O0; No. 8 timothy
$32 O06133.oe; No. g. $27 00@31. 90; clover, 5000
$4,000.
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, go score,
571kc; higher scoring commands pre-
MUM; firsts, 81 score, SIC; $3.50 score, $50
561Ac; seconds, S3-S7 score, 52G5412c; CEN
tralized, 571ac ladies, 4SQ4S1kc; renovated,
5Se; packing stock, 3S@45c. Prices to retail
trade: Extra tubs, 5915c; prints. 61c,
EGGS-Fresh ffrsts, 43Q45c; ordinary
firsts, lH@43c; miscellaneous lots cases in
eluded, 430441ac; cases returned, 42D431hc;
extras packed in whitewood cases, 49@50c:
checks, 3S@40c; dirties, 40941c; storage
packed, firsts, 45a4@46c; extras, 461zd461zc.
LIVE POULTRY = Turkeys. S2@3Sc:
fowls, 341zc; roosters, 19c; broilers, 1sz@2-
ID. average, s10.O0@12.O0 per doz.; ducks.
S3c; geese 23c. Prices to retail trade in
single coop lots, sole higher.
ICED POULTRY = Turkeys, 3S@40c:
fowls. 34@S41ac: ROSTERS. 19Q2lc; ducks,
23c; geese, 23c. t2~ 81 s'1 -
POTATOES-Per 100 lbs. bulk, northern.
$1,000 Is; sacked, $1,000. 20.
NEW POTATOES-Per bbl., $700GS.50.
CATTLE = Prime steers, s1SO091900:
good to choice steers, s1600917.65; medium
to good steers, s13O0a1600; plain to me-
dunn steers s11.OOQ13.OO; yearlings, fair to
choice, $13.00Q17.25; stockers and feeders
ss.9O614OO; good to prime cows, $1,000
14,G1; fair to prime heifers, S1000Q15.00;
fair to good cows. $S.0O@10.1O; Gamers, $500
@7.OO, cutters, s7.00@So0; bologna bulls
s9:25G10.OO: butcher bulls. s10O0@13.50; veal
calves, $1S.O0d1475.
SHEEP-Wool Colorado lambs 81 501
1850; western lambs, s17.00G1S.50: native
lambs, s15.5O@1S25; shorn lambs, $1,000
1475: yearlings, s12.OO@14OO; clipped ewes,
fair to choice. $7.OOg11.5O; clipped wethers,
$9O0612O0
HOGS-Fair to choice light hogs $40. 70
G21.00; choice light butchers, 500. 90G21. 10;
medium weight butchers, 240-270 lbs, s21. 90
Q21.15; heavy weight butchers, 270-3J0 lbs,
81. 050d21.20; mixed packing, $50. 60d21OO;
heavy packing s2O5O020. S. rough packing,
$19.S5G2040; pigs. fair to good. s1675G1925
stays (subject to so lbs. dockage), $4,000
20.01
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-27
THINK HAWKER FELL AT START
British Admiralty Believes AirpIane
Had Early Disaster-WireIess
Was Silent.

London, May 21.-No definite news
of the whereabouts of the SOpwitht
airplane carrying Harry Hawker and
Lieut. Commander Mackenzie Grieve:
having been received here, it is be-
lieved in admiralty circles that the
daring aviators had come to grief soon
after they left the shore of New
foundland Sunday afternoon.
According to all reports no messages
came from the biplane's wireless-not'
even a note of farewell-and it is be-;
lieved that Hawker would have sent
some message unless he met with AM
accident soon after the start.
Off the Irish coast the weather was
bad and there are no further rumors
that the SOpwith machine fell into the
sea within sight of the River Shannon.