New-York tribune., 1919-11-10
The Week Abroad

merely the tool of the cOunter-revOlu-
tionary junker group, which desired to
get rid of the Independent chieftain at
any cost, just as it had got rid OF
Llebknecht, Luxenburg and Eisner
AS, however, the assassin is neither
count nor an army officer of War
Minister Noske's bodyguard, measure
Of hope is entertained by Haase S
friends that Voss, unlike Lieutenar
Vogel, the slayer of Liebknecht and
Luxenburg will not 60 scot-free.
Be that as it may, the fact remains
that counter-revolutionary sentiment
is rampant in Germany, and the coat
of republican paint put on by the Ma
Jorlty Socialist government is wearing
off rapidly, exposing the solid monar-
chist-reactionary body of the present
regime. characteristic incident is
reported by the "Berner Tagwacht."
The organ Of the Swiss Socialist party
quotes the "Vorwarts" to the effect that
Colonel Relnhard, commander of one
OF the White Guard volunteer divisions
and one Of the leading figures in the
Eden Hotel military clique, has, in an
address to his soldiers, characterized
the present Cabinet as "rabble," Minis
ter of Finance Erzberger as "scoun-
drel," the new national flag (red.
black and gold) as the Jew flag
The timid remark of "Norwarts" that
this is going a little too far for an
officer of the German republican army,
called forth an angry letter from Colo
mel Reinhard in which he said, among
other things, that nobody ought to be
surprised if an old warrior in times
like the present, is Professionally re
lieving his mind by expressions some
what heated"
Whereupon the "Vorwarts" proceeded
to ask Herr Noske, the Minister Of
War, what he thought about the esca-
pade Of his friend and lieutenant. The
reply of Noske is significant: "An
immediate dismissal of Colonel Rein
hard or even thorough investigation
Of the affair is entirely out of
the question. Dismissing an
old officer like Colonel Reinhard, who
has been wounded in the war seven
times, would be equivalent to the com
plete ruin of his existence"
Rather than ruin the existence of
an old officer. Herr Noske seems will
ing to let the old officer ruin the ex-
istence of the republican government
This, to an outsider, would look like
charity hypertrophed at the expense
Of the instinct of self preservation.
The worst Of it all. from Herr
Noske's standpoint, Is that Junker
gratitude is apt, at times, to assume
strange forms.
Some time ago, the Berne newspaper
continues, the members of the present
German government decided to dem
onstrate their democratic enthu-
siam by presenting their own persons
to the German people in the plainest
possible fashion, dscarding all the
glittering paraphernalia of the old i'm
periAl regime. Carrying the idea to
It's logical extreme, as good Germans
should do, one bright summer day
Herr Ebert and Herr Noeke posed to
the photographer. each Attired in moth
ing but--well, q one piece bathing suit,
reduced to its barest essentials. The
effect was sweeping. From tho Wis
tula to the Rhine.s from the Danube to
the Baltic, Germany rang with laugh
ter. Herr Harden wrote in the "Zu-
kunft": Had the Kaiser paid the pho
tographer and the engraver he could
not have invested the money any bet
ter"
The monarchists took advantage Of
Harden's tip and are now circulating
the incriminating photograph in mill
ions of copies.
And. the "Bsrnsr TaswaaAtr concluded.