The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-03-08

hands of the radicals. In Saxony q
new revolt was started by the Sparta
cans, who were Joined by the miners
and industrial workers of the Halle
region. and the government sent a
large force Of troops to stop the
strikes and riots. Radical as are the
S~partacans, they are too mild to suit
the real anarchists, and the latter are
reported to have begun a counter-revo-
luton that Is conferred In Dusseldorf,
which city was in their hands.
That the Ebert government Is
alarmed by the spread of the Sparta
can movement is evidenced by its dis
tracted efforts to meet and suppress
1t. Military Governor Noske thinks he
can put 1t down by force Of arms and
urges that the national assembly au-
thorize the raising Of 100000 add
tional militia. But President Ebert
himself, 1t is said, favors the extraor-
binary course of seeking to conciliate
the radicals by establishing a national
soviet as the lower legislative branch
OI tie EOtcIllluCut. AsOohC dioO 1t
70 send troops into Bavaria, but the
soviet government In Munich threft-
ened to execute ten prominent citizens
If this were done.
Those who have v placed any
faith In the genuineness of the German
revolution of hast autumn were not
surprised to read that the monarchists
Of that country were preparing for q
coup d'etat in the near future for the
restoration of the old order of things.
The general staff with the old officer
class are asserted to have gradually
gained the whip hand and now hold
the government In their power and in
tend to overthrow 1t. A number Of
royalist officers met recently In Char
l%ottenburg. according to the story. and
pledged themselves to hold munitions
in readiness, to enlist as many men
loyal to the former kaiser as possible
and to assemble when called The
coup, 1t is believed, will be carried
out in Berlin, and 1t is certain that
bloody civil war will result, whatever
may be the final outcome. The former
army officers are a power to be reck-
oned with in Prussia. and 1t may be
their efforts will be aided by the nu-
merous members of the old regime
who still retain their places in the
various departments of the govern
ment at Berlin, under majority social
list chiefs. William Hohenzollern not
long ago had a conference with Count
Won Brockdorff- Rantzan. the German
foreign minister, and was said after
ward to be extr Ordinarily cheerful.
Possibly he hopes : to o his
throne, but IL so he doesn't seem to be
taking into account the fact that the
allies claim the right to determine his
fate and that they undoubtedly have
other plans for hin.
The many strikes and other signs OF
industrial unrest In America are caus-
ing President Wilson some anxiety.
and after a session with Secretary OF
Labor Wilson he had an invitation
teIegraphed to the governors Of all the
states and the mayors OF about lOO
| cities to meet with him in conference
| at the White House March 8 and 4 to
| discuss vital questions affecting busi.
| ness and labor, The president and
the American labor delegation now In
| Paris as well are urging the adoption
I of a definite national policy that VIII
| stimulate public and private construc.
| ton and industry.
In line with this plan, Secretary
| Redfeld has created an industrial
board for the purpose of stabilizing
basic commodity prices, and the coun-
| ell Of national defense will cooperate
with IL. ''The effort" says an an.
nouncement Of the council. SHOULD be
to wholly eliminate the abnormal. I'M
balanced stimulation that business has
had and the inflated prices that have
resulted, and to start upon a normal
level, after which industry can safely
rely upon the law Of supply and de-
mand. Reductions from high prices to