Evening star., 1919-04-05

phlets. sketches, letters and disorder
ed note paper. l had been given let
ter sent by a Russian in Moscow to
his brother in Berlin. 1t had in some
The letter read in part as follws:
II heard Lenin talk two days
ago. He spoke of the coming Of boil
shevism in Germany. He said 1t was
certain to triumph and that there was
only one man he feared in Berlin-a
had been in Russia during the revolu-
ton"
Says Neither Plan Effective.
If the entente clings to the leader
ship Of President wilson" said DR..
Stadtler, "the world is doomed and
bolshevism is inevitable. Mr.. Wilson
today is fighting the bolshevist men
ace with the wooden sword of de-
mocracy. n. Pichon. the French i'm
perialist. has q clearer vision of world
events than Mr.. Wilson has. but the
imperfalist bayonet is no more effec-
tive against the proletariat mania
than is Mr.. Wilson's wooden sword"
DR. Stadtler listened to a number of
questions and then answered them in
full. as follows:
You must understand first the rea-
son for Mr.. Wilson's popularity in
Germany. He was the only hope Of
the German people when our revolu-
ton came. Since the beginning Of
1918 when paeifist and social demo-
cratic tendencies secured the upper.
hold of Germany our people have
turned instinctively toward Mr.. Will
son. He was seemingly the world
leader standing against bolshevism
and imperialism. He was the fore
most idealist democratic pacifist. Ger
many still looks to Mr.. Wilson. and
there is Germany's greatest danger.
Germany. with the rest of the
world, stands in immediate danger
of enlisting behind Mr.. Wilson's
wooden sword and following him to
bolshevism. For Mr.. Wilson is today
in the position of a leader isolated
from the main current of events. He
is a dangerous political anachron-
ism-a survival Of yesterdays illu-
sionists. He faces the world now as
1900. He is ignorant Of the greatest
result Of the war-that democracy
did not triumph in the war, but was
embalmed for eternity. By events of
the last Ave years he does not per-
ceive that the democratic ideas born
with the 100000 dead in the soil of
France, Belgium and Russia.
Instead Of being tho leader of one
Of the world forces today. Mr.. Will
son has become merely a philo-
sophical representative Of the obso-
ing abreast with the times and mas
tering economic developments of the
war. he has for the past Ave years
been digging himself in deeper in
yesterdays political holds. A less
event than understa ndinS the eco
80 oh lsS-
world was his perception of the
strength Of the imperalistic tenden-
cies.
"As q result he finds himself now
in 4 peculiarly untenable position. He
finds that the Imperialism of Lloyd
George. Orlando and Clemenceau is
much more real and much stronger
force than the democratic ideals for
which he thought the entente fought
and that economic proletarianism is
likewise more powerful than his
triumphant democracy. For four
and a half years Mr.. Wifson lived in
the illusion that the world war was a
tarism. In this illusion he was join
ed in 1917 by the German illustonists.
Erzberger. Scheidemann. Payer and
their followers. At the end of
the war these illusions are col
lapsing. confronted by two power
ism in the west, bolshevist anarchy
Because Mr.. Wilson refused to es-
pouse either. he has lost the world
leadership. Because he refused to
relinquish the wooden sword. he
impotent muddler. Because. he re-
fused to fight bolshevism and i'm:
perialism with the only logical
weapon he has lost the opportunity
Of saving the world
Points Out Logical Weapon.
What is the only logical weapon
"A military entente against Russia
| aided by drastic socialist reforms
behind the lines" answered DR.. stadt.
Ter. Recognition Of the fact tina,
power has shifted from politics te
| Industry and reformation of worlt
! affairs to meet this shift, I'll explain
more fully in q moment.
Lenin in Germany. This cry has 9
double appeal. 1t 10 the first spiritua
communion between the Russian ant
German revolution. The Russian rev
olutfon Is not q democratic one. but
social economic with tendencies to-
ward a proletariat dictatorship.
IF Germany becomes bolshevist
bolshevism crosses the bridge; If not
! bolshevism remains isolated and, iso.
lated, 1t can be killed. The imperial.
lists see this, but do mot see that in or.
der to prevent the spread of anarchy
the masses must be appeased and bs
met half way. There must be eco
nomic reform. Socialism offers suci
reform. Socialism recognizes al
classes a. equal and recognizes socie
ty as q whole. Bolshevism recognizes
only tho proletariat and proclaims tn.
right Of the proletariat to impose 1t.
rule upon the non-proletariat. So
cialism is organic. bolshevism is in
dividualistic or anarchic.
| "In 1889 the political victory of tn.
masses placed the power to vote il
their hands. This power has now be
come wooden sword and the masse,
Chamber for share in the real power
which is no longer political, but in
tastic experiment upon the socialis
tendency of the age. It's power lie,
in the appeal to the individual imag
inAtion of the masses. Formal de
mocracy a. espoused BY Mr.. Wilson Il
too weak to combat this appeal-to,
out Of touch to solve the situation
The only thing strong enough Is 90
cial democracy. In the Same manne
Mr.. Wilson'S INSTRUMENTATION o
theor.r. Being logical and honest, h,
extends the theory to Russian an
archy. This places tho world crimi
nally in danger. Russian anarchy
much worse than the mflitarism o
old Germany and must be fought a.
Mr.. Wills on fought the kaiser.
Says League Would Be Futile.
| "Mr. wilson's league Of nations, i
! carried Though. will be as futile al