El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20

/ fearless. energetic and clever. Sue
{ cess Is believed TO depend largely on
/ the hour OF BIRTH Copyright. 1920
I by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate-l
TO his parliament. Yet as the head OF
] British society he has an influence
! which even the strongest premier
| would hesitate to defy It was the
I social power Of Edward VII which
formed the entente that kept Ger
/ many from becoming the master OF
| the world It was the social power
] OF the pleasant young prince Of Wales
! no Ereater personality than millions
Z OF other young men-Which has ce-
mented feeling in the empire at a
moment when many parts Of it were
in a bad state Of mind toward the
! mother country
] Yields Divergent Races.
This social power has been found
I q powerful solvent many times in the
/ settlement of the troubles Of the con-
/ tineut Of Europe Here we find q
7 real devils brew" in the mixture Of
races. religions and economic rival
I ries- Regions which by all the laws
OF interdependence 2 c o n m a lly
should be welded together into one
unit are cut across by these racial
and religious lines. by hatreds OF cen
turtles II the enmities thus engen-
dered are not TO bring constant clash
ing and ruin It is necessary to lind
some meeting point. Parliaments IN
4
tried and they have engaged in dis
putting without action Somebody
with power and force to bring all TO
terms has always been found neces-
sary.
The classic example in modern DAYS
before this upheaFal was furnished
by the German revolution beginning
in le48. Then as now, an attempt
was made 20 weld the Germans to-
gether in a parliamentary system
France was setting up Its leaders
Wrangled and fought until the people
welcomed the HohenZOuern cOups
which finally laid them all under au-
tocratic rule, but which brought order
to the land
HapsburE Monarchy - Necessity
Similarly the old Hapsburg mon
archy. with all its faults and terrors.
grew out Of what has been called q
"ReoEraphical necessity" The Slo-
vsks and other Slavs on the north.
the Rumanians on the east, find their
natural economic outlet into Hun
gary, on the plains and Hungary IN
turn. had 70 turn south through the
slovene country 70 find IT'S outlet %
the sea These regions divided by
bitter racial and religious factions,
cannot prosper except they act to
Eether. They have enjoyed peace and
prosperity-such as they were only
under the severe rule OF the Haps-
burrs Otherwise they have been
continuously az war.
The peace conference did the best it
could to lay out new nations on "a
ciaI lines, but Il literally played the
dickens with the living problems Of
the peoples. Consequently, powerful
elements in the Danube basin and Its
tributary mountain regions are now
working to restore something Of the
old conditions so the people may get
on their feet again
II is this situation, as vel as the
policy OF taking the leadership Of the
Catholics. which has led France 20
back Hungary in her work Of resto-
ration. even to the extent Of the
restoration Of a Hapsburg. The wise
statesmen Of Paris know the powerful
economic force Of the Danube basin
viii work for them in building Up
new state which viii be q counter
poise 10 Germany on the vest
Conditions similar to those in the
Danube region drove Germany to-
gether under the HOhenzoJlerns- Bis
marck used the industrial resources
Of the Ruhr and other regions, the
Rhine outlet the railroads running
down its valley, 10 make Catholic
south Germany see that its living in
terests lay with Prussia Today the
system which he and his successors
built uD Is what more than anything
else holds Germany together; and ]
have not the slightest doubt that II
LEFT 10 themselves the powerful ]
classes Of the land would hasten to !
restore the HohenZollern dynasty and {
bring unity and prosperity once more I
Battle-RoyaI in Bavaria
Again lie far-seeing statesmen OF I
Paris have recognized condition Z
the force Of the mOnarchic idea-and I
they have set out 10 bend it 10 their /
own ends Of safety first" In this ]
case they are trying 10 use racial and /
religious differences, as we'll as non Z
archlcal Jealousy to turn the situation {
their way
In Bavaria today real battle I
royal is being fought. Gen Luden- ]
dOrff has established himself near
Munich and is The center OF the plot
tings TO restore the HOhcnzollerns TO
power and Teunite Germany. If he
TO join with him he would be able TO
turn the trick In Bavaria IS the So
called citizens militia OF more than
100000 well trained men; while in
east Prussia other veterans number
ing more than 10000 and capable OF
being largely reinforced are waiting
the word TO strike. These two forces
could converge on Berlin and take the I
government for they would gather I
Strength as they went through the /
Intervening country which is thickly ]
sOWn win pariisans and hidden arms. 4
France, however, is baking Luden- ]
dortf by working on the old jealous ]
les Of the reignimg houses The Wit !
=
second TO the H0henzollerns- They /
are willing the Brandenburg house i
snail have control OF most Of old /
Prussia, but they want TO dominate I
the Catholic south So lar the Wit /
telsbachs have refused 10 counte- 4
nance the plans OF LudendorfI, al j
though willing 10 aid him 20 restore i
the t'russian throne
Prince Sixtus in Paris.
Underneath the surface, AL the in
rTfEuaE OF the Old ufuIumagW ara he
ing carried on The royalty which /
after the armiEtice was hunted out 4
and compelled 10 live in poverty is I
beginning 10 take hold OF things once i
more
a curious development is that
prince SlNtus OF the house OF BOur-
bon-Earma is again in Paris in close
touch with the foreign office. This
princeling, who is one OF the many I
brothers Of eX-empress Zits, of Aus
tria, figured as The go-between Of
emperor Charles when he tried 20
make SEPARATE peace With Franco