New-York tribune., 1920-04-04

'"e0iA ooi leafs ol Junker rens,
sance and Bolshevist explosion !,
Germany.
Toward Germany and toward Rm
sia we have followed the .n.
course. The identical incoherenm
ineptitude and incapacity have chs,
acterized our course with respect ).
both great peoples and, whether ;,
consequence or inevitably r
without regard to outside jnfluen.
both great peoples have moved ste.,
lily toward greater anarchy and a..
nomic paralysis. And TO-DAY A.
situation has arrived where it a.,
longer clear that any interveptio,
however wisely conceived, can aT..
Russia or Germany save in a mauo.
bound to be injurious to us .x
perhaps fatal to The condition. !,
should like to see In both nation.
In any event it is essential TIM
Americans should now perceive u.
truth, as contrasted with the un,,
ganda-prepared fiction about h
German situation. The first rsyoM
ton was sham. The men VIZ
figured as its leaders were ,os
identified by their works az n.
willing or the helpless tools Of Il.
Prussian oligarchy, which had pre
cured the war and had been respor,
sible not only for the conflict itssf
but for the very circumstance, i
it which made it unlike all preyic,
conflicts in the period Of modsy,
history.
Real Revolution
This Ebert government With
emerged from tie revolution h.E
power only on the conditions IN /
posed by the militarists and vAs
less than month ago, the rrvmt.y
determined to take back the pbw.s
which they had momentarily delsE
gated, the Ebert crowd at frI
offered no real opposition and orJ /
at the last moment, in some exceg
of madness, made appeal to the res /
radicals, the true revolutionaries, as
Kerensky after encouraging Kori
loft with assurances Of supper /
turned to Trotzky and Leninc.
The outcome has been real rev.
luton, an uprising of the elemeu.1
honestly opposed to the Prussia /
oligarchy. But having unchains /
the flood the Ebert government taE
promptly sought to dam it again g. I
has returned swiftly 20 heel, assig
Ing to notorious Prussian soldienS
the congenial task of using the /
steel upon their fellow countrymsI
Of liberal and democratic faith
But in this situation these libers
democratic and, for that matte
radical elements have refused TO vi
deceived; they have declined to kl
down their arms until they hsV 7
eliminated the Ebert government a,
Mt least rendered It harmless ar
secured the transfer Of real DOW
to Cabinet made up of men Of tAsrI
own faith, men, like themselvea "
posed to Prussian militarism and d
its works.
Success or failure Of what mus
in any case, be regarded as ths hrs !
genuine German revolution may d
pend upon tho attitude Of the A0e
countries. It may depend upon D.
extent Of the success Of The Pru'
sian clement in propagating ~
notion that the German revoiutt
ls but a new manifestation Of Be- /
shevism. Fear Of Bolshevism. drss
OF the consequences Of the new rw
luton, eagerness 70 escape frt
present economic paralysis may r
suit ia Allied support Of orde. II
Germany, as expressed in terms u
Prussian agents.
What Revolution Might Do )
1t is conceivable that n real or
man revolution might be the M
step in the restoration of undo
standing between the German cIs
Allied nations. At the least It Y
hard to see how any other event a
open tho way for Il mutual unds
standing which does not exist "
day and does not to-day seem r
sibie. But it is unmistakable ts'E
if the makers OF a real democrs'
revolution in Germany find ress
to believe that the Western nstIer
who went to war "to make the vo' +
safe for democracy" In fact, g.
their aid to The old Prussian ga'I
IN Germany at the moment VII 5
it was actually threatened at har (
by real democratic uprising, m
the gulf between tho German ~
the rest Of the world will I
widened and deepcncd imnessS
ably
Had the counter revolution w