El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

lar from ODLaAnlmE CONCESSIONS IRON
, the allies It was met with ever in
creasing demands which eliminated
in the summon TO surrender the war
criminals Nothing more could then
be hoped from the allies. whether the
government should be liberal or re-
Ebert regime was mounting and
there was danger lest the real revo-
lutionaries. who had revolted in No
vember. 1918, and been depressed,
8 might start new insurrection-
Kapp's Coup d Etat.
J In this situation kapp. himself a
{ nobody. but plainly acting in the
name OF the old military and reac-
tionary elements. executed his coup
d. erat- Forthwith the Ebert gov
eminent fled TO Leipzig. the army
passed from the hands OF Noske to
those Of officers Of the old order.
The Baltic soldiers occupied Berlin.
For the moment the counter reVolu-
ton was swiftly and completely sue
ccssful But at this stage a new
and Unforeseen element interviewed
The Ebert government Invoked the
weapon Of the general strike and the
country responded TO a man; sud-
denly the whole economic life Of the
country was paralyzed-
Whatever was the motive OF the
Ebert government. Its tactics were
Immediately successful In a very
few DAYS II became clear that the re-
dictionary revolution was doomed. be-
cause the laboring classes were not
only hostile TO It, but so well
organized that BY the use OF a gen
eral strike, they could force an i'm
mediate capitulation- This capitula-
ton came within the briefest time
Kapp and his associates retired, the
military elements retired The road
was open for return OF the Ebert
Ebert had turned 70 the real
radicals. for aid TO defeat the counteY
revolution, but they 1.-THE Independent
FS1cialists) were in no mood 70 &C
cert Ebert on the old terms. TO
then Ebert was a traitor be was
the creature and agent OF the re-
action ries, clearly demonstrated by
the course Of the Ebert government
in the first moments OF the kapp
UPRISING as by the ease with which
ne No5ze military organization had
been disposed OF by the old milf
would ContInue Struggle.
The general strike. invoked against
the Kapp group, remained available
for use against the Ebert group
Kapp had ,Tuit, but the Independent
Socialists. the mass Of the laboring
classes scented determined 70 con-
D tinue the struggle until ali chance OF
a repetition Of the recent uprising
I was rendered impossible what the
Z Indenendent Socialists now sought
. was TO use the power that had come
10 their hands TO force the creation
OF a cabinet which should be beyond
the control OF the old gang and to
bring about a dispersal Of the Noske
military forces, which had shown
I themselves the ready tools OF the
{ old clique
nor Ieza than an effort to con-
tinue the fight, begun in NOvem-
her, 1915. to produce n real reTo-
! luton.
As for the Ebert government, re-
Z turning TO Berlin, Il Illuminated
against the kapp conspirators, but
actually did little OF nothing, could
do little OF nothing because the con-
troll OF its military forces still re-
I NAMED with those who were IN
: sympathy with KaDps were, IN truth.
fellow conspirators- The result OF
this policy was the rapid increase
in the violence Of the protests among
the real revolutionaries, the outbreak
! Of disorders all over the country and
the clash Of arms between the sol
diers Of the Ebert government LED
I by the fellow conspiratorS OF kapp
I and the radical elements, which had
taken up arms 70 insure 3 real
I change.
This Is the situation. which pre-
/ vailed on March IS, with the single
( additional development that the ex-
/ tent of radical activity has brought
I about the collapse Of the Bauer gov
I eminent and the calling OF Mueller
/ 10 head q new government. So lar
/ the radicals have succeeded. but
/ there is lacking stu any evidence
/ that Mueller can satisfy the radicals
or that this shift will stop the dis
{ orders. Meantime, while the Ebert
government Is making certain con-
! csssions, SO far as the cabinet Is con-
cerned. It Is stfu employing repre-
Eentatives OF the Prussian order TO
crush the revolution in the west
German News Propaganda
Now Il IS essential for Americans
I 70 bear in mind that most news from
Z Germany Is sheer propaganda The
effort TO identify the present revolu-
Z tionaries with the BolsheVists Is
obviously the single course left TO
I the Prussian and Junker elements,
for whom the triumph OF the real
exile and supreme disaster. The
Kapp bid for power has failed,
I Ludendorff and his associates can
not now hope to return 10 control Il
remains 20 limit the extent Of the
disaster and keep the future open
This can only be done, II the present
revolution is crushed, and the most
hopeful manner Of crushing the reTo-
luton must lie through persuading
4 the allied world that the revolution
is a new manifestation OF bolsheTism-
But Il is by no means true that
] the present revolution Is wholly boil
Ehevistic. Naturally II contains all
OF the extremists. but by contrast all
Of the cid order are enlisted now in
support Of the Ebert government as
the sole alternative to a real revolu-
ton which shall sweep them out OF
power. One by one the conspicuous
figures Of the Ludendorff era are
appearing at the head OF the SOL
diers fighting to repress the new
me notion TINT the Ebert gov
eminent represents the moderate
elements f. erroneous. II was
and remains the creature Of the
old order, which endeav0red TO
escape a real revolution. that
would have crippled and perhaps
destroyed &c.
Several developments must be re-
Earded as possible. The Ebert gov
eminent itself may fall, Il may prove
too shaken 20 resist the pressure now
Coming from the left. from the
radicals, who quite justly regard IL
as 8 sham II It does fall, a new
, government may arrive which viii
be honestly democratic. truly radical
and dedicated IN advance to the root
{ ing out Of the servants OF the past
Z in the army and In the whole civil
service Of the country, which has.
as yet undergone as little purifica-
! ton as the army.
On the other hand, the Ebert gov
I eminent may survive, having given
such hostages to the real radicals, as
4 to be unable, even II Il wished to
serve the ends OF the Prussians fur
, cannot be questioned that there
awnaHm n1nrHfnw and IN