Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-03
LARGE ISSUES ARE
 RAISED BY RECENT
 REVOLT IN GERMANY
Some Believe World Peace Threatened by Develop
 mentS

in the last few weeks have over shadowed other international oues- tions, focusing the attention of din lomats and Statesmen on both sides of the Atlantic on new phases of old issues, and calling for the clearest consideration and treatment ip the formulation of plans for the general peace settlement and future world welfare.
 The rapid march of events in Asia Minor since the allies. scarcely more than few weeks ago, formulated tentative decisions relative to the Turkish settlement, have been fol- lowed by the Kappist coup detat>and retirement in Germany and the sub sequcnt revival of Spartacide efforts to seize power. These developments inseparably linked with the general European economic and political sit uatlon, may open startling new chapters in the history of the whole world.
 The Turkish Complications. The Turkish situation has been complicated by the Turkish massa- cres of Armenians in Cilicia, the spread of the nationalist movement headed by Mustapha Kemal, and by the fact that the entente powers did not have any practical means to keep the situation in hand As result there has been a picturesque landing of allied armed forces in Constan- tinopic and the allies have warned the Turkish government that con- tinuation of maSsacres will be fol- lowed by punishment for the Turk. At best, this is considered here on Fly q palliative measure. The strength \ of Turkish opposition to the entente S is not in the government at Consta 5tinoplc, but in the nationalist movc- ment growing throughout Asia Mi Enor. The underlying psychology of sthe sitaution, so far as it concerns Sthc Turk, is his very keen realiza~ Etion of two things:
 First, that disscnSion among the Rallied powers will probably not al I How them to take drastic action, and Therefore that the situation will re- kmain as it was, so far as real pun Eishment of the Turk is concerned. Second and more important, that Fit is impossible for the allies to Ebrng an armed force to bear cf- kfectively against the Turks in the fmountainoUs terrain of Asia Minor. These clements in the Turkish 7equation have already made allied Eofficials and diplomats regret acute My that Russia does not exist as an Eeffcctive aid al the time, but lies in- [ farticulatc under the scourgo of a {regime which has encouraged the kPan Turanian movement in an cf- Hort to embarrass them and spread kthe communistic movement ove' EAsia. Historically, Russia, as she &eN'sted before the soviet revolution, sTas the only power that, through Egeographical position and a com manding hold on the Caucasus, con Estituted a standing threat to the li- Eeense of the Turk in Asia Minor. Russia, therefore, as a general in tcrnational problem, again steps {promnently into the foreground in fconncction with consideration of the Turkish question.
 Red Danger in Germany.
 But equally does Russia figure in the more important problem of Ger many. The Kappist coup d'etat kagainst the Ebert regime Tn Berlin &soon showed failure. But it's chief #apparent result so far has been the kdevclopmcnt of a situation which |was quickly seized upon by the Ger man reds for exploitation. Opinion in Washington is that these develop mentS constitute stern warning for the future.
 It is felt here that the general trend of allied comment on the Ger man upheavel was somewhat ln- fluenced by emotion. A natural Feeling of resentment against i'm perallstc and militaristlc Germany called forth bitter expressions lagainst the Junkcrdom behind the kappist movement. Now, however, the swing of the pendulum toward &the Spartacides has brought a krealization that the German sltua- tion must be analysed with cooler Judgment.
 The central and perhaps pivotal problem of European life, statesmen and economic experts now clearly realize, is stabilization of the polltl- cal status and the resumption of eco- homie activities throughout the con tlnent, especially in Central ana Eastern Europe, whose resources are necessary for the development o1
 Western Europe. The supreme council, in it's recent announcement dealing with the needs of the Euro, pean economic situation, emphasized this aspect of the situation. Obvl- ously, the present inactive state oi Gcrmany, followed by another out
 burst of Spartacide revolt, IS as much d matter of concern for these elements of constructive opinion anxious for the industrial revival o1 Europe as for those who are inter tested in the fulfillmcnt, of the provi' slons for rcparation and indemnity in the treaty of Versailles.
 As a matter of fact, the great pre- requis,te of. France and England be, Ing able to obtain their contemplated preparations from Germany is the resumption of economic actiStlcs III
 Germany--th the creation of q sltua'
 ton in which Germany, emerging from her present inactive and semi anarchistic state, would become sta
 bllized politically and resume na'
 tlonal production on large scale
 Hardly anyone expects that indus
 trial production on such a scale can
 be achieved under Spartacide gov ernment in Germany. There are fe" practical statesmen who look fol such production under q socialist re' gime, the basis of large production
 at present being private property
 and individual initiative, which arc
 lnconslstent with the socialist trend
 ot thought.
 Government That May Emerge.
 For this reason the present pink
 government in Germany, howcve,
 necessary or convenient it may have