Evening star., 1920-03-17
DANGER f0A[L|ES
seen IN REVOLT
True Solution of German Up
rising Lies in Hands of Foch,
Says Simonds.
ny FRANK II. sIMoNDS.

says Slm0ndS.
ny FRANK II. SIMONDS.
Recent events in Berlin supply the
final demonstration of the conse-
ouences of full year of allied inco-
herence, weakness and blindness.
little more than a century ago Napo-
leon from Elba saw the Vienna con-
Sress degenerate into group of
quarre1ing nations. saw the unity
which had brought ruin to his sche
disappear, saw the restored Bourbon
monarchy lose all respect at home
and become contemplate abroad
Seeing these things Napoleon re-
turned to France.
Unhappily for the great emperor,
his return came too soon Had he
waited few months more, not i'm
possibly he would have found no real
obstacle in his pathway. and he might
even have obtained allies from the
ranks of his enemies. Today the frst
question one must ask is whether the
German reaction has come too soon
IT is not a case of the return of an
emperor; the old system, not the old
agure-head. has reasserted control
SO far the situation in March, 1920
differs radically from that of the Ma
poleonic era
. Parallel Is Striking.
is striking The Ebert government
is as unpopular as was that of Louis
NVIIL. 1t has been equally impotent
in the face of foreign politics, Whlch
must seem: to the, German, until very
recently master of Europe, aggres-
sions and intolerable abuses. IL mas,
failed to restore prosperity at home
to enforce respect abroad: it has been
unable to- transform the defeat OF the
old gang" into a victory by It's peace
negotiations with the allies.
A single hope now exists Tor 'he
non-Prussian world 1t may be tha!.
like Napoleon. the junkers have STRUCK
TOO ,soon.5 1t may be that ire re.uln
of the militaristic control in Germany
,,ilT-serye to restore the alliance
which has disintegrated in recent
months
A vigorous policy on the Rhine can
restore the situation. prompt demon-
stfation that the allies stand together
stfll ON the issue of Prussianism may
give courage to the anti-1unker eie-
ment in Germany. defeat 1or tne
their cause in Germany as Waterloo
was to that of Napoleon. Only. success
can justify the "old gang" Who Will
hereafter bear the responsihalt 1or
the loss of the world war. unless tnere
is reversal OF the decision OIL lHa'
struggle now.
May Accept Old Masters.
But if the British, the French. the
Italians and the Americans remain
divided, if questions OF policy, mis-.
taken humanitarianlSm, confuslonS OF
purpose, continue. then the Germans
viii Of a certainty accept their old
masters with the familiar Teuton
docility, then resistance to the terms
of the treaty of Versailles will be in
evitable. and alliance between Russia
and Germany only one OF the many
evil probabilities.
On the military side tie German revo- |
luton may have no real dangers, II BRIT
ain and the United States are ready to |
share in whats must be a new demon |
straton on sea and along the Rhine. !
The junkers will watch for the first sign |
Of allied purpose, SO will the Ebert ele- |
ment. now dBiven out of power. tf the |
have cursed the allied policy with re-
spect Of Russia, the same disaster will |
follow. The junkers, like the bolshe- |
visits, will make good their control In |
their own country. and an alliance be.
tween the two to overturn Europe will |
follow at no great distance.
Despite their strength in numbers. the
Germans lack the necessary mechanical |
tanks and the aircraft. to make new
campaign. Moreover, the aestructIon OF
their fleet and their shore defenses
places them at the mercy OF the BritRh
fleet while a renewal Of the blockade |!
promises immediate economic paralysis
and proximate famine.
But having the weapons in our hands. |
1t remains necessary that we should dis |
play the courage to employ these weap- |
Ffrmness viii strike at the single real
asset Of the junkers. II the German
people have turned to -them- 7ow- It Is
not with any desire to fight new war;
but because they have been convinced
that allied impotence will produce allied
surrender once Germany speaks in the
old tones and through the old leadership
To demonstrate the fallacy of this as
The allied nations Not alone their own
safety. but the possibility Of a demo-
cratic and peaceful Germany depend on
what is done in the next few days.
A century ago the allies at the crlti-
cal hour when Napoleon returned
from Elba, announced that they would
not deal with the emperor; not only
did they announce this, but reordering
their divided ranks. they set their
armies in motion and the end was
waterloo. which was the graveyard
of all the Napoleonic> hopes and thes
end of all the faith of the French
nation in Napoleon himself:
When the German people discover
that the return of the junkers means.
not a reduction of the peace terms and:
the restoration of Germany to her OLD
position to her old place in the sun,
they will be as little ready TO rise cen en-
Waterloo. If the consequence OF the
present revolution is the further dis
crediting of the Ludendorns and their
kind, il the German people recognize
once for all that such leadership
means only new invasion, new sacr1-
foes new privations, then and tnen
alone the peace of the world Will De
assured by the fact that the German
dream, like the Napoleonic, Will be
abolished.
Victory Held Indecisive.
But today all the countries which
fought against Germany must recog-
nize that their victory was indecisfv6
and .is now called into question. The1
-oldi gang" which made the war.
which gave the war its character OF
sayagery, are again in the saddle, and
they will remain in the saddle to re-
peat their old crimes and to preserve
the old and evil traditions of their
caste, unless the allies are ready 10
act promptly and unhesitating1s
The diplomats have spoiled the vic
tory. the triumph of the soldiers has
been spoiled by the statesmen, we
have lost the peace, having, won the
war, unless in the present crisis. the
most acute for the world since the
GAYS of the Ludendorn offensives OF
1918, the allied nations. forgetting
their ouarrels over Fiume, the Saare,
The Arabian lands. dismissing the idle
gossip of the economic and moral "ex-
perts," strike hands again In q COM
pact to complete the job.
The German has waited his time, he
has struck at promising moment
The disarray Of the allied forces at