The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1920-03-25

either before or after the next cleo
ton, and if ratified at such time we
would become Il part of the league.
If this is not done the nation can
apply for membership in the league
Just as any nation not n party to the
Versailles treaty may do and be ac-
ccpted by the nations that are now
members.
Although Germany has occupied an
eminence conspicuous in the center or
the stage of world events during the
week and considerable light has arisen
from the contlagration raging within
her borders. much mystery rules as to
the true state of affairs. Dark areas
exist which the spotlights of anxious
International interest and the tele-
scopes of publicity cannot penetrate.
| One thing certain IS that the reNolu-
| ton instigatcl by Kapp, LucttwitZ and
others with Kapp as self-appointcd die
! tator, has been Overthrown after five
days of hectic. febrle existence. The
active agent in bringing about this
| speedy demise was n general strike or
| WOrkmcn ccntcrcd in Berlin.
Whether the offspring Of miltariStic
designs, an effort to administer oxy-
gen to the gasping hopes of royalty,
cunning machinatOn of holShevism, or
4. deeply laid plot involving all parties
to muddy the waters of international
affairs and so defeat the terms of the
peace treaty as affecting Germany, is
not yet evident and may not be clear
for n long time. At any rate, the rev
Olution appears to have been a feeble
| child. When the railroad workers quit.
and also those of the public utilities
including gas. water and electricity.
the ifc-giving and dlstributive facili-
ties ceased. A lustior infant could
have lasted longer, but eventually
| would have Succumbod.
Has the Ebert government been mere
camOuilage? Ebert seems to have
known what was impending and ut the
first sound of alarm deserted Berlin
after calling upon the prolctarat to
support him by the strike. Earlier adj
vices indicated that NOsko, his minis
ter OF defense. the man who has re-
Gently been prOclaiming his acceptance
Of the principles of the treaty and his
determination to help work them out,
had an understanding with The rcvOlu-
tionares. Time alone will demonstrate
the truth or falSty of this Indication.
With the Russian. Turkish and eastern
situations what they are, added to the
complications of the Adriatic situation
ana the internal affairs of France and
England, ii would seem to be a fairly
OppOrtune time for Germany to stage
a muddling and distracting demonstra-
ton. There are elements aplenty in
Germany committed to such intentions.
That which now seems likely is that
the various groups could not work TO.
gethcr harmonlouSly. Ludendorff was
in Moscow intriguing with Lenine and
> TrOtsky. n case indeed Of politics max
ing strange bedfellows. AT home there
was a movement If Ebert and his fol.
lowers could be rendered sufficiently
: complaiSant, to set up Hindenburg rs
n candidate for president. Notwith.
; standing that Ludendorff. the embodi-
ment of reactiOnism, was flirting with
the perSonification of advanced radi
y
were endcavoring to make friends Will
the socialistic adherents of Ebert, a re
dictionary undercurrent was prevalent
throughout all the plotting. If the
, revolution went off half cooked. rs
seems fairly evident, X was due TO hu.
man nature and the impoSsibility OF
combining antagOniStic elements ant
soothing individual ambitions. Through
e out the whole affair there las been de
= cet, Subterfuge and recrimnatiOn {
1 heritage from the teachings of kultur
I proving that German leaders canno
! he honest with each other and car
scarcely face their own vlsages in {
I looking glass.
Z Out of the whole mess has come tn,
q renewed menace of bolshevsm. Har
S nessmaker Ebert Is the one figure II
: Germany who carries any indications
of influence and strength on the sid'
= of law and order. He ordered th'
v strike and ii remains to be seen wheth
i ter or not he can control it. Just nov
y it looks as though he might have ere
o ated FrankenStein destined to cruSl
d him and throw his nation-perhaps tn
y whole of EurOpe-into chaos. Soviet
q have been proclaimed in certain place
d in Germany, 1t is true that these man
e ifestations are confined largely to Sax
n Ony and other industrial centers wksc
e radcallsm has been strongest. En-
= has confidence in his military resource
and In the sober inclinations of tn
4 people; thoroughly sick of wal
e anxious to heal internal troubles ant
e get back to work. The optimistic an