El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-01

wrath would soon pass ana L4e4 the
old gang would take hold
How Ebert Fell.
The first OF the hopes was not
realized The allies were not de-
ceived into resiguing the fruits Of
their victory and the treaty Of Yer
sailles included terms which disap-
pointed the German expectations.
Incidentally these terms served to
discredlt the sham liberal govern
ment and thus supplied the reac-
tionaries, the Junkers, with an op-
portunity 20 strike for their old
position
AGAINST such n blow the Ebert
government was helpless itself,
because its military establish
ment Wus, in fact, in the hands
Of the old military element
How far the Ebert government as
a whole was a party TO the recent
ter Of conjecture One may recall
that KerenslIy was reputed to have
agreed to the KOrnilOff rebellion and
70 have lost his courage at the last
moment and thrown himself into the
arms Of Lenin and Trotzky. thus in
surfing the ruin Of Korniloff. but in
surfing the immediate collapse OF his
own rule
EBert's Big Mistake.
In any event Ebert, at the final
moment seems 70 have followed a
similar course and proclaimed the
general strike
This weapon. once unsheafhed.
produced the situation which in
Russia, precipitated the deluEe.
for IL called into power exactly
the elements which had never nc
cepted the Ebert government,
never ceased to denOunee Il as n
sham and never hesitated to
nIeEe that behind IL was the
old gang, awaiting n favorable
moment to ~come back
OF the masses. who are now rep
resented by the communistic and
the soviet leaders. II IS necessary TO
remember that they have very grave
and just complaints Their leaders
were massacred by the old mill
tarlstic element. with the passive
consent. II not the active approval
OF the Ebert government Their
brothers we're shot down by Prus-
sought TO bring about were pre-
vented and. following the bloody
repression. there has come, IN due
course. as they forecast. the counter
revolution, designed 20 restore the
Prussian system and. not impossibly.
some Hohenzoller, TO serve as the
necessary figurehead-
nEAA AAENNAA AAEnAn@E1a
Exactly like Kerensky. Ebert has
in his final despair, unclaimed a real
revolution But IS not q real revolu-
ton the necessary prelude TO any
real progress IN Germany Instinc-
lively we are all shuddering at the
thought OF bolsh evism now appear
ing on the east bank OF the Rhine,
but Il Is quite clear that the safety
OF the world will be more assured.
nHHnr-r nd -
lternative-namely the restoration
OF the Junker element to power, Is
finally accepted by the German
people.
Underlying all else Is the fact that
the Ebert government was sham, a
camouflage to cover the monarchists
until their hour should arrive. II
the counter revolution. which the
Ebert government permitted, II II did
not participate in. had been success
ful. we should have seen Ludendorff,
Tirpitz and all the notorious figures
Of a previous regime shortly seated
in their old position. We should
have been back in the atmosphere
Of 1914 and at the beginning Of a
new period Of preparation for war
Of revenge
Ebert Is Lost.
VonceviabIy allied influence may
now avail to restore the Ebert gov
eminent 10 power DuL II cannot re-
store IL 70 popular confidence. The
masses. who have repudiated II, as
the tool Of their Junker tyrants may
consent 70 swallow Ebert on their
bread. II there Is no other way OF
getting bread, but either their sub
mission viii be temporary and a new
uprising come in due course OF time.
or the Junkers will be able. by using
the color Of allied approval. 70 re-
gain absolute mastery of Germany
and resume their old methods and
pursue their ancient objectives.-
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