New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

other large cities precisely for the NV
pose OF assisting the military to nnei,
uprislngs and riots. That some such
Ss ~ssis.snce may be needed is highly
prooao1c after the German army has
uee" reauced to 100000 men under the
po~t;as po~ta ..saty' Tor If the troops be ap-
portaoned to the various cities accord.
ing to their size Berlin, it is said
would nave a garrison Of onlv 1000
me-, men OF course such an apportionment
WIZ not be made. Neyertheless IL.
SITUATION will probably arise where =
sne upr1slngs of last winter be re-
psssec, Berlin will find itself without
e'e"s msnt troops to protect the govern
The government is reckon;no with
Just such a danger, as We'll AZ w;th w;tt,
.ne other danger Of a monarchist At. M
Tempt to restore Kaiserism in soma
Iorm. The danger from the left. as
see the matter. is the only one thai
Is Is nAe1y to grow acute at any nearby
ua.c. me Communist and ultra radical
hhu;.penoents are as one in proclaiminp
Slslr r, VIII to act. Only on SUNDAY
lara lara Aetkln, a favorite Communist
IN which she blamed the WORKING neo-
PIE Tor having allowed the present
government to exist so long. Speeches
OF equal frankness by Independents
nave also been made, including somc
a' the Lelpsic convention.
Has Sobered Moderator
This policy Of revolutionary action
py the extreme elements has evident
~ mad SOLDERING effect upon the more
n moderate men among the Independents.
Dr. Conn, for example, has since the
convention expressed himself verv
causiously regarding the further
prospect, of his party, and Herr Hill
1erdlng has tried to pour cold water
upon the hot heads Of the party by
showing how impossible a government
by, it would be at this stage of de-
velopments. He thinks the farmers
would meet it with a passive resis-
tance that oculd not be broken. They
would strike and refuse to supply the
cities with food, and that the bour-
geolse elements in the provinces would
offer such stout resistance that it
would make it extremely difficult to
Keep up industrial production. There
would be three results, according to
Hllferding, an agrarian crisis, an in
dustrlal crisis, and hostile action by
foreign countries, by which last he
means rigid blockade, such as now
exists against Russia and the shutting
off Of foreign credits.
lhe government is also reckoning
with the danger Of a monarchist up
rising. That possibility was explicitly
Hmentloned ~ by DR.. Suedekum, the
sembly yesterday. The minister ridi-
culed the monarchist plans of the Ger
man Nationalists. He told them that
the Entente would not allow them to
have another kaiser. "The utmost that
you can expect" he added, "is to ret
a Maharadjah."
Plan Popular Monarchy
The Nationalists on their part utter
~ reject the imputation that thew pro
pose to upset the present regime by
force. What they aim at, they declare.
IS 70 establish a constitutional mon
archy of popular character through a
vote OF the people. suspect that they
for the very good reason that any
forcibie attempt to get up the mon
archlst. system again would certainly
DC resisted by force, and this would
mean civil war. The Conservatives
know that full we'll; and, moreover,
they believe that time is working for
them, that the present government is
steadily working out its own ruin, and
that tn; the more the people see Of its
they will flock to the standard of the
Nationslists. That one strong current
ls setting their way is evident to
everybody--the current, namely, of the
dissatisfied elements in the Catholic
and Democratic parties. Bat that this
movement viii assume such dimensions
as to give the ,Nationalists majority
the next half dozen years for that
matter, appears extremely doubtful.
Much will depend upon economic de-
velopments in the meantime. II Ger
many RECEIVERS itself appreciably and
If the present coalition holds together
the Conservatives have no prospect.
The. three coalition parties in the
Prussian Assembly have just now TAX
en- most important step, looking tow
ard the transformation of Germany
INTO a completely unified state-a step
which is also to be interpreted as part
" inspired by these fears of revolu-
ton, especially a monarchist revolu-
tion. Those parties introduced in the
Assembly yesterday a resolution call
ing upon the national government to
open negotiations with the other states
for the purpose OF inducing them to
give up their further existence as
states.
Surprise From Prussia
That PrussfE should take the lead in
such a movement is certainly re-
view of the strength still left in the
old Prussian tradition. The measure
as contemplated would practically wipe
out state lines; there would no longer
be state governments, but only local
adm mnistrative authorities which
should have large measure Of indie
pendence in purely local affairs. There
would be form Of home rule in local
matters, but one strong central govern
ment at Berlin would hold all the es-
sential elements Of power.
Socialist, Catholic and Democratic
party spokesmen declared their ad-
hesion to this policy yesterday, and
even the Conservative leader, while Of
fcially opposing it as his party repre-
sentative, admitted that there were in
his party enthusiastic supporters of
unified Germany" 1t was urged by
supporters of the resolution that imme-
diate action is necessary, inasmuch as
Prussia is just about to adopt state
constitution, and it would be desirable
to know beforehand whether it be pos
siblc to establish such unified Ger
many as to make it possible to dispense
with all state constitutions. 1t is GER
tain that events are making strongly
for such a consolidation. Ali the legis-
lation of the last three months tends