The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-23
GERMANY'S TRICKERY
OPPOSED BY FRANCE
Will Have Trouble So Long
AS She Continues Pol
icy of Deception.


policy of deception and trickery 50
long will she have trouble. The first
revolution which occurred after the
armistice was of course nothing but
a sham to deceive the allies and
lead them to make a soft peace. In
that piece of chicanery all that the
old military clique did was to hand
over the reins of the government to
that portion Of the Socialists who
all along had supported the war and
stood Loyalty behind their party.
Though on the outside the gov
eminent seemed changed, those in
authority continued to work hand in
glove with the junker element. When
the minority Socialists with such
persons as Liebknecht and Rosa Lux
umberg attempted to start real rev.
oiution the old militaristic gang un-
der the direction of the government
suppressed them, and everyone re-
members how thoroughly they did It.
Germany continues in a role of
republic to deceive her enemies The
Ebert party was kept in Office by the
militarists because everyone knew
that the country. If ruled openly by
the imperial and military elements,
could never get the easy peace that
the German leaders hoped to receive
under the guise of a republic. Then
at the right moment when the allies
We're sufficiently lulled into unpre-
paredness they would spring their
trap and the world would awake too
late 10 be able to bring about any
effective resistance.
But they reckoned without their
host, as they often did during the
war. The allies didn't give them the
soft peace that they expected, but in
stead imposed a sentence more Sc
we're than the Germans themselves
believed their enemies capable Of.
It was the gradual awakening of
of the laboring class to the duplici-
ty of those in power that caused the
decline of Ebert's popularity. A re-
volt by real revolutionaries threaten
ed and to head It off the military and
reactionary heads decided to execute |
a coup d'etat with Kapp as the lead
.er. Kapp of course was a nobody /
but he acted under the direction of
the militarists.
The Ebert government carried out
its part of the program far enough |
to flee from the capital, but instead /
of accepting the return of the mill
itarists quietly they proved them /
selves traitors to their old masters 1
as we'll as to the people. They call /
ed for a general strike and the reac- |
tionary revolution became DOOM
ed.
But the triumph of Ebert and his ,
party was short-lived, for the real ,
radicals, who were now aroused,w /
in no mood to accept the government ,
on the old terms. Since the strike ,
was so effective in routing the mil
itarists it could also be made to serve
against the Ebert gang, which hal
come to be universally hated ar ong
the workers. The mass of the labor
ing class therefore determined to
continue the struggle until the militia
ry forces under Noske were dispers-
ed and the government placed be-
yond control of the old Prussian
body.
Ebert and his party have had their
hands full in conquering this menace.
Lives by the thousands have been sac
rihced ana millions in property de-
stroyed. Desperate fighting is yet
going on in separate localities, chief
Iy around Essen, from which city the
red forces have lately been driven.
Pillaging and brutal outrages
are being perpetrated on the citizens
by the retreating bands. 1t is said
that the reds lost over 500 in the
fighting with government forces in
the vicinity of Pelkum. II is the
presence OF the reichswehr, or old
imperialist troops, which is said to
be driving the radicals to frenzied
madness
But through the government forces
were everywhere winning Berlin, new
er satisfied without seeing how far
she can tread on the interests of
Others, proposed putting her troops
into the neutral zone. France pro-
tested that the move was unnecessary
but Germany declared otherwise, in
sisting that the forces were needed
to deliver a crushing blow against
the reds and to assist in protecting
the civilians from marauding bands
which we're spreading terror in the
region.
England, Italy and the United
States raised no objections, but
,,..o "a M faith In Germany'3