The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
German Revolution a Mystery,
the Undercurrents of Which
Are a World Puzzle.
CHAOS SEEMS TO prevail!
How II Affects Treaty Status-Minne-
sofa Primary and Presidential Race
ALLIES Under Mine Occupy
ConstantinopIe-Mex and
Her Presidential Timber.
Bv e. f. CllPSON.

Althou-l Germany has occupied an
enine!lce conspicuous IN the center ~
The stage "f wurlh events durin. til"
week and considerable light has arisen
from the Indignation raging within
her borders. mInh mystery rules as I"
the true state of affairs Dark areas
exist which the Spn,light> of anxious
International interest and the telr-
scopes of publicity cannot penetrate.
One thing certain is that the revolt
rinn in>tiyated hy Kapp l.ue,,wi,z ana
others With knpp as Se'f-appointe,l die.
tatnr has ~p.n over, brown after five
days of hectic. fe!'rile existence. The
active agent in bringing about this
speedy demise WAS n general strike of
workmcn rentered in Berlin.
Whether the otf>prin. of miilari>tic
heSi un>. an effort 10 administer oNN-
gen tn the ga>ring hopes "f royalty Il
cunning nachinatinn of h"l>heNisn. or
:, deeply Inid plo, Involving. all parties
to muddy The waters of international
affairs and 50 defeat The terms af the
peace treaty rs a'fertin" GeruanN. i
not vet evident and may not he clear
fer n lon. time. Al any rate. the rev
nintinn appears tn have been forhl"
child When the railroad workers amt
and also those Of The public utilities
nein'finu Gas. water and "'etfiltitN.
III. lfe-.iving and diSlrihuti>e far'l
ties ceased \ lnStirr infant rn'lh'
have lasted longer. hut eventually
would have Snr,1lmhed
Has the Fiber, government been mere
| raftont'aye: Ehpr, seems Ia hav"
! known what MAS jinppnhino and NJ tn.
first sound Of alarm deserted Berlin
! after railin. upnn the trol"Iariat r.
Srppor, him Ivy ,hp strike Enrlter al
vices in,iirntea thpf NnSll. his minis
ter of defense. rhe m:ln who hts re-
Gently been pracniming his acceptance
! of the principles nf the treaty and his
| determination to help work them nuf
/ had IN understanding with the revuln
,ianarieS Time alone will demonstrate
! the truth or fa'>itN of This inhirn,inn
With The Russian Turkish and eastern
| situations what they are. added IL III
complications of the Adria'ir SITUATIONS
and the internal affairs of France and
! England il would seem tn hn II fairly
| oppnrtunc time for Germany 70 stage.
n mni,ling and diS'ractin" drm"nS'r:,
tinn. There are el.m"n,s anl"n,v -
Germany committed to such nrfnnS.
That which now Se"Iu> Iik"'v t> thai
the various gronDS ruulh not wn"'; ~
.e,her tremendously l.Ud"ndorff was
IN Moscow intriguin. with lrnine nn,'
TrotSky n ease indeed of politics max
in" strange hehfel!oW> 4, hrutr 'her.
was n mnve,neu, if Ehrr, and his fol
lowers cOnl,l he rendered sufficient,
complaiSnnt to set NJ lIin'!"''l'nr" ~
. a candidate for nrn>ilnnt \"'wi'h
standing thai i.nd"ndnrtf. The enhm,i.
rn.nt Of rearti"niSn was hr,in" viii
, the perSuNitication of advanced rad
rali>m and Ilindenhurg's Sllpn"rter'
were pnh"nvOrinc Ia make friends viii
, the Snrinli>tic ahhrren> of Ebert, II re-
actinnary undercrrrtnl WAS prtvaien
throughout all the plotting, If tn,
revolution went off half cooked ~
seems fairly evident. il WAS due TO hu
man nature and the iin,n~ShiiitN ~
combining anta"oniStic elements an,
sonthin. individual ambitions. Through
on, the Whole affair ihrr. has been de
crit, Suhtcrfuge and rerriminatiOn.
heritage from the teachings Of kultur
proving tina, German lenders cannO
he homes, with each other and cal
DID,. scarcely face their own vi>age> in
l"okin. glass.
Ont Of the whole mess has come III
renewed menace of hulSheNiSln. llar
neSS,nakrr Eher, is the one figure |,
Germany who carries any Indication
Of influence and strength on the sid