The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-19
CITY DOMINATED
BY MOBS OF REDS
Serious Talk of Moving
German Capital to
Another Site
BERLIN IS B0LSHEVIK
Protesters Of Various Com
plexions Obstruct Every
Move Of Powers

llv FltANk u. MN0It'.
BERLIN Nov. . How long VIII
ID he before Germany must move her
seat OF government from B"rlin 10
some other German City' or if Hho
~ unable to pry hor pollticnrR from
tho pruadau metropolis viii tho
German federation fan victim tp
the evil political influences of Ii"r.
lin and be broken MP into small
states.
Those questions ato being d.s.
ouqscd iu intimate conferences 10y
thinking leaders NJ 'h" German nm
lion. The wisdom uf George wash
inrtou's culleaguo5 iu creating th"
District of Columbus 30 that the fed
cral government would b" bcholdcn
fo no particular ptato iS demon
gtr4tcd when one studies the cur
routs and cross currents OF German
policies and gees tho tremendous in
fucuco which Hcrllu has in German
affairs absolutely out of proportion
TO her population or Importance.
The revolutionary leaders OF Mo-
yembcr Q. 1913. were on the right
road when the located the provision
al capital oT Germany In Wcimar.
But the influence Of Berlin and the
Prussian hegcmony was too strong,
and ~ coon ~ quiet was restored
tho government returned To berlin.
Iycriin IL Red"
Berlin " avowcdly red. The town
council is controlled by party
whose slogan ia world Revolution"
and "Dictatorship of the Prolcta-
Ilnt." Demonstration arc the order
OF the day. Not week. passes with
out tho gathering of a. collurl.ss mob
which silently collects and silently
departs In the big square Inter den
Linden before the kaisor's palace.
From five to my thousand they
gnther--and protest. Always pro-
testing: against the passing OF n bill
In the Richstag. against a new tax,
against threatened unemployment.
The Berlin bolshcvlstic press permits
no day to pass without injecting a
new political narcotic into the mob
Germany's government has a
timorous scnHitiveness for the npln-
ton OF tho mob. which iH born OF
fear and knowledge OF it's own weak
ness. Unlike American Representa-
tives who must bo residents Of the
district from which they are elected
the German member or parliament
IN elected according TO British prac-
tic6. Under this System democrat
from Cleveland could be nominated
by his party to run In California, and
head the ballot In New York city
Reichstag members represent con
stituencies which they often see only
while stumping the district before
elections. Tho result ~ that n larg'
proportion OF the members OF tn
reichstag begin to get rooted In tn
soil OF Berlin. Here the vision 1
frequently limited to the attitude %
tho city or at best OF Prussia.
Fear Berlin Mob.
Have you seen what this morn
ings Vorwaerts says on your spoecl
of yesterday" will throw shiver
into a member OF the Reichstag whit
brazenly doesn't care a paper mari
about the opposition In his own dis
trict. The relchstag In unduestion
ably much under the potential fea
OF the Berlin mob and the newspa
pers which represent and serve a
mouthpieces for the mob.
Minister OF Food Hcrmes IN doubt
less a hearty supporter Of the move
ment TO change the capital iron
Berlin slnce his very unpleasant ex
pcriences ON his wedding day 1