The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
BERLIN MOB SUCCEEDS
THE KAISER

BERLIN. The Berlin mob hasto
no small extent succeeded 30 th.
throne Of dcposed Kaiser wilhelm
Petty Berlin politics sways the
fortunes Of the German nation. ono
thousand Oisy demonstrators
shouting the demands In tho Lust
gartcn. before the old place. or
shrieking FOR their rights before tho
Berlin Rathaus, have moro actual
influence than n million quiet
earnest citizens in the provinces far
from the mad chaos of metropolitan
life.
The latest proof Of power Of tbe
Berlin ward bosses is the refusal ~
the social democratic party leaders
to accept positions iu the Wiriu
cabinet. Socialists representing every
d strict in Germany voted az their
national convention I'm Goerlitz 20
enter the coalition government with
the liberal NoVlkspartie.
The leaders OF the socialist party
however. remembered that city cleo
tlons are soon due in Berlin. The
Independent socialists would use tho
entrance of the old socialist party
into the Wirth government for prop
aganda purposes; and they believed
there would be danger OF LOSING
votes in the local elections. Where
upon the party leaders announced
that for tactical reasons they
could not carry out the wishes Of
the party convention, and would
not enter the national cabinet.
system Not Representative.
Germany's parliamentary system
is not really representative OF the
people as the word representattNe
Is known In America. Tho WeiVar
constitutional convention adopted
the British election system, whereby
IL isn't necessary for n man to be
resident OF his election district
The socialist party leaders may
decide that resident Of Berlin viii
be a candidate for election 10 the
ReiChstag from a Munich district
The nominee will make n trim 90
Munich, where ne will make three
or four speeches and return. "
elected he probably will not s"e
Munich again until the next cleo
tions.
The result Of this system IS that
most of the members OF the Reichs-
tag. who are professional politician
become dyed-in- -the-wool residents
OF Berlin. swayed by vagaries nf tho
Berlin mob and Coldly indifferent
to the desires of the residents Of tine
district they were elected to repre-
sent. In most cases they have never
lived I'm the district, know almost
no one there, and have no interca.
in IT,.
Imagine the congress Of tho
United States so eieCted that a resi-
dent Of Michigan is the congressman
from California and western
ranch man representative OF Bos-
ton. This f. the system by whien
the people Of Germany are trying 20
rule themselves. But the situation
in Germany Is much more aggraNai-
ed than II would be I'm America, ior
there Is probably less sectional dN
ference between north and south b.
America than between Bavaria ana
Prussia with their relations it''
quently at the breaking point
The German Reich1ag, although
II is supposed to represent the th-
tire country, has its ear 70 Inv
ground to catch the rumbling wish
es OF the Berlin crowds. The pui-
ticians who drew up the cOnsilJA-
ton were fixing sure things I"g
themselves; they can always staod
for election i'm district where "s-
sured of a positive victory The pc.
pie are becoming dissatisfied, q h'
slogan has gone forth In Muninh
Los Won Berlin!" There are many
indications that the country Will 900.
rest until the Berlin petty politician
have followed the path OF WI
helm II