Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-11
ALLIES URGED To
USE FIRM HAND IN
GERMAN DEALINGS
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN
Germany's Foremost Publicist
(Leased wire Service to The journal. J
3ohk

BERLIN, July S.-Four years
after the fainting fit which legend
politely calls a revolution" the Ger.
man government introduces a bill in
the Reichstag entitled "a bill for the
protection of the republic"
5 The title, alone implies it's. own
harsh criticism. If, after four years,
it Ii necessary to protect the republic
by a special law, the republic here
tnfore must have been unprotected,
threatened and endangered
Unless sta tes are protected by q
constitution and a penal code they
stand on a rotten foundation. Re
peated ugly experiences show this to
3be the case with Germany. Those
who took over the government
sthought they would make their
.,usurpation more palatable. by
leniency toward those who were
=overthrown. ''-*~'
They allowed the princess, who
twas wise enough not to flee from
Germany, to remain at Potsdam, in
eSilesia, Schlesr.~'~, and elsewhere.
They allowed the princess to hold
socourt ceremonies. They allowed the
= kaiser's picture to remain in public
ssplaces and permitted the hosting Of
ssthe imperial flag. They left old i'm
perial officials in office and permit
ted, imperial officials in the republi-
can army. ,..,.-
III, Finally they gave huge pensions,
mp to two hundred thousand marks,
alto ex-officers so that these ex-of
: Ulcers might carry on a campaign
against the republic together with
professors, judges, projects, teach
z ers, etc. They even established
:. tradition companies" in army regi-
sments to keep alive the remem-
e berance of Germany's military glory
=. The Intolerable .
ia All of this has been intolerable.
= Napoleon at the, height of glory
Ssmight have been called Louis XIV,
his predecessor, and uncle, but he
was much greater when he called
, himself simply "the son of the revo-
luton
:. A young republic, founded upon
1.-The ruins of two dozen thrones, must
&Sprove daily to the people that yester-
days apparent glory brought hem
emily misfortune and that monarchy
and the trappings of state car
riages, parades and militarism in
general were rotten at heart, detri-
mental to the nation and an outrage
to the, modern spirit.
9 If this is not sufficiently proved
soand the republic is colorless, dull and
with only the tremendous
burden of it's predecessors debts,
!, then naturally the belief arises
aamong the people that the old time,
g with their orderly, spruce conditions,
and their low prices were best.
,4ef The masses readily believe that
I1their illness is the result of fever.
-esSIiven such ignorance one can read
lily imagine the effect in unpolitical
herman mind on the following series
'~'ef declarations since the year 1918:
-nses. o. The Declarations
sGt j. We were not defeated in the
sivRr, but betrayed by the socialist
democrats. the Jews and the pa
cifists, on the eve of the triumph.
2 We were cheated of our
promised rights by a ralth1ess
.enemy. 1884,. II
8. Since then we have been in
suited, robbed, dishonored by
breaches of the treaty, by the extor-
lions of the reparations commission,
by annexations and by the presence
of black troops on our soil.
' 40 These statements daily have been
into millions of German
: minds by innumerable papers and
magazines. A whole flock Of new
! papers have sprung up, thriving
wonderfully in glorification of kaiser.
ism, militarism and monarchism.
z They have conducted an anti
Semetic campaign and have agitated
preparedness for revenge. Their
thrift has come largely from adver-
sdslng by nationalist business men.
Many Of these publications are di-
erected by former officers, mostly
: naval, and they have been propa gat-
SAed by letters of recommendation
= = from the Hohenzollern princess.
- The Governments Part
~ The republican government. has
/ tolerated all of this and even lin the
sfgeparations, Silesian, Scar basin,
Rhineland and other disputes) has
accused the victors Of breaking her
word, not realizing that such declara-
tons would only bolster up the ma
tional feeling From this belief, that
outside Germany only scoundrels live,
,scroundrels who wish to ruin Ger
n9xpy and started war against the
INNOCENT German empire for that
purpose" it is a short step to a
fanaticafN, persecution of all who do
not join III, the propaganda for re-
r venge, but who desire Germany's
spiritual s&egenerar1on and hope to
see the day when Germany will
take her place with the other ma
lions striving for a purer interna-
tional morality.
The bill for the protection of the
republic provides stern punishment,
even death and to confiscation of
fortunes, and partly reasonable, but
largely brutal measures to prevent
murder wave from growing. But we
must doubt their effectiveness, es-
pecially when we know that in the
second largest German state. Ba-
varia, Crown Prince Rupprecht
again living in the royal castle and
reviewing troops, that monarchy
still is alive behind the republican
facade and that Berlins laws Will be
defied by the Bavarians.
Consul Members
The center Of the consul organ
ization," founded by former Captain
Ehrhardt, is in Munich. 1t has thou.
sands of of active members every.
where. It issues orders ':to suppress
by any means every movement based
on internationalism." That means
all who desire an understanding
among people and who don't put
German selfish ambitions above ev-
erything else