Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-02

might be restored. Harden says
Germans have no weapon to COM
bat existing dangers and believes
only international action will save
the r%epubIic.)
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN
Special Gable to The Great Falls Tribune
Copyright. 1922. by The Great Falls Tribune 4
Berlin. July 1.-The German muir
der epidemic is disgracing the German
people in the opinion of the world.
True. England also has one which cul-
minated in the assassination of Sir
Henry Wilson, but that resents the last
agonies of the war between peoples.
Her compatriots murder each other
only on account of party differences
without the excuse of age long strife.
There have been 81 victims in
Germany, all from the democratic
group. Not a hair of a nationalist or
a ~royalist has been touched since Ger
many's collapse.
As the latest victims mangled corpse
was being carried home crowds were
cheering Hindenburg and two of the
kaiser's sons at Potsdam, only half an
hour away. The Prussian monarchist
order of st. John was holding it's an
nual knight clubbing festival with all
of its ancient monarchical pomp and
with the names of each of Wilhelm's
mandarines printed on the program
with their full court title and POM
pous. Frederick named as his royal
h~ighness. The officiating clergyman
called MISUNDERSTANDING court
acknowledgements the hope of soon
seeing Doom castle blossom into new
life: Everybody understood what was
meant.
Still Retain Titles
Wilhelm. who fled from his army.
and now is exacting 100000, 900 marks
from Germany's misery for his mem
oirs, still calls himself emperor and
king: his eldest son calls himself crown
prince; in Bavaria Prince Rupprecht
reviews his troops and the abdicated
grand dukes do likewise in Baden and
Hesse. Old Hindenburg performs this
ceremony in East Prussia, transported
is adorned like a god and honored more
than any other general after a trium-
plant victory. The republican flag
is torn down and spat upon wherever
boisted. The president of Germany
is hooted in Munich. Dozens of i'm
perial officers in bright dress uniforms
take a morning ride in the gardens
followed by uniformed footmen. The
old court society gave its balls during
the winter in a luxurious hotel while
the devout bourgoisie looked on re-
verently from the outside. National
list leaders in the reichstag publicly
declare the people want the monarchy
restored and promise an early fulfill
ment.
Republic Allows Dukerings
And the republic allows all this,
unless our leaders are blind or dead.
They know numerous officials and all
men regard the republic as only an
ugly interim stop gap. This explains
why not a single political murder has
been expiated and no murderer caught
despite gigantic promises of reward
and why the military murder business
can be entered almost without lisk.
The murder of Rathenau was the
greatest mistake the military mas made.
This extraordinary gifted man was
neither a republican nor a democrat
at heart. He inherited a large bust
ness after a sound scientific education.
He had MAN. talents, was a favorite
of the kaiser. received many high
orders and wore them proudly. He
purchased the Queen Louise country
seat from the crown with the right
to call it a royal castle. When the
war broke out he took charge of all
raw materials and as late as the sum
mer of 1918 prophesied a certain mill
tary victory. publicly opposing Prince
Max of Baden's peace offer that
autumn and calling for a continuation
of the war.
This man. who supported the re-
public only because he realized it
was necessary and proper thereby to
fulfill his ambition to hold high office,
was maliciously and stupidity slaugbt-
cred by anti-semi militarists.
Would Agree With Royalty
The extraordinary intelligent ard
ambitious millionaire would have fav-
ored any reasonable understanding
than anybody. After 25 years of in
timacy. and just two years ago, ! felt
obliged to differ with him and sharply
TO criticize him. / must now declare
that underneath he was drawn much
more to the right thar to the left.
His last work was the organization of
a great campaign to prove Germany's
innocence to starting the war. He
had hoped thus to win the support of
the monarchists for. the government.
not realizing that these people sup
port such a campaign only for the pur-
pose Of discrediting the republic.
Rathenau courted the favor Of the
press and now he is euiogized. A
special law to protect the republic has
been introduced and the government
says it must not happen again, but
the same thing was said after Erst-
berger's assassination and the only re-
suit was that a fine of 5000 marks
was imposed on a man who twice de-
manded in his paper that Harden,
Forster and other traitors should be
shot.
The government still does not dare
to compel its troops to carry the flag
of the republic and so long as the
government does nothing to engender
respect the murder epidemic will con-
tinue and those striving fervently to
purify Germany spiritually. morally
and politically will have no weather
position wreath to meet the worlds
judgment that Germany is a danger
GUS animal which must be kept in
chains. This is the vicious circle
from which young bright America
must realize We can only be saved by
international action.