The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-09-17
Surrender
in Ruhr Is
Full of Peril
Harsh Terms by France, if
Accepted, Threaten to Lead
to Repetition of Italian
and Spanish Upsets. 80
Cabinets Hold Is Weak

New York, Sept. 16.-Germany is
expecting and awaiting a dictator.
This is the word Of Karl II. |on
Weigand, a newspaper correspondent
now on a visit to his home In the
United States after long service in
central and eastern Europe.
The Germans. always praised as ttse
most orderloving people IN the worid.
have had five years Of turmoil and dis.
orders since the end OF the war. Five
revolutions, not to mention the SUI.
fering Of an eight months bloodless
war against French militarism. has
excitement, of discord. Of turbulence
and disorder. weary Of political eS-
periments, policies and forces which
have served but to divide the people.
disrupt the nation and plunge the
country deeper and deeper into misery.
The rebound Is on and rapidly gaining
momentum. The Germans are look
ing for the man who can and will stop
all this.
Failure in Ruhr Menacing.
Dictatorship would have been Ger
many's lot ere this had the dictator
shown up. Since the dismal failure
Of the Ill prepared revolutionary at
tempt OF Kapp. General Won Luet-
twitz, Colonel Max Bauer. called
Father OF the big Berthas," which
bombarded Paris. and Captain Ehr-
hardt OF the marines. 10 establish a
dictatorship in March. 1920. no one
has been able 10 muster the courage
nor had the dash and daring to set
himself up as a dictator. None Of tie
aspirants whether communistie O
nationalistic. have felt that they had
consolidated sufficient forces behind
them to make another trial.
Mussolinfs success IN Italy gave
the dictatorship movement in Ger.
many its first real encouragement.
The new revolt in Spain. the fsuccess
Of General Riviera IN making hzssa.
self dictator and excluding the parfia-
ment IN the matter Of running tbs
country. has given another impetus 10
the similar tendency IN Germany. But
what could bring the psychological
moment for such an attempt this fan
or winter. Is the effect Of the loss of
the war OF passive resistance in the
Ruhr and the terms that PoincarF
may dictate.
Expect Hard Terms.
Humiliation after humiliation hss
been heaped upon the German people
largely through the stupidity Of thcsi
own leaders.
Loss OF the war brought resoln-
ton and destruction Of monarchy and
empire and an unprecedented humlli-
ating peace at Versailles. The i'm
possibility Of the peace terms he1ng
carried out. now universally recs2.
nized. brought the seizure OF the IN
dustrial heart Of Germany-the Ruhr
by the French and an unpreceaent-
ed struggle Of iron will and determin-
alton passively exerted against arm
ored cars. rifles, hayonets and whips.
The loss Of that struggle By the
Germans. undoubtedly viii bring
them dictatorial terms from the
French as impossible 70 carry cut lagd
fulfill as were the terms Of yersali.
les
South Germany particularly -
varia. where patriotism and nation
.alism runs high. i for fighting ir-vsst
and continuing the straeele. szf.ae
radical north Is largely for suttel-
der. The so.called "defeatisla forr~+
much the same elements who~ee-
leved in Wilson'S promises. todaS-.a-
vocate canitula,ien and profess Il q
lieve that II passive resltanccrs-ts
called off. thereby giving relnease=ssa
big political victory. that France MI
then be reasonable
Victory for Militarism.
After eight months Of iron VII ..sa
determination versus French mililzls
ism--a struggle unprecedented in has
tory-militarism promises 10 win eut,
Passive resistance in the Rahr =
virtually at an end. Camping n fosd
blockade on the Ruhr population.
much as the allies applied 10 al Ge..
many during the var and after slT
armistice TO force Z; TO sign the ~
Sailles peace. did the trick in kas
Ruhr when bayonets. armered cars
and whips had failed.
No government I'm Berlin may es
ficially declare that passive res-sl
ance is ended. The fate Of Herr E1s-
berger. who headed the comnisssoe
which signed the arTnistice terms die
tated by Foch. Is before StreScmann.
the capitulstion chancellor" as ne D.
called. Erxherger's assasSns never