The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-25
KAISER, UNLIKE HITLER DIDN'T HAVE
 GESTAPO TO STAY REVOLUTION IN 1918
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himmleV's Tight Hold on Motion Cheeks Revolt
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By NEA Service
 The first split has appeared ln the Inner seams of German strength and morale.
 Wlll German resistance now dls. tcgrate suddenly. as G dld ln lelea Will history repeat itself7
 The great difference between the Germany of the end Of World War [ and the Germany Of today ls ln the pafalyglng fear that Heinrich IliInmler and hls secret police have instilled ln the people. There was DO Hlmmler in 1918. and no government lead. CT of Hitlers ruthless power and desperate determination. The Reich. stag siill existed. and with C free speech and an expression of popular will.
 The popular wlll was for peace, and that will was bolstered by hun. ger and heavy easualties. The So- cial Democrats succeeded ln per- suading the majority of civilians that only the milltarists and the profiteerlng industrialists wanted the fight to continue. AS early as june. iei7. the Reichstag had adopted a peace resolution. And at the end. the Reichstag was steam. rOllering toward a liberallzed gov- ernment which would give it the power Co conclude peace. The revo. lution only hurried the process along.
 This began with the munlty of the fleet at Kiel. The fleet had been drained of its bess personnel t0 man 0ermany's submarines. Fur months the sailors had been Idle and restless. Finally on Nov. 3. came the rebellion which brought the German empire to a sudden end. The revolt spread to the workers and soldiers within Germany. To crush h. the Kaiser would have had Co withdraw troops from the front. and the situation there was tho precar- ious.
 As disorder grew. the Reich- stag demanded the KaLser's ab-dica. ton. This was granted on Nov. by the chancellor. Prince Max Baden, without the Kaiser's approval. Max a nOunced that a regency would be set up. but he was poweTless tO fol. low through. The Social Democrats proclaimed a republic. with Fried erich Ebert at the head. No. %. the Kaiser fled tO Holland. and the fol. lowing day the fighting ceased. ADMIT DEFEAT
 In 1918 it was the German sue preIne command and not the people that first admitted the in- evitability Of defeat. Today too the generals again know that the Jig Is mp But thls time there Is no weakened, amendable government 10 listen. Instead e right to the death between Nazitsm and Junker- ism has broken out. The old army generals. humiliated at taking orders from a former corporal and hope lessly frustrated by his errors of nil- itary judgment. have finally re- belled. The dissenaion- -rotted core Of the German command is nov being cut away by Himmlers brutal surgery.
 This revolt apparently erept down Into the ranks before the new blood purge began. But t may not spread t0 the people as quickly and easily as t dad tn 1918. No popular party opposes the government today. For ten years dissatisfaction has been watched. listened tO. and eatal0gued by the 0estap0. Open criticism has been crushed by prison and death. Enthusiasm for waF and hope oG vic- tory may be laregly gone. but fear remains tO hold the 0aTman people together.
 There must be another fear. too l. fear that can reach into the 0e- siap0 and even Into the highest Naxt circles. That Is q terror of the right e0us vengeance 0f the approaching allied armies. particularly the Rlls- sian. and Of the ten million foreign workers held at forced leb0T within the Reich.