DERETAG DER RACHE

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1921, Page 1

DERETAG DER RACHE

New cry of the her man royalist party. MUNICH. This evening I heard a lecture on tho ’ submarine i impaigu and üby it had been lot delivered by Herr Kmavi-ten-Kapitan Ercilierr von Eorstner. Ilk audience uas ill turn filled with pride by a r rii.nl ol the glorious deeds ! 11l the C-boals Mi hill, hut for tllf softI hearted wavering n| the High Com- | maud would hate won t'lio war), roust'd to hatred by a, recital of the dastardly deeds of the enemy, England, and finally in a rhetorical crescendo e\--lnrtcd to make an end of foreign friendships, to forget the past defeat, and speak and work openly for tile ihiv of revenge (der Tag der Rachel. The lecture closed amid great applause wlYli a picture of the ex-Kaiser on the screen. , The lecture was interesting, nut as an expression of public opinion one j ‘lnf* not. have to be in Germany, long J to find that tliere is strictly no p lie opinion but as an example ~f propaganda. German i bought is still formed and fed by propaganda banded out: subtly or obviously the IVess. the musie-liall, and the lertiiiv-rrom I‘ reilierr, von Forstner is rn officer in the navy, and, of course, a Conservative. a supporter of the old or,! • an Imperialist. I he Conservatives are popular neither in Ihnssia. no r Bavaria, although by a strange anomaly the. Rrivsian Mon-ir-ehists have a considerable hold nvi*r the Government of Bavaria. The Gonservatiie- ~l ill lm-e great hopes for the future. Ax everyone knows, the political situation in Bavaria, a.- m t },,. . A |,,,|,. Genunny. is imeertftin in the extreme. The murde, of Erzberger has set, all parties at, rncli ollhhs’ throats. I he Socialists look upon it ns the first step towards their political annihilation by the Conservatives. Socialist mass meetings have ibeen called to piotest. Ot two such demonstrations in Munich the first, ended in bloodshed, the second broke up peaceably becan-e , armoured cars and detachments of the green police armed with rjlleisaud la net's had h f, en paraded ostental iouslx through the street-:. l T u<lei those delicate vendition- p,eeaul ionar.v legislation has been j assed b.v the Central Government. The Bavarians, while acknowledging the danger of the situation have stood flrml\ aga.inst intericrenee from Berlin. As an instance, a Bavarian mvalist paper. the Muncheiier mid Augsbiirger Abcndzeitung. suppresesd by Berlin bus been allowed by the s tate Government to non tin no puhlicnt ion ns tin* Mimellener" lind Augsbiirger Abendl.latt. It must be borne in mind that the ■' ''overiiment is Socialist and that of Bavaria. while ostensibly ot the Central Baity. is considerably lindej tin- in II Hence of Hie Royalists. -H is a time of high tension. Should the hreaking-point be reached an extreme Government may lie expected. 1 lie Conservatives or Royalists are working tor an opportunity to step in when the two great States'are divided, and when both aie threatened with internal disorder. They would argue i the people something like this: Our predecessors, the parly of peace have failed to gain the sympathy mid support of our former enemies. Ilem 'eracy lias brought only d isorganisat ion to Germany. Events since tile armistice have shown that alter al might s right,. We alone, the Conservat ivex. can make the Fatherland what il was before, united and powerful. ft is worth while to give us another chance.” lo this end hatred of tin* iori'igner is being openly preached, and rpnuG at present it is being hinted that he Socialists ate rcsponsilije for the country's present, weakness. Tile German mind is susceptible t, such tactics.