The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920. THE NEW REVOLUTION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3437, 17 March 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920. THE NEW REVOLUTION.

With which is incorporated “The Taihape Post and VVaimax-ino News,” ———**—

It need scarcely be asked whether-i the new German revolution is anti-1 Ally for the insults olfered to British} and other Allied otficers and civiliansl in Germany for some time past, which have become of a more daring character right up to the moment the recent coup was made, fully disclose the 1 German mind and intention. What, then, does this revolution mean‘? It’ will not be denied thatrit is—nril~'rt-aristl to the very heart of it, for no attempt. i to deny the report that Hindcnburg is ‘ to temporarily fill -the Presidential chair igniade. Then it is the old‘ militarist Prussianism, With all the old i war lords, not excluding the Ka_iser,l that has again reared its frightfull visage and seized the reins of gov-i ernment over the Gel'rilall people. It’ is the old lying, deceitful, spying,i subtle, viperous -thing, fully disclosed in its pretensions that it is entirely republican, while there is not a shadow of doubt anywhere about it being '.\.f.ollalcllie, for the sounds of the clinking heels can be, in fancy, heard all this distance away. A strict. censorship of news is exercised in Berlin, and only_ very little that is reliable is yet filtering through. It may be] diflicult to determine the, exact ,nature 1 and extent of the monarcllieal.ett'=ort,! but there is no doubt about its exis-i tence and the ultimate of its inten—l tions. The Junkers of Baltic ._and Eastern Germany were so far remov-I ed from the scene of war, and were so 3 little affected by itgthat _they }\i'er'e‘ unable to fully fealise the defeat of‘ their great, invincible machine, and they have continued to shield and support an army of considerable magnitude, despite the Allied demand_s,‘ and‘ the‘ German undertaking that those‘ armies should be demobilised. There! is little doubt that the Monarchistsl can control a. very considerable mili-': tary force, and that they have Je—| veloped the manufacture of munitions! in the Baltic and Eastern Provinces,i and there is some question as to xvhe—{her the National Government willj offer that resistance to "the old Prus-l Sian militarist party that, under? orxlinary eircmnstanees, and in fulfil-ll nwnt of ag_:'l'eenl(‘nt with .»\llie<l peace; 1:1-"ins. nli;_rh‘. be i-xpe<~te(l of them.§ Whatever may be the outcome, it has; to be realised that a gauntlet. of some kind has been thrown down, though the challengers are curiously trying to convince the Allies that it is not intended as a challenge. If -the reall glove from the militarist fist is not yet. 1 on the ground. it very soon will be it?‘ the ground-testing proves to he safel for nxei-e. hold and daring action. It‘ seems t.ha;t. the whipped. German. mili-‘I tarists are determined to wriggle out of the consequences of their det‘eat,| and the question, of course, arises,:are they strong enough -and sufficiently well munitioneri and equipped to.’ sure some prospect of success ititzlie Allies are equally determined ihati thov sh-.11l rot succeed. There hi nothing of importance to indicate that’ any serious rebellion ‘against Alliedi peace terms could result only in fur-' ther «lei-feat. social and in(lllstl'ia.ll e‘.:ws. and ro.~sibly by the Allied pi-o-I pies g'on‘rolling the imliistries, of Ger-‘ many until they are bronuglit to all IH\ees.<:n'y state of production that] would ;-«aw the people. from gm;-V“-lien. The I"er«ling in France is I,l]g:/ii (7m’ern‘:nent hithn_-rto has; been uotllin_«_; more than an (‘.\'l1ll’;il'l()n of I-lun eunning and rleeepfion, anw tin) last: ex-ant is .~~'il'n]»l}' tile Vile Hun nat:..'re reveal-

ed. Grcrmans have proved At-llc.mselves

uu.vorl’u_y, even ineu_pa'L)lC*, 01‘ being trusted and of honour in complying with however little trust is reposed in them. That is how ziheir neighbours in France view them, and who will deny that the Frenchmen are not right? The German people have been generously given every opportunity to rehabilitate everything in their country that eounfs for progress, production, and happiness, but it seems they prefer Prussian Militarism to anything else. What this revolution amounts to is not quite clear, for all Allied

Governments are hesiztating to move against it. If it proves to be an attempt «to resurrect the old Prussian Kaiserism it will doubtless be crushed, for the outlook in Europe would indeed be a bloody prospect, with starvation acccntuated' beyond all human powers of description. There are in Germany the dark shadows of civil war, the most infernal scourge any nation canbe aflictcd with; and ‘et it not be forgotten or unbelieved -that Gcrman militarists see all the elements of civil war amongst the people of Allied nations. Whether they a.rc labouring under any serious delusion in this respect will be disclosed in their almost immediate future action, for if “the Allies are not already in possession of what the full inte.ntions of the militarist revolutionaries are, they will insist upon having that knowledge at the earliest possible moment. What attitude will labour disclose towards a. return to Junkerism in Germany? Elections have discovered a labour growth that cannot, and will not, be disregarded in all international wars and problems. will Labour be averse to embarking on a military campaign to suppress the militarist spirit that would crush and keep in a state of semiteudalism the labour of Germany? The struggle between Labour and Capital is more bitter, and fraught with more terrible possibilities than ever before in the wol'ld’s history in our own Empire, and Labour is quite aware that a servile labour in Germany would produce ard manufacture at a cost that would virtually kill, or disastrously scotch Labour’s effort for better conditions oflife in Britain and in all other countries. The comin-g American elections, the instability o:t' Government in Britain, widespread, industrial strife in France, render-‘the present Situation much more complicated‘-tlian we care to admit, and all the caution that. any Government is capable of will be needed to avert a world conflagration little less destructive than that which apparently is not yet ended. 'l‘hcre are not wanting indications that present British Administrators may favour, or, at least, not interfere with what is taking place in Germany; what would the French attitude be, and what would the British Labour movement have to say in such a case? \Vhether the German movement is an international multiple tentacled feelcr at work, or whether it is a senrispontaneous effort between parties in Gerniany, it seems that the Allies have no otllel‘-szlte course but to suppress it as promptly as possible thus enabling reconstruction of society and industry to' continue evcr_vwhere. The patients of all peoples is being tried; the British workman is in a sullen and determined mood, a condition that prevails throughout the Empire"; Americans are spending "tlneir war-earned dollars in an endless task to crush out a government menacing ferment amongst the millions in the lowest order of society. and now arises new revolutions in G:~‘.':::?.1?}“, which are likely to render that nation quite lll£’1ll)II\l\lC of etirirplyiiug‘ With l’C‘€l€'9 obligrrtimrs, liabilities, and responsil)lllll(‘S. In only a very few fiélys the full dgnificzmce of the new danger will be determinable, and it will then he .<(‘€‘ll what the attitude o’r' ~ the Allies is to be and \\'h ell: - *f_za.r<.lf—‘vl as the qnitter Sllt" :i]'.~f}e:*r'- to be.