"NO REVOLUTION."

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1917, Page 5

"NO REVOLUTION."

HONS TOO DOCILE. ': GRIP OF KAL3ERISM. • SPIRIT OP PEOPLE BROKEN'. ', (By Trolessor T. S. Masaryk, exiled Czech Jr.P., under arrangement .with'' the Sydney Sun). ' * There will .be no revolution in Ger j .many. Victory .will not come by any, internal convulsion in the midst of the German populace, but by the complete defeat of v the German- armies. It will) either come that way or it will not tome at all. To believe otherwise isto encourage one more of that series of disappointments which has dogged tho calculations of tho Entente (Powers since the beginning of the war. A revolution in Germany must ®6 a' revolution by tho soldiers. 'All the metti physically capable of effecting the upheaval are in tho trenches. Is ttrerei any sign that the German soldiers ifesirs a- revolution? Not the slightest. TM aro too welt drilled to revolt agtuns# their conditions, tho tradition' of tho! soldier-specialist, as each German warrior considers himself, is too deeply, rooted in their consciousness for them to rebel against discipline. The German soldiers live iri a» atffltaK sphere favorable to tho maintemc&Be ofi Kaiserism and reaction, which are am-! vertiblc terms. They are cleverly school-' cd at the depots and in the wenches;} their outlook is. subtly colored to faJB in with the view of their Imperial tnas-4 ter. The facts are hidden from but explained ingeniously, ' j

NATIONAL HEAD STILE SWEEIWj

The difference between Prussian retC4 tion and Russian reaction is purely one) of brains. The one is scientific, able, persevering, industrious, ' painstaking;! 1 the other is brutal, clumsy, and easfltyp to be seen through. The Russian. soN iiiers, who fight well, but are not {safes* cion;il soldiers in the sense of the ProssJ sians, saw through Russian reaction;)! hence the revolution. 4

(But it is difficult for the (x&rmait sol* 'diers to believe that a nfttion so com-t mercialiy successful as their own, soi educated and so up-to-date, can really, be reactionary in its policy and prin«. ciplos, and they are still content t<i credit the fiction that they ate fighting a world of enemies, jealous of their pros? perity and culture. Tho Russioa revolution is explained to them as a protest of barbarians against super-barlKiihmp, aralj likely in tho disorganisation it may cause}, to be helpful to their military sips. , There,will be no revolution in Ger* many, because in the Germans you have), a nation of soldiers drilled to obedience and submissiveness from an eariy age.And for another reason. Where the , Kaiser imagines it is safe to make concessions, he will yield; he "vrill not W foolishly stubborn like -Nicholas, who has paid for ihis stupidity with hia orown. Where he must give way he will give way. bub only step by step. Sa.fr"will avert trouble.' '

| SPECIOUS ARGUMENTS! I Beyond the new attitude of the EaflSf and the dropping of his -old arrogant, egotistic tone, the only evidence of the effect of the Russian revolution in Germany is to be found in the awakening of the conscience of the Socialist minority, iwhose programme has always included tho establishment of the Republican system. They are inspired to maka' themselves mor<- prominent, but they! are not always an important factor at tho moment

Why should people in this country al-< ways fall into the error of believing v,hat th. y like to 'believe? Why should the Germans bring about a revolution? They argue that under the regime o£ William they have grown in power and wealth, and they know that though the Prussian electoral system is teekwaid, the other States of Germany are autonomous, and have more of less demo-*' Cvatic institutions.

After nearly three years "of War they remark that Germany, against a host of enemies, holds possession of Northern France, Belgium, Serbia, ißoumania, and Poland, and has conquered her three Allies, Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria, which is a great stride on the road for; her world ambitkyis; further, that the German fleet is stilt intact, and German soil inviolate, though the colonies 'have gone; and lastly tha't the O-boats am sinking a great many ehlps bringing food to England. If Germany wins the war, as she still, hopes, despite all that is said to the contrary, the Hohenzollcrn dynasty is as safe as ever; if Germany's position be-v comes hopeless then she will make peace* and the dynasty will hope to escape—i and, in my opinion, will escape, unless the victorious Allies arc strong enough! to stand out against its continuance—j on the plea that William fought bravelyj and stubbornly for tho .Fatherland, al specious plea that may deceive tho greatil majority of his subjects. { KAISER MUST (FIGHT ON.

In any wise, in. default of a victorious peace, it is clearly,to the Kaiser's interests to fight on. While he fights his' cause remains undefeatedj when, he .no, longer fights he is more at the ihereyi of the county, but, as I have said, if his fate is to be decided by the German people themselves, they will spare him. Two hundred years of drilling liava ; knocked the revolutionary spirit out ofl the Germiri nature. Tho moral of Great Britain, as for sIE the Allies, is not to count for a single-' moment on the help of internal convulsion in Germany, but to go on increase ing her armed strength until Germany* iu the military sense, is crushed. Only: iwhen tho German armies are smashed will Prussian militarism be crushed. There will be no revolution in Ger« many when the German host is out of France; there will bo no revolu-, | tion when it is driven out of Belgium;! wliqr the Rhine is crossed tjie Kaiser . v;ill submit, and unless the Allies de«[' throne him iie will still remain on thjV throne. The Allies have reason to be encamrag-f cd by two great events; (li) sian revolution with its guarantee against a treacherous defeat or a treaJ clierous peace. ("2) The adherence ol America with its clear, testimony that; this was a war of democracy againstf-power-intoxicated autocwSy. These ar« facts which are great moral assets to tho Allies, and they are real facts. Tha hope of a revolution in Germany, an<t the dethronement of William is UnreaJ, and in my opinion a dangercrns illusian , to be destroyed as promptly asposmble^