The Thames Star. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1919. THE REVOLUTION THAT FAILED

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13937, 16 July 1919, Page 2

The Thames Star.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1919. THE REVOLUTION THAT FAILED

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Tiho London, Daily Oha-taidole 'i® I usually reg:airded as a sober newspaper aiad oine oif its cihiaraoteirisitdcs is ti^e desire for aocairaoy in ibs v news. When it® ooirresipo'niderwb, oaibtliirig from Woimair, tih© Tiew GeiinfliQi capital, says tihiat it ig a® if itlhere had been no i-woiuitioin in Geainiainy—.Germiainy is incapable of revKjiultioii,, thie startieniemrti iia desiervdng of more than, passing -niortiicei. It is notti" aitotgethcir; eafc itp' forra a judginetit from ith© other ■side of tihe world, yet many soibermdnded people had airaady formed the same opinion! ais thiaiti eixpresised by tihe cwtrrespoind&njti of itih© Lctadooai paipeir.' The" Allies said tihey would not tii-teat mltih autiooraoy; they would negoitialtie peaoe only with tihe repre- | sentiaitdiyes of tihe German people, j Every German realised th;ait they miusiti haive pea,cei—df o:nly tia pi'teipar© foil' a moii-e fiwoonraible waa* —oon'sitiquemitily aiuitoctracy quietly shifted MBidieinces iky Hoillamd -cod Swntzerland.. . Militairisitls and pani-Germiains for the tSmei beiitig 1 desctnLbed tlh'eon;eeilVies im Socialists! and at National ABsemibly was elecitedi —neairly all So ciaiisftis "of ocr.wsei—and ■ ervfeirything 1 goesi on «is befcia*© the revoiuitiiioni. ( even to the same men holding lihe , leal power.It would seem/ as if Gertmany had ! beem so thoroiughly Pnisfiianlised, that it, lis impiotsi3iible for her toi shlake tthis evil influence off- Russia is dif|feirenib and to some extent under--standaMe. In 'the Taar's Empire., there was no such thing as liberty; •callows oailcufeitied: civueMy was uhoiwn to tlie massed, imipTiisoMnent,.' torture, and deftitih werte the ooanmioni.places loi' existleince. Therefoa iei when the cihaaiciei ciamiei, the peofple^ seized theiii" new-found liberty, and, unactciiS'tomed tp it^ plunged fxonn it into license. Gei^nijaini\r is quiite di'fferertt Theore was noi libertiy in, the Ka.jser's tiimie, as British uinderstand lib - eirty, but tlhfiirtei was no cruel tyranny. license. Germamy is .qtiito different. a mere oog in. ai greati niiadhin© thait. \vtas3 to ortisih ouiti the rest, of hunnaniity, ®a that. iini the end all the rest of manlkind woaild be serfs, labouringl :to keeip the Germanis in ease. Because ol'tihisi itleadiing 1 wiith, ife pjroimiiste of uftiiimaltie' *giaim, the Germans naveir hiatied ttiheir PtUssiani masters, and ©vein itoi-d!ay they pirefer Prussd'an'iam 1 to *ai oonsitiituttiion which gives j individuail liberty, butt, promises no : fuitiuiv'e of luxurious ease. The Ger- ; mian revotolion is I.ni fnilin'e, says the I observer, on tihe sipot. Ib i® a failure i simply boi't'iiUße '• th© German cannot shake off the glamour of "their old

dreiaimisi- If they cam free, themselves froimi. tihis cunnting: spell of Prusisiaaiisim, itihere is hope for a New' Germany, buiti it should. be realised thait ! now and forl some time, we must deal { wri/tih -tihe Old Germany, living in I disguiise under a false name, and utiaike on.ii* jptrteiciaXiitionisi acioordingly--1 •-• . ' , - .•■■ ■